On Friday, house DJ Pete Tong dumped an exclusive gem on unsuspecting listeners during his weekly podcast: A remix by Redanka, of Snow Patrol’s Open Your Eyes. Redanka is no stranger to electro-fused indie pop, his past credence turns up works like “In A State” (unrelated to the UNKLE song of the same name), as [...]

This came up in a conversation between Simon and I a few nights ago, while I was giving D-Nox & Beckers – One Shot a somewhat belated rundown. The included catalog number is STM001, which usually piques my interest because it’s a label debut. But all the digging in the world wouldn’t yield anything on [...]

So Hannu (aka Homegrove) posted his latest chart here, which quietly includes this: 7. Introvert – Various (cdr). It’s been a while. The Finnish native Jukka Varis caught a huge break back in 2004, with two tracks appearing on Way Out West’s Featured Artist set on Proton Radio (“Wistful Longings” and the delightfully lush “4th [...]

Here’s the list of my work for Progessive Sounds on the month. It’d be a tad too indulgent to post every time one goes up. Singles Guy J – Never Say No EP Jiva feat. Rula – Timelapse Quivver feat. Nikki Mack – Not Givin’ Up (Remixes) Mashtronic – Needs EP Albums 2 Bit Pie [...]