Interview by Moritz Grosche Nicolas van Dedem, better known as BALU, is a Utrecht based vinyl collector/selector from Frankfurt am Main that turned to DJing through his endless love for music and the sonic experience it can bring to our lives. “For me music is an emotional life companion and
Artefax Movement / BALU / break-beat / Electronic / Frankfurt am Main / Interview / Techno / Utrecht / Vinyl
The xx member, coincidentally, Jamie xx will be taking over film-score duties for French director Romain Gavras’ upcoming action/comedy film titled The World Is Yours, which has just premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Holding credits for directing gritty music videos for both Jamie xx and MIA in the
Cannes / Electronic / experimental / Film / Jamie XX / Romain Gavras
Interview by Shannon Lawlor Max Cooper is an experimental-electronic musician currently based in London. For over a decade now, Cooper has been both a perpetual cog in the underground electronic steam-engine, and a driving force in the ambient and techno scenes. Since 2007, Cooper has released a plethora of remixes
Aether / ambient / Balance Series / Electronic / experimental / Interview / London / Max Cooper / Mesh / Techno / United Kingdom
Electro-dream-poppers and Portland-based four piece Chromatics, made up of Ruth Radelet, Johnny Jewel, Adam Miller & Nat Walker, share new track & video “Black Walls” and confirm their fifth studio album, Dear Tommy, due out in autumn 2018 via Italians Do It Better. More information to come soon! Watch the
Producer Clams Casino has put a commemorative single with Lil Peep, who passed away last year due to an overdose. The uttered sample, “Call me on my iPhone, I don’t pick it up much/I been losing friends, I don’t feel right,” he mutters. It hurts to hear it.” hits hard
Clams Casino / Commemorate / Electronic / experimental / Hip-Hop / Lil Peep / RIP
Electronic composer and musician James Blake has collaborated on a new track ”Look Ma No Hands” with the legendary André 3000 for this year’s Mother’s Day. Two cuts came from this collaboration, ”Look Ma No Hands” and “Me&My (To Bury Your Parents)”, featuring vocals from the rap icon, and Blake
ambient / André 3000 / Electronic / experimental / Hip-Hop / James Blake / Jazz / Mother's Day
Recondite signs his first full record to the Afterlife label, following two tracks on the Realm Of Conciousness compilations and many revered performances under the iconic man. Rainmaker is a six-track, double-vinyl EP crafted from the delicate-yet-powerful ingredients that are Recondite’s signature. Free-falling from the tense opener ‘Valvate’ through various
Afterlife / Electronic / Germany / Lower Bavaria / Recondite / Techno
Formed in 2015 the duo, consisting of Ashlee Luk and Lida P, have a string of releases to date with labels such as Lobster Theremin, 1080p and Jungle Gym Records. They also make up two parts of Sacred Sound Club, an artist collective, label and event series focused on shifting
Belgian DJ and producer Charlotte de Witte continues to establish herself as a driving force on the contemporary techno scene with The Healer, her second EP on seminal British imprint NovaMute on June 22nd. The four tracker comes after the Belgian has fully broken through with a dark, dense and
At the Met Gala 2018 (Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City), an unexpected occurrence took most attendees by surprise – Experimental-Pop icon Grimes aka Claire Boucher made an appearance, walking the red carpet alongside her alleged “date” and SpaceX CEO/Tesla co-founder Elon Musk. Musk did comment
