Knowledge 86

Here’s the lowdown on the latest issue of Knowledge (K86), now available to buy online at www.knowledge.co.uk or in all good newsagents and record shops…
Ed Rush and Optical’s ‘Chameleon’ LP sees them temporarily shedding their role as DJs to tour as part of a live band. Knowledge met the group mid-rehearsal to get the lowdown on this latest evolution of the Virus sound.

Getting a label of the ground is never an easy task. Trying to launch and manage three of them only intensifies that struggle, a fact that Tommie “Plan 9” Emmi and Shawn Patrick Kelley of Cymbalism fame know oh-so-well. We catch up with these busy bods to discuss their unhealthy work rate.

The last time we popped in for a chat with with the San Francisco-based Gridlok he had reached that now-familiar threshold in a producer’s career where it was obvious that the future was about to blow itself wide open in a major way. We look at his journey into the elite circle of new-school producers making it large worldwide.

Anyone who’s tried them will proclaim that long distance relationships just don’t work. We look into Sonic and Silver’s cross continent relationship

“It’s all about believing in what I want to do and believing in my honour.” So says Japanese DJ and producer Makoto about the vibe behind his forthcoming second album, ‘Believe in my Soul’. Knowledge digs deeper.

Tactile / Mindscape member, classical music afficionado, reknowned DJ and all-round ambassador for Hungarian D&B, SKC is about to unleash his debut album on Commercial Suicide. Knowledge finds out more about killing ‘em softly.

Knowledge checks in with Holdtight to find out how a ex-punk rocker, a classically trained pianist, a bongo player for the Happy Mondays and an industy veteran end up making liquid D&B…

In Digital Nation, MJ Cole gives talks to us about compression, Daft Punk and the perfect melody plus we check in with the She Devils to see how they broke they system in under a year by setting up The Lab studios.

We also check out Kubiks and Lomax, Eddy Woo, DJ Redeyes, MC 2Shy, Current Value, MC Messinian, Skream, Foreign Beggars and Milanese plus we peer into the positive artworld of the talented Trickartt. If that isn’t enough then we also have all the latest games, books, websites, news, fashion, cool shit, DJ equipment, clubs, plus all we review the movies and DVD's to keep your probing minds at bay for another month.

FREE COVER CD Mixed by DJ Plan B & Illy MC
1. Locuss – Foundation- Cymbalism
2. Duo Infernale- Hold You- Cymbalism
3. Contour- Moving Higher- Cymbalism
4. Psidream- Spirit Quest- Cymbalism
5. Unknown Error- No Escape- Cymablsim
6. Unknown Error- Tracker – Cymablsim
7. Gyromite & Subsonik- Remember- Cymbalsim
8. Gyromite & Subsonik- Remember (Night Breed Remix) – Cymbalsim
9. Alliance- Shame- Cymbalism
10. Os- 808- Cymbalism
11. Plan9 & Extract- surfer Rosa- Cymbalsim
12.SST – Strange- Cybalsim
13. The Chosen- Nightmare- Cymbalism
14. Shakka- Diamond- Word Of God- Cymbalsim
15. D-Star- On the Go- Cymbalsim
16. Infiltrata & Demo- Gorilla Taktiks VIP – Cymbalism
17. Mumblz Fixation- Hatred Among Us- Cymbalsim
19. Gignator- Hook Echo 0 Cymbalism
20. oS –808 (Omno Trio Final Cut)