It’s early morning, but it feels like last night never ended. Fresh sunlight has begun to filter through the slats of the blinds lining the immense windows of the Panorama Bar, still swarming with the dewy bodies of club kids draped in the finery of two nights ago. Click-clacking fans
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A pioneer in the House and Techno space in Africa, homegrown DJ Dino Moran prepares to perform where it all began. In 2023, Dino will take to the decks to give the audience a musical experience that he perfected through 25 years of delivering set after set of dance-ready house
It was surprising to learn that French electronic musician and DJ MAGA has his origins in South Africa. But then, you can hear it in his approach to music. The minimal, low-key tech that MAGA both plays and creates has the same sort of languid, breezy energy as Cape Town,
If you know London duo Trutopia, you know to expect some serious, party starting house music. The siblings have been putting their own spin on classic house sounds, informed by a spectrum of styles from techno to breakbeats, and it’s been placing them on lineups from the UK to Ibiza.
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Mixtapes are a great way for musicians to express their creativity. Free from concept, they often exhibit their maker’s freeform experimentation with different genres. Freefall is such a mixtape. Produced by 29-year-old Finnish producer Kooma, the tape extends to the analogue emulations of Lo-fi while grounding itself in the multi-voiced
Though he may come from a background in indie rock, Martijn Ravesloot, AKA Melawati, has always found beauty in machines. Citing the likes of Aphex Twin and Amon Tobin as key influences, it was a matter of time before Ravesloot embraced his electronic instincts. Released last month on Maceo Plex’s
This month sees Dublin composer, producer, and DJ Kormac gearing up to release his first album in almost a decade. Drawing inspiration from orchestral compositions, the multi-hyphenate artist says that this project was born from a desire to do something very different. “I basically decided I wanted to write an
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Last month, celebrated Brooklyn duo Beacon shared their latest album, Along The Lethe. Mostly created amidst the uncertainty of the pandemic, the album sees the band ponder the allure of forgetting tragedy, inspired by the uncanny experience of history seeping into the present. The result is arguably Beacon’s most eclectic
Since his lauded 2012 debut, Swiss producer Pablo Nouvelle has continued to follow his instincts when it comes to creating music. This means he’s particularly multi-faceted, as comfortable releasing EPs full of moody piano compositions as he is crafting layered and dark techno. Last year saw the producer collaborate with
Announcing his forthcoming album titled Deliquesce, shaggy-haired producer WMD has shared something new. Released under the Natural Blonde imprint, his new single, ‘Nowhere’, is a melancholic heart-tugger in which the producer seems to have found comfort in introspection, capturing a passing moment. “I had a cabin on a little private
