Loading ...Bristol based dubstep duo KOAN Sound are on Skrillex’s label OWSLA, and their release Funk Blaster was out on November 1st. Skrillex was one of the founders complextro which is a mash up electro complex deep basslines and dubstep sounds. They take this genre and add a bit of electro synth to it, giving the dubstep vibe a bit more [..]
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November 3, 2011 – 12:13 pm
Das Racist
Das Racist are coming over to the UK to celebrate their first commercially released album, Relax, which was released on September 13. The album includes production from Diplo, El-P, Rostam Batmanglij (of Vampire Weekend), and Anand Wilder (of Yeasayer). If you have not heard of the alternative hip hop group based in Brooklyn, they shot to fame through their song [..]
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October 27, 2011 – 1:22 pm
Foe
Foe is an incredible female artist who used to be a member of the band Arthur. She has recently been writing with the hotly tipped Entrepreneurs, and is becoming a hyped artist in her own right. Foe aka Hannah Clark has recently signed a record deal with Mercury imprint, Vertigo records and an album is expected out early next year [..]
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October 19, 2011 – 3:06 pm
DRC Music
DRC Music is a collective of producers that made an album in 5 days with Congolese musicians in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during July 2011. The result of the collaboration is a release of “Kinshasa One Two”, a fundraising effort for Oxfam that manages the rare feat of raising money for a good cause [..]
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October 12, 2011 – 2:15 pm
14th
There’s a secretive new duo in the future bass/nu-dub step/whatever-this-new-stuff-is-called world, and it’s in the shape of 14th. Combining Tracey Duodu’s individual vocals and a combination of throbbing bass lines and scattered drums, they’re sure to be joining the ranks of Bondax, Jast Japan et al in the current underground scene, but with the boy/girl combination going on along with [..]
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October 6, 2011 – 1:58 pm
I am Harlequin
I am Harlequin is German-born musician/singer/songwriter and producer Anne Freier. Her music blends elements of pop, indie and electro pop. Since 2005 she has been composing music for film, ads, musicals as well as theater and art projects. She is bound to be likened to Florence and The Machine, but is very worth the listen can stand her ground as [..]
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October 5, 2011 – 10:37 pm
Desert Noises
From Salt Lake City, Utah, their name obviously rings true with their sparse surroundings. Out of that surrounding though comes a ballsy, rock’n’roll classicism lost in many of their contemporaries. And out of all the ‘surf-y’ US bands that have made a buzz the past couple of years, these guys are the only ones which have managed to grab my [..]
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September 29, 2011 – 2:19 pm
Sophie Barker
This sumptuous acoustic lead track has appeared in Skins, but don’t let that put you off. After her vocal work with Zero 7, Groove Armada, The Egg and Grooverider she’s releasing her first solo effort on October 31st, this haunting track is sure to set a few hearts alight on her upcoming UK shows.
September 22, 2011 – 2:43 pm
pseudo nippon
Pseudo Nippon was born in japan in 1984, then moved over to England in his childhood. He started making music in 2006, sounding like a madded capped hardcore J Popstar, early demos were played on Magz Hall’s You Are Hear Show on Resonance FM. Since then he has played with the likes of Dj Scotch Egg, Pivot, Drum Eyes, Lonely [..]
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September 21, 2011 – 4:36 pm
Polarsets
Polarsets inhabit a music realm I’d normally steer clear of – the lazy writer in me wants to reference Delphic and Friendly Fires as peers. The more creative one would put a load of flowery metaphors about the bright, percussion heavy (thumbs up), beat-driven sound which these guys are obviously having a lot of fun playing around with. And while [..]
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September 15, 2011 – 4:11 pm
Combining deep 60s psychedelic grooves with the minimal looping work recently found within work by the likes of Walls and Caribou, Django Django come along and add a hint of spice to the sound. The glazed expression of the music perfectly fits the Beta Band electronic feel their going for; from the Beach Boys influenced ‘Life’s A Beach’ and ‘Silver [..]
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New disco does Stargate, Star Trek, Star Wars! Anything which touches the sky has touched the inspiration behind the latest video from this funky dance collective. The multiple universe theory goes hay-wire and the world turns into a massive disco stage.
Heineken have just launched the ‘Serenade your Date’ Facebook app which helps you record a song in order to ask the lady/gentleman of your Facebook dreams on a date. apps.facebook.com
May 04, 2012 Koko
The Camden Crawl is back an bigger and better than ever this year, and to celebrate they’re kicking things off this year with a special Friday event at the legendary Koko venue, headlined by Death in Vegas. Long time member Richard Fearless had this to say about [..]
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