REVIEW: C.K - Heart, Mind, Soul [Private Recording System]

Danish producer, DJ, and label head C.K seems to live by the same philosophy. He writes and spins some of the warmest and fuzziest house music out there, delivered with almost surgical precision.

reviewsWill Bentley-HawkinsAugust 29, 2025C.K, Private Recording System

REVIEW: Clearlight & Sentient - Mandibles EP [DNO Records]

The opening title track from Clearlight and Sentient’s Mandibles EP builds on this idea of a menacing presence living under one’s own skin

reviewsMichael BurnsJuly 18, 2025clearlight, sentient, DNO records

REVIEW: Djrum - Under Tangled Silence [Houndstooth]

Djrum likely needs little introduction to Delayed readers. His music has long touched on and moved across multiple locations and genres along the history of UK dance music and culture, building on it, and regularly infusing it with a sense of grandeur, of world building, and of exploring the possibilities in extended narratives

reviewsMichael BurnsJune 20, 2025djrum, Houndstooth

REVIEW: Konduku - Gazoz EP [Bitta]

Following recent output on Amenthia and homeland favourites Nous’klaer Audio Ruben Üvez returns to Bitta with the Gazoz EP

reviewsDaniel GeorgeApril 29, 2025konduku, bitta

REVIEW: COLA REN - Forest Drone EP [QEONE]

In today's bustling music scene, where reinvention is constant, having a distinct and recognizable style can set a label or artist apart.

reviewsGilles WassermanMay 24, 2024cola ren, qeone

REVIEW: Nils Edte & Eafhm - Glossolalia EP [Predawn Records]

Across oceans and continents, the musical scenes of today stretch.

reviewsZach HueninkMay 21, 2024nils edte, Eafh, Predawn Records, MTRL, Laima

REVIEW: Tellus – Serendipity EP [Modern Conveniences]

Akuratyde’s Modern Conveniences label has built an impressive collection of releases at the more personal and introspective end of drum & bass over the past several years.

reviewsMichael BurnsJanuary 15, 2024tellus, Modern Conveniences

REVIEW: Isolée - Resort Island [Resort Island]

Isolée stands out as one of those rare artists who never fails to stir a little extra excitement in me with every new release, especially if it's a longplayer. "Well spent youth" and "We are monster" are two of my most treasured electronic albums, and the latter's release in 2011 makes the arrival of Rajko Müller's latest masterpiece, "Resort Island," even more special.

reviewsTheresa BaeumelMay 18, 2023isolee, resort island, lp

REVIEW: Luigi Tozzi - Spiral EP [Non Series]

Mark Twain quipped famously, "History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme." Or, more philosophically, events in history seem to follow a spiral path: always bending in a circular fashion towards a center but never on the same plane, creating this familiar yet fresh feel. If Luigi Tozzi did not explicitly refer to this phenomenon by naming his latest magnum opus "Spiral EP," he must have done it subconsciously.

reviewsGuest UserMarch 11, 2023luigi tozzi, spiral ep, non series, deep techno

REVIEW: Mioclono - Cluster I [Hivern Discs]

Mioclono take their name from myoclonus: the sudden, involuntary twitching of a muscle or group of muscles that can't be controlled by those experiencing it. Mioclono is the collaborative project of Oriol Riverola (aka John Talabot) and Arnau Obiols (aka Velmondo), and they explore this medical phenomenon on their debut LP, "Cluster 1" released on Hivern Discs.

reviewsTheresa BaeumelFebruary 17, 2023John Talabot, hivern discs, velmondo, tribal

REVIEW: Toki Fuko - Narration [AFFIN]

Toki Fuko’s latest EP on Joachim Spieth’s Affin diverges noticeably from the hypnotic warehouse techno of 2020’s Astatine EP on the label, veering towards a more ambient-inflected sound.

reviewsMichael BurnsSeptember 7, 2022toki fuko, affin, techno

REVIEW: JakoJako & Rødhåd - In Vere [WSNWG]

What happens when an internationally acclaimed and sought after DJ and producer, the boss of party-turned-label Dystopian imprint, multitalented Mike Bierbach, widely known as Rødhåd, joins creative forces with talented musician, live performer, producer, DJ, and “gear-head” Sibel J. Koçer aka JakoJako, in his Berlin studio for a week-long jam at the height of Spring?

reviewsWill Bentley-HawkinsMay 27, 2022IN VERE, WSNWG, Rødhåd, JakaJako, rodhad

REVIEW / PREMIERE: Artefakt & Claudio PRC - Collaborations I [De Stijl]

The Dutch duo based in Berlin, Robin Koek and Nick Lapien, better known as Artefakt, are starting a new chapter in their De Stijl narrative; the record label they founded in 2019 with the goal to further explore their sound and host affiliated projects and collaborations with like-minded friends. The latter takes the first significant step and starts the new series 'Collaborations.' For the inaugural release in the series, Artefakt welcomes their close friend and fellow Berliner, Claudio PRC.

premieres, reviewsGilles WassermanMarch 23, 2022artefakt, claudio PRC, de stijl, techno, ambient

REVIEW: lb honne - a move [vorgott]

Very few producers have consistently tapped into the deepest recesses of universal niceness. Or make music open to interpretation and not imposing any particular emotional charge, let alone possess the power to trigger personal memories.

reviewsWill Bentley-HawkinsJanuary 22, 2022lb honne, a move, vorgott

REVIEW: IO Records - Of Morning And Of Glory

Of Morning And Of Glory is the first in a series of compilations aimed as the label states to, ‘look into several special natural phenomenons and let various artists of different artforms interpret their own picture of it in their individual creative language’. Each passing their ‘answer’ to the next for interpretation.

reviewsZach HueninkDecember 10, 2021IO Records, IO, Of Morning and of Glory, Olorun, Infinity, Foreign Material, Javier Marimon, Os Muiños

REVIEW: Tellus – Shrouded in Sun EP

Tellus’ Shrouded in Sun EP follows on from a raft of lovely releases across Akuratyde’s Modern Conveniences label over the past few years. The label’s delicate, lush, melodic drum & bass explorations show a continued affinity with autonomic and share its interest in the more spacious, idiosyncratic, contemplative, and bittersweet possibilities of drum & bass.

REVIEW: Secuencias Temporales | Various Hearts Year Two

June was a joyful month for many reasons. For us at Delayed, there was a plethora of amazing music to match the nice change in weather.

reviewsZach HueninkJuly 16, 2021Secuencias Temporales, ambient, deep house, downtempo, experimental, review

REVIEW: Blazej Malinowski & Claudio PRC - Future Retro [012]

In food, the art of pairing is subtle but important. Open a wrong bottle of wine with your dish and the meal is ruined: flavors either cancel each other or dominate one another or, worse, fight each other

REVIEW: Gems Under the Horizon 1 [Basic Moves]

Inspiration for music can come from a variety of places, and times. The littlest sound or setting can spark the greatest fire of musical creativity. To christen the first release of their new chill-out sub-label, Belgium-based Basic Moves looks to Sonmi451, and Dylan Thomas Hayes for a split EP, titled Gems Under the Horizon 1.