After 6 years, Australian indie-pop quintet Gold Fields released their second album Dalawa via Haven Sounds on 12 April. Produced by Malcolm Besley (Northeast Party House, City Calm Down) and mixed by Tony Espie (The Avalanches, Cut Copy, Architecture in Helsinki) and is bound to be in your top albums
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“When we play we completely disappear; dissolve into music.” Interview by Arnold van der Walt Disappeared Completely follows the exact same path that countless acts before them have; a couple of friends meet at university and decide to create music together. What sets them apart, is where this Ukrainian 5-piece
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Interview by Arnold van der Walt Already being compared to the likes of Bonobo and Caribou, Oscuro has been making waves with his richly textured soundscapes. Today, he brings us the deep ‘Take Me Down’, exclusively on The Playground. Oscuro was formed in 2014 after he won a contest on
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By: Niki van den Heever Mountain-pop. ‘What on earth is mountain-pop?’ you might ask. But if you really think about it, when you bring two people together, both from countries rich with folklore and music; one being Stian Vedøy, who grew up on Karmøy, a west-coast island in Norway –
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By: Niki van den Heever Google company, Youtube, the world’s most popular online video community has just launched a music app in South Africa. This app offers music videos, official albums, singles, remixes, live performances, covers and hard-to-find music. When talking about what Youtube Music offers, Head of Marketing at
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By Niki van den Heever Swedish music streaming beast Spotify filed a formal complaint with the EU Commission against US rival, Apple. The accusation made was that Apple stifles its online music market competition. Spotify founder and CEO, Daniel Ek said in a statement, “In recent years, Apple has introduced
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Three-piece electronic-indie outfit Lumen Craft hail from Sao Paulo, Brazil, and their music and prismatic performances are as warm and cosmopolitan as the city that birthed them. Having recently shared their single ‘Stranger,’ Lumen Craft have piqued the interests of some big names, and have seen the spotlight of publications
Interview by Arnold van der Walt American producer, Grabbitz, rose to international fame after his hit single ‘Here With You Now’ gained a following. Even before that and since that release, Grabbitz has gone on to work with some of the biggest names in the electronic music industry such as
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Italian singer/songwriter Old Fashioned Lover Boy will be sharing the first single from his upcoming LP, ‘I Pray’ on 25 January 2019 via A Modest Proposal Records. Alessandro Panzeri, the man behind the music, released his first EP in 2014 and performed all over Italy, steadily growing a loyal following.
Lex Audrey is a Vienna-based trio made up of Niklas Pichler (vocals), Patrick Pillichshammer (drums and samples), and Lukas Staudinger (synth and bass) They will be sharing their first single, “Winter II” on the 1st of February 2019, taken from their upcoming debut album, “No Intention Of Changing The World”
