Michele Pinna aka Time Traveler is an Italian-born experimental techno producer and DJ currently based in London, UK. Influenced by the earlier techno and rave scenes, Time Traveler’s music could be best described as hard-techno with elements of industrial and modern electronics, fully equipped with dizzying synthesizers, driving basslines and explosive
Electronic / Industrial / Interview / London / Techno / Time Traveler / United Kingdom
OPUS 3000 is an alternative, neo-classical music project comprised of pianist Gloria Campaner, cellist Alessandro Branca and producer Francesco Leali, based in Milan, Italy. Born out of the necessity to blend passion for traditional music to an alternative production method. The project does so through each member’s adroitness – from
Alessandro Branca / Alternative / ambient / Classical / Electronic / experimental / Francesco Leali / Gloria Campaner / Italy / Milan / Neo-Classical / OPUS 3000 / Post-Rock
Growing up in Vitry-sur-Seine, a city near Paris, during his adolescent years, Khaled Hejira encountered the active hip-hop scene with an adventurous yet ambitious mindset, and a burning desire to find that “perfect sound”. From early ‘60s Electronica, to ‘90s hip-hop and it’s current incarnations, Khaled Hejira also cites artists
Composer / Electronic / experimental / France / Khaled Hejira / Neo Atlas / Neo-Classical / Paris
Multi-talented South African artist Spoek Mathambo has garnered serious critical acclaim for his exuberant, experimental forays into electronica, fusing kaleidoscopic sounds and rhythms together on hip and hop and psych rock-infused albums put out by eminent labels such as Sub Pop and BBE. On latest release Mzanzi Beat Code, he
Talented producer Yoe Mase, who has gained a reputation for melodic, emotive tracks has recently released his debut album titled “Life In Boxes” via Seeking Blue Records. Shaped by a musical upbringing, Yoe Mase cites his mother’s own recordings as some of his favourite and drew inspiration from one of
Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, the duo behind celebrated Frankfurt electronic act Booka Shade, have managed – with new release Galvany Street – that rarest feat from established artists: to produce something that sounds new. Described as a “new beginning” by the band, Galvany Street (released through the band’s own
Interview by Shannon Lawlor sgrow are an experimental electronic duo based in Oslo, Norway. Since 2013, Vilde Nupen and Kristoffer Lislegaard have released a debut EP, a remix album and two full-length LPs. sgrow’s sound can be best described as an ethereal blend of IDM, classical, glitch and post-rock, encompassing
Electronic / experimental / IDM / Interview / No Forevers / norway / Oslo / Post-Rock / sgrow / Vilde Nupen
Los Angeles-based DJ and production duo Tyler Blake and Michael David have been bestowing their smooth blend of disco, new wave, funk, house, and indietronica onto the music scene since early 2008. Their collaborations include the likes of Groove Armada, Phoenix, Mayer Hawthorne and Major Lazer, and their latest album,
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
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
