The moment that Japanese-American singer Hikaru Utada (aka Utada) crossed over from moderate success in her home country to full blown J-pop sensation came at around the same time she decided to start producing her music herself. In taking this creative control, Utada crafted a new direction for her sound
Acid House / House / J-pop / Pop
From blissed out new age techno to Arca updating Laurie Anderson for the post-club landscape, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order: Pussy Riot – PUNISH Russian feminist punk-anarchist collective Pussy Riot has taken many shapes and forms over the years. From their early days
We’re not going to lie, this one slipped under our radar. A new Joy Orbison track that morphs from droning ambient into a full on dancefloor rager? Orbison’s own statement that he’s “sitting on quite a lot of unreleased music”? It’s shocking that we’re only getting to this track now,
The origin point of house music can be traced definitively back to Chicago, where the form arose as a reaction to disco and became popularised by its Black, mostly queer, progenitors at the South Side’s The Warehouse nightclub from which the genre takes its name. But house would also find
From classic PC Music mutations to atmospheric tech-house programmed for rainy days, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order: Angel-Ho – Silent Plateau Angel-Ho approaches music much in the same way as a performance artist; bursts of improvisation followed through with a bit of refinement.
Amapiano / dreamhouse / drill'n'bass / experimental / Garage / hyperpop / Tech House / Techno
If you were to ask us which continent is currently at the forefront of electronic music’s future, we wouldn’t hesitate to say that it’s *Africa. Let’s look at the facts. In the past two years, the sound of South Africa’s amapiano has essentially gone viral and has infiltrated most of
Breakbeats / drill / drill'n'bass / grime / Hip-Hop / Jungle / trap
From Sherelle’s BPM boosted jungle to Alice Glass’s cybergoth lo-fi synthpop, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order: OXIA – FATE When we spoke with iconic French producer Oxia earlier this year, he warned us of an incoming EP. Fate would be the EP in
Amapiano / Gqom / Jungle / New EP / new single / Synthpop / Tech-House
It’s official. Blawan is weird again. There was a point at which it seemed that the UK DJ-producer had switched tactics toward, dare we say, more straightforward techno ambitions. Perhaps the expectations pegged on him following his breakout single Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage? were always going
From French touch funk to future forward bass, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order: Grimes – Player of Games Following previously heard tracks Shinigami Eyes and 100 Percent Tragedy, the new single from Canadian alt-pop star Grimes appears to be the first official single
What more is needed to prove that South African dance music is taking over the world? Gqom and amapiano are currently the country’s hottest cultural exports, and Black Coffee has just been nominated for a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album. It’s easy to see how gqom in particular resonates beyond
