A shooting happened in Austin, Texas in the early hours on Sunday morning, the last day of this year’s SXSW Festival. Both Variety and Deadline reported that four people were injured, with authorities responding to shots fired in the city’s entertainment district. It has been confirmed that the shooting took
Music Festival / music news / SXSW / USA
In an update on Universal’s 10:22 label’s NFT project, it has been announced that the label has acquired the NFT Bored Ape #5537 for near $361k. The new character, named Manager Noët All, will serve as leader of 10:22’s all-NFT virtual band, Kingship. The members of Kingship are all Bored
From cosmic minimal techno to spectral ambience from Thom Yorke, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. Listen below. Follow our Roundup Selections playlist on Spotify to stay updated on what we have on repeat. Thom Yorke – 5.17 Radiohead’s Thom Yorke has always explored more wrought
Alt-Pop / ambient / experimental / minimal techno / Nu-Disco / Synthpop / Techno
The wait is over for the release of dj poolboi’s latest album stay just a little while longer. This Unbelievably Spectacular release blurs conventions and crosses as many boundaries it possibly can genre-wise. The result is a remarkable odyssey of work featuring musicians from around the globe. Stream/ download: stay
Dream pop / Electronic / House
Techno band Elektro Guzzi are ready to shake the electronic sphere with their latest album Triangle. Released today via Palazzo, this eight-track work explores techno in a playful way and we are all here for it. The band have cited highly influential electronic and techno luminaries like Jeff Mills, Basic
2012 would prove to be an essential year for Lyon producer Gesaffelstein. Aside from his own work, in particular Viol, gaining traction, the French techno-punk producer was tapped to produce for none other than (the artist formerly known as) Kanye West. Yeezus would go on to become a groundbreaking record
Nia Archives is one of those recent GenZ phenomenons to arise from the TikTok algorithm, together with artists like Cookiee Kawaai and PinkPantheress, to whom Archives is often compared. These comparisons are not totally unfounded. What these young artists have in common is how their practice is pushing classic dance
Alt-Pop / Breakbeats / Jungle / R&B / UKG
Australian producer Holo is capturing the world’s attention one carefully crafted single at a time. His latest release, the In Limbo EP collects these singles into one cohesive array of downtempo and chilled sounds. While only four tracks long, each song on the EP is significant in its own way,
Last Sunday, London based nightlife organisation Save Our Scene (SOS) organised a mass rave in protest of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Thousands of ravers came out to join a convoy of sound systems in Central London, with some six rigs blasting acid techno, UKG, and drum’n’bass. Two thousand people gathered
music news / nightlife / protest rave / russia / Ukraine
One of the most beguiling skills Atlanta’s Nikki Nair possesses as a producer is his unmatched dexterity. He has the ability to (quite like no one else) flow through passages of various styles and signatures in the span of one four minute track and make it feel seamless. Nair is
