“I avoid thinking about the end results and focus on sharing my truth instead.” Main photo credit: Pierrick Campoy Amador Interview by Arnold van der Walt French producer Uppermost is well-known for his emotive tracks that always manage to ignite the soul of the listener. With a slew of hits behind
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“being in the wave community, you see everyone helping and supporting each other to grow and develop” by Niki van den Heever “Dark/Atmospheric soundscapes with punchy drums” is how UK based wave producer Beau describes his sound. Listening to his original track ‘Mourn’, you definitely get a sense of those dark
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IDM is an incredibly expansive term; too intricate for a definitive box. However, the genre manages nonetheless to sculpt a distinctive sound; with the careful construction of different influences combining into its own unique artwork. IDM creates spaces to move and grow, to experiment in the world of electronic music
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Croatian Amor | Isa | Posh Isolation Release Date: 25 January 2019 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock Finding gentleness and conflict within the spaces between; a glowing landscape in melancholia with hand reaching toward the sky. Each sound simmers as a cold flame, a vulnerability in a delicate hope, a volatile
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By Jenna Dreisenstock Often the world we live in feels overwhelming; a tide in which we are swept up, lapping the shore of politics and searing pain – falling to apathy, confined to our lethargy. With the constant saturation of media turning; glitching as rusted clogs and sparking, we find
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Feature Image: Terre Thaemlitz by Ruthie Singer-Decapite 2019 has barely begun yet the hype within the music realm never ceases to desist. With exceptionally exciting albums already being announced, the Golden Globes highlighting some of 2018’s best composers in the film industry, new tracks and aesthetically beautiful (or heartbreaking) music
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Written by Arnold van der Walt We are pleased to showcase the official music video for lo-fi hip-hop producer ZOD1AC’s soothing track, ‘Rainroom’. ZOD1AC has been quite busy this year. He released his latest album ‘Year of the ZOD1AC’ a week ago and so far the album has only seen
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Interview by Arnold van der Walt As the year crawls to an end, we decided to treat you to one last premiere for 2018 from DYZPHORIA. DYZPHORIA is a Canadian producer who has racked up hundreds of thousands of plays on Soundcloud, each track building on his production chops as
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Interview by Shannon Lawlor and Arnold van der Walt Bearcubs is a solo project from 27-year-old producer Jack Ritchie and over the last couple of years you might have come across his name. His masterfully layered productions include a wide variety of genres including lofi house music, future garage and
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Interview by Arnold van der Walt Wave music is a subgenre of electronic bass music that’s been taking over the internet from all corners of the globe. If you’re a regular reader of The Playground you may have noticed that we’ve had multiple interviews, articles, and premieres from various wave
