My word, Jakob Skøtt is a talented so-and-so. And a busy one to boot. He is perhaps best known for being the drummer in Causa Sui, the instrumental Danish psych-rock outfit who have just released their tenth studio album, the sparklingly heady Return To Sky. With his bandmate Jonas Munk,
Magic Door is a party is most commonly found gracing the dance floors of Birmingham. On Friday (19 June), however, they brought the sequin-clad soiree to Hackney Wick. On entering Bloc, through streams of flamboyantly dressed punters, you’re handed a magic bean and told that the aim is to find
It is now twenty one years since The Dust Brother’s ‘Chemical Beats’. Over two decades in which the Chemical Brothers (brothers from the same mother) have defined the Big Beat genre. And time in which the duo have established themselves as the go-to artist for Hollywood. The Hunger Games, Hanna,
J.R.R Tolkien once said “Not all those who wander are lost”. Chilean born, Swedish raised, New York matured and now London based Alexi Delano is a fine example of this. He’s released five albums and umpteen tracks on labels such as SVEK imprint and Drumcode, has been nominated for a Swedish Music Award ‘P3 Guld‘ and now,
You’d think that dance music was a young man’s game. It requires very late nights, a lot of high energy, working knowledge of cutting-edge audio technology and the ability to stare into the smooth-skinned, bug-eyed faces of merrymaking young people without curling up into a ball and screaming, “Oh God,
‘Deicide’ is the second offering from Crystal Castles since the rather acrimonious and well-publicised departure of singer Alice Glass last year, which sparked a bit of a social media war between Glass and fellow founding member Ethan Kath. When any band loses a member their future immediately is cast into
Hudson Mohawke is a phenomenon. Hudson, once known as DJ Itchy, was the UK’s youngest ever DMC Finalist and has shown the world what he’s been working on in the time he gets between producing Kayne West, writing songs for Grand Theft Auto V and being an outright trend setter.
“8.58 is a moment of choice, it’s almost 9 o’clock. Are you going to school? Are you going in to that job you hate? Everybody faces that decision now and again. 8.58 am is when you’ve got to make up your mind.” “Am I going to be truthful to myself or
Caribou is an animal, literally and figuratively. Let’s leave the North American deer species to David Attenborough and focus on Dan Snaith’s musical persona. Releasing music under the names Manitoba and Daphni, Dan Snaith is a musical behemoth and is defined more as a composer/recording artist than a DJ.
Producer Dara Smith may be better known as one half of Lakker. His debut solo EP, under the moniker Arad, is out soon on Speedy J’s Electric Deluxe Label. First track, ‘Basswave,’ has the kind of fast, dull, repetitive bass line that you will want to speed up, just to
