Interview by Shannon Lawlor Matthew Barnes, aka Forest Swords is an experimental electronic musician and producer hailing from Liverpool, UK. Since 2010, Forest Swords has released numerous EPs and two full length albums; Engravings which was released in 2013 via Tri Angle, and 2017’s Compassion released via Ninja Tune, which
dub / electronica / experimental / Forest Swords / Interview / Liverpool / Ninja Tune / Tri Angle / United Kingdom
Icelandic artist Björk has released a public statement revealing sexual harassment allegations against an unnamed Danish film director – most likely in response to Hollywood’s recent scandal involving film director Harvey Weinstein. In the online statement posted directly via her own Facebook fan page, Björk went on to say: “I
Interview by Shannon Lawlor Mikaela Davis is a 24-year old composer, harpist and vocalist from Rochester, New York. Her music could be best described as classically inspired indie-folk, with definite nods to world music, and the inclusion of using Middle Eastern and Oriental inspired scales. Initially conceived as a solo
experimental / Folk & Singer-Songwriter / Harp / Indie / Indie-Pop / Interview / Mikaela Davis / New York / Rochester
Kölsch is set to perform on the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Monday 16th October. The Danish producer’s exclusive DJ set for Cercle Music will be streamed live and direct from 18:00 CET – 19:15 CET via Kölsch’s Facebook page . Over 15 million viewers are expected to tune in
Cercle Music / Denmark / DJ / Eiffel Tower / Electronic / experimental / France / Kölsch / Kontakt / Paris / Rune Reilly Kölsch / Techno
Hailing from Aberdeen, Nassif Younes aka SWYM started playing guitar at the age of 17 and has done little else since being a latecomer to the world of music, but in a matter of time, he began learning Beethoven Sonatas on the piano and later on, bass and drums. Younes’
Aberdeen / experimental / Indie / Interview / Progressive / Scotland / SWYM / Synth-Pop
Zak Khutoretsky better known as DVS1 has compiled a selection of tracks for the next fabric 96 mix. Due for release in December, the 29-track mix features artists such as Steffi, Steve Bicknell and Mark Broom. A number of tracks are forthcoming on Khutoretsky’s HUSH and Mistress Labels with new
DVS1 / electronica / experimental / Fabric Mix / HUSH / Minneapolis / Mistress / Techno / Zak Khutoretsky
Consisting of musicians and friends Hanna Fideli Fritzell (lead vocals, guitar), William Lindberg (bass guitar, vocals), Ida Säfström (vocals, violin, harmonica), Jonathan Vester (lead guitar) & Karl Geisler (drums, percussion), Villa Rivercat are an indie-folk band formed in the deep forests of Dalarna, Sweden during the beginning of 2015. Mainly
ambient / experimental / Folk & Singer-Songwriter / Interview / Psych-Folk / Rock / Stockholm / Sweden / Villa Rivercat
Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points is back with a brand new EP containing 19 minutes of new material. Titled Ratio, the EP drops on October 19th via Pluto – Shepherd’s own imprint. Available on both vinyl or as digital download, Shepherd went on to explain: “Squeezing 19 mins onto one
electronica / experimental / Floating Points / IDM / Manchester / Pluto / United Kingdom
Burial has announced yet another EP due for release on October 27th via NonPlus Records. Titled Pre Dawn/Indoors, the EP will be the UK-based electronic artist’s first release without Hyperdub since 2015’s Temple Sleeper, which came out on Keysound Recordings. Continuing from where he left on previous EP titled Rodent
Kuedo and Joe Shakespeare have announced the release of Obsequies’s debut EP via their label Knives. The label/creative agency was set up by Kuedo and Shakespeare in 2015 with the first release coming from J. G. Biberkopf in May of that year. Obsequies is a up and coming Belgian artist
