April News

>Posted by Thomas on (Apr 9, 2012)

Today sees the release of Traxman's debut album for Planet Mu 'Da Mind of Traxman' available on CD/2LP/WAV/MP3.

Cornelius Ferguson a.k.a. Traxman is one of the longest serving producers working in footwork with releases stretching back to the glory days of ghetto house on Dance Mania records in the nineties. He’s also one of the co-founders of Chicago's two-decades-old Geto DJz clique and a member of DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn's Ghetto Teknitianz and was one of the creators of the...
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February News

>Posted by Thomas on (Mar 6, 2012)

Ital is starting to get a lot of attention for his Hive Mind record which is out early next month in the US (out now everywhere else). For instance, he'll be on the cover of NYC's Village Voice on 7th March with an interesting interview therein.

Elsewhere, Dummy Recorded his set in New York last week. You can hear the whole thing HERE

Many...
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END OF YEAR CHARTS

>Posted by Mike P on (Dec 12, 2011)

This year we've decided to go back and do something we haven't done since the site was brown and orange. An end of year chart. This is what Mike and the guys at the label have been listening to this year (minus all the 2012 releases and demos of course - most of which we're tempted to put into our charts - things like the debut album by The Host (due March 2012), The new Rudi Zygadlo material and all those Traxman ... tracks. So here it is (Merry Christmas):

MIKE PARADINAS
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November News

>Posted by Thomas on (Nov 23, 2011)

Last year Planet Mu released 'Bangs & Works Vol.1’ . It was a carefully curated, first of its kind compilation of Chicago footwork, a style of music which is possibly some of the most genuinely future-facing, innovative new electronic music on the planet. Simon Reynolds recently noted in an interview for his book 'Retromania’ that "one thing I thought was really innovative was all...
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September News

>Posted by Thomas on (Sep 30, 2011)

ITAL SIGNS TO PLANET MU

Hello. Next year sees the release of 'Ital' a.k.a. Daniel Martin McCormick's debut for Planet Mu. Daniel has recorded EPs for the esteemed Not Not Fun record label and it's offshoot 100% Silk as well as playing and singing in the cult band Mi Ami, who are on Thrill Jockey Records. The record is called 'Hive Mind' and on it Daniel uses audacity to "chew" samples and loops, creating a malleable, sticky, engaging sound environment aiming to stretch time and pay homage to techno inspirations without copying them.

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July News

>Posted by Thomas on (Aug 1, 2011)

We're pleased to announce that Machinedrum's much anticipated album 'Room(s)' will finally be out this Monday, 25th July. Also, last week Machinedrum performed an excellent mix on Mary Anne Hobbs' brand new Saturday evening XFM show, so check it out HERE'

For those of you who wish to represent us on your chests, we've just taken delivery of some more T-Shirts. We have reprinted the black 'Bubbling Logo' T-Shirts and also decided to do some limited white versions for the summer. Check out the...
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June News

>Posted by Thomas on (Jun 16, 2011)

We now have in stock the LP and CD version of 'Anti G Presents Kentje'sz Beatsz'

Anti-G is an 18-year-old producer from the South Holland city of Delft is of the current Bubbling House generation, but his music often stabs at other realms. Like many of his peers, he takes in the popular styles of the black and Latin communities of Holland: Bubbling, Reggaeton, Dutch and American Hip-Hop, and House, and loads those influence into Fruity Loops on his PC. This often results in all of those genres crammed into 3 minutes of audio, though occasionally he singles one out. The atmosphere is cold and industrial, not-unlike the sound created by UK Grime...
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