By: Niki van den Heever Canadian-born artist, Emerald Isabella along with her band, Chelsea Effect, have just released their latest single entitled ‘Ghosts on the Wall’ on 17 May and in the words of the artist herself, it is a song about feeling like your voice is not being heard
By: Niki van den Heever Techno producer NHOAH comes back with another single. This one entitled ‘I Can’t Satisfy You’ released Friday 17 May via R.O.T respectortolerate Records following his last single and music video ‘Mountain Calls’ and ahead of his upcoming album, set to drop sometime this year. The
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Maribou State has announced their Kingdoms In Colour Remixed album and released the dub-infused version of ‘Feel Good’ courtesy of Khruangbin. This release follows the success of their 2018 album Kingdoms In Colour which has been streamed over 40 million times to date, earning them a #25 spot on the
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The Young Punx came into fruition in 2003, through London’s underground mashup, bootleg and breakbeat scenes. The brainchild of Hal Ritson, the genre-defying act has supported Tiësto with a residency at Privilege Ibiza as well as performing as a live band with guitarist Guthrie Govan at major international festivals such
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By: Niki van den Heever Elsa Barahona released her brand new single, ‘Enseñame’ on the 12 April. Produced by UK multi-platinum songwriter and producer Kiz Keyz, responsible also for producing artists with the likes of SVRCINA and Million Dollar Weekends, as well as his project Oceans for whom he also
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By: Niki van den Heever The Young Punx make good on their promise to release one track a month for the year 2019 as they dropped their latest single ‘Wonderland’ on 12 April. This comes as the fourth instalment and an excellent warm-up for their fourth studio album. ‘Wonderland’ is
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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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Interview by Arnold van der Walt If you’re a fan of electronic dance music, especially if you are a DJ yourself, you’ve undoubtedly stumbled upon MEDUZA’s ‘Piece of Your Heart Ft. Goodboys.’ MEDUZA consists of Mattia, Luca and Simone, 3 natives from Milan who have been making waves since their
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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
