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Baby Blue: The ‘techno trans-Madonna’ that killed Euphoria

September 19, 2019

Baby Blue is an emerging figurehead for trans-gender representation in the electronic underground. Heralded as the 'techno trans-Madonnna' and self-proclaimed as "one of the best DJs in the world," the radical ...

Fortnightly Freebies #88

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September 3, 2019

Bristolian chamber goth, Russian synthwave edits, a D. Tiffany sample pack and plenty more... Avon Terror Corps - No Sleep 'Til Avon Gabber, EBM, chamber goth and trip hop collide as Avon Terror Corps, the Bo...

“Swift and Sincere”: Mun Sing talks live performance and creative process

Jack Anderson

August 27, 2019

One half of Bristol’s mighty Giant Swan, Harry Wright has been at the forefront of the developing post-genre diaspora emerging from peripheral corners of the scene. As Mun Sing, his subterranean sonics flash ac...

Fortnightly Freebies #87

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August 23, 2019

Decayed structures, hardcore revivalism, perfumed breaks and plenty more... система - SYS VA 004 46 tracks, from experimental electronics to techno and EBM, all available to download for free. Tara in Tibet, ...

Public Possession & Co. pick tracks to encourage physical, mental and spiritual wellness

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August 20, 2019

One of Ibiza's best-kept secrets, the Eivissa Gardening & Recreation Center is a haven for anyone seeking to escape, or simply avoid, the carnage of San Antonio's infamous Sunset Strip. Quite possibly a las...

Tête-à-Tête: Johanna Knutsson & Karen Gwyer

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August 16, 2019

Johanna Knuttson and Karen Gwyer have followed similar trajectories despite being born some 4000 miles apart. Both made their respective debuts around the turn of the decade, decided move to Berlin to pursue...

Fortnightly Freebies #86

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August 8, 2019

Horizontal psychedelia, fetid EBM, a lo-fi surfrock edit and plenty more... Bear Bones, Lay Low - Lord Horizontal psychedelia, lifted from the Ses Kondi tape Bear Bones, Lay Low just released on Grecian labe...

Buchla and Back: Suzanne Ciani talks 50 years of modular synthesis

Matt Blair

August 8, 2019

Picture this: the year is 1969 and a 23-year-old music student completing her master's degree in composition meets Don Buchla, the man behind one of the first voltage controlled modular synthesisers, not to men...

Fortnightly Freebies #85

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July 26, 2019

Funked-out weirdo jams, lysergic chug, an acid-fuelled Kanye remix and plenty more... G-Dog presents Tracks Of Life Doom Chakra Tapes roll out a tape of funked-out weirdo jams recorded by G-Dog, AKA Giraf...

Fortnightly Freebies #84

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July 9, 2019

Italo edits, deconstructed club, Prodigy-sampling dancehall and plenty more... Crazy Gang - Computerize (Mothball "It's Alright" Edit) Mothball Record boss Hysteric gets on the cut and paste to rework a class...