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Keys N Krates provide epic footwork LP

                Image credit: Sammy Rawal  We’re always a little curious when a group of musicians steps totally off the expected path and into the unknown. Take Toronto-based Keys N Krates, for example, who have just released their latest footwork-infused album, Original Classic. On the LP, listeners can expect to find a

Matilde Davoli leaves us yearning for Home with latest LP + music video

Born in Salento, Italy and based in Lecce (Puglia) and having spent five years living in London, Matilde Davoli is currently exploring the intangible nature of Home in her latest album. Following the introduction, her previously released single ‘Sine’ opens the LP with gently rolling progressions and luxurious notes of

Q+A: 5 Minutes with Highway Superstar

Alex Karlinsky, better known as Highway Superstar,  has been steadily making a name for himself in retro and synthwave music circles.  He was tapped by Swedish filmmaker David Sandberg to write an exclusive track for the short-film Kung Fury, the soundtrack to which, was later released by Universal Music. This

A compendium of 100 essential early British electronic musicians is now available

Image: Velocity Press A new book celebrating pioneering electronic music composers from the UK has been released. Tape Leaders: A Compendium Of Early British Electronic Music Composers, published by Velocity Press, is a richly illustrated A-Z compendium of 100 essential British electronic musicians, including  William Burroughs, Roy Cooper, Janet Beat

Proposed royalty rates from major streaming platforms called into question in the US

Image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images The increasing scrutiny into the streaming industry and its royalty models have reached a new high in the US. This comes after major streaming platforms including Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Google and Apple submitted their suggested royalty rates for the 2023-2027 streaming period. In the US, this

British music organisations pen open letter to government expressing “deep disappointment” over Brexit touring negotiations

Image: Stealth A number of music organisations and industry figures have signed an open letter to the British government with regards to their “misinformation” regarding touring for UK artists following Brexit. Many artists have expressed concern at how Brexit will affect their ability to tour across Europe, and have flagged

Q+A: 5 minutes with POPOF

Image: Juliette Leigniel Paris DJ and producer POPOF is a name most tech-house fans would be familiar with, and for good reason. After fifteen years in the game, he’s one of the genre’s most downloaded artists and has become synonymous with music that, well, pops off. From the early synth

Weekly roundup: what we’ve had on repeat

Image: Planet Mu From mutant cumbian to erratic and complex polyrhythmic breakbeats, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order, here’s what we’ve had on repeat.  Juan Ramos – Iniciado  Berlin collective REIF recently announced their upcoming first compilation project REIF01, and with it an epic

Deep-house duo Jaffna release debut album Odyssey

 Image credit: Iviu Torre Melodic deep house duo Jaffna released their debut album, Odyssey today via Enchanté Records. Lifted from the album is the track ‘Roots’, accompanied by an animated video created by Pauline Bricout, the video director. Inspired by London’s electronic scene, Jaffna is the combined creativity of Bravin

Kedr Livanskiy finds the fantasy on the enchanting third album, ‘Liminal Soul’

Image: 2MR There’s a dazzling sense of fantasy to the music that Russia’s Yana Kedrina conjures up, like modern folk songs that are told through the intersection of man and machine. Folding her saccharine voice like shards of crystal into layers upon layers of buzzing, gloaming, and ebbing electronica, she

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