Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Seminal industrial electronic rock band Nine Inch Nails played their 1997 track ‘The Perfect Drug’ live for the first time ever, in Colorado at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The track appeared on the soundtrack for David Lynch’s 1997 film Lost Highway but has never been played in a
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Bristol drum and bass icon Daniel Kausman, known as DJ Die, has announced the release of a compilation titled ‘The Archives 1995-2000’, via his own imprint GutterFunk. The compilation is a collection of remastered and repacked tracks taken from 1995-2000, during the time that DJ Die was working with seminal
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Make Noise of Eurorack have just announced the release of a new version of the popular René dimension sequencer. While the original René model was a one-channel, two-dimensional Cartesian sequencer with limited memory, the newer model promises to bring a whole lot more to the table. The updated version is
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Berlin club ://about blank have cancelled an upcoming event featuring Cómeme and Room 4 Resistance (R4R), in light of R4R’s participation in the social media campaign #DJsForPalestine (you can check out our article on the movement from last week, here), coordinated by PACBI (Palestinian Campaign For The
Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Pyotr Verzilov, one of four members of anti-Kremlin punk activist group Pussy Riot who were arrested during the second half of the world cup final for their pitch invasion protest, was rushed to hospital on Saturday night after falling ill on the Tuesday prior, following a
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Often called “the holy grail of synthesizers”, TONTO, or The Original New Timbral Orchestra, is a legendary synthesiser that was built by Malcolm Cecil in the early ’70s and is the largest polyphonic analog synth in the world. TONTO consists of several Oberheim models, two ARP
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão UK electronic music legends Massive Attack have announced that they will be releasing a 20-year anniversary reissue of their iconic 1998 album ‘Mezzanine’, which will include never-heard remixes from Mad Professor. The monumental re-release will come in the form of either a two-CD or a three-LP re-master
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Acclaimed music outfit, Gorillaz, have just shared the official music video for ‘Tranz’, taken from their most recent album, ‘The Now Now’. Hailed as The World’s Most Successful Virtual Act, the Gorillaz give a mesmerising performance in the character’s first ever live performance video for ‘Tranz’,
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Over 2000 people have signed a petition to remove Giegling DJ Konstantin from three parties during Amsterdam Dance Event, in light of an interview last year with German publication Groove Magazine, in which Konstantin was quoted as making a slew of sexist comments. In the article,
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Kelela is releasing a remix collection called ‘TAKE ME A_PART, THE REMIXES’ to celebrate the first anniversary of her debut studio album ‘Take Me Apart’, which was released last year to widespread acclaim, appearing in numerous publications’ year-end lists. “It’s not just a bunch of remixes,”
