shamrock grew up in the township called ‘kwathema’, in the east of johannesburg. he has being crazy for music since he was a young child, and at primary school he sang as the soloist in the choir. everyone now knows that south africa is the house music capitol of the world! most young upcoming producers look up the american and european producers, but shamrock’s sound is standing out from the rest, as he’s been digging into his african roots to come up with his own style of music, working with mainly south african musicians, only using the computer to record the audio. on this album he’s also featured international musicians han litz,flutist from the netherlands, asali, vocalist from kenya, andy compton, from the uk, and jimmy gabriel on sax from nigeria.

s>>d aka sean dorris from belfast delivers his debut album co intel pro on cpu. refined sampling alongside hip hop influenced breaks sees s>>d operating in a similar dimension to vhs head. reminiscent of 1980s sci-fi soundtracks interwoven with idm-tinged electro, haunting atmospheres prevail throughout with hints of a genre that has yet to emerge. presented over 2x12inch vinyl at 45rpm for superior sound quality. fans of pye corner audio, gescom or indeed anything on skam will certainly dig this.

medical records continues to cut the strings holding it in 1 or 2 genres by presenting something just a tad askew