This is the moment when Mike handed over the TB-303 to William Brown whose name was pulled from the box.

Thanks for everyone who entered the Venetian Snares Filth "win a TB-303" competition and purchased the album.

ZIQ 247 Brackles – Rawkus October 5th

Following on swiftly from the ‘LHC’ 12 on Planet Mu, Brackles steps up once again with two dayglo, adventurous tracks that are shamelessly built for making people dance like mad.
This 12 and the first ep show a seriously fun direction for Brackles’ music that hint at a craft learnt from the eclectic nature of his dj sets and his love of 2-step garage.
The first track ‘Rawkus’ does this by pitting galloping funky drums against smeary synths and bassy old school bleeps, carefully dropping in the occasional cut up vocal sample as a nod to 2-step. It all holds together albeit in a seriously drunken manner, evoking Detroit masters Derrick May or Kenny Larkin at ...more

September Planet Mu

ZIQ239 Mary Anne Hobbs Wild Angels

The 14th of September sees the third in the series of Mary Anne Hobbs collaborative compilations with Planet Mu, this one’s called "Wild Angels". It’s a colourful combination of music, from all over the globe this time, bringing together the puzzle-hop of Mike Stott, Hudson Mohawke and Nosaj Thing, Tranqill and Paul White amongst others and combining it with forward thinking dubstep such as Brackles, Floating Points, Rustie, Gemmy, Darkstar and Starkey, this really is a compilation that recognises those people who are pushing things into strange new directions. It works both as a great collection of music for the aficionado and an amazing sampler ...more