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News: Gottwood announce further additions to their 2018 lineup
With its 2018 edition fast approaching, further names have been added to the Gottwood lineup. The likes of Zip, Djrum, Kate Miller, Secretsundaze, Arkajo, Man Power, Voyeur and PBR Streetgang join an already unmissable bill of the most exciting names in electronic music, once again assembling in the stunning woodland location of North Wales. Nixwax …
See: Alexis Taylor releases new video for Oh Baby, plus live dates
Taken from the forthcoming album ‘Beautiful Thing’, out April 20th via Domino Records, Alexis Taylor’s has released a video for the track ‘Oh Baby’ taken from that fourth solo album. It is an album of electronic thrills, dark spaces, memories of dancefloors and heartfelt writing; it’s composed, it’s improvised, it’s accidental, it’s strange, but it’s …
Track: Black Moth Super Rainbow – Baby’s in the void, plus tour details
There isn’t much known about BMSR frontman TOBACCO. There’s his government name, Tom Fec. A few photos if you want to Google, most of them in a mask. He’s done enough interviews where he patiently breaks down the creative process and the ideas espoused, but has mostly resisted the soul-snuffing admissions expected from contemporary musicians. …
News: MUSE, QOTSA, FRANZ FERDINAND and JUSTICE among acts set to play Pa’l Norte Festival 2018
The sixth edition of Pa’l Norte, taking place at the Fundidora Park in Monterrey, Mexico on Fri April 20th & Sat April 21st, hosts over 75 artists crossing all genres and styles. Headed up this year by the likes of Muse, Zoé, Richard Ashcroft, Franz Ferdinand, Queens of The Stone Age, Bunbury and Justice, the festival welcomes tens …
News: Dimitri from Paris announces Chic remix collection
A remix in the right hands can be a beautiful thing. Dimitri from Paris has a track record of reworking some of the greatest disco tracks and made them reach new heights… And coming in June is a collection of his greatest Chic remixes – the snappily entitled, “Dimitri From Paris presents Le CHIC Remix”. Think …
Track: The Evil Usses – Grouse, plus European tour dates
Part of the flowering and endlessly creative BLOOM collective out of Bristol, The Evil Usses (aka Conrad, Dan, Leon and Lorenzo) have released a new single ahead of the release of their forthcoming album Muck, out April 13th via Stolen Body Records. Making music that sits somewhere between Beefheart, Tortoise and The Cardiacs (at least …
News: Brian Eno announces ‘Music For Installations’ Box Set
Brian Eno has announced details for the box set release of his ‘Music For Installations’, which comes out via UMC on May 4th, 2018. It is a collection of new, rare and previously unreleased tracks, all of which will be available on vinyl for the first time. All of the material was recorded by Eno for …
Track: Bicep – Opal (Four Tet Remix), plus live dates
Belfast duo Bicep have revealed a new Four Tet remix of ‘Opal’, taken from their self titled debut album, which came out last year on the vaunted Ninja Tune label, and was rightly heralded as one of the dance music albums of the year. Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) gently rubs the rough edges off …
Track: Jon Hopkins – Emerald Rush, plus tour dates
Jon Hopkins has announced that his first album since 2013’s breakthrough record Immunity is out via Domino Records on May 4th. Called Singularity, Hopkins explores the dissonance between the urban (or at least a dystopian view of it) and the green forest dystopian urbanity and the green forest, rather than the nightlife/night out of Immunity. …
Track: Alexis Taylor – Beautiful Thing, plus UK tour dates
Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor’s has revealed his forthcoming solo album Beautiful Thing (produced by Tim Goldsworthy) is due for release on April 20th via Domino. The album is certainly a very personal, individualised reflection of a life that has changed greatly since Alexis first started out in the industry. Having worked with major pop stars …