English producer Seamus Rawles Malliagh, AKA Iglooghost, has occupied a more influential space in contemporary electronic music than one might expect. His sound, an experimental amalgamation of glitch, bass, and street culture formulated for the internet age has made Iglooghost particularly trendsetting, perhaps even more so than his peers like
Bass / experimental / glitch / industrial bass / trap / trip-hop
Having coined the term ethnic-electronica, producer Deep Forest uses music to bottle the regional tones of cultures from around the globe. With an ear for a diverse range of tones, he has distilled cultural music in projects like Deep Brasil, Deep Africa, and Deep India, wherein he summarises his musical
Caroline Polachek has shared the music video for her latest single, Welcome To My Island, taken from her upcoming album Desire, I Want To Turn Into You. The video sees Polachek move through a number of surreal scenes, some recalling her previous videos for songs like So Hot You’re Hurting
Arca has released a new compilation that condesses her five album Kick Cycle onto a single disc. Simply titled Kick, the tracklist for the compilation was voted for by fans on the Venezuelan producer’s Discord channel. The album art features all five album covers from the Kick series superimposed onto
Only six people attended a Metaverse rave organised by The EU’s foreign aid department. Set up to educate and inform people about the EU’s Global Gateway investment plan, the whole event reportedly cost the European Commission’s foreign aid department a total of €387,000 to develop and promote. According to Devex
Between the 10th and 12th of March in 2023, synaesthetic producer, teacher, and innovator Robert Babicz will be performing live at the TIMELESS Festival. Hosted by THE PLAYGROUND, the 3-day event will see the Polish producer take to the stage to showcase his signature fusion of colour-rich, cutting-edge electronic music
Luminist is an Australian video game soundtrack composer with a self-earned pedigree: he has gone from producing analog remakes of the soundtrack of the ‘86 video game Metroid, which caught the attention of tastemaker publication GameSpot, a recognised name in the gaming space, to scoring the soundtrack for the Wildboy
With THE PLAYGROUND launching its first music festival in South Africa in early 2023, DJ duo Pascal & Pearce prepare to grace the stage of TIMELESS Festival. Native to the country, the duo is a joining of names: Pascal Ellinas and Dave Pearce are two creatives who describe their music
Universal Music Group has bought a 49 percent share of Play It Again Sam [PIAS], an independent music giant responsible for distributing labels such as Warp, Ninja Tune, and Domino. The Belgian company, which was founded in 1983, will remain under the control of its founders Kenny Gates and Michel
From nu-disco bangers to hard hitting industrial bass, 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. PNAU, Troye Sivan – You Know What I Need Continuing the nu-disco trajectory set out
