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Artist designs instrument that allows you to create music by painting

Kansas musician Camry Ivory created the instrument after wondering what it would be like to paint with music

A Kansas City-based musician has created an instrument that allows you to create music by painting. The instrument, dubbed the Coloratura, was devised after multidisciplinary...

New York street named after '90s hip-hop artist Big L

The tribute was unveiled on what would have been the late rapper's 48th birthday

A street in East Harlem, New York has been named after the late '90s hip-hop artist known as Big L. Big L, real name Lamont...

Tarun Nayar

'Mushroom Dance' was recorded by Tarun Nayar using a red-belted conk 

A modular synthesist has harnessed the power of a mushroom’s bioelectricity to create a viral modular synth track. Tarun Nayar – who is formally trained...

Mira Calix, award-winning Warp Records artist and composer, has died

The multidisciplinary artist and composer was one of the first women to be signed to Warp in the ‘90s

Mira Calix, the award-winning multidisciplinary artist, composer and longtime Warp Records member has died. News of the artist born Chantal Passamonte’s passing was confirmed today...

The platform, formerly known as Black Bandcamp, relaunched on 5th May with a new website

Black Artist Database (B.A.D.) has relaunched as a significantly expanded platform, with a number of new initiatives to help people search for, contact and directly...

The two visa types will rise by over $200 each

Visas for visiting foreign artists in the U.S. are set to increase by over 50% in the coming months.

Announced last week, foreign artists wanting...

The deadline for submissions is Friday 1st November... 

NTS has opened applications for its 2020 artist development programme, Work In Progress. 

The online radio giant, which currently operates out of London and Manchester...

The campaign was launched by Hyperdub...

A GoFundMe page has been launched by Hyperdub to help label signing Cooly G, after a fire at a self-storage unit in London late last...

Alison Wonderland is on the verge of releasing her sophomore studio album, ‘Awake’, after an incredible 2017 that saw her debut at No. 89 on...

Alison Wonderland is serenading DJ Mag over the phone. We’re comparing tattoos, and this author only has one – a waveform from Modjo’s 2001 hit...

MENTAL ARITHEMETIC! SBTRKT’s dope debut is the smartest album of the year

When SBTRKT first emerged in 2009, the parallels with Burial were impossible to avoid. For SBTRKT’s early singles like ‘2020’ or his reworking of Goldie’s...

"Smoke weed every day."

You’ve got to give it to them – Das Racist are like nothing else out there.

The Brooklyn-rooted hip-hop duo first hit the scene a...

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The move makes it the first and only platform to support live streaming, short-form tracks, and long-form audio

Mixcloud has launched a new original upload feature for artists. The long-form streaming platform, which provides content including radio shows, podcasts, live streaming and DJ...

 VIBURNUM

ViBURNUM aims to introduce people to a genre-spanning mix of new and old Ukrainian music, including electronic artists

Ukrainian artists Andrey Stukan aka Questions4Later and Andrew Lisanov have launched a new monthly playlist project called ViBURNUM that aims "to highlight the varied essence...

Nicolás Jaar launches grant programs for aspiring artists

OVERTONES and LADRIDOS offer financial aid, creative guidance and more

Nicolás Jaar has launched two grant programs for aspiring artists. Teaming up with his label, Other People, the Chilean-American musician and producer has opened applications...

Ukrainian artists, labels and fundraising releases to support

The international music community has come together in support for Ukraine following Russia's invasion of the country on 24th February 

On Thursday, 24th February, Russia's president Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In response to this act of war, and the ensuing humanitarian...