By Jenna Dreisenstock There’s nothing quite like seeing your favourite artist live – the energy, lights and crowd: the pure heart of being able to experience the music you love up close and personal and watching those you admire work their magic. There are some artists that go above and
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão “The sight of ear plugs being worn across a crowd at an Elrow party or Amnesia in Ibiza may be a long time away, but with this campaign, the steps towards such a future are being made.” The Independent Tinnitus is a bigger issue in dance
By Jenna Dreisenstock An album’s artwork is what makes the first impression of a new release, even though it’s definitely unfair to ‘judge a book by its cover’. We can’t assume what the tracks of the album sound like just by it’s album art, however the artwork is the most
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão An art studio based in the UK called Dorothy, has designed a poster that depicts a carefully laid out series of linework and names that celebrates the people and places crucial to the history and culture of dance music. Dorothy have designed similar posters in the
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Sage Armstrong is a DJ and producer currently based in Santa Monica. Upon his debut release via Claude VonStroke’s DIRTYBIRD imprint, Armstrong has been dropping jaws all over with immersive house cuts and captivating DJ sets, setting a different tone from the rest. Now, after several successful festival appearances including
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Electronic duo Mount Kimbie take the reigns of the DJ-Kicks series with a 23 track mix that includes one of their own new tracks, ‘Southgate,’ exclusively. Due for release on 28th September, it’s a snapshot of exactly what the UK duo sound like in the club right now and is
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Heavily-laden with moody soul and laid-back electronic beats, Yuna’s music is difficult to box into a genre. The talented singer-songwriter from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and now living in Los Angeles, cites a variety of influences, including Aaliyah, Lauryn Hill, Alanis Morrisette, TLC, Radiohead, Bjork and Feist.
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Verasect is an electronic producer currently based in London, originally from New York City, you can find him creating music all over the world, combining both classic and modern elements flawlessly with his dark, brooding sound, ultimately creating something that is both old-school industrial inspired in it’s delivery, as well
Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Superorganism have been a band that rejects the norm from the get go. Having released a series of strange 90’s-inspired visuals to go with their self-titled album over the past year, the band have been going from strength to strength and boast a whopping eight members,
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[Image: Elephante] Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Australian film-maker and creative director for successful soul-house outfit Two Friends, Mark Schmocker, has just released a short documentary that gets up close and personal with some of EDM’s greatest producers, featuring Adventure Club, Elephante, Just A Gent, Two Friends, Didrick, Hellberg and Exit
