Image: LEITER When Nils Frahm and F.S Blumm dropped Dessert Mule, the first single off their fourth collaborative album 2X1=4, out now on LEITER, it became apparent that this record would be distinct from the work that preceded it. Immediately apparent was the shift in genre, with the duo exploring
Image: Björn Holzweg Nairobi born and Kampala based producer Freddy Njau, aka Slikback, has slowly been infecting club music with his abrasive and entirely future focussed sound over the course of the last few years. His burgeoning influence rides the crest of the wave of interest in the electronic music
Image: Arvida Byström / Hannah Diamond From breezy house remixes of Haitian Vodou chants to rubberised hyperpop bubblegum, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order: Joseph Ray, Lakou Mizik, DJ Koze – Sanba Yo Pran Pale (DJ Koze Remix) The collaboration between producer Joseph Ray
Image: Smalltown Supersound In his seminal work Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity, the queer theorist José Esteban Muñoz examines queerness as a mode of futurity, distinguishing it from heteronormative futurity as defined by the drive to reproduce and suggesting that rather, queer futurity is concerned with
ambient / Berlin / experimental / music producer / New Music / norway / nu-jazz / queer / saxophone
Image by Jelena Luis Hood by Air occupies a sort of legendary cult status in fashion and pop culture. The streetwear brand, brainchild of designer and cultural provocateur Shayne Oliver, first arrived in 2006. The identity of the brand is rooted in the underground subcultures of New York, from ballroom
Image by Charlotte Duale The Moritz von Oswald Trio has always been a bit of a revolving door of collaborators, held in place by the common denominator of von Oswald himself. Subsequently, the music from the German record producer and composer’s group has always changed shape somehow, presenting a myriad
ambient techno / Avant-Garde / Berlin / colla / Collaboration / Composer / dub / electronic music producer / experimental / experimental electronic / Germany / Jazz / music producer / New Album / Techno
Image by Stefan Fähler Berlin DJ and producer Ziúr has quietly and quickly made a name for herself as one of the most formidable voices in avant-garde electronic music. Occupying a prolific status in the Berlin underground, Ziúr’s sound has been in a constant state of evolution since the grimy,
Image by Hollie Fernando From infectiously groovy modern house to an experimental reworking of a hip hop legend’s song, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order, here’s what we’ve had on repeat: Innellea / Stephan Bodzin – Boavista (Innellea Remix) German DJ and performance artist
EDM / experimental / House / new electronic music / New EP / new remix / roundup
Image by Zanele Muholi It makes a ridiculous amount of sense that Desire Marea should tap prolific queer South African photographer Zanele Muholi to shoot the cover for their immaculate debut album, DESIRE. No one else could have captured the multifaceted visionary quite like Muholi. Marea is an artist who
Image by Sabrina Feige From retro-futurist remixes to a single produced by some of the most innovative minds in contemporary music, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order: Alex Virgo / Purple Disco Machine: Playbox (Alex Virgo Remix) Purple Disco Machine has become synonymous with
