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Virgo Four Split Revealed

After re-emerging as a duo in 2010 thanks to a Rush Hour reissue of its seminal self-titled 1989 album, Merwyn Sanders and Eric Lewis (a.k.a. Virgo Four) have enjoyed a new career as a revered production outfit from Chicago house's salad days, releasing some retrospective material while also maintaining an ongoing live show. However, towards the end of 2011, Sanders (pictured above, right) actually decided to split ways with Lewis (pictured above, left) in hopes of pursuing a solo career—a task he says has been hindered by the fact that his departure was not publicized and that much of Virgo Four's current promotional material continue to use his name and image. Read more »

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05/24/2013

Check Out a New Mix from Ikonika

Ahead of her appearance at the upcoming release party for Kode9's Rinse:22 mix CD, UK DJ/producer Ikonika (a.k.a. Sara Abdel-Hamid) has assembled a new mix. Read more »

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05/24/2013

Listen to a Reversed Version of Boards of Canada's New Single

Yesterday, the world was treated to its first new Boards of Canada song in eight years, the quietly brooding "Reach for the Dead," which probably would've been more than enough to old fans over until the duo's long-awaited Tomorrow's Harvest LP drops on June 10. But now, Warp has ever so cryptically shared a reversed version of that track's music video for us to pour over. Read more »

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05/24/2013

Lone Announces New 12" for R&S

Nottingham's purveyor of dayglo dancefloor sounds, Matt Cutler (a.k.a. Lone) has announced that his next record will arrive via R&S just a over a year after the release of 2012's solid Galaxy Garden. Read more »

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05/24/2013

Listen to the New Single from Boards of Canada

It may have taken nearly eight years, but late last month, seminal Warp outfit Boards of Canada finally announced its follow-up to The Campfire Headphase, the forthcoming Tomorrow's Harvest LP. Never ones to rush, Scottish producers Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin have only just unveiled that album's first single, the somberly disquieting "Reach for the Dead." Read more »

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05/23/2013

Listen to a Brand-New Track from Disclosure's Debut LP

Disclosure's web omnipresence seems to have gotten even more of a jolt today, first with the duo sharing the stream of a remix from Bicep of its "You and Me" single (which can be heard in full here), and now unveiling another single from its forthcoming debut LP, Settle, the mostly instrumental "When a Fire Starts to Burn." Read more »

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05/23/2013

Video Premiere: Adult. "Idle (Second Thoughts)"

The new video for the "Idle (Second Thoughts)" single from reactivated Detroit synth duo Adult. (a.k.a. husband-and-wife team Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kupurus) is one of the last results of a long-fought crawl towards the outfit's new record for Ghostly, The Way Things Fall. Read more »