Listening to Shifted, a new EP from the Glasgow producer, is like running your hand over cool, subtly textured slate tilingFrom Bath, now based in GlasgowRecommended if you like Porter Ricks, Basic Channel, Robert Hood Up next Manchester and Glasgow DJ sets this weekend, a China and Japan tour in November, and new collaborative project Departure releasing an album in NovemberAs autumn paints the British air, skies and seas grey-white, it’s time to colour-match your soundtrack accordingly. Dub techno is something I always reach for at this time of year, cold but with a crackle of heat at its heart. Pioneered in the early 90s and blending stern techno with kindlier ambient and the sagely nodding offbeat of dub, it has been a deep, slow current in dance culture ever since and still has excellent new proponents such as Purelink, Cousin and the Glasgow producer Conna Haraway (who also heads up the labels co:clear and Index:Records). Continue reading...