A documentary based on the infamous 808 drum machine will be premiered in London at 8:08 PM. The film will feature artists that have explored the 808 over the years. From the hip hop corner will be Bambaataa, Rick Rubin, and Hank Shocklee, whilst the use of the 808 in
DJ, Producer and label owner, Gary Beck, is Glasgow through and through. Born and bred in the Scottish city, he remains there today, running his own label and churning out some serious electronic music. Apart from when he’s travelling the world and playing at some of the planet’s most prestigious
By the time May comes around, most people have already got their festival calenders mapped out. Those with a shred of organisation and that aren’t swimming in student debt will go to Glastonbury. Folk that are in it for the atmospherics as opposed to the music and the cast of
Glaswegian demigod Hudson Mohawke has been DJ’ing for over half his life. In this time he’s been the youngest DMC World DJ Finalist, signed to Warp Records and developed a personal and working relationship with Kanye West. Not bad for a 20 something scottish lad. Hudson Mohawke (real name Richard
This weekend (6 and 7 June) Victoria Park will be playing host, once again, to what is now a London institution. Field Day 2015 will see the festival’s best bookings yet with Caribou, Ride, FKA Twigs and Patti Smith among the headliners. The two day event will also showcase some
Sifting through the psychedelic instrumentation of Unknown Mortal Orchestra allows listeners to engage in a more active listening of the band’s latest album, ‘Multi-Love’. The lyrics provide a lens through which one may engage with the poetic agency showcased by Ruban Nielson. The album’s commentary on contemporary aspects of the
As if there wasn’t already enough going on at Bestival 2015, festival curators have just announced the next trick they’ve had hiding up their sleeves. The new area, described as ‘A festival within a festival‘ will be named ‘Slow Motion‘. Discussing the latest addition, Rob Da Bank said: “I’m more
Four Tet, real name Kieran Hebden has just revealed the details of his upcoming album which is out early July. The record, ‘Morning / Evening’, will be released via Hebden’s own Text imprint. He revealed the details of the release on Twitter this morning. Watch Four Tet at Boiler Room
Co-founders of Butterz (once a grime focussed label, now something closer to a brand), the organisers of the most forward thinking specialist club nights the genre has ever seen, DJ’s, Fabric Live frequenters and Rinse FM regulars; Elijah and Skilliam have been breaking some serious ground within the UK grime
For almost a century now, Audion (AKA Matthew Dear) has been working on both the pop world and the underground. Amongst his first works you’ll see ‘Hands Up for Detroit’ and you’re not wrong, that is the original that Fedde Le Grand reworked in the annoyingly unforgettable 2006 track. Remixing
