We’re thrilled to announce that THE PLAYGROUND will be hosting a stage at this year’s The Great Escape Festival. Famed as Europe’s number one festival for finding new music, TGE will play host to over 400 up emerging artists in over 35 venues across Brighton. Alabama Shakes, Kate Temptest, Skepta and JME,
Born in Siena, raised in Naples, it took a trip to London for Davide to discover electronic music. Wooed by the mood and sound of the British scene, he returned to Naples flush with energy, excitement and a knowing that this new calling would consume him. Having honed his craft
Back in the days of the internet when people turned to Myspace and DIY blogs like the now defunct RCRDLBL were the premier places for the hottest music, I stumbled upon an up-and-coming artist named Treasure Fingers. At the time I didn’t personally know a lot about the music industry,
Red Bull Music Academy‘s deadline happens to be today, and while there are probably quite a few of us trying to scramble and get applications in on time, the good people at RBMA have decided to gift us with some of the amazing work that was crafted during last year’s
Growing up with parents who exposed her to a diverse array of music from acid house and jungle to hiphop and soul, South London based DJ and producer Cooly G aka Merrisa Campbell has shown herself to be one of UK bass music’s most versatile and distinctive artists. Alongside her
The Arkive will reissue three classic albums by electronic music pioneer Gary Numan on October 16th. Replicas (1979, credited to Tubeway Army), Telekon (1979) and The Pleasure Principle (1980) will each be pressed on standard black vinyl and cut from high-resolution digital files (96 khz/24 bit transfers from the analog
Ghost Culture, real name James Greenwood, has been around for a few years now. Although for the most part, you wouldn’t have known it. Once recognised as ‘One of those DJ’s that doesn’t like the limelight‘, he is now making himself far more known; and we can’t see anyone complaining. Ghost Culture put
24 year old singer and TV personality Lil’ Chris has died. Lil Chris, real name Chris Hardman, was found dead this morning in Lowestoft. Lil’ Chris first appeared on the Channel 4 reality TV series ‘School of Rock‘ and had since had a career in music and television releasing his
WILD CULTURE is the new project from Austrian sound experts Florian Fellier and Felix Brunhuber. The duo have excelled in producing smooth melodies, driving beats and developed an affinity for experimentalism and high technical finesse along with remixing the likes of London Grammar, Andy Caldwell, Daughter and more. They are
First formed in 1988, Massive Attack remain perhaps the most famous breakout bands to derive from Bristol’s legendary “Trip-hop” scene during the early 90’s alongside their contemporary Portishead. Founders Robert Del Naja & Grant Marshall have used an eclectic bunch of guest vocalists over the years ranging from Elbow’s front-man
