Space Afrika’s ‘Honest Labour’ is a quietly complex interrogation into the postcolonial Black British identity
Image: Dias When approaching Space Afrika’s latest album and first for label Dais, it’s necessary to understand that this work is informed foremost by the complexities of displ
DJ Seinfeld finds his feet on the new album, ‘Mirrors’
Image: Ninja Tune In a year when dance music was filled with more longing and ruminating on states of isolation than ever before, it’s interesting that Armand Jakobsson, or DJ Se
Lady Gaga’s ‘Dawn of Chromatica’ remix album is a bonkers blueprint for the future of pop music
Image: Sam Rolfes “The Chromatica remix album is so f*cking fuego music is life.” With a single tweet in early August, Lady Gaga sent pop music into overdrive. Until that point
The new Moritz von Oswlad Trio dance between the synthetic and organic on dazzling new album, ‘Dissent’
Image by Charlotte Duale The Moritz von Oswald Trio has always been a bit of a revolving door of collaborators, held in place by the common denominator of von Oswald himself. Subse
Jana Rush delivers an emotionally charged evolution of footwork on the new album, ‘Painful Enlightenment’
Image courtesy Planet Mu Contrary to her name, Jana Rush seems to find solace in slowness. The iconic Chicago native DJ and producer (also known as JaRu) released her debut album P
Desire Marea finds god on the dancefloor on the immaculate debut, ‘DESIRE’
Image by Zanele Muholi It makes a ridiculous amount of sense that Desire Marea should tap prolific queer South African photographer Zanele Muholi to shoot the cover for their immac
Joy Orbison embraces abstraction on his debut mixtape, ‘Still Slipping Vol. 1’
Image by Rosie Marks It’s surprising that someone as iconic as Joy Orbison should put out their first full length release twelve years into their career. Since his debut in 2009,
Cookiee Kawaii reclaims her sound on the defiant debut album, ‘Vanice’
Image by Angelo Kritikos Jersey Club is having a moment. The lightning speed beats and hyperactive bounce of the genre have become increasingly more pertinent in the sound of the z
NTS’s ‘Amapiano Now’ compilation places South Africa’s underground centre stage
Image by Yaseen Brink / Copyright Prolific Media The music of Amapiano is infamously distributed to its followers via grassroots modes, most popularly via WhatsApp groups. This byp
Hybrid return to form with the stunningly cinematic new album, ‘Black Halo’
Image by Steve Gullick It’s criminal that Hybrid aren’t as instantly recognisable as their peers such as Aphex Twin or Massive Attack. The group’s acclaimed debut Wide Angle
