James Holden’s hair is so much longer now. In a recent press shot accompanying the announcement of Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities, his first album in five years, it frames his face in wisps and lustrous swoops. It’s almost mystical, hood-like and… shamanic. It’s a
ambient / breaks / experimental / New Age / Psychedelic / Synth
The past two years have seen German producer Bryan Müller, AKA Skee Mask, establish himself as a contemporary visionary in electronic music. His sound, which spans from vaporous manifestations of techno to minimal deconstructions of bass and breaks, gathers influences from leaders in club music over the past two decades
ambient / Bass / breaks and bass / experimental / Jungle / Minimal / minimal tech / Techno / UKG
I’d like to begin this year with an introduction. Hi, my name is Tazmé Pillay. Editor of The Playground. If you’ve read most of the reviews and think pieces that we do here, chances are you’ve read most of my work. Coming into the end of last year, I knew
English producer Seamus Rawles Malliagh, AKA Iglooghost, has occupied a more influential space in contemporary electronic music than one might expect. His sound, an experimental amalgamation of glitch, bass, and street culture formulated for the internet age has made Iglooghost particularly trendsetting, perhaps even more so than his peers like
Bass / experimental / glitch / industrial bass / trap / trip-hop
Arca has released a new compilation that condesses her five album Kick Cycle onto a single disc. Simply titled Kick, the tracklist for the compilation was voted for by fans on the Venezuelan producer’s Discord channel. The album art features all five album covers from the Kick series superimposed onto
Björk has released a music video for the song Sorrowful Soil, taken from her latest album Fossora. Directed by Viðar Logi, the video was filmed at the site of the recently erupted volcano Fagradalsfjall. Filmed entirely in an oval frame, Sorrowful Soil sees Björk sing one of the eulogies to
Alt-Pop / baroque pop / chamber / experimental / music video / new video
London based artist Jesse Kanda is probably best known for his ties to the Deconstructed-club scene at the time of its emergence, where he was largely responsible for shaping the visual aesthetic of the micro-genre’s most prominent artists. Responsible for the grotesque, mutant creatures of Arca and FKA Twigs, and
Somewhere on the internet, thanks to an elusive bootlegger known only as partyrockersish, there exists a mashup of quasi-parody act LMFAO’s definitive Party Rock Anthem with UK underground stalwart Actress’s Maze. It shouldn’t make sense. But the fact that this pinnacle of lowbrow dance music should mesh so seamlessly with
ambient / experimental / lowkey techno / Minimal / minimal techno / post-club / Techno
Though he may come from a background in indie rock, Martijn Ravesloot, AKA Melawati, has always found beauty in machines. Citing the likes of Aphex Twin and Amon Tobin as key influences, it was a matter of time before Ravesloot embraced his electronic instincts. Released last month on Maceo Plex’s
In theatre terms, the cyclorama is a blank canvas. A backdrop that blankets the walls of the stage, it can transform the scene into a sunrise, a sunset, a playing field for light to provide the illusion of depth and space. Ariel Zetina is a theatre kid. The Chicago DJ
