Hailing from Istanbul, Turkey, Gantz credits his distance from the standard influences and music hot spots as resulting in his unique style. Not following the rules on production and shying away from the public face, it’s been fairly standard for Gantz to hide away from the ’scene’ but DEEP MEDi’s 1st 12″ of 2014, brings his head firmly into the mix. The last 12 months included touring the United States, as well as causing a flurry with remixes including 1 for fellow MEDi artist Commodo…so why MEDi? “I started delving into this dubstep thing back in 2008, my first maybe 10 records were only Deep Medi records, this label was the place i had to release music on. It’s sort of why i started making tunes.” 87289;"Following acclaimed releases on his own Fifth Wall imprint (Resident Advisor’s label of the month December 2013), Brooklyn producer Hound Scales makes his White Asega debut with three gritty and hypnotic cuts of smokestack rave. Named for the perverted preacher’s daughter in Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood, Sabbath Lillie Hawks continues the artist’s exploration into the darker midnight reaches of house and techno, finding influence in African rhythms, chugging train lines, Kate Bush and UK Jungle. The result is “a soundtrack to blood soaked progress and confused futurism” where fractured warehouse grooves tug and tussle with pummeling piston kicks, abstract vocal edits and howling synths, marking a fierce statement of intent from an important new name in electronic music. Pioneering UK duo Forward Strategy Group up the tempo with their sci-fi tinged remix of Thinner, blurring the harsher edges and warping the dark textures into a breathless and bassy synth-led killer.