SoundNotSeen

Single: Paul White > Trust feat Guilty Simpson (One Handed Music)

Now that I write for a serious music website (www.residentadvisor.net), I write a lot more objective reviews full of thinkiness and spend minutes agonising over thesaurus’ to hide my limited vocabulary, so it’s great to be back at Sound Not Seen where I can make up words and gush a lot more and fall over [...]

EP: Streetisms Vol.02 > Monk Fly (Frequency Lab)

And the heat don’t stop… as one of the most dilla-gent and dedicated members of the beat scene Monk Fly serves up his latest offering, Streetisms Vol.01. A classy, always on point pocket of brilliance, this EP is sure fire for those keen on a more educated sound, something your gonna wanna listen to over [...]

EP: Blue Sky on Mars > Jonny Faith (Civil Music)

Well it’s no surprise i’m on-board with the Headroom boys in Sydney, Jonny Faith alongside cohort Monk Fly have been representing some seriously good beat science evenings for several years now. More interested in challenging the dance floor than ‘playing something for your boyfriend’s birthday’, this is music you should be hearing. Jonny has dropped [...]

LP: Caribou – Swim (City Slang/Merge)

Guest Review: DJ Somatik aka Bobby Fulltime (bartunes/Zeta/The Loft) Ever wonder what music would sound like fathoms below the ocean surface, effortlessly floating, drifting every which way, letting the currents take you at will just above the sea bed floor seeking audio atonement? That is exactly what Caribou’s latest offering Swim will have you believe [...]

LP: Jus Wan – Miles Away (Self Pub.)

I’ve become quite the fan of Bandcamp of late, the ease in which one can gain access to new artists’ material, and on a more selfish and consumer based level, an area to benefit from the generosity of those artists. Where i feel a sense of sadness that the shape of the industry has lead [...]