Let's talk about the Crookers’ album, "Dr. Gonzo" that has been released under Southern Fried some weeks ago. Phra and Bot (Crookers) describe it with the Italian word "accrocchio," that in English can be translated as a "kludge". A kludge is a quick-and-dirty solution, a clumsy, yet effective, way to solve a problem, using parts that are cobbled together. This new album is a combination of completely unrelated and random ideas that came together to produce a different kind of dance music. Just as one might expect, the barrier to a new sound has been broken on Planet Crookers.

Scarlett Etienne is one of the hottest properties on the music scene right now – name-checked by the likes of Sasha (who named her “Breakthrough DJ of 2008” in the Top 100 issue of DJMag), signed up to represent Pioneer Pro DJ, and dressed by fashion heavyweight Matthew Williamson, she’s equally at home in the dance press as she is in Vogue. "We're painting our faces and dressing in thoughts from the skies.....from Paradise." - David Bowie.... Hi, she is Scarlett, she is Rock Star. She writes songs, produces music, plays instruments, DJ all around the world and sings and dances around and stuff.... Today, we have the chance to offer you an exclusive interview with this American producer.

It’s with the arrival of Looping State Of Mind on October 24th (via Kompakt) that you finally realize that, for The Field’s ambient techno explorer Axel Willner, the loop never stops. While fans and critics alike point to 2007’s phenomenal debut From Here We Go Sublime – included in Pitchfork’s Top 100 albums of the 2000s – and 2009’s equally stirring follow up Yesterday & Today as standalone points of the Swede’s music; it becomes clear that they appear as mere snapshots of what, for the producer, is a continual cycle of revolutions.

Rainbow Arabia have been one Kompakt’s most endearing acts to work with us in years. The husband and wife duo Danny and Tiffany Preston started our year out with the genre-defying full length album “Boys And Diamonds”, released in February, which went on to become one our most acclaimed releases of recent time – the Los Angeles Times went so far as to proclaim “Rainbow Arabia are L.A.’s new electro heroes” in a recent feature.

“Acid Trax” is back!, completely reproduced by two of the purveyors of dance music : DJ Pierre (part of the original Phuture line-up) and Green Velvet, with remixes from Kris Menace and Angel Alanis. DJ Pierre and Green Velvet teamed up to totally re-produce this acid anthem. This incredible EP of acid music has been released on July 18th as digital version and then on August 1st as a vinyl edition. Back to basics !

Marboss is a major contributor to the French electro scene of the east. He uses cutting-edge music technology in the creation of innovative compositions, via sound-design, DJing and VJing techniques, demonstrating that he is a veritable sound scientist. In this second album named "Electrotherapies" (Dreaming, 2008), the artist that created the official hymn for the arrival of the TGV (The world's fastest train! ) in the Lorraine region of France, presents his new electronic concept. On April 3, 2011, Marboss presented its "electronic sound sculptures" entitled "Fukushima Daiichi" at a charity concert given at the Arsenal de Metz and organized with the association Metz-Lorraine-Japan and the city of Metz. It is an overview of the musical Fukushima nuclear accident of March 11, 2011. It’s the subject of our review.

Honing his craft and love of music for the last 15 years, the rise of Jaguar Skills as the greatest Mash-Up DJ on the planet has been well documented. With a weekly slot on the Trevor Nelson Show, alongside regular performances on BBC Radio 1s ‘In New DJs We Trust’, the word of this groundbreaking DJ has spread globally.  Becoming a regular fixture at ‘Toolroom Knights’, Jags skilful, lightning speed mixing has captivated crowds and won over an army of dedicated followers. More precisely, and that’s the subject of our review, he has just finish to mix the new album of Toolroom Knights.