Hardcore is slowly but surely infiltrating the music scene on a wider scale again – with plays across mainstream radio, the fashion industry taking inspiration from the free party movement and broadsheet media talking about ‘what clubbing culture used to be’. And as the world goes in to political turmoil, it feels fitting that a…
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No Spiritual Surrender (otherwise known as Jose ‘J.C.’ Cabrera and Kastil) have become leading figures in the Spanish techno scene. With J.C. running Cabrera Records and the innovative Mugako festival whilst Kastil runs his Stale imprint and has been supported by the likes of Marcel Dettmann, Dax J and DVS1. Between the two of them…
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When you enter the world of DJing, you set yourself up for a life of travelling, sometimes never being in one city for more than 24 hours. For Ukrainian artist Alinka, this is something that happened very early on in her life as her family moved from Ukraine to Vienna before eventually settling in Chicago…
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Hailing from New York, Dusk Notes was founded four years ago by Cory James and Soramimi, who individually are both established producers but together they are a power house pushing tasteful, experimental music. The pair met by chance at a venue that Soramimi was working at and soon connected over their musical tastes and New Yorker…
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First launching his hugely successful YouTube channel Definite Party Material, Ian DPM has gone on to become one of Bristol’s finest exports. Renowned as an influential tastemaker for his genre-defying sets, as evidenced in his mix for us, Ian DPM caters for the dancefloor with high energy house cuts mixed with a flurry of techno,…
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Learning from a young age that you don’t have to follow the system, Mexican producer Alyssa Barrera Auvinen has been following the beat of her own drum for quite a while now. With her musical journey beginning when her brother was in an industrial band in the late 90s, it wasn’t long before Auvinen was infatuated…
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Breaking through in the music industry at a time where there wasn’t such a thing as social following, where those likes and shares didn’t impact the gigs you were booked for, it leaves all your motivation and drive to focus on the important factors. For French producer, DJ and label owner DJ Deep it has…
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The Queen of Electroclash, Kittin has been leading the way since the early 90s. Releasing her first EP in 1995, ‘Champagne’ with The Hacker, her longtime and frequent collaborator, the release featured hit singles ‘Frank Sinatra’ and ‘1982’ which led to her achieving international success. Born in Grenoble, France, Kittin’s releases are fiery, sassy and unique, filled…
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With the intensity of city life often being credited with draining our creativity, artists isolate themselves in order to focus on a project. For Idealist, the need to be away from the hustle and bustle, with no distractions and no concept of time, in order to create music motivated him to move outside of Zurich.…
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One of the most innovative festivals in the scene, MIRA, will be returning to Barcelona for its 8th edition on the 8th November. Packing out their line up with genre-defying and immersive performances from the likes of GAIKA, Amnesia Scanner, M.E.S.H, Objekt, Borusiade, Josey Rebelle, Varg and Avalon Emerson, the three day festival will host…
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