It’s not so much about being a female DJ, but being a Black female DJ playing techno. When I first started going out to techno nights I would sometimes be the only Black woman there. I felt like an outsider, which is crazy, because techno was made by the Black community in Detroit, using Black music in it’s drum patterns. Now there is a call to ‘Make Techno Black Again’, and that is what I want to do and be a part of. I want to reclaim our spaces, because techno has been whitewashed.
Read MoreRobby D is a 19 year old from Reading, Pennsylvania who is living out his dream of creating, in his own words, dark pop music. Already releasing 3 albums in a year, he’s proving to be unstoppable and with new music already mapped out as well fighting for social justice and preparing for his first term at college, we decided to catch up with him after the release of his third album, Bitter.
Read MoreThose who are hungry begin to forage for their food, hunting and gathering the remains of a ten-pound note to scrape together enough to buy a breakfast burrito. Water is gathered from a hosepipe a ten-minute walk away, after the shocking discovery that “that Evian bottle is filled with vodka, don’t brush your teeth with it”. No, this isn’t the beginning of a David Attenborough documentary: it is setting the scene of Leeds Festival, the first festival I ever attended.
Read MoreAhead of his live stream this Friday 4th September at 8.30pm on our Instagram channel, we caught up with Wavedz, Bristol-based DJ, Producer and resident at the stalwart venue of the Bristol clubbing scene: Lakota. As well as being bloody lovely, he plays Disco, Lo-Fi House, Acid House, Techno, Electro & everything in-between, and his own music is definitely worth keeping an ear out for as well. Those of you who were at our launch party in January will know we are all in for some beat-heavy aural joy on Friday; he promises to bring us some sunny vibes to help us get through until that hallowed time we can all be on a dance floor again.
Read MoreNot only do I absolutely love everything about Mitski’s music - the tone, the intensity, and the alarmingly vulnerable lyrics - but her album names are a particular favourite of mine. The title of her fourth album, and the album that I’m going to gush about for the next while, is Puberty 2, a name which on the surface is also just a funny title, but is also a really great set up for the tone of the album.
Read MoreGrabbing the chance to leave Zoom meetings in the past for now, we decided the only way to celebrate their upcoming release was with a pint in a sunny beer garden. Over cold pints we meandered through talk of their very special but undefinable relationship, Viv Albertine, smelly rugs, the importance of knowing your traditional craft inside out if you are going to push creative boundaries, the realities of embarking on a full time music career, and what they see happening in their near future.
Read MoreMy second single ‘People Keep Telling Me’ was inspired by the fact that I was really tired of going to all these parties and the first question people would ask would be ‘Oh, where’s your boyfriend?’ ‘Do you have a boyfriend?’ Why is that the first thing you have to ask me? Why not ask me how my music career is going? How my degree is going? It’s a song about confidence, about female empowerment. I want that song to embody strong females.
Read MoreThe announcement regarding the reopening of venues – at first glance - was a relief; finally there was a way of getting the culture sector back up and running. However, the further delay and the government guidelines for when venues do reopen have now caused more concerns and raised more questions for local, grassroots venues.
Read MoreIt is amazing how powerful live music is. I think a lot of people, outside of your music enthusiasts, and artists, have realised how important live music is. It is like a unity. I would go as far as saying live music is one of the biggest forms of unity in the whole world. For me and the guys, it just doesn’t feel like things are back to normal until that comes back. Live music is at the heart of it all.
Read MoreDuring a pub gathering three years ago, a mutual friend introduced singer-songwriter Michelle Bee to Mark Kyriacou, a music producer and co-founder of the band Loka. A casual conversation about favourite artists led to their passing bits of music and vocals back and forth via WhatsApp and the discovery of a natural creative connection.
Read MoreI plan to do some gigs in London with a guy called Danny Starr, who is actually the son of Ringo Starr. The next single from the EP is going to be called Friends, and that will be put out in the next couple of months. Apart from that I will be just trying to get some more gigs, but it is all exciting.
Read MoreGadget G Radio is a brand new music community that has recently been put together by myself, KL Merchant. My vision was to create this impactful platform to support all unsigned and independent creative artists worldwide in getting themselves heard without being judged.
Read MoreFoxgluvv is an unapologetically gay DIY pop artist from Birmingham, now based in Queen’s Park in north London, who has created the perfect score for your late night party with her signature ‘hungover-pop’ sound. Blending the lyrics and aesthetics of modern left-field pop music with her love of the 80s, Foxgluvv's music is packed with dreamy synths, lo-fi beats, camp and extravagance.
Read MoreAnd that's the power of music; it blends into your atmosphere and brings you to a place sometimes unknown - when you haven't even moved from your bed. Your room might become a jungle under the sound of Boozoo Bajou, or you might suddenly be on an empty train leading somewhere with beautiful views - just by closing your eyes.
Read MoreIf you like the sweeping vocals, clever sampling, melancholy and heart-punching downtempo dance of recent years, made famous by the likes of Jamie XX, James Blake and Caribou, you should definitely be listening to xxweesh right now.
Read MoreAs UK theatres and museums sit quietly in darkness, waiting for audiences to return, London-based band Psychic Markers prepares to release its third album. The sonic artistry of the eponymous Psychic Markers merges a well-curated blend of psychedelic, electronic, and nostalgic sounds for a cinematic-like experience.
Read MoreI have been passionate about music for as long as I can remember; going to concerts with friends when I was in school, being forced to listen to Absolute Radio 80s in the car with my dad, dancing to 60s Northern soul music at The Lanes every Saturday when I was 18.
Read MoreCrane Creek flows through sycamore and black oak trees down to Crane, a small Missouri town in America’s Ozark region. Shiver and Rush, the newest album by singer-songwriter Liz Carney, draws on Carney’s family history and the mystique of the Ozarks.
Read MoreThe live music and clubbing scene is all a bit different nowadays in the times of coronavirus. We all have to stay at home, but the music industry is doing all that it can to keep music coming to us if we can’t go to it, whilst we listen together, albeit apart. Here in Bristol, the Colston Hall has long been the lynch pin of the live music scene, and yesterday on Saturday 23rd May they took their festival The Bristol Takeover online.
Read MoreBurch, Ruth Goller on the bass, and Jim Hart on the drums comprise Vula Viel, a band continuing to explore its own unique sound with each new album, including the recent What’s Not Enough About That.
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