Debut album Weird Little Birthday earned London three-piece Happyness significant critical attention, with The Guardian calling the album “thrilling and charming.” The band’s uniquely wry sense of humour – expressed both through the playful, allusion-filled lyrics and the consistently bold compositional choices – has won them fans across the world,
Oakland-based duo Royale is an exciting new musical collaboration between Peter Farr and Annie Jacobsen. Following in the footsteps of acts such as Burial, Ghostek and XXYYXX, the band offsets rich, lush melodic phrases against edgy, industrial beats. We spoke to Royale about Future Garage music, spiritualism in the process
French dance music pioneer VITALIC shares ‘Waiting for the Stars’ feat. David Shaw. Vitalic – alter ego of Pascal Arbez, also announced his 4th studio album which features Miss Kittin, and it is set for release on January 20th via Clivage Music and Caroline International. It’s been 15 years since
CYNE have reissued a deluxe-edition version of their debut album Time Being. Time Being, originally released in 2003, was the first full-length LP by CYNE, following a series of 12” singles for Beta Bodega’s imprint Botanica Del Jibaro. This Project Mooncircle reissue marks the first time that this long out-of-print
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Presented by Soundcrash, Warp Record’s legendary production duo, Plaid bring their full A/V set to the Village Underground on 15 April. Joining them with a live performance is Planet Mu founder Mike Paradinas (µ-Ziq) as well as Mira Calix and Bambooman. Playground readers can win two tickets to the show
Austin-based Bayonne, aka, Roger Sellers, has previously toured with Two Door Cinema Club, Caribou, Neon Indian, Chairlift, Thundercat & Battles and Peter Bjorn and John. Now, in anticipation of the release of his forthcoming debut album and after recently being included on the FIFA 17 soundtrack with previous single ‘Appeals,’
April will be released worldwide by !K7 (published by BMG Chrysalis) on April 22nd in conjunction with Record Store Day. It will be released via digital distribution as well as in vinyl format. The album features Bochum Welt tracks never released before on vinyl, as well as alternative and unreleased
Following the sudden closure of Sankeys Manchester last week, the club has bounced back by partnering with the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) to launch the #DoYouWannaSankeys campaign: a social media initiative that could see new branches of the club opening across the UK. This is a positive development after
Following the announcement of his new album ‘Aforger,’ released earlier this month via Erased Tapes Records (home to Nils Frahm), electronic artist Douglas Dare has shared his sombre second song – already deemed by many as a masterpiece, and accompanying new video ‘Oh Father’ from his forthcoming album. ‘Oh Father’
Marcel Dettmann has scheduled an upcoming Klubnacht programme at Berghain for September 23rd. German-based producer/DJ and Klubnacht resident of nearly thirteen years now has put together a wonderful lineup touching on electro, techno and EBM. Producing some of the best electro in recent years, Gesloten Cirkel will play live on
