Awake All Hours

This week on Awake All Hours, we share our event experiences from the past couple of weeks, including Grove at Memorials of Distinction, Tech Couture at Venue MOT, Keep Hush at The Cause, Gala Festival, and the recent ipaadi and Housework parties at Strange Brew. We then reflect on the passing of two heavyweights of electronic music, K-HAND and Paul Johnson, as well as Charlie Bones’ departure fro...

This week on Awake All Hours, we reflect on the events of the past two reopening weekends and share our first clubbing experiences in over 18 months, including parties hosted by The Cause, Materials, Rupture, Rhythm Section and SASS. We then react to BBC 4's episode of the Morality Maze podcast entitled 'The Morality of Partying', before reviewing new albums by Darkside, DJ Manny an...

In this week's episode, for the first time since this podcast's creation, we prepare to finally set foot on a dance floor again, sharing our thoughts on 'Freedom Day' and the return of UK clubbing. In reviews, we discuss new albums from Koreless, Nene H and LV & Joshua Idehen, before finishing with the usual round up of all our favourite club ready treats from the past coup...

In this special episode of Awake All Hours, we begin by sharing our thoughts on the recent Freedom to Dance Protest held in London before settling into our mid-year review, rounding up our five favourite EPs, tunes and albums of 2021 so far! SUPPORT THE ARTISTS // https://buymusic.club/list/awakeallhours-aah-podcast-ep-033 SUPPORT AWAKE ALL HOURS // https://www.patreon.com/awakeallhours

In this week's episode, we share our thoughts on the return of Dekmantel Festival and the UK's further postponement of the easing of Covid restrictions. In reviews, we cover the follow up to Dean Blunt's revered 'Black Metal' project, 'Black Metal 2',  Manni Dee's pulversing new LP 'A Low Level Love', and Dark0's JRPG inspired 'Eternity&a...

In this week's episode, we review Loraine James' startling new album, 'Reflection', the searing self-titled debut from Wanton Witch on Stroboscopic Artefacts and Mungk's expansive 140 concept album, 'Temple Of Mungk'. We finish with compilation of the week and a round up of our favourite club-ready morsels from Bandcamp and beyond! SUPPORT THE ARTISTS // https://...

In this episode, we share our thoughts on the aftermath of the pilot events held in Liverpool and review new albums from Erika De Casier, Sons Of Kemet and Fatima Al Qadiri, before finishing with our compilation of the week and a round up of our favourite club ready releases from Bandcamp and beyond! SUPPORT THE ARTISTS // https://buymusic.club/list/awakeallhours-aah-podcast-030 COMPANION MIX // h...

In this episode, we share our thoughts on the two recent pilot raves held by Circus in Liverpool, KAYTRANADA's history making Grammy wins and the return of The Pickle Factory. In reviews we discuss new albums from Skee Mask, Leon Vynehall, Chippy Nonstop & dj genderfluid and Say3 before finishing with our compilation of the week and round up of our favourite bits n bobs from Bandcamp and...

In this episode, we shout about Bristol's premium spot for seated, alfresco soundsystem worship, HighRise Hub and share our thoughts on the implications of Boomtown's cancellation for the rest of the UK festival circuit. In reviews we discuss new albums from Andy Stott, Alfa Mist, Maxwell Sterling and Abysmal before finishing with our compilation of the week and traditional Bandcamp haul...

The sun’s coming out which means there’s no better time to get acquainted with Club Djembe! The Bristol crew are at the forefront of pushing the percussive, funky sound within the city and beyond, via their essential label, events and radio shows. We had the absolute pleasure of linking up with Josie, Ryan and Jake, who make up the collective together with DJ Polo, for a Saturday afternoon Zoom pa...

This week, we cast our minds over one whole year of Awake All Hours' existence and look forward to what the future might have in store, featuring groundbreaking realisations on the humble origins of our podcast's name, as well as our actual ratio of hours spent asleep / awake these past 12 months... In reviews we discuss new albums from Facta, Christina Chatfield and AceMoMA and as alway...

