Lockdown and Eurorack combined to inspire Clarke’s first solo LP Vince Clarke, the legendary synth hero and onetime member of Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure, is to release his first solo album. Songs of Silence is a ten-track lyric-less album, said to be “of uncategorisable ambient beauty”. The album will be available on vinyl, CD and […]
Now Berlin-based, he delivers some serious BITE Omon Breaker aka Maksym Nazarov is a DJ and musician who grew up in Kyiv, Ukraine and was originally from Dnipro. He drops his first ever full EP, ‘Compromat’ on the BITE label on September 29, traversing from cyberpunk dancefloor techno to trance-like work outs and wave inflected anthems across […]
Last updated 5 September, 2023 It’s the start of a new school year for the kids – but what are you doing for yourself to become a better DJ? In this live show replay, we share how the world’s leading online DJ school can help you out. Here’s what’s covered… 0:00 Intro 4:05 The blog: […]
The festival scene saves the best til last Aphex in full dazzling flow Can festivals be a force for a good? It’s a question that Team Love, the Bristol events organisation behind the Love Saves The Day and Waterworks festival, started asking themselves a couple of years ago. After diversifying their workforce and founding a […]
Debut full album from the French maverick is a fantasy tale about overcoming mental illness French electronic virtuoso Simo Cell’s debut album Cuspide des Sirènes drops next month – and we’ve persuaded the alt house maverick to chat us through it track by track. Described as “a fantasy tale of overcoming mental difficulties… a wondrous […]
A deep, wide Canyon you won’t mind falling into He’s been a member of Psychic TV’s live band, collaborated with Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Mark Stewart, African Headcharge and co-wrote Gary Clail’s biggest hit ‘Human Nature’. That’s not to mention a staggering four decades of solo albums – his latest, Rare Earth Technology is just out […]
Bill Brewster tells all about his After Dark latest pic: Dan Medhurst “It’s just a great excuse to call up people you like and ask ask them for music!” Bill Brewster laughs down the phone line to us from his home in Bedford with all the confidence of someone who knows they’ve got the best […]
Last updated 5 September, 2023 One of the first things DJs wanting to get into making music usually buy is an audio interface, and the Focusrite Scarlett audio interfaces are as close as you get to an “industry standard” at the budget end of the market. And now, all three of these interfaces have been […]
LA’s clipping. back in UK for their biggest show yet Returning to London less than a year since their double bill at the Tufnell Park Dome and Fabric last November, tonight Los Angeles based industrial harsh-noise hip-hop trio clipping. mark their biggest London show to date at the recently opened Here at Outernet. Known for […]