The American Association of Independent Music has launched weekly series now called ‘Vinyl Tuesdays‘. Releases will include catalog , commercial and promotional, rare, Record Store Day exclusives and vinyl reissues and will be managed by the Dept of Record Stores/Record Store Day. The association has stated: “Every Tuesday, participating retailers
Field Day has just added more names to its 2015 line up. Matthew E White will now be joining the Sunday line up and The Victoria Park Bandstand will see sets from Jungle, BEATY HEART, Django Django, Oceaán, Shura, Tei Shi, XL DJs and special guests. The 405 stage will
Bestival has just announced the line up for its Temple Island arena. Described as “a lucid dreamland of beguiling saturnalia“, this woodland based area boasts revolutionary sound systems and is now a permanent festival fixture. The first night will see Madlib and Juicebox presents: Jonas Rathsman, Ejeca, SG Lewis, Joe
Outlook have announced the final names on their 2015 line up. The Croatian festival, which is set in an abandoned fort above the Adriatic Sea, will now see SBTRKT, Beenie Man, Oneman, DJ Hype, The Bug, Renegade Hardware, DMZ, Swamp 81, Shinehead and Legal Shot Sound, Chris Lorenzo joining the
Kate Tempest, Blossoms and Swim Deep are amongst the 100 acts that were added to The Great Escape‘s line up today. The Great Escape 2015 takes place in Brighton 14-16 May and will see around 450 artists playing to 18,000 people in over 30 different venues around the city. The
Sven Väth and Carl Cox will now be joining Cocoon In The Park 2015‘s line-up. The annual one day festival was founded by Väth himself and since launching seven years ago, has seen some of the biggest names in electronic music take to their stages. One more act is still
Chicago-born house music producer, Lil Louis, has been left with what is being described as a career threatening injury after an air horn was blasted into his ear at close proximity. The DJ, who is often dubbed “The founding father of house music”, was forced to cancel his gig at
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Dan Snaith, AKA Caribou, has assembled a 1000 track playlist (suitably) titled ‘The Longest Mixtape – 1000 Songs For You.’ 2014 was a spectacular year for Caribou, having released the very gorgeous ‘Our Love’, which received much praise, and playing many sold-out shows across the globe. Caribou says that he
WILD CULTURE is the new project from Austrian sound experts Florian Fellier and Felix Brunhuber. The duo have excelled in producing smooth melodies, driving beats and developed an affinity for experimentalism and high technical finesse along with remixing the likes of London Grammar, Andy Caldwell, Daughter and more. They are
Record Label MUTE have teamed up with Dirty Electronics and designer/ writer Adrian Shaughnessy to create the MUTE Synth II. The battery powered synth features a small patchbay and number of touch electrodes that allow for “a labyrinth of possible connections and resulting behaviours.” Sounds are played by creating rhythmic
