Image courtesy Ben Long SOPHIE’s brother has revealed that he is in possession of “literally hundreds” of unreleased tracks from the late producer. In an interview published by Billboard, Ben Long discussed the “vaults” of unreleased material, and his plans for the music. Reportedly, the material features tracks in various
Image by Alex Lambert London DJ SHERELLE has announced that she will be launching her own label. Called Beautiful, the label is focussed on supporting black and LGBTQIA+ artists in the electronic music scene. Beautiful will collaborate with existing European black and LGBTQIA+ collectives to embark on projects that look
Image by Matthew Smith Full on, Non Stop, All Over is the upcoming new photobook from Bristol photographer Matthew Smith, also known as Mattko. The book will focus on Smith’s documentation of rave culture between the years 2000 and 2005, and is published by Trip Publishing. It follows Smith’s previous
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Image credit: Javier Alonso As you recount your dreams to an attentive listener, what are the basic elements that seem to hold each concept together? Do you have a running theme that intertwines with each night or are you cast across time and space: with each time you lay your
Image by Agata Ferrando From vintage 80’s Euro-synthwave to experimental West African IDM, these are the releases that caught our attention this week. In no particular order: Ikram Bouloum – Ha-bb 5 (EP) As a conversation between the sounds of Bouloum’s Moroccan heritage and the aesthetics of Western electronic
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Image: PAN If you are new to the work of Pan Daijing, you’re in for a trip. The Guiyang-Berlin based songwriter and, more accurately, sound artist will take you to the darkest, most uncanny parts of our lived experience and will deliver you feeling both enlightened and terrified. Daijing’s work
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Image: AD 93/WHYT043 To call Maxwell Sterling simply a composer doesn’t really feel right. The Manchester born artist, who works primarily in scoring for film and media, has behind him a body of work that often transcends its own definition. The soundtracks he crafts for film display his innate sense
Image: black.round.twelve There was a time before the hour-long microbeat acid trip of Matsu that Ricardo Villalobos was busy crafting the music that would, in so many ways, shape his genre. Arguably one of the foremost pioneers in the minimal techno and micro-house scenes, the Chilean-German producer and DJ’s early
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Image by Julian Buchan Hyperpop has been having an uncharacteristically sombre moment. The death of one of its most promising progenitors early in the year has left an undeniable void, and lately little can be said of the genre without acknowledging SOPHIE’s absence. What better way to restart the party
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Image courtesy Boiler Room Boiler Room has announced the return of Boiler Room Festival this year. For the 2021 edition, the festival will take place in three editions held in three cities across the world; London, New York and Barcelona. In keeping with the zeitgeist, Boiler Room’s festival will be
