The drum machine learned to swing
A grid can hold a pulse without deciding its feel. Follow the choices of timing, weight and interruption that make programmed rhythm worth returning to.
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UK garage: the beat we share
Three records at 134 BPM, several ways to move. NOVASE15, KOSTA, RAILz and Rainman offer a route into garage as a shared pulse with room for individual...
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UK garage: leave a space for the answer
Start with NOVASE15 and KOSTA at 134 BPM, then follow the changing voices and tempos of The Cosmic Game. A listening route through swing, space and the...
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NOVASE15: A different clock after dark
Garage swing, a close voice and a city full of half-heard details. An imagined conversation with NOVASE15, from the two-step of Don't Walk Away Yet to 4AM...
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