Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Justice have just released a new video for a single taken off their recent album ‘Woman Worldwide’ that’s guaranteed to make viewers flinch. The French electro duo worked with previous collaborator Edouard Salier on the new video, which follows a scar-faced bodybuilder in stiletto heels dancing
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Her first full-length release since 2010’s ‘Body Talk’, Swedish electropop icon Robyn’s new album is titled ‘Honey’ and will be released October 26. This will be Robyn’s eighth album and features recent single ‘Missing U‘, as well as the title track which appeared in HBO’s Girls.
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão The iconic UK synth-pop duo made up of Marc Almond and David Ball, Soft Cell, who brought us immortal hits such as ‘Tainted Love’, are back for the first time in a decade and a half. The pair have just shared their new single, titled ‘Northern
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Electropop songstress La Roux’s critically and commercially acclaimed single ‘Bulletproof’ from 2009 was recently used in a segment on the Fox Business Network show Mornings With Maria Bartiromo about “high-end bulletproof backpacks and clothing“, marketed at kids who are heading back to school this year. Not
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Although he has yet to announce an exact date, Paul Oakenfold has confirmed that he will be performing a live DJ set for fifty guests at the UNESCO World Heritage Site this September, making him the first ever DJ to do so. The historic show will
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Interview by Arnold van der Walt Berlin-based DJ and producer, Eugène Schieffer, has been making waves in the online community with his carefully curated weekly techno mixes and regular original releases. He shared another track exclusively with The Playground, entitled ‘Keep Quiet’. An architect by education, Eugène Schieffer found himself
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Verasect is an electronic producer currently based in London, originally from New York City, you can find him creating music all over the world, combining both classic and modern elements flawlessly with his dark, brooding sound, ultimately creating something that is both old-school industrial inspired in it’s delivery, as well
Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Superorganism have been a band that rejects the norm from the get go. Having released a series of strange 90’s-inspired visuals to go with their self-titled album over the past year, the band have been going from strength to strength and boast a whopping eight members,
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[Image: Elephante] Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Australian film-maker and creative director for successful soul-house outfit Two Friends, Mark Schmocker, has just released a short documentary that gets up close and personal with some of EDM’s greatest producers, featuring Adventure Club, Elephante, Just A Gent, Two Friends, Didrick, Hellberg and Exit
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Aphex Twin has just shared the first track from his upcoming EP ‘Collapse’, titled ‘T69 Collapse’, along with a video, which was scheduled to premiere on Adult Swim but had to be taken down as the visuals were unsuitable for viewers with epilepsy. Besides that slight
