Next up in our influences series is Venezuelan producer Cardopusher who, for the last the decade has been creating a wide variety of dancefloor weapons from the wild and scatty ‘Unity Means Power’ EP, PC and IDM influenced ‘We Want Ca$h’ EP, explorations of EBM and New Beat on ‘Manipulator’ and ‘New Cult Fear’ whilst
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The Lowdown: Kiwi
Starting off as a club photographer for DURRR, London-based DJ and producer Kiwi (real name Alex Warren) soon moved to the other side of the booth after a conversation with Erol Alkan which sparked the new motive. Launching two parties – Orlando Boom and Kate Boss – during his time at Goldsmiths, both events became
The Lowdown: Lia Mice
Graced with the title of an experimental pop pioneer, for Lia Mice her fascination with sound came early in life due to being partially sighted. Constantly aiming to create immersive soundscapes that reflect the ones she grew up around, Mice’s productions are quirky and innovative with her high-energy live sets a testament to that. Incorporating
Posthuman: “Everything we do is about the future, in a way – it’s the driving mechanism behind humanity, for better or worse.”
You could say that Posthuman have become acid veterans over the years, having been in action since the late 90’s. A duo formed of cousins Rich Bevan and Josh Doherty, they are part of the a group of artists who are leading the way for the UK Acid House Revival with their decade spanning I
The Lowdown: P.Leone
One of the many expats living in Berlin, P.Leone has been paving his way with deep, rhythmic techno cuts released on labels such as Radio Slave’s Rekids and Work Them Records. Also running his own label E-Missions where himself and co-founder Caiazzo as well as new artists Rush Plus and Tred have all made their
The Lowdown: Solid Blake
Copenhagen’s electronic output has been making it’s way across Europe with artists such as Kasper Marrott, Mama Snake, Schacke, Rune Bagge and more being booked at some of the biggest festivals and venues. Alongside them is Glasgow-born Solid Blake who moved to the city to study her masters and co-founded the now-defunct DJ collective Apeiron Crew
The Lowdown: Henry Greenleaf
There’s no shortage of independent record labels in the industry at the moment and this is making it easier for artists to get their music out there. It’s for this reason that three friends – Agrippa, Henry Greenleaf and Meta – joined together to launch a bass-driven label called Par Avion earlier this year. With
Chrissy: “And just like back then, the dance music scene is becoming more overtly political again in response, and resisting those oppressive forces”
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
Insight: No Spiritual Surrender’s guide to Spain’s techno scene
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
Alinka: “People say you only need one person in a room to believe in you, and that’s absolutely right.”
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