UK vocalist and producer Jamie Woon has announced the follow-up to his 2011 debut Mirrorwriting. His second album Making Time is out November 6th via PMR Records. Although, given its four-year gestation, some might suggest a more apposite album title would be Taking Time, Woon is philosophical about the gap
London based producer EVM128 aka Luke Meads is streaming his debut album Nova in full at XLR8R. The album, named after Meads’s daughter, is released this weekend by Studio Rockers. Originally from Bristol, Meads later moved to London where he became a regular at Plastic People’s Co-Op club night and
Enigmatic US vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Julia Holter has shared a track from her forthcoming new album Have You In My Wilderness, released on September 25th via Domino. ‘Betsy On The Roof’ typifies the sonic approach of the new album, which sets Holter’s vocal within ornate arrangements and richly textured
Kranky Records have announced details of the new album from acclaimed Canadian musician/sound artist/designer Christopher Bissonnette, set for release on November 6th. ‘Pitch, Paper & Foil’ continues the lush, densely textured analogue synthesizer explorations of previous album ‘Essays In Idleness’. Bissonnette says “This new series of works reflects an evolution
Planet Mu has always been a label unafraid to push the boundaries. Over its twenty year life span, the label can count releases from some of electronic music’s most forward thinking artists amongst its stellar discography. To celebrate reaching this momentous milestone, the good people at Planet Mu have decided to
Dubspeeka, real name Darren Beale, is the illusive Bristol based producer who, as of late, has been busy grabbing the attention of industry professionals globally. With the likes of Drumcode, Suara, Truesoul, Bedrock and Ideal Audio getting behind him, it comes as no surprise that he was labelled “One of the best upcoming
Music streaming has reached a record high in 2015. 14.8 billion tracks were streamed in 2014, with 11.5 billion happening between January and June of 2015 already, reports the British Phonographic Industry. Geoff Taylor, the BPI’s Chief Executive, said: “The launch of Apple Music will give further impetus to the
TASTELESSRED, real name Joe Carney, hasn’t been making music for all that long, which makes the production on this track all the more impressive. Carney is originally from Liverpool, but now resides in Canada as part of Vancouver’s Dripsy Collective. Murmuring, breathy vocals, a steady chillwave beat and flirtatious ambience make up Uno
What’s your favourite double-album? Physical Graffiti? The White Album? Something by Mike Oldfield? Fair enough. Now what’s your favourite double-album specifically from the noise music genre? Merzbow’s Frog? Skullflower’s Strange Keys To Untune Gods’ Firmament? The New Form Of The Organic Machine by the gimp-masked Finnish electro-deafener Grunt? It’s hard
Ezra Furman, Polar Bear, This Is The Kit, Meadow Lark, Scott Matthews, The Payroll Union, Eastern Seaboard Radio Station will now be joining GoGo Penguin, Diagrams, Hidden Orchestra and FURS to complete the Folk Forest stage line up at Sheffield’s Tramlines festival. Tramlines is one of the UK’s biggest inner-city music festivals. In 2014, it attracted 100,000 people as the festival took over the
