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Premiere: Plant43 ‘Searching The Skies’

UK electro devotee Plant43 develops three triumphant cuts from recent live shows

Plant43 will release a new EP, ‘Remote Signals’, this month. Listen to ‘Searching The Skies’ below. The UK electro stalwart’s latest three-tracker is a testament...

LORES

Create cinematic soundscapes using an "eclectic" array of instruments

Native Instruments has unveiled a new virtual synth called the LORES. A collaboration with Canadian film and TV composer Clinton Shorter, the synth features an...

Bicep Water video

The video for the single was directed by 'Severance'’s Aoife McArdle

Bicep have shared a new video for their single 'Water (feat. Clara La San)', which is embedded below. The video has been directed by Belfast...

Premiere: J-Shadow ‘Parallel Worlds’

J-Shadow’s debut album for Keysound Recordings is an eight-track collection of cosmic, exploratory sounds inspired by the UK’s long electronic music lineage and perceptions of reality

J-Shadow will release his debut album, ‘Final Departure’, via Keysound Recordings this month. Listen to ‘Parallel Worlds’ below. The London-based DJ and producer follows releases...

Lamin Fofana

The LP takes its name from a poem by the late poet and activist Amiri Baraka

Lamin Fofana has released a new album, ‘Ballad Air & Fire’, which is the first instalment in an upcoming album triptych. Recorded in 2021 during...

In the form of the MS20 Mini

Ask any serious fetishist their Top 10 list of synthesisers they would love to own and all but the most awkward will list the Korg MS20 in a very high position. However, owning one of these classics is a costly endeavour, assuming one can be found at all. But now thanks largely to the rising popularity of hardware synthesisers within the production community it is possible to own a brand-new MS20 Mini, which is a faithful recreation of the Korg MS20, for a fraction of the cost of the original.

A pint-sized analogue monster...

When it comes to soft-synths, there are few names as highly esteemed in the world of production as Arturia’s. This is largely because of their incredibly faithful reproductions of classic synthesisers that are used daily by the biggest names in the game. In recent times, Arturia have taken the bold move of going beyond the virtual world by creating their range of hybrid Spark drum machines and the full-blown DSP monster Origin, which have proven to be extremely popular with the recording community — and for good reason too.

Left: press shot of Diesse lying on a sea moss covered rock wearing a black jumpsuit. Right: Eyeza posing in front of a blue curtain, holding his hand to his face

Diessa and Eyeza serve up four supercharged tracks of Warhammer 40K-inspired breaks and bass on Infinite Machine

Diessa and Eyeza will release a new collaborative EP, ‘Warp Sharks’, via Mexico City’s Infinite Machine label this month. Listen to ‘Nuns With Guns’ below...

NikNak announces new album, ‘Ireti’, on Accidental Records

The Leeds-based turntablist describes her new album, out in May: "If there was a Black Blade Runner, this would be the soundtrack"

NikNak is releasing her next album, 'Ireti', in May. Listen to the single 'You Were Supposed To Be Good', featuring Grifton Forbes Amos and Cassie...

Kuedo's widescreen synth futurism

Kuedo’s first album, 2011’s ‘Severant’, blended filmic synths with trap beats and provided a blueprint for synthwave artists the world over. But after scoring a Blade Runner animation with Flying Lotus and various other projects, his new record offers a more expansive vision. George Bass quizzes him about avoiding nostalgia, eco-anxiety, and finding the confidence to make his music more emotional

The passing in May of composer Vangelis showed just how much influence the Greek synth pioneer has over electronic music. A BBC tribute showcased tracks...

A staple of Bristol’s hybrid bass/techno scene, Hodge has begun to branch out in recent years, resulting in a stunning debut album, ‘Shadows In Blue’...

Takumi Fujiwara is a tofu delivery driver. His father, Bunta, holds the record of the fastest downhill time at Mount Akina; he’s known as “the...

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In a new, in-depth interview, the techno wizard talks all things future...

Jeff Mills has given his thoughts on the future of music, among other things, in a new, in-depth interview with London’s Fabric nightclub.

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Beth Gibbons shares new single and Weirdcore-directed interactive video

The interactive video is directed by Wierdcore, who has previously worked with Aphex Twin and Arca

Portishead’s Beth Gibbons has shared a new single, ‘Reaching Out’, alongside an interactive video. Check it out below. The new track is lifted from Gibbon’s...