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Expanding to two days this year, Dutch festival Lente Kabinet has announced the lineup for its 2018 edition. Taking place Het Twiske in Amsterdam from the 26th to 27th May, Dekmantel focuses on bands and live acts with Kelela, Kamaal Williams, DMX Krew, DJ Python, Crash Course In Science and Alexander Robotnick all on the bill.

Dekmantel entlists Lena Willikens to curate the next Selectors compilation. A series dedicated to those who perform at the Dutch imprint’s Croatian festival, Willikens’ selection is a vast mixture of unreleased tracks and vintage gems. “I’ve been playing most of these songs for a while now,” she explains. “I benefit from my friends and colleagues

Ex-pirate radio station Rinse FM has announced a new roster for 2018. Originally dedicated to broadcasting ‘local music’, the new residents reflects the stations increasingly global audience with artists and labels such as UMFANG, Dekmantel, Elrow and Tresor all scheduled for this year. Other residents include Jane Fitz, Holy Goof, Grime Originals, rRoxymore, Mall Grab,

Gabber Eleganza is to release his debut EP, ‘Never Sleep’, on Lorenzo Senni’s imprint Presto!? Founded in 2011, Gabber Eleganza originally started as an online archive of post-rave and gabber culture, publishing a zine titled Gabber, In The Name Of Love. This will be the first record under the alias and has only been DJing

Dutch label Rush Hour will press up an Italo classic, ‘The MBO Theme’ with a rare South African version from Warrior. ‘The MBO Theme’ was originally released in 1983 on Atlantic whilst the Rush Hour team came across Warrior’s edit whilst searching for records in South Africa. “Because the country was culturally banned at the

Following on from EPs ‘Below The Line’ and ‘Old Media New Society’, Scuba will be releasing his debut album under his uncompromising alias SCB – out on the 13th April. Titled ‘Caibu’, the word refers to an imagined surgical procedure where cognitive ability is augmented through one brain to the other. As such, the EPs

Dekmantel affiliates Ricardo Villalobos, Tony Allen and Motor City Drum Ensemble are to feature on the final anniversary EP. Celebrating 10 years with 10 releases, the final EP will be spilt into two EP’s with Ricardo Villalobos and Motor City Drum Ensemble creating reworks of Tony Allen’s afrobeat classic ‘Asiko (In A Silent Mix)’. Part

Part of trio Gaussian Curve, Gigi Masin released a new album on Bandcamp. Titled ‘KITE’, the 7-track digital album came with a note from Gigi saying, ‘recently I have been thinking about what ‘a change’ means. Whether it’s a turning corner of keeping on walking straight down the road, or a ship adapting its course

A project commissioned by EMI Production Music, a subsidiary of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, will see Luke Abbott and Ikonika produce an album each titled ‘The Library Album’. With TV and film in mind, Ikonika’s 16-track LP spans across dub, hip-hop and electronica whilst Luke Abbott’s is released under his Carl Lozito Jr alias delves into

Taking place in Parc Floral De Paris, The Peacock Society returns this summer from the 6th to 8th July. Revealing the first wave of artists, heading to the famed Parisian festival will be Jeff Mills, Floating Points live, Richie Hawtin, Octo Octa, Joy Orbison b2b Kornél Kovács, KiNK b2b Gerd Janson and Daniel Avery. Other