Ever loved a venue so much that you wish you could take home a little piece of it? Well, fans of Berghain (Berlin) and Fabric (London) will soon have this opportunity, as both clubs have recently announced plans to auction off some famous artefacts. Berghain is in the process of
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
Berlin / Electronic / experimental / IDM / InFiné Music / Interview / Rone / Techno
At a party at London’s Corsica Club last night, the third of Hyperdub’s monthly residency called Ø, clubbers were treated to a surprise guest DJ appearance by Björk. FACT magazine reports that the Icelandic musician played a set comprised of a “mixture of musique concrète, bass and R’N’B-inspired tracks, including
DYGL are a Japanese alternative indie-rock band consisting of members Nobuki Akiyama (vocal & guitar), Kohei Kamoto (drums), Yotaro Kachi (bass), and Yosuke Shimonaka (guitar). Formed in 2012 while studying at Meiji Gakuin University, they’d all been members of high school bands and were keen to exercise their musical creativity.
Alternative / DYGL / experimental / Indie / Indie-Rock / Interview / Japan / Tokyo
Forthcoming film Ghost In The Shell – a remake of the 1995 animé feature of the same name – will feature a soundtrack boasting the likes of Tricky, Nils Frahm, DJ Shadow and Johnny Jewel. Officially called Music Inspired By The Motion Picture Ghost In The Shell, it is unclear
Junge Junge are an electronic duo based in Germany. One half Rochus Grolle has remained one of Germany’s most prolific DJs of the early 2000’s, along with notorious music producer Michael Noack, the duo formed Junge Junge as an experiment to fuse together their own unique and individual styles, as
…And The Hangnails consist of guitarist Martyn Fillingham and drummer Steven Reid, though you would be forgiven for thinking there were more musicians involved in creating this duo’s blistering brand of “loud-as-fuck guitar pop”. Recently signed to Young Thugs, the band have an appealing gritty garage rock sound, with sophisticated
Alessandro Bossi, better known as KIOL is a 20-year old soul-rock singer/songwriter based in Italy. The prolific artist has written a string of tracks and released his first single ‘Broken Up Again’ in 2016 and his first EP I Come As I Am with Warner Music Benelux earlier this year.
Alessandro Bossi / Indie / Interview / Italy / Join Records / KIOL / Rock / singer-songwriter / Soul
Electronic crossover artist Jlin will release her second album, titled Black Origami, on Mike Paradinas’s Planet Mu label. The album, which follows 2015 debut Dark Energy, will be released on 19 May. Speaking about the album, Jlin comments: “The simple definition of origami is the art of folding and constructing
The city of New York has voted in favour of repealing the council’s 1926 “no dancing” law. Rafael Espinal, Brooklyn councilman, iconic nightlife and culture advocate wrote the bill which businesses will now no longer require any form of license to allow the act of dancing on their premises, nor
