Interview by Moritz Grosche Nicolas van Dedem, better known as BALU, is a Utrecht based vinyl collector/selector from Frankfurt am Main that turned to DJing through his endless love for music and the sonic experience it can bring to our lives. “For me music is an emotional life companion and
Artefax Movement / BALU / break-beat / Electronic / Frankfurt am Main / Interview / Techno / Utrecht / Vinyl
British singer-songwriter and producer Chantitown has been writing and experimenting with sound since an early age, realising her ever-ambitious true calling at just 13 years old. Chantitown grew up in a household filled with musical influence and received her first musical lesson whilst at still in school, whilst knowing that
Alternative / Chantitown / Indie / Interview / Pop / singer-songwriter / United Kingdom
Interview by Shannon Lawlor Max Cooper is an experimental-electronic musician currently based in London. For over a decade now, Cooper has been both a perpetual cog in the underground electronic steam-engine, and a driving force in the ambient and techno scenes. Since 2007, Cooper has released a plethora of remixes
Aether / ambient / Balance Series / Electronic / experimental / Interview / London / Max Cooper / Mesh / Techno / United Kingdom
Interview by Shannon Lawlor Harriette Pilbeam, aka Hatchie is musician and vocalist currently based in Brisbane, Australia. Hatchie’s first solo endeavour Sugar & Spice EP (set for May 25th release) is a hazy-fuzz-filled journey through Pilbeam’s own dreamy landscape. Rather than focusing on the external world of her daily life
Interview by Shannon Lawlor Woo York are an electronic-techno duo currently based in Kiev, Ukraine. Since 2009, their unique blend of atmospheric electronica and darkened techno has been turning heads and dropping jaws alike since their first release, but it wasn’t until 2017’s Frozen Lake and Alien Worlds EPs released
Afterlife / ambient / Electronic / experimental / Interview / Kiev / Techno / Ukraine / Woo York
Will Easton is a London-based electronic producer and DJ. With his previous release via W&O Street Tracks finding support from the likes of Patrick Topping, Jamie Jones, Camelphat and Tensnake, it’s no doubt that rising UK talent Will Easton knows how to deliver a club ready weapon. Easton has received
Electronic / House / London / United Kingdom / Weapons / Will Easton
Borussia is an incredibly talented producer, who proudly constructs his musical masterpieces using only digital tools (and a few billion samples). A digital pioneer, last year Borussia created a software-based synthesizer from only DJ Q-Bert scratch vinyls: he called it the “Q synth” and now uses it to form the basis of his
Agent B / Because Music / Borussia / Ed Banger / Electronic / experimental / France / Paris / Synthpop
Hailing from Paris, indie-electronic producer Dim Sum initially explored music production on the discovery of forward-thinking, striving rock bands of the late ‘90s. Jolting his need to be in a band, the French-producer fell deeper down the rabbit hole of influence, exploring more experimental electronic acts such as Daft Punk,
Dim Sum / Electronic / France / Indie / Indie-Electronic / Interview / Paris / Soundress
Interview by Shannon Lawlor Quiet Friend are an electro-pop duo currently based in New York. Initially conceived after producer and Nick Zanca put his mystifying electronic solo-project Mister Lies on indefinite hiatus, guitarist and synthesist Steven Rogers joined Zanca to form Quiet Friend – a sonically illuminating passion-project led by
Electronic / Elestial Sound / Interview / Mister Lies / New York / Nick Zanca / Pop / Quiet Friend / Synthpop / Synthwave
Swiss producer and indie-songstress Anna Aaron initially gained notability by fellow Swiss jazz musician Sophie Hunger, prompting celebrated label Two Gentlemen Records (Fauve, The Young Gods, The Appleseed Cast) to take interest in the Basel-based artist and sign her right on the spot. Anna has since gained media attention from
