In a week of diverse performances that ranged from Manuel Gottsching's groundbreaking electronics to the experimental metal of Sunn O))), Friday's bill of leftfield club beats at Village Underground was the most tempting.
At Ninja Tune's takeover of London's Institute Of Contemporary Arts this past Friday night part of the ongoing Clock Strikes 13 series it felt rude to talk during Florian Kupfer's set.
A much-respected figure in the very British dub-steppy techno scene (think Burial, Kode9, Lone) only recently did I discover that Actress is actually a bloke, namely Darren Cunningham.