Freeze and Cream‘s The Asylum returns to Liverpool this Halloween as Sven Vath brings his Cocoon party to an abandoned psychiatric hospital in the city on Saturday October 31st. Following The Asylum’s sold out debut in April of this year featuring Marco Carola, the second edition will also feature Cocoon’s
San Francisco psychedelic dub-pop duo Peaking Lights have reworked ‘It’s A Combination’ by Los Angeles duo De Lux (pictured above) into a Moroder-esque disco monster complete with rubberised synth bass, glitter-encrusted synths and robotic 4/4 beats. The Playground has been given an exclusive first listen of the remix. Check it
Music collector’s website Discogs have announced plans to roll out a mobile app for iOS and Android in the first quarter of 2016. Launched in 2000, owned by Zink Media Inc and created by programmer, DJ and music enthusiast Kevin Lewandowski, the site has become the record collector’s go-to source
Sleaford Mods have announced the release of a new documentary film to be premiered in Nottingham and London next month. Sleaford Mods – Invisible Britain is described as “part band documentary, part look at the state of the nation”. The film follows the band on their recent tour of the
London based vocalist and producer Kelly Lee Owens has transformed ‘Kingsize’ by Norwegian experimental pop artist Jenny Hval into a rave-inflected dancefloor banger. The pair met through mutual friends and admiration for each other’s music. When approaching the remix, Owens was told “the only rule is that there are no
“The East London outfit sound ready for war with this new track”. Link here.
Yesterday, Native Instruments launched ‘Stems‘, a music format that allows DJ’s and producers to control individual parts of tracks. The programme is designed to make it easier for DJs to mix tracks by picking out certain elements within a song and adding filters or tempo changes. Before Stems existed, if
With only a few weeks to go before Dekmantel commences, the Amsterdam festival has revealed its official 2015 mix. Dutch DJ, Makam, has created it using 79 samples of tracks produced by artists that are featured on this years line up. Listen to the mix in full below. Tracklist: 001
On September 12, Phonica Records will be throwing a party a Oval Space to celebrate their 12th year in operation. The line up will see sets from François K, Moritz von Oswald, DJ Deep, Nummer, Ge-ology and the Phonica crew themselves. Phonica Records is based in Soho and is renowned
