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Photo by Michelle Miles via the DokStation Facebook Page A new documentary is pulling back the tarp on one of the UK’s most radical and misunderstood cultural revolutions. Free Party: A Folk History, directed by Aaron Trinder, offers a vivid, first-hand chronicle of the 1990s free party scene,...
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Berlin-based duo Soft Changa returned with an intoxicating new track ‘Surely’, which dropped on May 9,...
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Kelly-Lee Owens is best known for her amorphous and esoteric approach to techno. Since the Welsh electronic musician...
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The debut LP from TAAHLIAH sees the Scottish boundary ousher transcending the electronic underground that birthed her, crafting...
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Rapidly rising UK artist SHERELLE surprise-dropped her debut album WITH A VENGEANCE on April 9th via the Method 808 imprint. The astonishing 10-track album exclusively features...
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Carpenter Brut is a titanic force that has redefined the intersection of 80s horror nostalgia, metal...
Berlin-based duo Soft Changa returned with an intoxicating new track ‘Surely’, which dropped on May 9,...
Fresh off the release of her new single ‘fries, bb’ on May 9 via Beeline Records,...
We sat down with Gabriel Brasil, a São Paulo native and sonic trailblazer whose spellbinding live sets blur the lines between the precision of the studio and the raw energy...
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Multi-modal creative OKADOSH is gearing up to release his IDM debut album Through All on 4 April. The album has been in the making for nearly a decade, and is...
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