“My interpretation of Berlin? Raw, dirty, strong, hard but also very beautiful, inspiring, uplifting and lovely” Interview by Arnold van der Walt Brazilian techno producer and DJ, Victor Ruiz, recently released his second release via Noir Music in the form of Berlin Beauty. By far Brazil’s biggest techno export, Victor
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Italian dream-pop quartet Amycanbe has been traversing the airwaves since 2005. They are Francesca Amati (vocals), Mattia Mercuriali (bass, guitars, keys), Marco Trinchillo (drums, keys) and Mattia “Matta” Dallara (keys). With 3 albums and several EP’s behind their name, their 2011 album ‘Mountain Whales’ garnered significant success with their hit
Interview by Arnold van der Walt American producer, Grabbitz, rose to international fame after his hit single ‘Here With You Now’ gained a following. Even before that and since that release, Grabbitz has gone on to work with some of the biggest names in the electronic music industry such as
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Written by Arnold van der Walt We are pleased to showcase the official music video for lo-fi hip-hop producer ZOD1AC’s soothing track, ‘Rainroom’. ZOD1AC has been quite busy this year. He released his latest album ‘Year of the ZOD1AC’ a week ago and so far the album has only seen
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Interview by Arnold van der Walt As the year crawls to an end, we decided to treat you to one last premiere for 2018 from DYZPHORIA. DYZPHORIA is a Canadian producer who has racked up hundreds of thousands of plays on Soundcloud, each track building on his production chops as
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Interview by Shannon Lawlor and Arnold van der Walt Bearcubs is a solo project from 27-year-old producer Jack Ritchie and over the last couple of years you might have come across his name. His masterfully layered productions include a wide variety of genres including lofi house music, future garage and
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The influence of those with immense fame is unbelievable in the face of our modern civilisation; the ways in which major stars can change the perceptions and ideas of the general public ties back in to many articles I’ve written before regarding how those in the public eye, in the
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Kachina have been making waves for decades with their classic UK garage sounds, a key musical outfit in the underground UK electronic scene that never disappoints with their smooth beats. Formed by Rob Sparx, Zurcon and Wigz, Kachina have just released their brand new EP, ‘Eyes of March’, exclusively available
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Written by Jenna Dreisenstock Image Credit: Chiaki Nozu / WireImage In our hurricane of an emotionally apocalyptic – and with climate change worsening, physically apocalyptic – political climate, the unfortunate truth is that often our personal ideologies, views and outlooks on controversial issues (which is essentially every world issue at this
Interview by Arnold van der Walt Wave music is a subgenre of electronic bass music that’s been taking over the internet from all corners of the globe. If you’re a regular reader of The Playground you may have noticed that we’ve had multiple interviews, articles, and premieres from various wave
