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Interview: The Bug (Fact Magazine, 2008)

Two and a half years in the making, London Zoo is noise veteran Kevin Martin’s second album working solo under his moniker of The Bug, and the follow up to last year’s triptych of brilliant singles, ‘Jah War’, ‘Skeng’ and ‘Poison Dart’. Zoo’s far from an easy listen, and its danceable moments are outnumbered by those of ominous production and uncompromising MCing, but like Burial, Martin is another London-based producer who’s successfully defined his own sound

Interview: Soft Circle (Fact Magazine, 2008)

Since leaving Rhode Island, where he played with Lightning Bolt and Black Dice, Hisham Akira Bharoocha has participated in various visual art exhibitions and musical projects, including organising the Boredoms’ 77 BOADRUM drum circle. He’s also been recording solo as Soft Circle, a one man band whose songs structurally inhibit a mad hinterland borne from avant pop, krautrock, improv drum jams and even minimal techno – they’re formally disparate, but feel bound together through an alignment with nature; the soft circle itself. What follows is the full transcript of an email interview with Bharoocha that was condensed into a New Talent piece for Fact 26.

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Clicks, Whistles and Radio Rips 3 (Fact Magazine, 5/08)

Welcome to the third instalment of Clicks, Whistles and Radio Rips, our ever-expanding exploration of niche scenes and the best bits of music you can nab off them for free. This month we’ll be doing the usual round-up of what’s been happening in UK dance music, investigating the provisionally named aquacrunk/wonky scene, and bringing you an interview with WZT Hearts’ Jason Urick.

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Interview: Heartsrevolution (Fact Magazine, 2008)

Birthed from a converted mail van called the Heartschallenger that’s sold imported ice creams, music merchandise and artwork in Los Angeles and New York, Heartsrevolution’s first single ‘CYOA’ was a perfectly cool indie electro track – it was fuzzy and noisy and hit the right spots.

Clicks, Whistles and Radio Rips 2 (Fact Magazine, 3/08)

Tom Lea and Raven Baker do the hard work for you, sifting out the new musical gems that the internet has thrown up over the last month. This month they’re spoiling you with hot off the press tracks from Ruff Sqwad and Skepta, an exclusive DJ Magic grime mix, and interviews with dubstep innovator Grievous Angel and Baltimore lynchpin Jason Urick.