Written by Jenna Dreisenstock With the first half of 2018 coming to a close, our auditory journey has been graced by groundbreaking, boundary-pushing hits that have kept fans across the globe captivated by genre-defying sounds and breakthrough releases. Not only have we experienced a surge in fascinating and enthralling sounds,
Alice Glass / Alternative / Beach House / Childish Gambino / Chromatics / Dirty Projectors / Electronic / Indie / Kygo / list / Lykke Li / Max Cooper / Miguel / music videos / Pop / trap
Written by Jenna Dreisenstock ‘To define is to limit.’ Once said by the ever-flamboyant Oscar Wilde in his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray: Wilde’s character Lord Henry wove into the the sweet-blonde curled Dorian, that allowing ourselves to fall victim to the ever defining boxes of society, in which
Article / Culture / Electroclash / Electronic / Folktronica / Genre / Lowercase / Microgenre / Pop-Culture / Seapunk / Shibuya-Kei / Sub-Genre / Underground
Austrian producer, artist, composer and synth-wiz Dorian Concept has just signed to Flying Lotus’ impeccable Brainfeeder imprint, with a new album The Nature of Imitation on the way, set for 3rd August release via Brainfeeder. Hear the first single ‘Promises’ from the upcoming album below – Preorder The Nature of
ambient / Austria / Brainfeeder / Dorian Concept / Electronic / experimental / Hip-Hop / Vienna
With their debut album Power set for release July 13th via Tri-Angle Records, Houston-born, now Berlin-based, Lotic has unveiled a new single from the record, ‘Solace‘. Stream ‘Solace’ by Lotic below – Lotic was born in Houston and studied electronic music composition and saxophone at university. They moved to Berlin
Beats / Berlin / Electronic / experimental / IDM / Lotic / Tri Angle Records
Interview by Shannon Lawlor Brian Zajak, best known as Fejká is an electronic producer based in Stuttgart, Germany. Since the ripe age of seventeen, Fejká has been experimenting with contrasts between the atmospheres of ambient, dream-induced nostalgia, and nail-biting techno or deep, explorative house music. Fejká has remixed for the
ambient / Dreamy / Electronic / Fejká / Germany / House / Interview / Ki Records / Marie Angerer / Stuttgart / Techno
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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Innovative producer Flying Lotus has released a new single titled ‘Heroes Pt. 5‘ – The last in this year’s Adult Swim Singles Program, and features SFX samples and dialogue from the beloved Dragonball anime series. Stream ‘Heroes Pt. 5’ by Flying Lotus below – For more information follow Flying Lotus
Melbourne-based HRTK (fka Hate Rock Trio) have announced a new mini-EP Drama, set for release on July 6th via Ghostly International The two-track 12-inch record features the Australian alt-electro duo’s first new music since 2014’s Psychic 9-5 Club and Body Lotion EP via Sleeperhold Productions. Stream ‘Mentions’ taken from Drama
Alt-Pop / Altenative / Australia / Chill / Electronic / Ghostly International / HTRK / Melbourne
Tbilisian electronic artist Gacha Bakradze returns with the new hypnotically fluid remix of ‘Image‘ carefully reshaped by DJ/producer Earth Trax, taken from the upcoming EP Restless, scheduled for July 29th via beloved independent UK imprint Anjunadeep. Stream ‘Image (Earth Trax Remix) by Gacha Bakradze, premiered by XLR8R below – Preorder
Anjunadeep / Earth Trax / Electronic / experimental / Gacha / Gacha Bakradze / Georgia / House / Tbilisi / Techno / United Kingdom / XLR8R
Maria Matveeva is a Soprano singer, artist and musician hailing from Russia. Her pallette of influences come from artists such as current collaborators Deep Forest, Michael Cretu (Enigma), Mike Oldfield and Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance), although her experimental twists and turns, and sonic vocal delivery could compare her best
