Liverpudlian promoter Breakwave has been pushing underground parties in the city for several years now. Through Meine Nacht, Breakwave hosts events in random and unexpected locations. Meine Nacht soon gathered a loyal following through word of mouth, with little marketing and advertisement around the events. The locations would include galleries, bakeries, a factory canteen and
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François X: “A part of the crowd solely think of me as a ‘techno guy’ but I’m more than that.”
A key figure in Paris’ underground scene, François X’s journey began when he started regularly visiting of one of the city’s record stores where a chance meeting with DJ Deep took place. Becoming almost like a mentor to François, DJ Deep encouraged him to finish some tracks and ended up being released on Deep’s Deeply
Influences: A-Future
Taking new year, new me quite literally, Adam Shelton kicked off 2019 by launching his alias A-Future alongside new imprint EON Records. Since day one of collecting records, Adam has always been into electro with Egyptian Lover cited as one of his earliest influences. Growing up in Birmingham Adam says the city ‘has a rich
Pedro Vian: exploring the parallelism between music and architecture
Pedro Vian has never been one to shy away from his emotions, his second album – the self-titled Pedro Vian, continues this exploration of the Amsterdam-based artist’s innermost thoughts and feelings. “I have to be sincere, transparent and pure” he affirms while talking about the LP, “During the recording process I have avoided artificiality. I
Influences: Adam Collins / Omni A.M.
Adam Collins is one of those tastemakers in the industry whose knowledge of music holds no bounds, constantly digging and searching for new sounds. You are often left amazed and bemused as to how he has discovered the artist’s his pushing via his long-standing label Euphoria Records. His story begins in the rock world and
The Lowdown: Bobby Analog
In amongst the madness, there are pockets of sunshine beaming through the scene, where artists are pushing out uplifting, joyous releases despite the world crumbling around them. One of those warming artists is Bobby Analog, a Belfast-based producer, DJ and now label owner who started out releasing disco and soul sampled records. Now focused on
Essentials: Nina Kraviz
I remember the first time I saw Nina Kraviz play like it was yesterday. It was the first and only time Oval Space held a 24-hour party with the likes of Jeff Mills, Radio Slave, James Ruskin, Evan Baggs and KiNK all billed and Nina Kraviz happened to be the unannounced special guest. Returning back
Influences: Chevron
Originally hailing from Blackpool, Chevron jumped ship to Iceland where his studio once resided in the heart of Reykjavik. It was when he moved there in 2015 that he started to immerse himself into the local music scene and in turn became a huge influence on his productions. Releasing his first album ‘Everything’s Exactly The
Hannah Holland: ‘London has such a creative force, there’s always been something, somewhere amazing happening, despite what people might think.’
In London, Hannah Holland has become a key player in the alternative and queer club scene. Entering the East End scene in the mid-noughties, when the all there was to offer was Shoreditch-based gay pub George & Dragon, Hannah then became a resident at On The Rock’s iconic Trailer Trash parties. At those early events,
Orson Bramley / Transparent Sound: “Today we live in a disposable society, releasing on vinyl only helps people move away from that mentality”
Transparent Sound first came to my attention when Helena Hauff included the original acid mix of their 2016 release ‘No Call From New York’ – released on Billy Nasty’s Electrix label – in her Essential Mix two years ago. Becoming a staple in Hauff’s festival sets, it was only a matter of time that videos