Interview by Maya-Rose Torrão Timecop1983’s unique synthwave sound washes over the listener like an 80’s dream; steeped in romantic nostalgia and vintage sounds, this musician has taken the genre and made it completely his own. Timecop1983 has been making music since as young as 12 years old, without any background
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Interview by Maya-Rose Torrão Drawing much of his inspiration from street art, electro-house and different kinds of percussion instruments, Mathias D. is a house producer going from strength to strength in his scene. Already, this young French musician has been signed to a myriad of acclaimed labels such as Art
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Yves Tumor has just released his brand new 10-track album via Warp Records, a genre-blending experimental funk masterpiece that defies all norms and features artists James K, Oxhy and Puce Mary, called ‘Safe In The Hands Of Love’. Yves Tumor has been teasing the album for
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Austrian indie-rockers At Pavillon are already the name on everyone’s lips in the Austrian music scene. Next up? The world! Made up of Paul Majdzadeh-Ameli on drums and backing vocals, Tobias Kobl on bass guitar and backing vocals, Bernhard Melchart on lead guitar and backing vocals
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Written by Maya-Rose Torrão Berlin-based label and party organisers Killekil have announced a series of workshops created specifically for artists with disabilities in order to further their passion for electronic music production. Called Ick mach Welle!, which literally translates to the uplifting and positive exclamation “I make a wave!,” the
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Written by Arnold van der Walt “Pull me up lord I’m dying / Time to let the light in” Canadian indie-pop group Royal Canoe recently released the music video for their track ‘RAYZ’ ahead of their forthcoming album ‘Waver’ set to be released 25 January 2019 via Paperbag Records. The
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Interview by Maya-Rose Torrão Londoner Stephen Kenny Tempest, who goes by the moniker DJ S.K.T, has been working the DJ desk from the tender age of 12 and has decades of experience in making electronic music across a span of genres, including experimental bass, deep house, tech-house and soulful house.
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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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Written by Arnold van der Walt “…and to the dogs we go” Germany has proved time and time again that they are one of the staples in the global electronic music industry. It comes as no surprise that another masterful duo finds their origin in this bustling country. Berlin-based duo
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Interview by Maya-Rose Torrão South African duo STAB Virus is a techno project formed by two friends and producers who broke away from the local cultural expectations of Black South African men in order to pursue their passion of producing electronic music. The pair have been going from strength to
