Based out of Bristol, England, Matthew Preston AKA Phaeleh is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and DJ best known for his atmospheric, emotional and chilled bass music. With roots in a wide array of musical styles including dubstep, garage, house and ambient, Phaeleh has been nurturing his unique sound over more than
Norwegian artist, producer and DJ Wolfgang Wee recently released his EP, ‘Heart Of Stone’ via Uppwind Records, which features vocals by Holybrune. Wee is a is a prime time weekend DJ at Norway’s national public radio broadcaster, NRK and has a string of releases in his wake. His summer disco
Proud owner and manager of the Sekai Collective, Resonata has been pushing his own flavour of wave music that he likes to call “dance music for sad people”. Rather than basking in unhappiness, his music is emotionally uplifting and defiant. The atmosphere of his tracks exhibits influences from early trip-hop
Having grown up in and around dance music, Ronnie Spiteri has lived up to all the hype that surrounded his early forays into DJing and producing. Spiteri has cemented his position in the international dance music scene, controlling the decks at world-class venues and events across the globe, including a
Obi Michels, aka Hijmer, is an emerging producer from Nijmegen, Netherlands. “Hijmer”, as the artist explained to us, “is an old Dutch word used to represent thoughts and feelings about all facets of life that are unfinished or imperfect, paired with a yearning for ideal alternative experiences.” ‘Show Me’, although
Hot on the heels of his debut EP Through The Forcefield, iSorin has dropped ‘Laminar Flow’, which The Playground is happy to have premiered on the 23rd of May. Highlights of the track include its simmering bassline and the vocal chops leaking through the layers of rich synth sounds soaring
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Nevaeh is a 22-year-old producer from Poland making music largely molded around the sounds of wave and garage. His latest EP Doves, released in December 2018, is a six-track release that exhibits a lot of maturity in its sounds and progression. Nevaeh has since produced a video for its opening
Ben McKelvey has recently released his folk-rock track ‘Wild Child’, with an accompanying video. The Brighton-based multi-instrumentalist has performed across the USA, the UK and Europe in venues such as The Royal Albert Hall, the O2 Arena and the London Palladium, providing support for Wet Wet Wet in 17 arenas,
Born and raised in New York, producer, arranger, mixer and engineer David Baron has just released ‘People of No Concern’ feat. Lettie & Madeleine, via Here & Now Recordings. Son of remote recording pioneer Aaron Baron, (who’s mobile truck, Location Recorders was hired to record ‘Stage Fright’ for The Band
Multi-instrumentalist, fine-artist and producer Lomea readies himself for the release of his sophomore album Echoes In Bloom on May 31st. The first single lifted from the album is ‘You Are Your Memories’ which recently premiered on Electronic Groove, and his forthcoming release, set for May 24th, will be new single
