The recording collective music-making label, who also have their eye on the bigger picture. Third Ear are based in London, with tentacles reaching to a massive fan base in Japan, but their hearts are clearly in Detroit. Dealing in brooding sometimes techy often soulful electronic music (lets leave the house and techno tags behind) Third Ear are clearly on a mission to deliver rhythm and soul with a kick. Recent highlights include Brendon Moeller's 'One Man's Junk... EP', but also check out their infamous 'Detroit Beatdown' compilations.
This EP is featured in Update #086:
Drexciya, Night Slugs Allstars, Theo Parrish, Pop Ambient 2013
2013's first month might have started out a bit slow, but in the end a flush of excellent releases should have left none of you cold. Whether it's Theo Parrish's brilliantly experimental house tunes, Kompakt's sublime 'Pop Ambient 2013' or a wealth of great more...
First lady of Detroit house and techno, Kelli Hand hasn't lost her magic touch in the past two decades: Blending spiraling acid grooves ('Down in Chicago') with DJ Sneak-ish deep sample disco ('Outta Area'), and percussive classic house ('Out Yo Mind, 'Funky Tonight'), this is pure class.