In my recent conversations with friends I’ve come to realise that a lot of my favourite labels and artists at the moment are based in France, Austria and Switzerland. There has to be something in the water as some of the craziest but also beautiful and serene music is coming from those countries with NVST
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Untitled 909 Podcast 167: Ikonika – Night Slugs Takeover
We’re celebrating the legendary imprint Night Slugs’ 15th anniversary on our mix series! Founded by Alex Sushon (Bok Bok) and James Connolly (L-Vis 1990), Night Slugs was initially launched as a club night series after Alex and James met on Myspace in 2008, expanding into a record label in 2010. From then, Night Slugs quickly
Untitled 909 Podcast 166: Tano
“Late night in a dark smoked out club. Trippy percussive and heavy.” Based between Brooklyn and Puerto Rico, Tano is the founder of record label In Armatura where he has been self-releasing a string of EPs for the last three years. Now he lands on Glasgow-based label Redstone Press with a killer four-track EP, ’10-11’,
Untitled 909 Podcast 165: Bok Bok – Night Slugs Takeover
We’re celebrating the legendary imprint Night Slugs’ 15th anniversary this month on our mix series! Founded by Alex Sushon (Bok Bok) and James Connolly (L-Vis 1990), Night Slugs was initially launched as a club night series after Alex and James met on Myspace in 2008, expanding into a record label in 2010. From then, Night
The Lowdown: Field Maneuvers
In the last few years I’ve seen an increasing appetite for smaller DIY festivals which are usually less than 1000 capacity and have a community-driven approach to programming. Whether that’s because I’m getting older and my social anxiety steers me away from these huge, often commercial, festivals or that the world that I orbit in
Untitled 909 Podcast 164: DJ Polo – Night Slugs Takeover
We’re pretty excited about our next mix takeover as we celebrate the legendary imprint Night Slugs’ 15th anniversary! Founded by Alex Sushon (Bok Bok) and James Connolly (L-Vis 1990), Night Slugs was initially launched as a club night series after Alex and James met on Myspace in 2008, expanding into a record label in 2010.
Untitled 909 Podcast 163: Kampire
I’m writing this up as another edition of Dekmantel Festival comes to a close and it could not be more fitting. I first saw Kampire play at Dekmantel last year after serendipitously coming across her set at the Greenhouse stage. It ended up being one of our favourite sets of the weekend – the energy
Untitled 909 Podcast 162: Bake – Field Maneuvers Takeover
For the third mix in the Field Maneuvers takeover we’re very, very happy to welcome Glasgow-based DJ Bake. One of our favourite DJs (even more so once you read the concept behind the mix 🥲), I’ve had the pleasure of seeing him play twice over the last year – at Corsica Studios for the Fever AM
Untitled 909 Podcast 161: Maya Vika
Welcoming London-based legend Maya Vika to the 909 series <3 Maya Vika is one of those people whose passion seeps through everything they do and is kind of infectious to be around. Co-running the experimental / leftfield electronic music label TT alongside DJ Pitch, Maya Vika joined the team in 2021 after being sent a
The Lowdown: Salamanda
Enter the dreamlike world of Seoul-based duo Salamanda. Since meeting in 2018, Sala (aka Uman Therma) and Manda (aka Yetsuby) have become known for their ethereal ambient-leaning productions for labels such as Wisdom Teeth, Human Pitch,Good Morning Tapes and Small Méasures. Each release is a collection of the world around them which is often translated