Image courtesy Italians Do It Better Amidst news that popular synthpop outfit The Chromatics were breaking up, it was glaringly obvious that Jonny Jewel was missing in action. The American record producer and founder of the Italians Do It Better label seemed to be preoccupied with Madonna, at least by
Image by Yaseen Brink / Copyright Prolific Media The music of Amapiano is infamously distributed to its followers via grassroots modes, most popularly via WhatsApp groups. This bypassing of conventional or commercial methods of distribution is somewhat synonymous with the spirit of the genre, and largely the dance music culture
Image by Fede Reyes If there’s one thing absolutely clear about Curses, it’s that he is an artist who honours the past in everything that he does. The DJ and producer’s early days in the New York punk rock scene eventually led him to the rave, and upon relocating to
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“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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Feature Image: Alice Glass | Credit: Michelle Shiers Adult Swim have become a well known force of nature when it comes to their contributions to pop-culture; whether it means collaborating with artists for out-there animated music videos and shorts, to the production of vinyl soundtracks for famed animated shows that
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão This is a musician who needs little introduction. Flux Pavilion’s hit ‘I Can’t Stop’ currently boasts over 98 million views on YouTube and is the artist that we can thank for helping bring dubstep to the mainstream. Flux Pavilion has headlined three US tours, two UK
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Ibiza-based producer and artist Ben Hoo has complied yet another wonderful compilation series via Get Physical, simply titled Ibiza 2018. Hear Spanish producer Arkestra’s contribution, ‘Back To Dreamland’ below – The compilation spans across seventeen, mixed genre (from ambient, to minimal to techno etc) cuts from the likes of Carl
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Modeselektor will release their new Modeselektion Vol. 04 compilation on 1st June 2018 via Monkeytown Records x Ninja Tune. It features 17 exclusive tracks including the first new Modeselektor production since 2015 – a wild acid techno track ‘Kalif Storch’ – named after the nightclub of the same name in
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Interview by Shannon Lawlor German-born, now London-based synthstress NINA has been a spinning-cog and adhesive bond in the ever-growing Synthwave community since it’s hazy, nostalgia-fuelled inception. As well as heading her own innovative imprint Aztec Records, a label built around progressing the synthwave/synthpop scenes into the neon-lit giants it is
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Interview by Shannon Lawlor George Dervenagas, better known as VHS Dreams, is an electronic producer currently based in Hartlepool, United Kingdom. The retro-futuristic ethos of Dervenagas’ understated love-affair for eighties-and-nineties electronic music scenes has VHS Dreams– his aptly nostalgic-inducing recording moniker, into the visionary, cast of glowing and upbeat resonance
