DJ Gilles Peterson and The Playground fave KUTMAH are both self-professed fans of Belgian experimental collective STUFF. who release their eponymous debut album in the UK today via buteo buteo. The Belgium-based ensemble blend hiphop and jazz-inflected funk, and have been compared to Flying Lotus. Formed in 2012, the group
If you’re Los Angeles based producer and all round cool motherfunker Dâm-Funk, how do you chill on a hazy day close to the end of the summertime? Easy. You pitch up with a bunch of synthesizers (“nothing high end, just some fun stuff”) in the trunk of your motor and
Benny Ill of influential production duo Horsepower Productions has returned with his first 12″ in five years, as reported by RA. The new material will be released on Loefah’s Swamp81 label on September 11 with a 12″ titled Swamp91 featuring two mixes of the same track. Ill’s last release was
Following the release of his album ‘The Curved Line’ last week, Kelpe has unveiled a new video for album standout track ‘Valerian’. Directed by London-based Sagberg aka David Altweger, the ‘Valerian‘ video is built from recordings of sound reactive visuals. Sagberg uses analogue source materials like film burns, scratches and
‘Crosswords‘ comes as the follow up to Noah Lennox‘s fourth studio album ‘Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper‘ which came out back in June. The record will see the title track given an EP mix treatment as well as an updated version of ‘The Preakness‘ and three brand new tracks:
SoundCloud is apparently running low on funds, and could be out of money by the end of this year. A report from Digital Music News quotes three individuals who are apparently close to the organisation, and say that the company will require an emergency bridge from an existing investor or
There’s only a week to go before Sea Dance, officially Europe’s best medium sized festival, kicks off in picturesque landscape of Budva, Montenegro. This year, the team at Sea Dance, the same people who run the world famous EXIT Festival at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Serbia, have joined forces with
‘Deicide’ is the second offering from Crystal Castles since the rather acrimonious and well-publicised departure of singer Alice Glass last year, which sparked a bit of a social media war between Glass and fellow founding member Ethan Kath. When any band loses a member their future immediately is cast into
Hudson Mohawke is a phenomenon. Hudson, once known as DJ Itchy, was the UK’s youngest ever DMC Finalist and has shown the world what he’s been working on in the time he gets between producing Kayne West, writing songs for Grand Theft Auto V and being an outright trend setter.
The Playground are giving away 2 x VIP tickets to one of the UK’s favourite boutique electronic festivals. Check out the video for last years festival here for a taster of what you can expect. To enter, head to THE PLAYGROUND’s Facebook page and follow the steps. Good luck!
