Rory Gibb

LIVE REPORT: Matmos

On Monday night, Matmos performed at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of Antony's Meltdown. Rory Gibb was your correspondent

Hyperspecific Midterm Mix: Dance 12″s Of The Year So Far

Following on from our albums and reissues list, Rory Gibb offers a reductive and subjective list and mix of 25 of the best dance tracks of the year so far

Poland’s OFF Festival: Preview

OFF Festival founder Artur Rojek: "Just because something is alternative, underground, or independent doesn’t mean that it’s difficult and inaccessible"

RIP Mnml Ssgs

Thought provoking electronic music blog ceases trading: 'So long, and thanks for all the sausages'.

The Month In Electronic Music: Everything & The Kitchen Sink

In this month's Hyperspecific, Rory Gibb takes you through kitchen sink techno, junglist house and VHS-saturated noise

Vatican Shadow

September Cell / Operation Neptune Spear

WATCH: New Bass Clef Video

Watch the video for 'Ghost Kicks In The Spiral' below

LISTEN: Vessel – ‘Court Of Lions’

Debut album Order Of Noise for release in September

NotBloc: How The Dance Community Rescued The Rave

The pragmatic and positive responses to Bloc's closure this weekend are reminders of the solidarity and community values that beat at the heart of dance music, argues Rory Gibb

Perc

A New Brutality

Unsound 2012: More Acts Announced

Krakow's festival of out-there music and art, running from 14th-21st October, warms up with Hieroglyphic Being, Traxman, Vatican Shadow, Voices From The Lake and Shackleton, among others

Delia Derbyshire To Deadmau5 In 39 Steps? Why EMI Are Wrong

Want a vision of electronic music's future? Imagine crap trance riffs and recycled one note basslines stomping on a human face, for ever.

LISTEN: Om Unit’s Sonar Set

Stream a set by Om Unit, on Red Bull Music Academy's stage at Sonar Festival yesterday

Diamond Version Announce Mute EPs

The duo of Alva Noto and Byetone sign to Mute for the release of a series of five EPs across 2012

Unsound 2012: First Acts Announced

Krakow's excellent Unsound festival announces the first acts for their 2012 tenth birthday edition

LA Vampires

LA Vampires By Octo Octa

LIVE REPORT: Dirty Three

Warren Ellis, Mick Turner and Jim White played an unusually intimate performance at London's Cargo last night. Rory Gibb was there to hear Ellis' rambling tales

LISTEN: Ariel Pink & Dâm-Funk – ‘Baby’

Pink's Haunted Graffiti follow up 2010's Before Today with Mature Themes this August; listen to the first single with guest vocals from Dâm-Funk

LIVE REPORT: Julia Holter

On a humid Friday 1st June, Julia Holter opened her current run of UK shows with a performance at London's Cafe Oto. Rory Gibb was there, searching for clues to unlock the occasionally impenetrable mysteries of her recorded output

Jam City

Classical Curves

WATCH: Guido – ‘Flow’

Bristolian subbed-out R&B producer releases video for new single

DJ Sprinkles & Mark Fell

The Complete Spiral EP / Sensate Focus

Laurel Halo

Quarantine

The Month In Electronic Music: Electro-Shocked Blues

In his latest electronic music column, Rory Gibb gets battered senseless by bolshy synthlines, fat handclaps and modern twists on the classic grime template, c/o Swindle [pictured], Kuedo, Logos, Slackk, Heatsick and more

WATCH: Alice Cohen – ‘Cascading Keys’

Watch video for the lead track from Pink Keys, the first album for release through excellent label Olde English Spelling Bee in around 18 months

Shackleton

Music For The Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs

Hidden Life Force: An Interview With LHF

Over the course of several EPs and now a debut album through Keysound, LHF have plotted a course through dubstep's rhythmic framework that draws from London's dance music history, sci-fi and cosmic sounds from further afield. Rory Gibb opens up channels of communication

LISTEN: Dope Body – ‘Weird Mirror’

Get your chops wrapped round this slab of quality noise rock

The Month In Electronic Music: Degrees Of Separation

Care of new releases from Hessle Audio, Livity Sound, Szare, West Norwood Cassette Library, Vessel and Dream Continuum, Rory Gibb zooms in on some genre-mangling sounds in UK dance music.

LIVE REPORT: Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland

The duo sometimes-or-formerly-known-as Hype Williams played a tiny London show for the release of new album Black Is Beautiful last night, April 16th. It served to highlight the brilliance of their elegant and dread-filled music, says Rory Gibb

Actress

R.I.P

LISTEN: Gang Gang Dance Remix Battles

Brooklyn crew pixellate on remix of Battles from latest Dross Glop 12"