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Track: The enigmatic Parisian-based band SCHØØL release ‘OK <3’ from their forthcoming album ‘I think my life has been OK’.

  • September 1, 2025
  • Arun Kendall
Ūber cool Parisian-based band SCHØØL, consisting of members from France, the US and Australia, today release their final single ‘OK <3’ off their forthcoming album ‘I think my life has…
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Premiere: We exclusively unveil the new video for Karen Vogt’s (Heligoland) track ‘Spirit’, off the shimmering album ‘Haunted Woodland Volume 5’.

  • May 19, 2025
  • Arun Kendall
Earlier this month I reviewed the new solo album from Paris-based Australian artist Karen Vogt, part of the much vaunted band Heligoland. Today we are proud to premiere the video…
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Album Review: Heligoland’s Karen Vogt releases the shimmering, ambient solo album ‘Haunted Woodland, Volume 5’.

  • May 3, 2025
  • Arun Kendall
Australian-born Karen Vogt plays in the Melbourne dream pop shoegaze band Heligoland – who a few years back toured Europe and forgot to return home, ending up based in Paris.…
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Track: French band SCHØØL return with another blast of fuzzy goodness in ‘The End’, with debut LP on the way.

  • September 26, 2024
  • Arun Kendall
SCHØØL‘s debut single N.S.M.L.Y.D. (reviewed by me here) was a stunning introduction to the Paris-based band with members from as far afield as France, Australia and the US, and they…
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News: Julia Gaeta shares title-track video from debut EP; ‘Blur Divine’ out now

  • July 2, 2024
  • Gareth O Malley
The American-born and Paris-based Julia Gaeta released her debut single ‘Weight of You’ in 2022, and it was promising enough that we wondered when she’d be back with something more…
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Track: Franco/Australian/American band SCHØØL unveil stunning debut ‘N.S.M.L.Y.D’ ahead of their first gig.

  • May 30, 2024
  • Arun Kendall
SCHØØL, with members from Rendez-Vous, Dog Park, Special Friend, Marble Arch and Liquid Face is a new signing on French label Géographie, and their debut single ‘N.S.M.LY.D.’  is an absolutely…
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Premiere: Die Twice Shine On Melancholic Blues-Rock Stunner ‘Paris’

  • April 12, 2024
  • Simon Lucas-Hughes
Die Twice are set to release the elegant, emotive and radiantly delectable new single ‘Paris’. We’re very excited to be running the premiere! An ebbing and flow blue-rock instrumental backdrop,…
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Album Review: Parisian fusion combo Monsieur MÂLÂ deliver a self-titled debut brim-full with energy and ambition.

  • March 23, 2024
  • John Parry
World Jazz/Jazz Fusion/World Fusion…you sometimes wonder if the genre game is really worth playing. Yes useful for shorthand and signposts but not to be depended on to for the full…
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Album Review: TONN3RR3 X BIKAYE – ‘It’s A Bomb’ : Legendary Congolese vocalist and Parisien dance floor agitators team up and knock out.

  • November 26, 2023
  • John Parry
So let’s debate – what’s the holy trinity of seminal afro-electronic albums? Anything by Onyeabor would come into it, Konono No 1’s ‘Congotronics’ would be a contender, Manu’s ‘Electric Africa’…
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Album Review: El Búho – ‘Strata’: Cumbia infused electronica to celebrate and satisfy.

  • November 3, 2023
  • John Parry
If anyone was going to justifiably lay claim to the tags ‘organic electronics’ or ‘natural electronica’ with any degree of credibility then that must be El Búho. The UK producer/DJ,…
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