Mike Deegan Jr – Truants

Hailing from the label’s homeland, Krampfhaft has been making waves with support from the likes of Mary Anne Hobbs, Om Unit and Daedelus. His newest EP on Rwina Records features 4 tracks, ranging from ostensibly Dubstep-influenced ‘I Needed You’ to the upbeat garage tempo ‘Hyper Dreaming’, through to the heavy rolling crunk-infested ‘Makin’ Magic’ that defies […] The post Recommended: Krampfhaft – Makin’ Magic appeared first on Truants.

Twenty-four year old Mancunian Darren Williams, also known as Star Slinger, is a producer with hip-hop sensibilities and has created a really incredible catalogue of music in what we perceive to be a relatively short time, when actually he’s been honing his skills since a very early age. Star Slinger Vol .1 was put out […] The post Download: Star Slinger Vol. 1 appeared first on Truants.

It’s incredible how music can transport you to different places and different periods, this phenomenon has never been truer in recent years, than with 2010’s Gin Diaries by German producer Suff Daddy. If you have been left wanting this summer for a soundtrack to chill the fuck out to,  after an ailing year of exams, work or […] The post Review: Suff Daddy – Gin Diaries appeared first on Truants.

There’s been a recent surge in the blending of those fabled genres. That old chestnut eh? Whatchu call it – 2 step? Whatchu call it urban? No? Garage? Enough already. We generally dislike getting too caught up in categorising music, because it can so often become a neeky and reductionist route to analysing music. But […] The post Review: LV & Joshua Idehen – Routes LP appeared first on Truants.

Boston’s finest unsung hero is back with his latest offering ‘Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme’. The criminally underrated Bostonian emcee wields an unrelenting flow that would rightly put a host of more commercially successful rappers to shame, no throwaway cliches or parvenu posturing, even a proclamation that boldly eschews the transient in favour of the essential akin […] The post Review: Reks – Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme appeared first on Truants.