Reykjavik’s Secret Solstice, the ‘world’s most unique music festival’, has made its second lineup announcement, adding names like Chaka Khan, The Prodigy, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals and Novelist to an already attractive lineup. The Festival, which – in addition to spectacular geographical features like lava tunnels, glaciers and
Interview by Shannon Lawlor The Octopus Project are an experimental indie-pop band from Austin, Texas. Since 1999, the quartet have released numerous singles, six extended plays including a split album with psychedelic-pop band Black Moth Super Rainbow, four film scores including a 2014 Sundance Film Festival favourite Kumiko, the Treasure
Art-Rock / Austin / electro pop / Electronic / experimental / Folktronica / Indie-Rock / Interview / Peek-A-Boo Records / Post-Rock / Texas / The Octopus Project / USA
‘Electronic music’s true renaissance man’ Machinedrum will hit one of London’s hottest new basement venues, Mangle E8, with Brainfeeder artist Iglooghost – and Playground readers can win 2 tickets to the show by participating in our Facebook giveaway. Machinedrum’s new ‘AV show’ – featuring integrated visuals – will pair the
Rone | Mirapolis | InFiné Music Release date: 03 November 2017 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock “All that survives of the original Metropolis are incomplete original negatives and copies of shortened and re-edited release prints. Over a quarter of the film has to be considered lost. The present version, which combines all
Battles / Baxter Dury / Berlin / Blonde Redhead / Bryce Dessner / Electronic / Erwan Castex / experimental / IDM / InFiné Music / John Stanier / Kazu Makino / Noga Erez / Post-Rock / Rone / Saul Williams / The National
An Abbey Road Studios recording console – an EMI TG12345 MK IV, to be exact – will be auctioned off by Bonhams at the TCM Presents Rock and Roll Through the Lens sale in New York on March 27. The working console – which is expected to fetch a six-figure
Four Tet has released two new singles post-New Energy, Hebden’s groundbreaking 2017 return New Energy. Titled with some kind of coded language that only Hebden himself could unravel, scattered info and code has been tweeted by Four Tet leading up to the release, which is now available via Spotify. The
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Musicians from all over the world and from different genres have united in commemorating the passing of Chuck Berry, one of rock ‘n roll’s most influential figures. Berry died in his St. Louis home in the early hours of Saturday morning at the age of 90. Emergency services were called
The first ever Drumcode Festival has been announced by label head Adam Beyer. The festival will take place on Saturday, August 18th 2018, at NDSM Docklands – home to Pitch and DGTL festivals. According to the Facebook event page, it will be in held in partnership with notorious Dutch-based promoter
Ever loved a venue so much that you wish you could take home a little piece of it? Well, fans of Berghain (Berlin) and Fabric (London) will soon have this opportunity, as both clubs have recently announced plans to auction off some famous artefacts. Berghain is in the process of
Interview by Shannon Lawlor Erwan Castex aka Rone is French-born experimental electronic musician currently located in Berlin. As well as holding collaborative and remix credit with the likes of Jean-Michel Jarre, Bryce Dessner of The National, Jabberwocky, John Stanier of Battles, Max Cooper, Etienne Daho, Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead
