Featured KMRU interview: working with Big Thief & how to find peace in chaos An in-depth interview with Nairobi-born neo-classical composer KMRU.
Featured Snapped Ankles interview: “We’re just trying to have fun with the impending apocalypse of the day” We speak to mysterious post punk outfit Snapped Ankles about their peculiar stage attire and live shows gone wrong.
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Featured Yahya interview: finding purity, peace & the right path Our fascinating interview with Sudan-born multi-genre artist Yahya.
Featured x/o interview: Disrupting gender binaries through audiovisual storytelling We sat down with genre-defying polymath x/o to discuss their new album, Chaos Butterfly.
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Snapped Ankles interview: “We’re just trying to have fun with the impending apocalypse of the day” by Oliver Ainley 17/10/2022
x/o interview: Disrupting gender binaries through audiovisual storytelling by Will McCartney 31/03/2022
SISU Crew interview: elevating female & non-binary talent in dance music by Will McCartney 22/03/2022
Jelly Legs: the new London-based club night on the first weekend of freedom by Will McCartney 22/07/2021
Lewy set to release three-track EP of rave-ready nostalgia via Manchester-based label Chequered Wax by Josh Latham 10/06/2021
New York producer and vocalist Baltra drops carefully crafted “Ambition” EP via Local Action by Josh Latham 06/06/2021
Acclaimed session musician Lewis Daniel drops slick Nu-Jazz/Fusion debut “States Of Being” by Josh Latham 24/05/2021
Interview: The Zenmenn on their new album, the Zeitgeist & eradicating the ultra rich by Will McCartney 02/05/2021
Daytimers interview: the South Asian creative collective fundraising for Indian Farmers by Will McCartney 12/03/2021
Richard Sen interview: subculture, criminology and the link between Acid House and Graffiti by Finn Vijayakar 21/07/2021
Good Health Good Wealth interview: working with Hard-Fi, social storytelling & soundtracking hangovers by Will McCartney 14/05/2021
INTERVIEW: Matt Hum on The Golden Lion, starting a new label & pints with Jarvis Cocker by Oliver Ainley 18/07/2021
Duncan Gray Interview: Labels, Collaborations and Returning to the Dance Floor by Josh Latham 22/07/2021
Documenting the free sounds of Japan’s Heisei era: Japanese Leftfield Pop from the CD age (1989-1996) by Alicia Steanson 01/03/2021
How Ayalèw Mesfin returned from political exile to cement his legacy in Ethiopian music by Oliver Ainley 24/01/2021
Experimental Berlin Imprint INDEX:Records push the boundaries of pop with new collaborative project Downstairs People by Josh Latham 16/04/2021
Manchester post-hardcore five-piece Pleiades drop enigmatic tribute to family relationships with new single ‘Pale Soul 94’ by Josh Latham 13/12/2020
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