Interview & Premiere: Holymachines
Berlin-based musician and sound designer Holymachines and motion designer and video artist Aquiet have collaborated on ‘Image Version’ LP, an audio-visual project. Releasing 1st April on Average Negative, Image Version LP is a product of what Holymachines refers to as ‘genre observation’, a technique he defines as taking fragmentary influences as opposed to drawing upon them “wholesale”. When I […]
Review & Watch: Gidge – Lulin LP/Film
Swedish duo Gidge return from their 2014 debut record ‘Autumn Bells‘ with a collaborative project that combines both film and music. Ludvig Stolterman and Jonathan Nilsson aka Gidge, released last week their two track LP ‘Lulin’ on Atomnation records, a conceptual project, that draws influence from their home near the Scandanavian forest of Umeå. Notably to this […]
Speaker Cone | Watch: The role of a booking agent
For our latest episode of Speaker Cone, Cone TV caught up Matthew Johnson from The Pool DJ booking agency, to talk about the role of a booking agency in the music industry. These past few months have been a rocky period for Elastic Artists booking agency, and with technology enabling startups easier than ever, it’s become all […]
Interview | Nicky Otter
With the release of his debut EP through London underground imprint GETME! only days away now, as well as a recent performance on the ever-entertaining NTS Radio, it seemed like a great time to be catching up with Nicky Otter. His sound, which seems to operate outside of an easily definable genre, can draw on similarities […]
JUST JACK FT DVS1 & OBJEKT @ Marble Factory | 4th March
Following an unrelenting 10th birthday show, Bristolian party starters return to the crime scene with 2 of the biggest names in techno right now. Germanys Objekt and American DVS1 (who played a mind-blowing set at last years Weather festival in Paris) will be showcasing a headline performance at Marble Factory this weekend. With support from […]
Review /\ Just Jack 10th Birthday
A decade has passed and whilst a global recession crippled businesses the world over, it was down to the most dedicated and innovative entrepreneurs to baton down the hatches, keep calm and carry on. Promotion company Just Jack has managed to do just that, providing Bristol with programming parallel to that of some of the most active cities in […]
The 25 best music documentaries ever made
At Cone HQ we’ve brought together an amalgamation of personal interests, recommendations and highly regarded bodies of work to present to you here | Cone Magazines list of the 25 best music documentaries ever made. Creating a list as ambitious as this one has proven to be a real head scratcher of a challenge. In the […]
Interview: Breach – “Internet Radio Has Taken Over From The Pirates”
You’ve probably heard of Ben Westbeech, You may of heard of Breach. And you’ve almost certainly heard his productions in some form or another. House and Techno DJ Breach (who also performs under the alias of Ben Westbeech) embodies duality. Treading the line between underground and mainstream exposure, whilst flitting from lo-fi techno to sparkly pop vocals. With his […]
Review /\ Decka – Begyndelsen EP
The launch of Berlin based imprint SPE:C is inaugurated with the release of Begyndelsen EP by Decka. Hailing from Bristol, the young lad has garnered notable support from BBC Radio 1’s B.Traits, Daniel Avery and Ben UFO, alongside courting an unrelenting 1 hour Solid Steel Mix. Title track Begyndelsen has a wavering narrative of peaks […]
Review /\ Late Night Tales – Nils Frahm
Like some New York Jazz cafe, Nils Frahm’ Late Night Tales compilation is smokey, full of character and emphatically mood evoking. Nills Frahm is irrevocably sensitive, both in his musical output as well as his public demeanour. With such a keen eye to the intricate relationship between sound and emotion, it was unquestionable that his contribution […]