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Darkside return with the triumphantly trippy new album, ‘Spiral’

When electronic music composer Nicolás Jaar and jazz multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington unleashed their collaborative project Darkside onto the world in 2013, they changed the game. It was the sort of musical meeting of minds that felt entirely serendipitous and to this effect, a bit precious. The fuzzy psych rock of

Nene H explores grief on the striking debut album, ‘Ali’

Image by Elif Demiroglu Electronic music exists as a testament of man turning toward the machine to process things that are deftly human. This is particularly true for moments of feeling that transcend what the human body is capable of expressing; those gargantuan emotions that feel paradoxical in scale to

Weekly Roundup: what we’ve had on repeat

Image by ​​Frank Casillo From abstract hyperpop sound collages to an unexpected dance pop take from one of techno’s icons, these are the releases that caught our attention this week. In no particular order:  Glass- Spot Explorer  Little may be known about French experimental duo Glass, but there is no

F.S Blumm and Nils Frahm explore dub on new song Desert Mule

Image courtesy LEITER records  F.S. Blumm and Nils Frahm are no strangers to collaboration. The renowned German experimentalists have consistently returned to each other time and again, feeding off one another’s respective points of view to produce increasingly mind-bending records. Though, it’s not hard to imagine the meeting of such

Honey Dijon welcomes the club kids home with new Wolfgang Tillmans remix

Image by Louie Banks Late last year while the world was deep in the throes of lockdown, German photographer, musician and multi-disciplinary artist Wolfgang Tillmans released his video work, Can’t Escape Into Space. Filmed on an empty dance floor on location at a venue in the iconic LGBTQIA+ haven of

Suzanne Kraft processes heartbreak in shades of shoegaze on ‘About You’

Image: Melody As Truth The word that comes to mind when considering the body of work from Los Angeles native Suzanne Kraft is evolving. The producer and multi-instrumentalist has always maintained an aura of L.A cool melancholy, first introduced on 2011’s disco influenced Green Flash EP, then extracted and isolated

Foodman’s ‘Yasuragi Land’ finds magic in garage pies and bathhouses

Image: Hyperdub The West has always had an unhealthy appetite for Asian aesthetics. Perhaps due to its stark contrast to European austerity and chaste rigidity, the aesthetic conventions of Japan have become some of the most appropriated and fetishised. It’s even given rise to an entire counter-culture of non-Japanese people

Weekly Roundup: what we’ve had on repeat

Image by Dan Medhurst From audaciously explicit hip-house to ambient chamber pop, we roundup our favourite new releases from some of electronic music’s iconic and emerging female artists. In no particular order, here’s what we’ve had on repeat: Azealia Banks – F*** Him All Night Azealia Banks is one of

Lee Gamble releases ‘Hyperpassive,’ the kinetic first single from his new album

Image: Hyperdub Harnessing the potential for sound to literally shape space is a rare skill, yet it’s one that seems to come organically for London based composer, producer and DJ Lee Gamble. As a sonic sculptor, Gamble creates the sort of work that feels three dimensional in its scope; pieces

Sherelle’s ‘160 DOWN THE A406’ is a charming debut from one of electronic music’s most exciting acts

Image by Gaétan Clement U.K artist Sherelle has felt like a breath of fresh air. The London DJ has been on an extraordinary come up over the past two years, going from underground superstar to international recognition. Quickly becoming one of the U.K’s most in-demand acts, her résumé includes a

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