This week on Awake All Hours, we share our thoughts on the triumphant return of New Zealand's Beacon Festival and what it could suggest for booking international DJs in a post-lockdown landscape. In album reviews, we discuss 'Promises' by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra and serpentwithfeet's 'DEACON' before finishing with a round u...

This week, in honour of International Women's Day, we celebrate women and non-binary artists in electronic music, highlighting five producers, DJs, labels or initiatives that we think are brilliant and demand your attention. In album reviews, we discuss LOUISAHHH'S 'The Practice of Freedom', 'JP4' by Junglepussy and the new Osàre! Editions compilation 'V.A. - II...

We follow up our interview with modular maestro Third Son by welcoming the lovely Kyle Setch! Brisbane based producer / DJ Lithe has been sharpening his cavernous and vicious strain of hard drum into a razors edge over the last year or so, as demonstrated on his Lithe EP series and more recently his contribution for Irish imprint Flood with an EP entitled ‘Nos’ - a standout club release from last...

This week, we share our thoughts on UK Prime Minster Boris Johnson's roadmap to ease lockdown restrictions, June 21st and how club & festival culture may look in the second half of 2021. In reviews we discuss new albums from Calibre, QOQEQA, Kas and Amandra x Mattheis before finishing with a round up of favourite Bandcamp picks from the last few weeks! COMPANION MIX // https://soundcloud....

This week, we share our thoughts on the incredibly negative and complex situation unfolding around R&S records. In album reviews, we discuss Emeka Ogboh's 'Beyond The Yellow Haze', the new Lith Dolina compilation 'Brabuhr Q​-​ih' and Cristian Vogel's 'Rebirth Of Wonky' before finishing with a round up of our favourite EP's from the last few weeks, i...

This episode of Awake All Hours is dedicated to the memory and legacy of visionary artist, SOPHIE. We begin this week by addressing the deeply saddening loss of one of modern music's true icons, the cancellation of Glastonbury & Coachella and the PRS' decision to implement a license fees for live-streamed events (which, at the time of upload, has apparently been reversed). We follow...

We kickstart our Insights series in 2021 by welcoming Joe Price! Better known as Third Son, the prolific producer, composer, Polymath label boss and DJ has had notable releases on the likes of Matthew Herbert's Accidental Records, Step Recordings and more recently Dusky’s 17 Steps. However, perhaps his most impressive achievement of all can be found on his very own Polymath imprint – ‘20 Days...

We're back in business for 2021, sharing our thoughts and hopes for the future of club and festival culture. There's also brief discussions on the UK governments rejection of visa-free travel for touring artists and memes of old i.e. the CIA's apparent desire to sign for Drumcode... We also have a stacked reviews section, featuring albums from Reptant, Slick Shoota and Four Tet foll...

Finishing off our 2020 round up, we discuss our favourite albums from outside and on the fringes of electronic music. 

Continuing our round up of all our favourite things this year, we host the first edition of our (not so) prestigious award ceremony! Featuring Best DJ, Best Producer, Best Label, Best New Label, Mix Of The Year, Best Event, Best Remix, Heroics Award, One To Watch, A.A.H Tune Of The Year and the A.A.H. Album Of The Year.

Continuing our end of year roundup, we follow up our top five compilations and top twenty LP's by listing our favourite EP's and tunes of 2020!

Here it is! It's that fateful time of year where everyone painstakingly compiles lists of their favourite things. We've had a pop at it ourselves, beginning with our top five compilations and top twenty albums of 2020! 

PAY ATTENTION. That's the conclusion we drew after spending an incredibly enjoyable and eye-opening 90 minutes in the company of Verraco. The Colombian DJ and Producer’s Insurgentes imprint, a label he runs with close friend Defuse, is quickly becoming one of the most essential labels in modern IDM, pushing beautifully crafted braindance. His debut full-length 'Grial' is a perfect m...

It's our final full show if the year it's absolutely stacked with talking points. We discuss developments in the UK with the arrival of a vaccination against Covid-19 and talk of rapid Covid testing for the events industry, preview Dekmantel's upcoming online festival and highlight significant Grammy nominations from within the world of electronic music. There's also a bumper r...