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Robert Henke Cancels US Shows

Robert Henke, the man behind Monolake and the groundbreaking audiovisual performance piece Lumiere II, has announced on Facebook that he will not play any live shows in the US this year. Furthermore, the German artist has declared that he will not be renewing his American artist visa, echoing the words

Jonny Greenwood Scores Film Starring Joaquin Phoenix

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood will score the new thriller by Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here, starring Joaquin Phoenix. The film will premier at Cannes Film festival and is an adaptation of a novel of the same name by Jonathan Ames. It follows the story of a war veteran’s

Friendzone’s James Laurence Has Died

James Laurence, one half of the massively influential duo Friendzone, has passed away. Laurence and partner Dylan Reznick pioneered the genre of Cloud Rap (also known as Trillwave), overseeing the production of dreamlike, ethereal hip hop tracks, most notably for Main Attrakionz and A$AP Rocky. Tributes to the producer have

Blade Runner short film scored by Flying Lotus and Kuedo

In preparation of the upcoming sequel to the original Blade Runner, a new animated short film titled Blade Runner 2022 is scheduled to drop on October 6th, marking the third in a series of prequels following the original film leading up to the upcoming sequel. According to Pitchfork, the short

Infamous Fyre Festival Plans For 2018

Amidst the social media storm surrounding the disastrous events at the now-infamous Fyre Festival, organisers have released a statement saying that they plan to go ahead with another attempt at the festival in 2018. The festival, a joint effort by rapper Ja Rule and 25 year old tech-entrepreneur Billy McFarland,

Teengirl Fantasy Set For Planet Mu Debut

American electronic duo Teengirl Fantasy will release their first album, called 8am, on Mike Paradinas’s record label on March 24th. It is their first full-length album since 2012’s Tracer, though its title seems to suggest that it will be a natural follow-up to 7am, the band’s 2010 breakout effort. East

KAIXEN unveils latest single from forthcoming album

Miami-born multi-instrumentalist and producer KAIXEN shares his new single ‘In Private ft. MRKI” via Lush Records head of the release of his upcoming LP, Pecado on October 27th. Hailing from a musical family, Julian Munro, aka KAIXEN is no stranger to the music scene, trained as a contemporary jazz guitarist, he

Bonobo Shares Video And Announces New Tour Dates

Bonobo has shared a video for his latest single ‘Bambro Koyo Ganda feat. Innov Gnawa’, taken from the newly released album, Migration. The track features vocals by Moroccan band Innov Gnawa, and has been described as “a journey through cultural and locational displacement and the strange familiarity that inevitably surfaces

Drexciya’s Swansong Reissued On Clone

Clone Aqualung have announced that they will reissue Drexciya’s final album, Grava 4. Grava 4 is the final installment in the TR-808 pioneers’ ‘afrofuturist’ myth, a narrative that spanned the course of four spellbinding albums of electro-ambience. In the band’s mythology, Drexciya is the name of an underwater city populated

After tease announcement, Björk reveals ‘The Gate’

A few weeks ago via Twitter, Björk announced a single-sided limited-edition vinyl to be released on September 22nd. Now, days before the official release, Björk has revealed the first single ‘The Gate‘ from an unnamed forthcoming album. The album will feature production credits from Arca and Rabit, and will be released sometime

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