Review: Ulrika Spacek – Start The Bus
After having released an impressive debut record in January, London’s five piece noise rock outfit Ulrika Spacek show no signs of stopping the shows, as Start The Bus hosted them for the second time this year in another free performance. The Album Paranoia, released on London’s Tough Love records, brought 2016 in with a triumphant […]
Review: North Sea Radio Orchestra – The British Road
London’s chamber ensemble, NSRO, return with a beautifully crafted slice of high-Victorian folk music, taken from their recently released forth full-length record ‘Dronne’. Swooping in with magnificent orchestral strings and delicate, glistening percussion, North Sea Radio Orchestra provides a vibrant melodic array on their cover of Robert Wyatt’s ‘The British Road’. Craig and Sharron Fortnam’s […]
Review /\ Outlook Festival 2016
Set around the picturesque and historical site of Fort Punto Christo, Outlook Festival returns for its ninth year and raises the festival bar even higher. [dropcap size=big]R[/dropcap]unning back to back with sister festival Dimensions, Outlook has established itself as one of the finest purveyors of underground drum and bass and hip-hop music, both for its […]
Review /\ Outlook Festival 2016
Set around the picturesque and historical site of Fort Punto Christo, Outlook Festival returns for its ninth year and raises the festival bar even higher. [dropcap size=big]R[/dropcap]unning back to back with sister festival Dimensions, Outlook has established itself as one of the finest purveyors of underground drum and bass and hip-hop music, both for its […]
“Sight, Sound & Sensory Saturation” Berlin Atonal 2016 Festival Review
This year’s instalment of Berlin’s Atonal was suspended between boundary breaking, ineffable and dully repetitive. At times it was visually captivating with the live acts showcasing creativity of a kind of Digital expressionism. But a little too often the audio-visual presentations lack in their ability to sustain a momentum; there was a tad too much emphasis on depressive darkness, […]
Dance Music Community Distraught As Fabric Is Shut Down For Good
Yesterday the devastating news broke that Fabric, London’s most iconic and well-loved nightclub, has closed its doors permanently. The announcement came following a painstaking 6-hour-long enquiry by Islington council, who ultimately decided to revoke the club’s licence following two recent drug-related deaths on the premises. The decision has come as a huge blow to the […]
Fabric Promise To Set ‘Gold Standard’ For Clubbing Safety If Allowed To Stay Open
Legendary dance music institution Fabric is facing closure following the drug-related deaths of two 18-year-old males. The venue is due to have its license reviewed at an Islington council meeting on the 6th September. Police recently claimed that the club acts as a “safe haven for the supply and consumption of illegal drugs“, but Fabric have […]
Review /\ Dekmantel Festival 2016
Few festivals have managed to gather such momentum and acclaim in so few years as Amsterdam-based Dekmantel. Now in its fifth year, the festival returned to the city of bikes and cheese this August, and in short delivered fully on this rightfully eulogistic review. A first for Dekmantel, the festival was inaugurated with a four hour panel […]
Review /\ Dekmantel Festival 2016
Few festivals have managed to gather such momentum and acclaim in so few years as Amsterdam-based Dekmantel. Now in its fifth year, the festival returned to the city of bikes and cheese this August, and in short delivered fully on this rightfully eulogistic review. A first for Dekmantel, the festival was inaugurated with a four hour panel […]
BOZBOZ Presents: The confessions of a young creative
Illustration graduate from Central Saint Martins, Freya Morgan, teams up with one of Brighton’s most creative agencies Bozboz, for Cone Magazine, to talk about her wonderfully weird world where plants swap places with humans, and the fear that comes with growing up. Bozboz: What are the difficulties for a young person today trying to […]