Arca and Shayne Oliver’s WENCH announce debut album
Arca and Hood By Air’s Shayne Oliver have announced their debut album under the collaborative moniker, WENCH. Formed sometime in the mid-2000’s after Arca and Oliver connec
Roundup, December #3: Albums of the year
2021 has been a year for dance and electronica quite like no other. Coming out the other end of a pandemic where isolation became the new normal and online party Club Quarantine be
Weekly roundup: what we’ve had on repeat
Image: Planet Mu From mutant cumbian to erratic and complex polyrhythmic breakbeats, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order, here’s what we’ve ha
Native Soul’s debut album ‘Teenage Dreams’ begins the future of amapiano
Image: Awesome Tapes From Africa To say that South Africa may be experiencing a cultural Renaissance may not be completely unfounded. From the meme sensation of Jerusalema to Beyon
Interview: 5 minutes with Jeff Mills
Image: Axis Records With his tree-like frame and strangely ethereal eyes floating atop the angles of his face, there is no mistaking the icon that is Jeff Mills. His name alone is
Soshi Takeda’s ‘Floating Mountains’ uses vintage machines to create fantastical, crystalline chillhouse
Image: 100% Silk When Japan’s Soshi Takeda set out to create a collection of tracks inspired by painted Chinese landscapes and the changing of the seasons using only vintage anal
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
RP Boo goes back to his roots on the new album, ‘Established!’
Image: Planet Mu Despite the fate of the dance floor still very much hanging in the balance around the world, 2021 has been an alarmingly triumphant year for footwork. This year al
Weekly Roundup: what we have on repeat
Image: Arvida Byström / Hannah Diamond From breezy house remixes of Haitian Vodou chants to rubberised hyperpop bubblegum, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no par
The Bug burns the system with the unrelenting new album, ‘Fire’
Image: Ninja Tune The thing about Kevin Martin is that he’s as much an extremist as he is a producer. Over the years, his various projects from the post-reggae group King Midas T