Before delving into the Japanese beatmaker’s latest offering, Laws of Nature released by Project Mooncircle, I must admit that I had not heard of Kafuka. However, the listening experience that came from just the two lead singles on the EP, ‘Mustang’ and ‘Fire Rain’, was extraordinary. The number of layers
Review by Shannon Lawlor Darkness can clutch it’s icy fingers to your chest in just a matter of minutes. Once it’s grip has strengthened, fighting back is near impossible. Especially when taking this leap alone, it can be more than just a lesson in personal turmoil and figuring out how
Review by Mo Hafeez Unsettling, dark, and almost celestial at times, Arca has carved out an instantaneously recognisable sound that has been utilised by the likes of FKA twigs, Kanye West, and Bjork – the recently released video for album-track ‘Desafío’, a dystopian tale hinting towards Alejandro Ghersi’s coming-to-terms with
London hosted its fair share of stacked lineups all throughout the city for Hallow’s Eve this year. Nothing, however, compared to the 7-hour superhuman set that The Hessle Audio’s multi-talented DJ Ben UFO threw down Friday night, starting off Hallo-weekend at just the right pace. Hosted at arts space Hydra
Review by Shannon Lawlor Experimental electronic music has always been top-talk in the underground scene, but some artists don’t necessarily capture such essence, or achieve high-acclaim in fields of experimentation as this can be such a broad, ambiguous term. From splicing together different sub-genres or sampling pre-existing sounds to create
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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,’
‘Animals’ is taken from Oneohtrix Point Never’s latest album ‘Garden Of Delete,’ out now on Warp Records. G.O.D. is made with a huge amount of nostalgia/retrospective (in fact most of Lopatin’s songs are made with this spaced out atmosphere). This unusual aspect ratio makes the listener feel dazed and contemplative
Described as ‘wonderful and strange, the pop music of the future’ by the late, and great John Peel, Robert Koch’s been knocking around for awhile now. Best known by the stage name Robot Koch, he’s a German, Los Angeles based, record producer. Koch first found recognition as a member of
Brooklyn is the New York City where you feel at home. There is no hustle or whirlwind of pressure, as you stroll down the streets. It is the place where you can walk into a record store in a newly gentrified area and admire the Manhattan skyline just across the
For well over the past ten years, people have been suggesting that Rock n Roll is dead. However, each time a new band comes out with a rock inclination (i.e. The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, etc.) the world proclaims them to be the band that brings the genre back from the
