The festival will be taking place from the 7th to 8th June at Meridian Water in North London. Topping the bill this year will be Skepta for his only London festival appearance and hailing from the nearby Meridian Walk Estate, it will be a homecoming gig like no other. Joining him will be Jorja Smith,
Label Love Affair: Jelly Bean Farm
Founded in LA, Ganesa’s Jelly Bean Farm has been bringing the sound of the UK to the states for a few years now. Between 2014-2016, Ganesa was playing UK bass and techno sets at dubstep, techno and footwork nights like Juke Bounce Werk’s night Rocksteady when there were no nights for the UK dominant sound.
Fred Und Luna announces new album ‘Im Tiefenrausch’ on Compost
The album follows their highly acclaimed debut ‘Im Klanggarten’ on Frank Wiedemann’s Bigamo label. Released on Compost, ‘Im Tiefenrausch’ is a trip from Krautland through Electronic Fields to Hypnotonia and is the next step in their elektrokraut/krautelektro series. Serving as a muse for the musician, lector, poet and photo/video maker Rainer Buchmüller, Fred Und Luna are
Vtgnike returns to Nicolas Jaar’s Other People label with ‘Steals’ LP
This is the second full-length album on the label from Vtgnike following his ‘Dubna’ LP in 2014. Spanning across nine tracks, ‘Steals’ showcases Vtgnike experimental take on dance music and will be released on the 22nd February. Hailing from Moscow, Vtgnike (pronounced Vintage Nike) has also released a string of records on RAD and is
Vladimir Ivkovic, Ciel, Ben UFO, Josey Rebelle, Saoirse and Beautiful Swimmers announced for Love International
The festival will be returning to the Adriatic Odyssey for the fourth season after last year’s sell-out success. Revealing the full line-up, the much-hyped DJ Harvey will be playing all night long at Barbarella’s and Peggy Gou will be making her debut at The Garden. Joining them will be A Love From Outer Space, Craig
Junction 2 reveals full line-up with Ricardo Villalobos, Hunee, Carista, Mumance, Objekt and more
The final wave of artists join the likes of Daniel Avery, Shanti Celeste, Umfang, Peach and Nicolas Lutz for the festival’s debut two-day edition. Booking their biggest and most comprehensive edition to date, Junction 2 will see mainstay Dixon return to Boston Manor Park alongside Ricardo Villalobos, Hunee, Gilles Peterson, DJ Stingray, Objekt, Volvox, Carista
Untitled 909 Podcast 015: Oisin
Paving his way in the Dublin scene, Oisin has previously hosted a regular show on Dublin Digital Radio – spotlight some of his favourite labels – and has been booked for parties such as Bodytonic and at The Bernard Shaw. Now based in London, Oisin selections span across the board taking inspiration from early Chicago
Tracks of the Month, January 2019
Once again we spent too much of December engaged in gluttony to do a Tracks of the Month… but we hope to beguile you to forgive and forget this hiccup by sharing some extra killer tunes with you that we’ve been feeling. Unknown Artist – We Are Not Alone Is it just me, or
Listening: Water Knives – ‘Contents Hidden’
‘Contents Hidden’ is the debut album from Israeli duo Water Knives released in October last year. Truly showcasing their ‘petri dish’ of musical ideas, they bring together worlds of rock, avant-garde, free jazz, soundtracks, psychedelia and techno to create a sound that transports you to different musical eras as you flow through the seven tracks.
The Lowdown: Jing
Debuting on Steve Bicknell’s 6dimensions label last year, Berlin-based Taiwanese artist Jing has been turning her stories into audio performances with a conceptual mystery project trilogy. The first in the series, ‘Adularescene’ focused on moonstones, the effect of light and the optical phenomenon whilst the latest second edition ‘Diffraction’ (released late last year) tells the