"A gritty sound; it's heavy on bass, yet built from simple synths and samples. With the tight range of tape's natural EQ and a thick cassette-hiss crackle"
"It’s certainly a welcome return to dance music’s more rebellious side, after year’s of overly produced house music, the genre’s telltale lo-fi aesthetic certainly makes for more interesting music. Whether it’s going to become the new sheep house remains to be seen. At the moment lo-fi is still the preserve of bedroom producers and DIY labels, but can almost guarantee that some unscrupulous major label executive is rubbing his hands at the idea of releasing something called ‘Lo-fi Anthems 12’."
Mall Grab
Mall Grab is a 23 year-old producer from Newcastle, Australia. Now based in London, England.
Heavily influenced by the working-class steelworks of his hometown, his music explores the roots of house and techno - keeping things stripped back and minimal, yet atmospheric.
Ross From Friends
“I suppose subconsciously it could be seen as a reaction to this hi-fi soundscape which we’re living in, where every producer is striving toward perfection,” Ross From Friends, one of lo-fi house’s key names, said in an interview last year. “It’s kind of like [people are saying], ‘We’re going to stick with the old school and keep it analogue and not have anything over 10,000 Hz audible in our music.’ I do it because I’ve gained a real love for the old school sound, where it really just sounds worn-out and knackered, and it’s got a lot of character. Everything’s very crushed and compressed.”
I read that you spent six months writing ‘(Talk To Me) You’ll Understand’, with the aim of making something you really love. It’s been something of an underground hit, amassing over a million views on YouTube. How does it feel to see so many people connect with something you’ve poured yourself into emotionally? - mixmag
It is actually, genuinely, so very rewarding. I put so much love and compassion into that track, and crafted something that was really emotionally relevant to me, while also trying to define what my sound is as well in one fell swoop. To know that a massive amount of people really understand that as well as me is so refreshing. For a lot of the time I was making that track it was a fairly insular process; I wouldn't really speak to anyone about it or show anyone it, aside from little clips, and they'd just be like "cool, whatever". Having the online community to share it with, and hearing people open up and say it's touched them in some kind of deep way, almost spiritually, or just enjoying the track, is amazing.
DJ Seinfeld
Armand began making music in Edinburgh at the suggestion of a respected friend. Time spent experimenting with music and exploring the possibilities contained within his laptop was cathartic relief from the grind of finishing his studies. Later returning to his hometown of Malmo, his interest in making music would intensify thanks to encouragement from his old school friends and a the looming spectre of a 9-5 lifestyle. A move to Barcelona and the end of a relationship resulted in extended sessions watching the classic American sitcom and the music made to reflect that appeared under the name DJ Seinfeld.
DJ Boring
Australian born, London-based musician Tristan Hallis sent ripples through the underground house music community with the release of his single ‘Winona‘. A vinyl aficionado and notoriously friendly dude, DJ Boring’s signature stripped-down sound has become somewhat of a blueprint for an emerging sub-genre of house- a raw distorted music that stands as a stark contrast to musical elements of the commercial club scene.
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