Interview by Shannon Lawlor and Arnold van der Walt Sweden-based wave producer, sweeep, recently released a brand new single ‘Realize’ and shared the Loneliness remix exclusively with The Playground. Taken from her upcoming ‘dssspear here’ EP, she has been steadily releasing music from this new record with ‘Realize’ being the
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Interview by Arnold van der Walt One of Australia’s hottest exports, Hayden James, recently released a music video for his single ‘Just Friends’ featuring vocals from Boy Matthews via trendsetting label Future Classic and music industry giant Universal. Hayden James has seen widespread success across the world with his singles
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Interview by Arnold van der Walt Cape Town-based producer Ryan Murgatroyd has been a part of the music industry for a while and has been part of some of South Africa’s most successful electronic groups like Crazy White Boy and Bantwanas. Even as a solo artist, his music can be
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Interview by Arnold van der Walt JAUZ has been taking over the electronic music scene since 2015 with his signature hard hitting bass style. The LA-based Icon Collective graduate is known for his energetic live shows and has since worked with DJ Snake, Skrillex, Krewella, Snails, Slushii, Zeds Dead and
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Nicolas Jaar is certainly a multi-faced musician if there ever was one. The Chilean-American producer is well-known in the club world for his various dance 12″ EPs he put out from 2008 to 2011 but has been moving in a more explorative direction, performing a five-hour
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Acclaimed American DJ and record label boss Claude VonStroke has just launched his new radio show on Beats 1, which will highlight the antics of his label, Dirtybird Records‘ Dirtybird Campout Festival and feature exclusive guest mixes from festival headliners. This first episode was aired this
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Canadian-born DJ, record producer, remixer and radio presenter Brianna Price, known as B.Traits (Baby Traits), will be returning to her In.Toto imprint for a two-track release titled ‘People’s Nation’. The BBC Radio 1 tastemaker launched her In.Toto label back in 2016, which signalled her return to
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Although he has yet to announce an exact date, Paul Oakenfold has confirmed that he will be performing a live DJ set for fifty guests at the UNESCO World Heritage Site this September, making him the first ever DJ to do so. The historic show will
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For the 100th and final instalment of the iconic FABRICLIVE mix CD series, in its current form, two UK pioneers unite for a hypnotic 74 minute mix. Burial and Kode9 are each credited with fostering esoteric, hyperlocal sounds and steering them to global recognition, helping to shape the landscape of
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão They say that plastic is estimated to outweigh fish in the oceans by 2050, a shocking and devastating thing to think about, but Canadian tech house DJs Anstascia D’Elene Corniere and Vivie-ann Bakos, who go by Blond:ish, are not going to stand idly by and let
