Alex Karlinsky, better known as Highway Superstar, has been steadily making a name for himself in retro and synthwave music circles. He was tapped by Swedish filmmaker David Sandberg to write an exclusive track for the short-film Kung Fury, the soundtrack to which, was later released by Universal Music. This…
Image: Annika Aschberg From twisted drill & bass, demonically pitched vocals and haunting love songs in praise of the undead, in honour of the spooky season we roundup some of dance music’s darkest moments. In no particular order, here’s our list of tracks that go bump in the night: Aphex…
Image: Local Action Much like it’s not so distant cousin footwork, Jersey Club has been experiencing a bit of a renaissance in 2021. This is mostly the result of the genre’s astronomical popularity on the social media app TikTok, with its rapid fire beats and kinetic half time kicks lending…
JUNG have released their latest EP She via Universal Music Sweden. The indie-pop duo have already racked up over 100 million global streams, and boast platinum-certified status with single ‘Let Him Go (ft. Clara Mae)’ as well as two certified gold singles ‘Wasteland’ and ‘Falling Free’. Stream / Download She…
Downtempo-lo fi duo rocomoco have released their album Into The Blue via Aviary Day on Aviary Bridge Records Ltd. This follows the success of previously released singles, ‘Grooveshop with Hoffy Beats’, ‘Djeep with Devon Rea’, ‘Years’ and ‘Warm Flicker’ which was accompanied by a colourful video. Stream / Download Into…
Image: Ninja Tune It’s been a whole four years since Bonobo’s last full length release, Migrations. In the time between though, he hasn’t been particularly quiet. 2019 saw him assume mix duties for fabric London’s ongoing fabric presents mix series, with his presence being particularly groundbreaking and left field for…
Image: Ninja Tune An album that traces a single night out from start to finish over the course of its track list is a tried and tested concept. Lorde took us to a house party with Melodrama, and more recently Chippy Nonstop took us to the rave with dj genderfluid.…
Image: Positivo Back in 1979 when a crowd of nearly 50,000 people incited a riot at Chicago’s Comiskey Park by condemning disco to hell, no one really knew that what was actually happening was a baptism by fire of sorts. Because in actuality, disco was impossible to demolish. After all,…
Image: Brainfeeder There’s a paradox that exists within electronic music that has become more apparent in recent years. While the form exists as a result of our innate instinct to experiment, and by proxy innovate, what began as us literally playing with technology has shifted to technology playing us. The…
Image: Velocity Press A new book celebrating pioneering electronic music composers from the UK has been released. Tape Leaders: A Compendium Of Early British Electronic Music Composers, published by Velocity Press, is a richly illustrated A-Z compendium of 100 essential British electronic musicians, including William Burroughs, Roy Cooper, Janet Beat…
