Review by Mo Hafeez Unsettling, dark, and almost celestial at times, Arca has carved out an instantaneously recognisable sound that has been utilised by the likes of FKA twigs, Kanye West, and Bjork – the recently released video for album-track ‘Desafío’, a dystopian tale hinting towards Alejandro Ghersi’s coming-to-terms with
Legendary London-based events and broadcasting company, Boiler Room has teamed up with “leading provider of 360 and VR entertainment content” Inception to create the world’s first virtual reality music venue. Boiler Room has long focused on using internet streaming to broadcast live music events and the venue marks a serious
Shoreditch ‘hub-club’ Village Underground has announced a new 15-year lease deal with the Hackney council. The contract will be signed “in the coming days,” the venue’s founder, Auro Foxcroft, announced yesterday. In addition to being a popular venue, Village Underground also provides studio space for around 30 artists and new
Our roundup of the best new music of the past seven days (& a few randoms), with songs by Death Grips, Tommy Genesis, Massive Attack, Cigarettes After Sex and more. Trash – Death Grips Drone Bomb Me – ANOHNI Affection – Cigarettes After Sex The Spoils – Massive Attack ft.
Four Tet has just announced a new album titled New Energy, due for release on September 29th. The forthcoming album will feature three previously released singles, “Two Thousand and Seventeen”, “SW9 9SL” and “Planet”. The official tracklist and release date was revealed yesterday, September 12th via Hebden’s twitter account. Although
Maceo Plex will be returning this year from May 30th to October 3rd, for another Mosaic residency at Pacha Ibiza. The guest list of acts that will be joining him include Moodyman, Carl Craig, Daniel Avery, Tale Of Us and Royksopp. The initial launch of Mosaic was held at Pacha
The mighty Flying Lotus kicks off his new Brainfeeder Films project – a film finance and production company, on November 16th. This is in partnership with Eddie Alcazar at a special bash held at London’s Regent Street Cinema. Animator and film-maker Alcazar will also screen the world premiere of his
Co-founder of Brooklyn’s Discwoman crew, Umfang, will make her debut on Ninja Tune’s Technicolour imprint with Symbolic Use Of Light on 16th June. The album came into fruition through the process of recording tracks in live takes with the use of a couple of Boss DR 202s, an x0xb0x and
Rush Hour co-founder Antal Heitlager has become the seventh contributor to Altered Soul Experiment’s mixtape series. Officially called ASE07-CASS, the label has indicated that the mixtape will encompass ambient and classical Japanese sounds, “rare jazz fusion”, contemporary eletronica and various “synth oddities” from the island nation. Dutch DJ Antal has
The xx have been pretty quiet over the course of 2016. The group have occasionally teased a few album updates – but nothing definitive has emerged from their progress until now. A recent update posted on their Facebook said they were working on new music and shared a playlist of
