According to the imprint's blog, one of our favorite techno labels of last year Sandwell District is no more. You can download their goodbye mix featuring the likes of Sandwell District themselves and label mates Regis and Raime, as well as Aphex Twin and others. Download here.
Red Cup is proud and extremely excited to announce that on the 28 and 29 of October we will be in France in order to cover the now sold out Pitchfork Festival in Paris at the Grande Hall de la Villette. Stay surfed-in on the days leading up the event as we'll be posting relevant articles and features. During the Festival we will be posting photos, videos and articles from the events. If you haven't heard the line-up head over to the artist section of the Festival website for details or listen to the playlist created by Pitchfork below. We're particularly excited about Aphex Twin, Four Tet, Cut Copy, Washed Out, Lykke Li, Pantha du Prince, as well as Purity Ring who will be performing at the recently announced after party (FYI: tickets for the warm up and after parties are still available).
On his remix for Dave I.D.'s "SumR", Actress explores the darker shades of his experiments in techno. At Red Cup we were discussing among us the parallel between Aphex Twin and Actress and how both artists took elements from strict and purist genres (d&b, techno and dubstep) and created their own sound operating in the margin and existing in a twilight world where such influences can coexist. There's a respect for the source material but also a sense of humor or a lightness that is refreshing for such sounds that are usually emitted from genre-anchored artists. Ultimately, both achieved a seminal, unique and personal sound that has borrowed from many but is near impossible to replicate. Listen to what we mean below on Actress' remix for Dave I.D.'s "SumR":
