Image: Because Music From subversive hyperpop to an unexpected take from one of Africa’s rising talents, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order: SHYGIRL – Cleo For her latest single, British rapper and DJ SHYGIRL finds herself transfixed by the glamour of Old Hollywood and
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Image: Planet Mu From mutant cumbian to erratic and complex polyrhythmic breakbeats, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order, here’s what we’ve had on repeat. Juan Ramos – Iniciado Berlin collective REIF recently announced their upcoming first compilation project REIF01, and with it an epic
Image courtesy Hyperdub The sound of South Africa’s dance music underground is having a moment like never before. The township born forms of Gqom and Amapiano have infiltrated the landscape of European electronic music, with more and more producers turning to the rhythmic patterns and lurking, grime adjacent bass thumps
Image Ninja Tune TSHA has slowly been on the rise to becoming one of the UK’s strongest new voices in electronic music. Last year’s Flowers EP largely solidified this status, a dazzling collection that revealed an immense sense of emotional depth and awareness to TSHA’s natural electronic pop affinities. The
It’s possible that Caribou may be a sage, or at the very least incredibly astute. There’s something eerie about the aptness of Dan Snaith’s nomenclature with regards to the zeitgeist. The fact that last year’s Suddenly arrived with a lead single called Home and left with a final single called
Image Ninja Tune Marie Davidson has been on a bit of a journey. Her take on synth driven techno was at once intriguing and charming, heightened by an extensive live hardware setup and unique spoken word approach. Flitting across her knobs and machines, her stage presence was at once enigmatic
Image by Łukasz Nowak Drum & bass is one of the sounds of the UK underground that experienced an astronomical boom followed by a rapid descent. In many ways, it followed a similar trajectory to dubstep, where the mainstream success of the genre ultimately became its downfall, though for drum
Image by Hollie Fernando In mid-July, the UK reopened the country’s live music and festival industry after over a year of lockdown in the face of the pandemic. The aptly named “Freedom Day” was one eagerly anticipated by music fans and nightlife goers across the nation, and one which the
Image by Stefan Fähler Berlin DJ and producer Ziúr has quietly and quickly made a name for herself as one of the most formidable voices in avant-garde electronic music. Occupying a prolific status in the Berlin underground, Ziúr’s sound has been in a constant state of evolution since the grimy,
Image copyright Florian Schmitt Boris Brejcha once said of his infamous carnival mask facade, “starting with the mask makes people go crazy. Removing it later is even better.” It’s a sentiment that could easily be applied to the artist’s music as well. Brejcha has a particular habit for dropping multiple
