What is there to say about Communion? It started off in 2006 as a club night and community at the Notting Hill Arts Club, founded by Ben Lovett (Mumford and Sons), Kevin Jones (Cherbourg) and producer Ian Grimble. But my what an impression it has left as it has provided a platform for the newest bands on London’s circuit. The night has seen the likes of Noah and the Whale, Laura Marling, Mumford and Sons, JJ Pistolet and Peggy Sue grace the stage and has become closely associated with the …

It’s been a very long time coming, but definitely worth it with 12 just perfect pieces of electro and house tunes ready to get all of you back on the dance floor now the effects of new year have worn off.
As usual it is a mix of some artists you’ll know (hopefully) and others you might not, but each one of them is all kinds of awesome.  The length of time this has been sitting half done on my laptop has been ridiculous, but then something better came along and …

The shops may think that Christmas starts in mid October, but we all know that in reality you should only start preparing on 1st December with that first choccy in the advent calendar.
So as a way of starting off the musical advent (and I’m in no way religious, but enjoy a reason for a gluttonous festival as much as the next man), we have a little Christmas/winter indie mixtape from the kind folk over at XO Publicity. A little change from the Slade/Wham/East 17 that you”re all hearing elsewhere.
We’ve always …

It’s finally here. a full six months since the last one here is a few more electro wonders to throw at everyone.
Good Luck at the Gunfight have been one of my favourite finds of the last couple of months, with a distinctly summery Daft Punk-esque sound going on in their debut (and free) EP.
Filthy Dukes have produced some more eminently danceable synthpop from there wonderful Nonsense in the Dark
James Rutledge does the remix job on Fever Ray to make Triangle Walks sound a little like La Roux coming up.
Fear of …

With the cold spell and the rain coming back to our shores, now seems a perfect time to showcase a few of the artists that showcase the other, slower, deeper and darker side of electronic music.

Pegase starts of the mix with a track that has soundtracked some of my more personal and introspective moments over the last few months after Bec over at Electrorash picked him up. Slow epic and atmospheric electronic movements demonstrating his skill makes Pegase one of the most exciting electronic artists of the moment.
Shark Speed offer …

This has been a long time coming, but today I’ve got 2 CDs worth of amazing summer music. The first disc is more folk based in keeping with last summer’s mix, with the second less folky but just as perfect for the summer afternoons in the sunshine.
We have a few of the bands that were on the last mix popping up again, but most on here have not been featured on TBW before. As I’ve been out of the game for a while, some of these have been around for …