South African producer and gqom pioneer DJ Lag has embarked on an extensive world tour that will see him visit every continent over the next 10 months. The Alpha-Zulu (A-Z) World Tour “represents something that goes from start to finish and this tour is about performing, collaborating and recording on
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Bandcamp has introduced a new feature that allows users to create playlists from their purchased music on the Bandcamp app. The feature allows users to organise music according to tracks rather than albums, and was originally promised following Bandcamp’s acquisition by Epic Games last year. Speaking to MusicTech at this
After their previously announced headlining show at Madison Square Garden sold out in minutes, Skrillex, Four Tet, and Fred Again.. surprised fans with a b2b2b set played from a converted school bus in the centre of Times Square. The pop-up set drew hundreds of onlookers in Times Square, while the
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Popular video sharing app TikTok piloted an experiment this month aimed to investigate the importance of music to its platform and users. The experiment, which targeted TikTok’s Australian market specifically, limited the number of songs available to users for use in videos. Speaking to Bloomberg, TikTok said of the experiment,
Announced last week by Universal, the new partnership between the world’s biggest music publisher and streaming service TIDAL has been formed with the intention to research and devise a new streaming model that better supports the value of artists and their work, while encouraging more engagement from subscribers. Head of
From contemporary disco bangers to atmospheric synthpop from dance music icons, these are the tracks you need to know about. Listen below. Follow our Roundup Selections playlist on Spotify to stay updated on what we have on repeat. Jessie Ware – Pearls Following last year’s Free Yourself, Pearls
One-man orchestra Reinhardt Buhr is a musician of the moment. What do I mean? Choosing to improvise rather than rely on a prearranged live set, the South African multi-instrumentalist layers his voice with guitar, electric, cello, hangpan drum, and even didgeridoo to create full-bodied, realistic, and evocative compositions out of
A musician only releases one debut album. It is an understatement to say that it is a special moment in an artist’s creative development. Being a full-length body of work that requires a sizable investment of time, energy, and attention, releasing an album shows the public that an artist is
Time and experience shape ambitious young musicians into established professionals. This remains true for today’s guest, a German producer by the name of Parra for Cuva. Having grown from roots in Classical piano and Jazz, two technically-challenging disciplines in and of themselves, Nicolas strives to master the nuances of his
Bristol’s Tony Williams goes under a few names, like a little someone called Headhunter who happens to be one of dubstep proper’s most prominent artists. But it’s as Addison Groove that Williams really allows himself the space to explore and tear up the dancefloor. In particular, Williams finds inspiration in
