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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Label Love Affair: Dusk Notes
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
The Lowdown: LDY OSC
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
DJ Deep: “I come from a time where it was music first”
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
The Lowdown: Idealist
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.
The Lowdown: TERR
Influenced by the DIY attitude and sense of freedom and self-expression of punk rock, TERR – real name Daniela Caldellas – became incredibly connected to music, using her journey as a way to experiment with sounds and ideas. Growing up in Brazil’s Belo Horizonte, Caldellas now resides in Barcelona and started her music career in a group
The Lowdown: Bodyjack
Launching his new alias five years ago, Chris Finke aka Bodyjack has quickly established the project with support from the likes of The Black Madonna, Marcel Dettmann and Zenker Brothers. Collaborating with Paul Woolford under his Special Request moniker and Leftfield, Bodyjack’s productions are ever evolving and can’t be pigeon-hold to one sound or style.
The Lowdown: Brecon
The incredible history of the UK’s music scene has left it as a hotbed of inspiration for most producers – each twisting it in their own way. With new duo Brecon, it’s turning Garage and Dubstep into atmospheric records that draw influence from their surroundings of South Wales and Bristol. Individually, the two brothers are
Joel Eel: “It not only allowed me to tell myself that I didn’t have to be so afraid, but helped me understand why others felts so guarded about exposing themselves.”
Some of the best work is often the ones filled with emotion. There’s drive and motivation behind the work. It’s therapeutic and cathartic. Relating to Joel Eel’s second album ‘Performing A Crime’, a masterclass of industrial EBM, the LP is a concept of how being in love can feel criminal in and of itself. Exploring
The Lowdown: Gabriella Vergilov
Music is a beautiful freedom of expression and as Bulgarian artist Gabriella Vergilov would put it ‘an abstract description of our emotions’. Having released her first EP in 2016, Gabriella’s music has captured the attention of tastemakers across the globe and there’s no wonder why – her productions are powerful and rich, filled with her