Sally Shapiro seemingly went into retirement in 2016. The Swedish duo, made up of the eponymous vocalist and synthpop producer Johan Agebjörn, ended their decade-long run with a single called If You Ever Wanna Change Your Mind. Ironically, they did. After signing with nu-disco and Italo disco label Italians Do
Whereas the dance music most immediately associated with South Africa are the forms that have arisen from the country’s townships and underground spaces, Portable (AKA Alan Abrahams, AKA Bodycode) has taken things in a different direction. Based in Paris, the South African DJ and producer has typically grappled with reconciling
Acid House / ambient / electronica / experimental / House / Techno
London producer and DJ Breaka is part of that generation of millennial provocateurs who are totally unafraid to reference and counter reference, an iconoclastic approach that is arguably the result of a myriad of influences having grown up in the age of pop consumerism and Postmodernism. For Breaka, this has
Breakbeats / dembow / Garage / Jungle / kuduro
From massive trap house remixes to post-punk informed New Wave, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order: Mura Masa with Shygirl, PinkPantheress and Lil Uzi Vert – Bbycakes Grammy Award winning producer Mura Masa is one of the hottest new talents in underground pop and
Earlier this year, we pegged Shamir’s eighth album, Heterosexuality as one of our most anticipated albums of the year. Over the past few years, the Philadelphia born singer-songwriter has been rising as a powerful new voice in alt-pop. As his Bandcamp bio makes clear; “Shamir is Shamir and remains Shamir
DOSS has always let her music speak for itself. Infamously elusive, she set the internet alight last year with tastemakers and underground club communities all in a quandary over the identity of the producer who dropped the sticky hyperpop-adjacent banger Look in April. That song would land a spot on
In 2005, grime pioneer Wiley explained his music to Spin magazine. “Everyone’s so angry at the world and each other. And they don’t know why.” Rage is at the core of grime. Born in the early 2000s post DnB and UKG, grime is the pulverising, aggressive love child of jungle,
Bass / experimental / grime / Jungle / post-club
There’s something inherently badass about an artist or band using their name as the title of one of their songs. It’s quite metal, actually. In that genre, it’s seen as a sort of flex by a band who’ve reached a point at which they’ve garnered the merit to pull such
Amapiano / Bass / electronica / experimental / Gqom / Rave / trap
If you are unfamiliar with what goes down in the underground queer club spaces of the world, it’s perhaps best to start by understanding that you’re dealing with a counterculture rooted in modes of subversion and performativity. These are spaces unafraid to reference, to clash, and to piece together mutant
90's house / Acid House / House / Techno
From contemporary acid techno to a remastering of a forgotten 90’s techno gem, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order: LSDXOXO – SMD The new single from Berlin-based breakout LSDXOXO is another techno scorcher that combines their Philly techstep and queer club influences with
