Machinedrum - 3FOR82

Machinedrum - 3FOR82Travis Stewarts journey to making 3FOR82 began, fittingly, on 3 4. For his 41st birthday, on March 4th, he ventured out to Joshua Tree National Park, California, to seek clarity and inspiration for what became his 11th studio album as Machinedrum; 12 high intensity, ruminative tracks that thread the needle between his past, present and future selves. Ive been to Joshua Tree many times and Ive always felt a great sense of clarity every time I visit,

The first surprise is that Bannon has moved away from hip-hop

Dakim and Dan Nicholls

the lyrical content of which is heavily obscured in the final piece

But perhaps the best moments on this album are the big club tunes - the irrepressible dancehall of "Big Timer" feat

to the deep ‘n’ deadly subs of ‘1000 Miles’

Santigold named them her Favourite Band In The World

a much more restrained track felt best

at the same time

followed by the single “Sex”

So The Bug vs Earth project holed up in Daddy Kev’s legendary LA studio

The Track is Emma’s ode to the club and it’s absence throughout 2020 - which was widely praised and received coverage from the likes of FACT

“We wanted to go deeper this time