Posts tagged "electronic music"(Page 7)

Boiler Room announces return of Boiler Room Festival this year

Image courtesy Boiler Room Boiler Room has announced the return of Boiler Room Festival this year. For the 2021 edition, the festival will take place in three editions held in three cities across the world; London, New York and Barcelona. In keeping with the zeitgeist, Boiler Room’s festival will be

With ‘Melting Songs’, Vilde Tuv sings folksongs at the rave

Image: Posey When you first encounter the meditative notes of a wooden recorder singing through the buzzing electronics on Vilde Tuv’s latest album Melting Songs, you’ll likely experience a moment of bewilderment followed quickly by stunning clarity. And while the flute and woodwind instrumentation is not entirely unfamiliar to electronic

Bandcamp announces extension of Bandcamp Fridays for the rest of 2021

Image via Getty Bandcamp announced this week that it would be extending Bandcamp Fridays for the remainder of 2021.  The initiative which launched in March of last year sees Bandcamp waive their revenue share on the first Friday of every month in an effort to support artists during the Covid-19

‘Better Days’, a documentary on the history of UK rave culture, premieres on Amazon Music

Image via Getty Better Days: The Story of UK Rave, the new documentary from MOBO-nominated director Hugo Jenkins, has been released via Amazon Music. The 30 minute documentary is available to stream via the Amazon Music app and YouTube channel.  The film is an in-depth look into the UK’s rave

Weekly Roundup: what we have on repeat

Image by Daniel Swan With each displaying their own distinct cultural influences from East Africa to Miami, these are the releases that caught our attention this week. In no particular order:  Charlie Soul Clap – Virgo’s Victory / Soul Fed (EP) As one half of the electro-funk duo Soul Clap,

Interview: Five Minutes with Chippy Nonstop

Image by Kirk Lisaj Chippy Nonstop knows how to start a party. The DJ, rapper, songwriter and prouder is renowned for her floor shaking sets and audacious presence on the dance floor. Outside the club, she has been on a wild journey over the last few years. After she was

Skee Mask’s ‘Pool’ is a sweeping statement of the producer’s sonic mastery

Image: Ilian Tape When German producer Bryan Müller, known by the moniker Skee Mask, released his sophomore effort Compro in 2018, it was widely praised as an immaculately designed body of work. That album was seen as a remarkable refinement of the aesthetic he had been crafting since his teenage

Jessy Lanza remixes Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu’s ‘Renegade Breakdown’

Image: Ninja Tune In 2019, Marie Davidson announced she was retiring from live club music. The Montreal based DJ/producer, and by her own right, slam poet, is largely known for her innovative live hardware sets. The announcement was eerily felicitous, as a few months later clubs would see themselves shut

Palms Trax teams up with Nonku Phiri on grooving afro-house track, ‘Petu’

Image CWPT Berlin based DJ and producer Palms Trax has released the new single Petu, featuring South African vocalist Nonku Phiri. The single ushers in the arrival of Trax’s new label, CWPT. Petu was originally released in dub form by Trax as a part of his stint for Grand Theft

Manuka Honey fuses the ancient with the future on bold debut, ‘Industrial Princess’

Image: Naafi Manuka Honey, like her namesake, is a rare and alluring talent. There is a captivating etherealness about the London based DJ and producer, and her work as an astrologer only deepens the mystique. Drawing from the grooves of her Pakistani-Latin heritage, her eclectic DJ sets combining folky cumbia

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