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
Weaving narrative, Italian producer Kisnou has released the first single from his upcoming EP The Untold Story Of The Rainmaker EP. Titled ‘The Last Memory of Me’, the song is the first chapter of a journey, the EP’s 5-part overarching concept: the protagonist, a boy, searches for the girl for
One thing is certain: South African singer-songwriter Yoav has shown himself to be a maverick in the Electronic music market. Getting his start right after high school, the musician signed with a record label before travelling to New York City where he developed his signature guitar-playing style. Using the body
Many artists capture emotions in their music, but few are able to invent new ones. Born Pablo Piña Hernandez, Mexican electronic music producer and founder of the Akumandra record label, Sainte Vie is one of the rare musicians who can. His otherworldly bass riffs hit home with serious force. His
Husband and wife Nikki and Jonathan Stipp form the power duo Hooked Like Helen. Riffing on themes of existential difficulties, they are a pair who are unafraid of tapping into their traumatic pasts to dig up audible gold. Based in the woods beyond Cleveland, Ohio, the couple leans alternative much
Canadian musician Rich Aucoin loves a challenge. In 2007, he famously supported the release of his EP Personal Publication with a country wide tour of Canada, travelling between cities entirely by bicycle. It was a feat of endurance that appealed to Aucoin’s innate maximalism, an instinct later reinforced by the
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It’s early morning, but it feels like last night never ended. Fresh sunlight has begun to filter through the slats of the blinds lining the immense windows of the Panorama Bar, still swarming with the dewy bodies of club kids draped in the finery of two nights ago. Click-clacking fans
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A pioneer in the House and Techno space in Africa, homegrown DJ Dino Moran prepares to perform where it all began. In 2023, Dino will take to the decks to give the audience a musical experience that he perfected through 25 years of delivering set after set of dance-ready house
It was surprising to learn that French electronic musician and DJ MAGA has his origins in South Africa. But then, you can hear it in his approach to music. The minimal, low-key tech that MAGA both plays and creates has the same sort of languid, breezy energy as Cape Town,
