Aphex Twin uploaded yet more previously unreleased tracks to Soundcloud this weekend. The SC account user48736353001 has now seen more than 110 demos uploaded to it and it’s all free to stream and download. Richard David James is known for his unusual behaviour (living in a bank, driving a tank
Since its official launch in March, Tidal has been deeply criticised by a huge proportion of the public; many of whom are very sceptical of its intentions. Tidal sells itself as “the first artist-owned global music and entertainment platform” – supposedly paying the highest percentage of royalties to music artists
Street Fest 2015 is the leading urban culture festival in London and this year will be taking place at East London’s Tobacco Dock, one of the cities most exciting venues. Ego Ella May, Hannah Faith, Elijah & Skilliam, Kutmah, Soom T, Loyle Carner and an array of others are all
Over here at THE PLAYGROUND HQ, we’re excited to see that our YouTube channel TRAPaTRAP has just reached its first one million views and now has over thirteen thousand subscribers. TRAPaTRAP is dedicated to supporting the best in emerging bass and trap music and providing a platform for those artists
U.S man, Jesse Carey has raised over £11,000 ($18,000) for charity by promising to listen to only Nickleback for one week. The sponsorship conditions mean that he must listen to the Canadian rock band whilst he works, eats, sleeps and even showers for a total of 168 consecutive hours. This
Love Saves The Day Festival has just announced the first acts that will appear on its 2015 line up. Four Tet, Floating Points, Grandmaster Flash, Crazy P, Tale of Us, Kelea and Daniel Avery are among the artists that will be performing over the two day festival. Jessie Ware and
Hessle Audio Co-Founder David Kennedy AKA Pearson Sound has released the full details of his upcoming debut release on the label. News of the release first cropped up on Facebook, simply stating the catalogue number “HESLP002” followed by a release date of “early 2015.” It can be now confirmed that
Aphex Twin’s 2014 album ‘Syro’ has been shortlisted for a Grammy. 2015 will be the Grammies’ 57th year and will see the addition of two new categories, ‘Best Dance Recording’ and ‘Best Dance Album.’ In previous years The Grammies have had a rocky relationship with the Dance Music scene, having
Aphex Twin / Grammy / Syro
In-demand producer Jamie XX is set to compose a contemporary Ballet score for the Manchester International Festival. The Manchester Opera House will play host to performance which will see the Mercury Award winner compose the music for Jonathan Safran Foer’s book, ‘Tree of Codes.’ The book is famous for its
Ballet / Composer / Jamie XX / Manchester
Consisting of Blawan and Pariah, UK production duo Karenn are set to release a new 12” on their own Works the Long Nights label next month. After teaming up in 2011, the pair won plenty of fans with a handful of releases over the next year or so, however the
