Review: Monki Fabriclive 81

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Few DJ’s get the chance to enter into a position of reputable acknowledgement without first slogging the arduous trail of long working hours, for very little money and poor exposure of their talents. Monki (born Lucy Monkman) into London’s hotbed of creative minds, had always had a strong affiliation towards pirate radio. Her passions became a a career path […]

Riverside festival @ Glasgow Riverside Museum

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In two weeks time, the largest underground electronic music festival in Scotland launches at the awe-inspiring Glaswegian Riverside Museum. Riverside Festival organiser’s Electric Frog join the infamous local club night Pressure, which has been hosting events at The Arches for over a decade. Now, to initiate the 2015 summer festivities, the pair return with a jaw dropping […]

Nozstock The Hidden Valley announces Wu Tang Clan, Fuse ODG, Neville Staple Band & more

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Entering its 17th year this summer, Nozstock is one of the UK’s longest running festivals. A charming and inherently grass roots affair set on a beautiful working farm in Herefordshire. Nozstock has just announced it’s next round of acts, covering a wide spectrum of music styles from ska, soul, psytrance, house and more. Festival founder Ella Nosworthy said “We are […]

Nicolas Jaar shares first solo project in four years

Following the dissolution of his Darkside project with Dave Harrington last year, Nicolas Jaar has released a new record entitled Nymphs II. The release is Jaar’s first solo project since his 2011 debut album ‘Space Is Only Noise’. The 15-minute record features two songs, with ‘The three sides of Audrey and why she’s all alone […]

Review: Troyfest, Hay-on-Wye, Wales (May 1st-4th 2015)

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Troyfest is a festival of miniscule proportions when compared to some of its comrades, but its ability to deliver a high-energy long weekend of music is second to none. The story starts in the most romantic of ways. A festival, born through an ambitious attempt by Troy (the festival’s namesake and all-round manager) to throw […]

Autumn 2015 Will Mark 10 Years Of The Warehouse Project

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The full Warehouse Project season will run from the end of September up until January 1st. This impressive milestone will be acknowledged with some extra shows and very special highlights. July is when The Warehouse Project get the ball rolling. Two unique 1800 capacity events will be held at Manchester’s Mayfield Depot. These two shows […]

Eglo Records host Ge-ology, Sassy J, Dego & More /\ Corsica Studios

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Eglo Records return to Corsica Studio’s for another 8 hours of fun, featuring Ge-ology, Sassy J, Dego, Kaidi Tahtam – Alexander Nut – Henry WU – Benny Blanco + special guests. EGLO RECORDS BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL SUNDAY 24TH MAY – CORSICA STUDIOS 4/5 ELEPHANT RD. LONDON. SE17 1LB. 10PM / 6AM – £7/10/15 GE-OLOGY – SASSY J […]

Tidal pays double the amount of royalties than Spotify

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Jay-Z latest business venture, a ‘high fidelity streaming service’ called Tidal has in a most recent report said to be paying more than double that of Spotify. After much media scrutiny over how much Spotify pays in royalties towards it’s artist’s, with a classic example being Pharell Williams’ ‘Happy’ making a mere $2700, It seems […]

Love Saves The Day 2015: Break, Jazzie B and Blonde to join lineup

Love Saves The Day has announced three new artists to the join the roster for this year’s event at Bristol’s Eastville Park. Break, Jazzie B (Soul II Soul) and Blonde will be joining likes of Leon Vynehall, Roni Size, Wiley, Four Tet and Floating Points during the bank holiday weekend of the 23rd & 24th May. […]

Speaker Cone /\ Douglas Dare talks music, love and London

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This is the first in a brand new series of talks, where we chat with some of the people making an impact within the underground domain of art-form. For our first edition of Speaker Cone, we catch up with London based singer/ songwriter, and Erased Tapes member Douglas Dare to talk about music, his influences and the future. […]