When listening to K, the new album from German live trio KOMFORTRAUSCHEN, you’d be hard-pressed to believe that their music is being played on analogue instruments. Taking inspiration from the techno masters of Detroit, the band has crafted a sound that’s indistinguishable from machine made techno, fuelled by a shared
Electronic / interviews / live / live techno / Techno
Last year, Moby released his album Reprise. Tucked into the track list of songs written by the artist along with friends and collaborators was a surprising but logical cover; a version of David Bowie’s Heroes. Moby and Bowie have a bit of a history together, first meeting in the late
Claire Rousay is one of the most intriguing artists in electronic music today. The San Antonio native’s music is more like sonic still lifes, collages of the mise-en-scene of everyday life, sequenced into strange, endless passages of ambience and noise. She’s also entirely unafraid to experiment. In the past year
ambient / Drone / experimental / field recording / neo-classic / New Age
Sweden’s Tove Lo has had an interesting journey. Those growing up amidst the indie boom of the 2010’s will forever remember the looped “uh oh” of Habits, at one point nearly inescapable. What could have easily become a one hit wonder situation instead saw Lo continue down a path similar
The electronic music that comes from the North of Europe has always been distinct, as if echoing the terrains of its point of origin. Icy and ethereal, there’s a sort of primordial mysticism that can be felt in The Knife or Jenny Hval, or the pitch perfect emotional alchemy of
Last year, Chicago’s Jana Rush single handedly pivoted footwork from the streets to the forefront of electronic music innovation. Her masterful album Painful Enlightenment both disrupted and evolved the form, a documentation of the unraveling of her own mental health through jarring, misshapen loops and stylistic mutations. Rush revealed within
Breakbeats / drill'n'bass / experimental / footwork / IDM / juke
A new techno exhibition backed by German cultural exchange institution, the Goethe Institute, is set to tour Canada, parts of the US, and Latin America. The exhibition, titled Techno Worlds, will explore and celebrate the history, roots, and overall cultural significance of techno. The exhibition is curated by German musician
The electronic music industry saw significant growth globally in 2021, a new report from the International Music Summit (IMS) reveals. This is up from 2020, when the industry saw a massive decline due to the pandemic. In 2019, the industry was valued at $7.9 billion. The pandemic’s effect on the global
Epic Games is suing Google over changes to its payment system on Android which would affect its new acquisition Bandcamp, reports Resident Advisor. The proposed changes, scheduled to come into effect on June 1st, would require Bandcamp and other Android apps use Google Pay Billing and pay Google a share
The scent of summer is in the air, from sweaty acid house to disco laced synthpop. We roundup our favourite new releases of the week. Listen below. Follow our Roundup Selections playlist on Spotify to stay updated on what we have on repeat. Aluna ft. Jayda G – Mine O’
