What more is needed to prove that South African dance music is taking over the world? Gqom and amapiano are currently the country’s hottest cultural exports, and Black Coffee has just been nominated for a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album. It’s easy to see how gqom in particular resonates beyond
Timedance, the label run by Bristol producer Batu, has become synonymous with innovation. The releases here are challenging in the way that they explore and subvert the trends of the Bristol underground, often arriving at uniquely distinct formulations of the sound of the club. Much of this is due to
Bass / experimental / IDM / Industrial / New EP / Techno
Image: XL Recordings It wouldn’t be without reason to say that Overmono have slowly been going back to their roots. This recourse began with the arrival of BMW Track/So U Kno ahead of their fabric presents mix and compilation. The two track release on Poly Kicks saw the UK duo
Electronic / Garage / New Music / UK
Image: Sinderlyn Records New York’s Tama Gucci has been slowly shifting the expectations of both R&B and electronic music with his incomparable style. Fusing the tropes of the two genres by way of heartfelt, tender songwriting and razor sharp avant electronic beats, the singer-songwriter and producer has arrived at a
Breakbeats / Electronic / Jungle / lgbtq / New Music / New York
From Grimes going techno to Yaeji trading up her style, we roundup our favourite tracks of the week. In no particular order, here’s what we’ve had on repeat: Yaeji, OHHYUK – 29 / Year To Year The collaboration between k-house star Yaeji and frontman of Korean four piece Hyukoh is
Image: Houndstooth Lotic, the moniker of Berlin based American electronic music artist J’Kerian Morgan, is a term used to refer to any kind of moving water ecosystem. From rivers to brooks, the lotic ecosystem is any aquatic habitat that is naturally nuanced in the way that it supports life. It’s
Image: LEITER When Nils Frahm and F.S Blumm dropped Dessert Mule, the first single off their fourth collaborative album 2X1=4, out now on LEITER, it became apparent that this record would be distinct from the work that preceded it. Immediately apparent was the shift in genre, with the duo exploring
Image: Planet Mu Despite the fate of the dance floor still very much hanging in the balance around the world, 2021 has been an alarmingly triumphant year for footwork. This year alone, we have been graced with albums which have shifted the genres in ways we have not thought possible.
Image: Gloriette The breakup album is often a significant turning point in the scope of an artist’s oeuvre. There’s no real blueprint for them, rather they exist as asymptotes of the various ways we as humans process and experience grief. This near impossible task of expressing the trauma of heartbreak
Image: Ninja Tune The thing about Kevin Martin is that he’s as much an extremist as he is a producer. Over the years, his various projects from the post-reggae group King Midas Touch to the dark and dubby Techno Animal have always pushed things extremely far. This doesn’t always mean
