Speaker Cone /\ Douglas Dare talks music, love and London
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. […]
Speaker Cone /\ Douglas Dare talks music, love and London
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. […]
Garden Festival Lineup and details
Garden festival began as an intimate alfresco soiree of 300 clued-up clubbers back in 2006. Now to mark the end of a decade of festivals, Garden has announced a predictably stellar lineup to draw this historic saga to a close. Having been the catalyst to a burgeoning festival scene in the Tisno region, there is much that can be said for […]
Review: RBMA presents Gilles Peterson and Lonnie Liston Smith Live
For the final instalment of Red Bull Music Academy’s Bristol leg of their UK tour, we found ourselves nestled within the intimate confines of Bristol’s planetarium, for an evening with Gilles Peterson & Lonnie Liston Smith. The night began with fabled sound selector and BBC radio 6 host Gilles Peterson, introducing his main guest of […]
Review: RBMA presents Lords of the Manor
The paradoxical combination of a 17th Century manor house surrounded by 220 acres of land, and a roster of Detroit and London based hip hop and grime artists seems like one that draws few parallels. But with some prescient imagination from Red Bull Music Academy and Crack Magazine, Bristol was about to be treated to an inimitable house […]
Red Bull Music Academy UK Tour Hits Bristol 2nd – 6th April
The Red Bull Music Academy is staging a month long UK tour, hitting four cities, for four weekends with 36 shows and 192 artists. The tour, with its carefully curated planning will go through London, Manchester, Glasgow and Bristol. With a roster that runs the gamut from global pioneers to top tier UK talent, the Red Bull Music […]
Bodhi shares some of their favourite tracks with us
We catch up with Bodhi, two of Cardiff’s fastest rising DJ’s from the underground electronic music scene, to give us their track selection run down. 2014 was a busy year for Bodhi, touring the states for two weeks and playing at Love Saves the Day, before appearing at the intimate Welsh music festival in the woods Gottwood. The Cardiff dance scene […]
Review: Just Jack X Live at Robert Johnson @ Marble Factory 7/03/15
Last Saturday, resident Bristol party starters Just Jack collaborated with Frankfurt record label and nightclub Robert Johnson to host an event. Roman Flugel would play colonel for the night, with trusty skippers Oliver Hafenbauer and Mister Saturday Night on hand to commandeer the ship. And whats more, this would be a unique event in the sense […]
Review of Jon Hopkins Late Night Tales Compilation
The compilation begins delicately. But that’s what Hopkins wants. Fluttering piano chords dance a tune of delight. There is magic to be unveiled. Darkstar’s effervescent synthesizers pluck amongst heavily reverberated vocals, which pull you into a Brian Eno-esque wonderland of ignorant day dream. Ignorant to the climaxing crescendo of the baseline licking away at your […]
Tangerine Dream Founder Edgar Froese Dies Aged 70
For recognition of one of German rocks most iconic figures, here at cone magazine we have dedicated a feature to commemorate the legendary life of Edgar Froese. Last month Edgar Froese founder of Tangerine Dream died aged 70, of a pulmonary embolism, which was announced on his official Facebook page. Born in Prussia 1944 on D-Day, […]