COMPETITION TIME! Electronic wizards The Glitch Mob’s initial performance at London’s Village Underground (APRIL 27TH) IS OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT!! But due to high demand, The Glitch Mob have added a SECOND date, and follow up performance at Village Underground on APRIL 25th! We at The Playground have been lucky enough to give away TWO
Love Saves The Day kicks-off festival season with two days of music at Eastville Park in Bristol. In previous years, Love Saves The Day’s Saturday has been more house and techno leaning, with day two of the event putting the emphasis on a more bass, dub and grime sound. In
Ben UFO / Bicep / Bristol / Eastville Park / Electronic / Fatboy Slim / Festival / Four Tet / House / Love Saves The Day / Sampha / Techno / Tom Minsch / United Kingdom
Daktyl returns to Counter Records this April after releasing his standout Riyaaz EP on February 9th and received great support from Dancing Astronaut. This time the LA-based producer/ multi-instrumentalist teams up with talented UK-based duo Aquilo (who are currently on tour and have received great support for the likes of Mixmag, Rolling Stone & BBC Radio
Irish electronic duo Bicep have just released a new digital EP titled Rain via Ninja Tune. Released on April 11th, the EP follows 2017’s self-titled effort where the title track ‘Rain‘ was first born, featuring the original mix as well as a four-minute edit. Also making an appearance is a
Belfast / Bicep / Electronic / experimental / Ireland / Ninja Tune
Luvian is an electronic producer and musician hailing from North England’s Yorkshire Dales. Mixing lush, organic soundscapes together with electronic bleeps and colourful vocal tones wherever necessary, Luvian’s rich and atmospheric sound has stood out in the vast sea of potential, with numerous singles and remixes for the likes of
Amber / Chill Wave / Electronic / Interview / Jack Hawitt / Luvian / Ultra Records / United Kingdom
Zola Jesus | Okovi: Additions | Sacred Bones Records Release date: April 6th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock A phantasm of self, cloaked in black ambience through a traverse of the inner; the worlds built within us, the banshee of dissonant human experience. An industrial drone of the classical; our
Having announced its impressive 2018 line-up in full with acts including My Bloody Valentine, Gorillaz, The xx, Florence & The Machine and Childish Gambino to name just a few, Spain’s Bilbao BBK Live now reveals a big surprise for festivalgoers, with three special events set to bring music to the city streets
Bilbao / Bilbao BBK Live / Electronic / Indie / Night + Day / Pop / Spain / the xx
The Hydra proudly present DJ Koze’s record release party at Printworks, for his new album titled Knock Knock. The album launch party will commence on May 5th, including performances by Motor City Drum Ensemble and Mano Le Tough, joining the Pampa Records leader, also on the bill are Nathan Fake, Chloe, Auntie
DJ Koze / Electronic / Flensburg / Germany / Pampa Records / Printworks / Techno / The Hydra
Swiss experimental-pop artist and harp-extraordinaire Linda Vogel began learning to play the harp as early as age six, thus prompting her to show interest in opera and singing. After studying classical music, and exploring her true calling, it was then time to gracefully transform her experimental leanings into her own
Classical / experimental / Harp / Indie / Linda Vogel / Pop / Radicalis / Switzerland / Zurich
Singularity, his first since 2013’s breakthrough, Immunity. Singularity is due for release on 4th May. Along with news of Singularity, Hopkins has shared ‘Emerald Rush’ the first track to be released from the album. Singularity begins and ends on the same note: a universe beginning, expanding, and contracting towards the same infinitesimal
