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Loraine James releases new single as Whatever The Weather, ‘36°C’: Listen

Taken from her new album landing on Ghostly next month 

Loraine James has released a new single under her Whatever The Weather alias, '36°C'. Check it out below. The track closes the forthcoming album, also...

Point Blank Tutorial: How to Create a Fat Sub Bass From Scratch in Logic Pro

In this tutorial, Point Blank LA lecturer, Davis, shows how you can create a sub-bass patch quickly in Logic Pro. Generally, more popular in the...

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Image Line has teased that a new version of the popular DAW is "round the corner", while previewing a new feature

Image-Line has revealed that a new version of their popular DAW, called FL Studio 21, is "round the corner". The company also teased some of...

Cassius Select, Wanton Witch, GЯEG, more contribute to new compilation on Nehza Records

Each track title on 'Transnaturel' encompasses the theme of climate change and emergency

Nehza Records has released a new compilation, 'Transnaturel'. Check it out below. The brainchild of Rinse France resident RONI, the imprint - which launched in...

Bandcamp introduces queue listening feature on app 

Endless playlists offer another reason to use the platform for musical discovery

Bandcamp has introduced a new queue listening feature on its app, meaning listeners can now line up continuous playlists. The much-sought-after development puts the platform...

Premiere: GЯEG ‘Tipti’

Paris’ Nehza Records taps Cassius Select, Wanton Witch, GЯEG and more for a new collection of club cuts influenced by nature and the climate crisis. Hear GЯEG’s ‘Tipti’ now

Paris’ Nehza Records will release a new compilation, 'Transnaturel', on 22nd February. The brainchild of Rinse France resident RONI, the imprint - which launched in...

An asteroid has been named after SOPHIE

The International Astronomical Union has officially named an asteroid discovered in 1980 “Sophiexeon”

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially named an asteroid after SOPHIE last year, it's been revealed. Following a petition by fan Christian Arroyo receiving over...

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It's a stacked bill for the Norfolk weekender's long-awaited return 

The full line-up for Houghton 2022 has been revealed. A month on from announcing its return dates for this year - 11th-14th August - the...

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Segments of tracks including 'Within' and 'Contact' featured in the free dance team event

A figure skating team has performed to a medley of Daft Punk tracks at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. On 6th February, the USA's...

Roy Davis Jr. releases new EP, 'Wind Of Change', on Friendsome Records

"The EP is a reflection of my more analogue vision that got me into house music in the first place," he's said of the new record

Roy Davis Jr. has put out the first release on a new Paris-based label, Friendsome. Out now, 'Wind Of Change' comprises three tracks from the...

The six-week series will begin in June

Ministry of Sound has announced a series of reopening parties taking place this summer.

Legendary London institute Ministry of Sound (MoS) has shared the news...

Artists will also be stopped from playing "vulgar, obscene or banned songs"

Wireless Festival performers will not be allowed to swear or wear "offensive" clothing as strict new licensing laws are enforced on the London event for...

Wild Rumpus is just that: an insanely fun, out-of-control party on wax...

The brainchild of DJ Cosmo (Colleen Murphy) the Boston-born, New York raised, London dwelling disco / house music legend, and infamous leftfield guitarist Gary Lucas, who's played with Captain Beefheart, Lou Reed and Jeff Buckley, they make the kind of funky psychedelic rhythms that can only emanate from maverick minds. First single 'Musical Blaze Up' traverses the dub country route, while new cut 'Purple Somersault' is a bizarre and brilliant collision between cranked Kraut-rock drums, wigged surf guitar and scratchy funk. DJmag beckoned Murphy away from her surf board for a minute to talk names, grooves, and grand plans…

So why the name Wild Rumpus?!

"It's from a children's book called 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak which I loved as a kid and which I read to my daughter. There is a great part of the story where the little boy and his monster friends are about to have a manic dance party underneath a full moon and it says, 'And now let the wild rumpus start'. It just had to be used."

It seems to be quite an unusual hook up, between you Cosmo, and Gary Lucas. How did you come to be working together?

"Gary and I have been friends for nearly 20 years and have talked about working together for ages. I used to do a few different radio shows on WNYU in NYC and had him up when he was relaunching his solo career in the late '80s. As most people in the UK know me for being a 'dance' DJ, many may think it is quite an unusual collaboration. However, most people don't know that I was first and foremost a rock chick and founded the first psychedelic / progressive rock show on my radio station and I was a huge Captain Beefheart fan before house music even existed!"

You seem to have a diverse taste - one minute dubbed out beats and rhymes, the next Krautrock surf music... Is there a grand Wild Rumpus plan?

"Wild Rumpus is about fusing different styles but in a way that works. It's also about having fun and being irreverent. And finally it's about being different. I spend a few hours at the record store and find that 99% of the music to which I am subjected to is derivative. It's so boring. Gary and I both have musically diverse backgrounds and we are able to use our musical heritage in a unique way. This is all music we love!"

What's a 'Purple Somersault'?

"It's a 'term' my daughter came up with. Her favourite colour is purple and 'purple' has also become an adjective that means something that is 'the best'. She likes being flipped upside down and would ask us to help her do an orange somersault, a black somersault (very sinister), a yellow somersault (happy!), etc. But the best was always the 'Purple Somersault'. Also, as this is a surf tune, the somersault refers to the somersaults one does underwater after a wipe-out."

Is there an album in the works? What can we expect?

"There is an album in the works. We have a lot of Gary's guitar tracks that we have recorded and now it's up to me to put it all together so I have quite a job in front of me. Gary is the most original guitarist and can do anything. When we're in the studio it's just so easy but the problem comes with the editing and arranging as sometimes there is almost too much! All I can say about the album is that it will be diverse but always psychedelic and soulful."

What's next for Wild Rumpus?

"Right now we're getting our live show, The Wild Rumpus Experience, together for the summer. We have performed in some wild places including India and are hoping to for some of the UK festivals. We work with visual artist Rob Rainbow who works with The Light Surgeons and Nitin Sawhney amongst others and have also worked with percussionists and a poi fire dancer! We have a show that reaches people on many dimensions so the visual element is really important. We just want to do something that is a bit different."

Forget its divided history, Northern Ireland’s capital is very much unified in its approach to clubbing...

“I’ve never seen an atmosphere like it, never seen such madness in a crowd. Any time I dropped a new record it felt like a...

For a decade Luca Venezia was NYC's king of bass.

Luca Venezia spent most of the last ten years exploding bass bins as dubstep evangelist Drop The Lime. As head of the seminal Trouble &...