TAG: Silicone Soul

Sep15

Unreleased Daft Punk Song To Premier On Radio 1 Friday

Last month, Scottish techno imprint Soma Records announced that they would be including an unreleased Daft Punk track, taken from the duo’s earliest submissions to the label way back in 1994, as part of their 20th Anniversary box set. The song, “Drive unreleased 1994,” will be first heard by the world tomorrow night on Annie Mac‘s BBC Radio 1 show. The show runs from 7PM-9PM UK Time. You can listen live on the Radio 1 website, or find it on every blog in the universe approximately 90 seconds after it airs. Soundcloud might want to invest in some new servers. …MORE

May07

Various Artists – Darkroom Dubs Vol. 2: Compiled & Mixed by Silicone Soul (Review)

Various Artists

Darkroom Dubs Vol. 2: Compiled & Mixed by Silicone Soul

Released by Darkroom Dubs


Silicone Soul have a history of delving into the seedier underbelly of the house music scene – almost to a point where I wouldn’t even really describe most of it as house anymore. Hence the name of their record label, and the eponymous series of edgy compilations they’ve released through it. The funny thing is, I don’t even think the term “Dub” is a totally accurate description for what they do. Like all terms and classifications, this is another one that’s gotten thrown around and bastardized to the point ...
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Jul02

Silicone Soul – Silicone Soul LP (Review)

Silicone Soul

Silicone Soul LP



For the past 10 years, Scottish kings of deep techno Silicone Soul have ventured to the darker regions of house. The progression of their sound is impossible to track, as it shifts from track to track, album to album.

Herein lies the beauty of Silicone Soul. And how fitting that on the 10th anniversary of their uniting to produce electronic music, Craig Morrison and Graeme Reedie should release an album illustrating some of their broadest, most varied tracks to date. Eerie, ominous, chilling, gentle, soothing, uplifting. Silicone ...
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Apr01

Silicone Soul – Staring Into Space (Review)

Silicone Soul

Staring Into Space

Released by Soma


More starry eyed tech house from the Scottish label that knows best

Maybe more house producers should spend time staring into space, imbibing some cosmic know-how to making a proper electronic album. Or they can peruse Silicone's second LP on Soma. A departure from 2000's A Soul Thing, Space melds a motley group of live instrumentation (trumpets, guitars and saxes) and vocalists. This rounds out Silicone's liquid house sound with an organic, song-based overhaul.

The psychedelic funk of "Room 666 At the Deadly Hotel" is a definite ...
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