It is now twenty one years since The Dust Brother’s ‘Chemical Beats’. Over two decades in which the Chemical Brothers (brothers from the same mother) have defined the Big Beat genre. And time in which the duo have established themselves as the go-to artist for Hollywood. The Hunger Games, Hanna,
Since its official launch in March, Tidal has been deeply criticised by a huge proportion of the public; many of whom are very sceptical of its intentions. Tidal sells itself as “the first artist-owned global music and entertainment platform” – supposedly paying the highest percentage of royalties to music artists
Street Fest 2015 is the leading urban culture festival in London and this year will be taking place at East London’s Tobacco Dock, one of the cities most exciting venues. Ego Ella May, Hannah Faith, Elijah & Skilliam, Kutmah, Soom T, Loyle Carner and an array of others are all
J.R.R Tolkien once said “Not all those who wander are lost”. Chilean born, Swedish raised, New York matured and now London based Alexi Delano is a fine example of this. He’s released five albums and umpteen tracks on labels such as SVEK imprint and Drumcode, has been nominated for a
Over here at THE PLAYGROUND HQ, we’re excited to see that our YouTube channel TRAPaTRAP has just reached its first one million views and now has over thirteen thousand subscribers. TRAPaTRAP is dedicated to supporting the best in emerging bass and trap music and providing a platform for those artists
µ-ZIQ AKA Michael Paradinas is one of the premiere names in the field of electronic music and founder of Planet Mu Records, a label that celebrates their 20th anniversary this year. μ-Ziq released his first records via Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) and his label Rephlex Records. Following a
U.S man, Jesse Carey has raised over £11,000 ($18,000) for charity by promising to listen to only Nickleback for one week. The sponsorship conditions mean that he must listen to the Canadian rock band whilst he works, eats, sleeps and even showers for a total of 168 consecutive hours. This
Love Saves The Day Festival has just announced the first acts that will appear on its 2015 line up. Four Tet, Floating Points, Grandmaster Flash, Crazy P, Tale of Us, Kelea and Daniel Avery are among the artists that will be performing over the two day festival. Jessie Ware and
Hessle Audio Co-Founder David Kennedy AKA Pearson Sound has released the full details of his upcoming debut release on the label. News of the release first cropped up on Facebook, simply stating the catalogue number “HESLP002” followed by a release date of “early 2015.” It can be now confirmed that
Aphex Twin’s 2014 album ‘Syro’ has been shortlisted for a Grammy. 2015 will be the Grammies’ 57th year and will see the addition of two new categories, ‘Best Dance Recording’ and ‘Best Dance Album.’ In previous years The Grammies have had a rocky relationship with the Dance Music scene, having
