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  • Artist Spotlight: Fela Kuti

    Artist Spotlight: Fela Kuti

    The thing about Nigerian-born singer-songwriter Fela Kuti is that his music… really is special. A delicate mixture of genres, impossible to pin to just one, Fela’s music also incorporates his political and social views – exemplified in a mistrust of authority figures and oppressive structures within his home country, a viewpoint that’s become the hallmark of his music. Fela… [continued]

  • Just Blaze Releases Early 2000’s Drum Sample Kit, As Promised

    Just Blaze Releases Early 2000’s Drum Sample Kit, As Promised

    A few months back, acclaimed Hip Hop duo Run The Jewels (Killer Mike & El-P), toyed around with the idea of re-releasing their 2013 album Run The Jewels, featuring production comprised of nothing but cat sounds… we learned shortly thereafter, this was no joke. El-P initially came up with the idea whilst smoking weed in his kitchen and trying come up… [continued]

  • ESSENTIALS: “S@y My Name” (Flip of Destiny’s Child) – VenessaMichaels

    ESSENTIALS: “S@y My Name” (Flip of Destiny’s Child) – VenessaMichaels

    VenessaMichaels hails from Encitas, California and has been doing music longer than you have, most likely. Learning piano at age 3 and taking to DJing with vinyl at 17, she’s since branched into producing and is effortlessly turning out jersey club-tinged heaters with the likes of Trippy Turtle and Cashmere Cat and any of the other… [continued]

  • ESSENTIALS: “Sneak” (feat. Pell, Michael Christmas, Wonda, and Maarlon) — Casper & B.

    ESSENTIALS: “Sneak” (feat. Pell, Michael Christmas, Wonda, and Maarlon) — Casper & B.

    If you’re not already up on Los Angeles beatsmiths Casper & B., today is going to be a great day for you. Up and coming producers for a host of acts including Kiiara, Skizzy Mars, f(x), and 2am Club, “Sneak” is the first track of Casper & B. where their work sits front and center: a euphoric, Diplomats-era… [continued]

  • INTERVIEW: Khai Shares His Secrets and A Fresh PressPlaylist

    INTERVIEW: Khai Shares His Secrets and A Fresh PressPlaylist

    Khai (short for Justin Abokhai) is one of the fastest-rising singer-songwriters in electronic music. His voice and lyricism is the sort that stuns you the moment you hear it — hearing Khai elicits the same feelings as discovering Sam Smith and Ellie Goulding at their very beginning: mind-bogglingly enrapturing, yet still on an upward trajectory of refinement.… [continued]

  • Essentials: “Your Love (feat. Max Marshall)” – Alizzz

    Essentials: “Your Love (feat. Max Marshall)” – Alizzz

    From those opening coos, “Your Love” is an iridescent wave of punchy, crush-crazy vocals and space-age rave production from Barcelona based Alizzz. “Your Love” serves as the title track off the producer’s Moving Castle released EP, and it’s an excellent addition to the label’s canon. Buoyant bursts of Max Marshall‘s lyrics are hammered by Alizzz’s thoughtful synths and staccato… [continued]

  • PressPlay >>Rewind 005: Paris

    This week’s edition of the >>Rewind is sombre and shorter. On Friday night and into Saturday morning, three teams of jihadist terrorists carried out vicious attacks on innocent civilians in Paris. The bloodiest instance of the series of attacks took place at famed concert hall, Le Bataclan, where Eagles Of Death Metal were on stage… [continued]

  • Kill Paris To Change Artist Name After Paris Attacks

    Kill Paris To Change Artist Name After Paris Attacks

    After the recent attacks in Paris and public backlash against his moniker, the Los Angeles based producer Kill Paris is to change his stage name. In a Facebook post yesterday (Saturday 14th) Kill Paris – real name Corey Baker – explained that his name is no longer appropriate given recent events. The original name, which… [continued]

  • Mercury Prize Nominees 2015: Who Are They?

    Mercury Prize Nominees 2015: Who Are They?

    Since its inception in 1992, the Mercury Prize has established itself as the contemporary tastemaker of British award ceremonies. You can keep your watered down Brit Awards and the gag-inducing kitsch fest that is the MTV European Music Awards, this is the real McCoy. With this year’s Mercury Prize to be announced next week (November… [continued]

  • Frank Ocean Shares Thoughts On Paris Tragedy; Artists Take To Twitter To Express Sympathy

    Frank Ocean Shares Thoughts On Paris Tragedy; Artists Take To Twitter To Express Sympathy

    There are no words for the horrors that occurred in Paris the night of 13th November. In “an act of war,” a series of six coordinated terrorist attacks were launched on the city, with 127 killed. One of the sites was Le Bataclan, where California band Eagles of Death Metal were performing; the band escaped unharmed,… [continued]