Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Electropop songstress La Roux’s critically and commercially acclaimed single ‘Bulletproof’ from 2009 was recently used in a segment on the Fox Business Network show Mornings With Maria Bartiromo about “high-end bulletproof backpacks and clothing“, marketed at kids who are heading back to school this year. Not
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Although he has yet to announce an exact date, Paul Oakenfold has confirmed that he will be performing a live DJ set for fifty guests at the UNESCO World Heritage Site this September, making him the first ever DJ to do so. The historic show will
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IGLOOGHOST | Steel Mogu / Clear Tamei | Self Release Release Date: 8th August 2018 Image Credit: Tim Twiss Review by Jenna Dreisenstock In sculpting a brand new world out of the vivid, glitter and melancholia; a conceptual visual experience that comes with the stunning art of the imaginative narrative
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Written by Jenna Dreisenstock Artwork Credit: Joel Mayorga The diversity of the music world runs as the vivid neon roots of all that we know and experience in our lifestyle of pop-culture, media and each individual auditory traverse. Each genre of music is interconnected by their very foundations as without one
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For the 100th and final instalment of the iconic FABRICLIVE mix CD series, in its current form, two UK pioneers unite for a hypnotic 74 minute mix. Burial and Kode9 are each credited with fostering esoteric, hyperlocal sounds and steering them to global recognition, helping to shape the landscape of contemporary
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After spending a month in complete isolation at a remote cottage in Wales, Max Cooper presents One Hundred Billion Sparks, his third studio album, in which he interrogates notions of identity whilst profiling the complex mechanisms that make us all wonderfully unique. His previous album Emergence applied this reasoning outwards
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Follwing a five-year battle with with anxiety that came along with his cancer diagnosis in November 2011, Danish DJ and producer Kasper Bjørke announces a personal account of his journey through ambient sound and art film, in the form of a concept album called ‘The Fifty
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[Image: Emily Lazar, Grammy-nominated mastering engineer, who has worked on over 2000 albums including releases by David Bowie, Björk, Goldfrapp, Moby, Paul McCartney, The Naked and Famous, Sonic Youth, Wu-Tang Clan, Tiesto, Thievery Corporation, Depeche Mode, Jedi Mind Tricks, The Prodigy, Morrissey, and many more.] Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Spotify has just announced
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Legendary American pianist Robert Glasper called out Lauryn Hill for ‘stealing music’ and mistreating fellow artists this week on a radio interview with Houston radio station KBXX. Lauryn Hill’s 1998 album ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ has been hailed as a classic by many; the album
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Interview by Arnold van der Walt Berlin-based DJ and producer, Eugène Schieffer, has been making waves in the online community with his carefully curated weekly techno mixes and regular original releases. He shared another track exclusively with The Playground, entitled ‘Keep Quiet’. An architect by education, Eugène Schieffer found himself
