SBTRKT breaks his recent silence by sending Mary Anne Hobbs a new track, which she giddily debuted on her BBC Radio 6 show this weekend. With “Hold the Line”, the British producer known to his mum as Aaron Jerome doesn’t stray far from the ethereal, moody beats that have made him one of the more exciting […]


21 Feb
Only 99 of the highly exclusive Swiss timepieces to be made

We’ve covered a lot of the outlandish space-oriented creations from watchmaker Romain Jerome in the past (including various iterations of his Space Invaders Watch), and his new Spacecraft watch does not deviate from his M.O. The handbuilt luxury timepiece was made in collaboration with Manuel Emch, Eric Giroud and Jean-Marc Wiederrecht and features a retro-futuristic PVC-coated […]


We’ve covered several of Romain Jerome’s outlandish timepiece creations before (like the $17,900 PAC-MAN wristwatch, or the similar Space Invaders version). Now Romain is similarly reaching back to his 80s pop roots, this time tapping seminal automotive culture from that bygone decade. Taking cues from the short-lived but ultimately iconic DeLorean DMC-12 car, Jerome has designed […]


23 Aug
Romain Jerome's limited edition 20-piece arcade inspired watch

Swiss watch maker Romain Jerome, who we featured before with the release of his rather otherworldly Space Invaders watch, is back with another arcade game inspired timepiece: the iconic Pac-Man. Made of Moon SilverRJ (a low-oxidation silver fused with actual moon rocks) and gems, the headturning watch features a Swiss automatic Concepto movement. The PAC-MAN […]


27 Jul
A new leak from London producer's upcoming sophomore LP

Its been a good week for music, highlighted by Flying Lotus releasing his “Between Friends” track with Earl Sweatshirt. Now comes the other shoe from SBTRKT (aka Aaron Jerome). Like the London-based producer previous release via SoundCloud, “Gamelena”, “Gloss” was captioned with minimal text: “#gloss #sbtrkt analog music”. So here we are again, thankful that […]


2 Jul
Watch made from fragments of Apollo 11 & actual moon rocks

The release of the original ‘Space Invaders’ arcade game caused a shortage of Yen when it was first released in Japan 1978. Switzerland-based watch designer Romain Jerome was an active participant in that epic arcade frenzy, and his latest innovation is this limited edition blue version of his previous ‘Space Invaders watch which we’ve previously […]


24 May
Latest one-off music from UK producer/DJ Aaron Jerome

This track was left simply with the message: “back in the studio. working towards eps/ album/ etc…. something new – no plan for it – just thought id share” on producer SBTRKT’s soundcloud. Good to know he’s back at it, although I’ll definitely be digging into his brilliant self-titled for a little while longer. “Gamelena” […]


2 Apr
The latest video from London producer/DJ Aaron Jerome

The latest video from SBTRKT is the Sam Pilling directed clip for “Hold On”, with usual collaborator Sampha on vocals. Otherwise known as Aaron Jerome, the London artist is among the top crop of post-dubstep producers in the game. If you don’t have SBTRKT’s BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix, you’re sleeping my friend… SBTRKT Get More: SBTRKT, […]