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THIS IS HOW GRIME IS SUPPOSED TO BE SOUNDING NOW, IT IS 2021.

Following on from the success of 2020’s ‘Inside’ EP and previous releases on Cong Burn and Blank Mind, Manchester’s Lack returns to Livity Sound with a brand new EP of hybridised and dubbed-out techno cuts.

“I wanted to try and create a sense of space or calm within the tracks, even if only subtle,” Lack said of the release. “I suppose it was a reflection on the crazy state of the world and needing to find space within myself to stay grounded and get through it.”

From the deep bass and irresistible skank of ‘Grapefruit’ to the rapid yet ice-cool propulsion of ‘Microshift’ and the spacious yet energised rhythms of ‘Make It Circular’ and ‘Constant’, this new record further explores Lack’s fractured techno aesthetic, skilfully joining the dots between broken dub techno and vintage dubstep.

Out July 9 – cop it via the Livity Sound Bandcamp.

There’s plenty of documenting of the late 80s-early 90s rave scene going on, but not many people have been shining a light on the less mythologised culture of partying at the turn of the millennium. Super clubs were still a thing, and Britain’s youth were still happily free from the death grip of digital communication while out on the sesh. Matthew Smith – a true underground veteran from the free party and traveller culture onwards – was busy in the clubs in the early 00s, and now he’s made a book showcasing some of his fantastic photography from that overlooked era.

In Smith’s own words, “We now live in times when digitally mediated behaviour seems to have taken over direct human behaviour. The reason for publishing this unique collection of images now is to remind people of a time when the joyous, unfettered energy of rave was everywhere, of a time when people were actually present in the moment, independent and free.”

Full On. Non-Stop. All Over is available to pre-order now.

@addisongroove sat down with @joe pulsar and talked all things Headhunter.
Early Bristol dubstep, Tempa, Radio 1 with Mary Anne Hobbs, becoming Addison Groove, 808s, winging live PAs on Boilerroom and Fabric + touring.

The incoherent output of one being trying to make sense of the scrabbled world. Is there any intention to this outpouring or just more noise adding to the deafening hum? Humint act as the sonic mouthpiece for this unstoppable urge to splurge.

The message must be heard, whatever that may be…