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Matthew Herbert and Karl Hyde Collaborate on ‘Fatherland’ Album

Karl Hyde (Underworld) and Matthew Herbert are collaborating on an album taken from extracts of the stage show Fatherland. The play, conceived and written by playwright Simon Stephens and Scott Graham, in collaboration with Hyde, will be premiering at Manchester International Festival this July. Described as “a bold, ambitious show

Hong Kong Edition Of Sónar Announces Headliners

DJ Shadow, Dave Clarke, Gilles Peterson and Evian Christ will play the first Hong Kong edition of the Sónar music festival, its organisers announced yesterday. The event, due to take place over six stages spread throughout Hong Kong’s Science Park on April 1st this year, forms another ‘satellite’ event to

Hear debut Radiohead & Hans Zimmer Blue Planet collaboration

Radiohead and Hans Zimmer preview an orchestral re-imagined version of the Radiohead song ‘Bloom’ from 2011 album The King of Limbs, now dubbed as ‘(ocean) bloom‘, the new version sees Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke rerecord vocals, with production duties handled by Russell Emanuel of Bleeding Fingers Music – the company

Tributes To David Axelrod Pour In

Musicians from a variety of backgrounds and from all over the world have united in paying tribute to legendary Los Angeles producer David Axelrod, who passed away on Sunday aged 83. The producer was known for his ability to mix and blend a wide range of musical styles, including jazz,

Call Super announces upcoming album Arpo

Berlin-based techno producer and DJ Joe Seaton aka Call Super will be releasing his sophomore album Arpo via Houndstooth on November 10th. Following 2014’s breakthrough Suzi Ecto, the full-length LP will be his second under label’s wing. Arpo showcases finely chiseled arrangements and Seaton’s signature style of a delicate electronic

Dream pop duo Sweet Tempest release new video

Sweet Tempest share new video for single release “The Truth” out via Zebralution. All written, produced and mixed by the duo, they have already racked up hundreds of thousands of plays on Youtube with support from Youtube channel ElectroPosé whilst playing festivals VEGA in Copenhagen as well as supporting pop

Technics Release 1210GR Turntable In Black, Make Special Appeal To DJs

In an interview published in The New York Times last month (“A Turntable Reborn Turns Its Back On Its Hip-Hop Legacy”), Technics creative director Hiro Morishita scored a publicity own-goal by stating, “Our concept is analog records for hi-fi listening. DJs are fine, too, but as a marketing target it’s

IGLOOGHOST teams up with Mushbuh for whimsical video

Releasing debut album Neō Wax Bloom worldwide this Friday 29th September via Brainfeeder, IGLOOGHOST recently teamed with Noisey to unveil another incredible track from the record titled ‘Sōlar Blade’. IGLOOGHOST reports: “The track ‘Sōlar Blade’ is about Uso – a bug boy in a cloak stealing fruit and investigating a

Vinyl Pressing For Trent Reznor’s Quake Score

The soundtrack for the video game Quake, scored by Trent Reznor is being pressed to vinyl. The 11 track score will be reissued as part of a release campaign for Nine Inch Nails material. Composing the soundtrack as well as the game’s sound effects, Reznor scored Quake following the release

Listen to Marle Thomson’s acoustic album, “THE CANOPY”

“THE CANOPY – ACOUSTIC’” is the new album by Amsterdam-based nu-future-soul singer-songwriter MARLE THOMSON. Using a combination of soul, folk and electronic sounds in her music, Marle has racked up over half a million Spotify plays and an impressive list of live performances on popular Dutch national TV and radio

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