Head in the Clouds.

Posted December 31st, 2009 by admin. Comments (2).

Let’s start with this: all the best wishes for 2010!
In 2007, two Swedes called Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss grew tired of constantly sending music through email and shady download sites so they invented something new: the Soundcloud. From that moment, people could come to their website and upload their musical masterpieces to that site [...]

Work in Progress.

Posted December 30th, 2009 by admin. Comment (0).

As you are reading this, the Jackplug is going through some maintenance. Next to new layout and a brand new address, ‘thejackplug.com’, there is also a new list that might be of your interest, featuring posts by other blogs. Check out the right side of the page.
Something else (or rather, someone) you might like is [...]

Two Thousand And Tensnake.

Posted December 28th, 2009 by admin. Comment (1).

This guy from Hamburg is Marco Niemerski, but you might know him for his House/Funk/Disco productions he releases under his alias Tensnake. He started releasing his records in 1999 as Marc Moureau. That led to sounds like these. And here’s a nice video too:

His next EP is coming out onPermanent Vacation, probably somewhere in January. [...]

Canned Heat from Sweden.

Posted December 9th, 2009 by admin. Comment (0).

Nice initiative in Tilburg, Holland. Three friends decided to give boost to a the local techno scene by setting up a few gigs. All goes under the name of Klub Tilt and they’re inviting some impressive names, which results in impressive parties. Last edition featured a live set by Kollektiv Turmstrasse, and now they managed [...]

Chamber of Secrets.

Posted December 9th, 2009 by admin. Comment (1).

This is not a post about a geeky looking figure flying broomsticks and fighting some obscure noseless guy.
Meet Cardiff based producer Lawrence Whitehead. He is nineteen years young, studies Creative Music Technology and produces/plays music under the name Tolerance. That’s not all. “I also serve coffee to grannies in order to fund my excessive vinyl/equipment [...]

Dance little mama.

Posted December 4th, 2009 by admin. Comment (1).

Like so many kids, Minneapolis youngster Charley Pugmire started playing the guitar in his early teen years. His first encounter with actual music production happened when he was fifteen, at a friend’s party. “I ended up staying in the basement during most of the party just fooling around with sounds, and I was hooked after [...]

Something nice and easy.

Posted December 3rd, 2009 by admin. Comment (0).

Justin Laberge is a 22-years-old House producer from Vancouver, Canada. His sample based productions, some of them released on local Solid Bump Records, will probably remind you of those early French Cassius, Stardust or Superfunk sounds..
It probably figures, when asked for a small bio his response came down to: ‘vinyl records! vinyls forever!’.. Here’s [...]

Sweet Seventeen.

Posted December 2nd, 2009 by admin. Comment (0).

The hype machine is rattling as more Sky Ferreira material is popping up on the internet. This L.A.-girl is 17, ambitious, backed up by some hot European producers (Who happen to be part of Miike Snow) and her skills are being compared to those of Mariah Carey (and probably Gaga, Madonna, Hannah Montana [...]