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NikNak Sankofa

The Leeds-based DJ and producer is also embarking on a UK tour

NikNak has announced a new album, 'Sankofa', which will be released on 1st July. Billed as an "immersive turntablism-produced" record, the Leeds-based artist's latest outing...

Masters At Work and Ron Trent are also involved

King Britt has revealed the list of guests for the upcoming autumn term of his Blacktronika: Afrofuturism In Electronic Music course at the University Of California...

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...

Eliza Rose

The single is accompanied by a Jeanie Crystal-directed video, which is described as a "visual universe of retro futurism meets Afrofuturism"

Eliza Rose is due to release a new EP, featuring a collaborative track with MJ Cole. Out on 24th April via Rosebud Recordings/One House, the...

Brainfeeder has paid tribute to "one of the most important figures in the Los Angeles Beat Scene"...

Brainfeeder co-founder and respected DJ/producer Ras G has died. He was 39.

The passing of the prolific Los Angeles beatmaker - who was born Gregory...

Dweller

Actress, Theo Parrish, rRoxymore, Josey Rebelle, and many more will head to New York later this month

Dweller festival has revealed the full line-up for its 2024 edition, which is taking place from 20th February until the 25th in New York. The...

p-funk

It marks a return from retirement for 80-year-old Clinton

George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic have revealed details of a new tour. The legendary American funk music collective, which was originally formed in 1968, will tour...

groundsound

Working Progress' is a one-hour dive into "dub, broken beats," and "futurist dancehall" 

groundsound have unveiled a new album for Equiknoxx Music. Out now, 'Working Progress' is a one-hour dive into "dub, broken beats," and "futurist dancehall" that...

Black and white photo of Moor Mother

'All The Money' is lifted from Moor Mother's upcoming album 'The Great Bailout'

Moor Mother has dropped a new single, ‘All The Money’, alongside an accompanying video. Watch it below. The new single is lifted from the artist's...

Chicago's Hieroglyphic Being records one hour of fuzzy-and-jazzy live techno for the On Cue mix series, and speaks to Lauren Martin about surviving as an...

Ahead of his first ever shows as pioneering Detroit electro unit Cybotron, techno innovator Juan Atkins tells us why he’s revisiting his past — and...

Juan Atkins has always been, in his own words, “a music lover”. Growing up in Detroit, he would treat his parents’ dinner parties as an...

Selections: NikNak

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, NikNak spotlights ambient sound designs, jazz-infused hip-hop and high-def club experiments

NikNak is an award-winning turntablist, producer and presenter based in Leeds, who is just at home mixing funk and hip-hop as she is dubstep and...

Selections: Shannen SP

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Shannen SP spotlights amapiano, footwork, Asakaa drill and more

Shannen SP’s sets collate music from the vanguard of African and Afro-diasporic electronic music. From amapiano and gqom to kuduro, footwork, UK funky and rap...

On the right: CORIN posing in front of a red velvet curtain wearing beige and sandy brown pinafore and metalic ear decoration. On the left: ten pieces of album artwork chosen for her Selections

In this series, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, CORIN spotlights “glitched beats, ecstatic trance synths, heavenly vocals and sci-fi realms”

During recent live performances of her 2023 album for Lee Gamble’s UIQ label, ‘Lux Aeterna’, CORIN has been accompanied by an uncanny visual spectacle. Produced...

On the right: A photo of NEXCYIA standing in front of a black fence, behind which there is a bush of tall reeds. He has a black hoodie on with the hood up and a baseball cap. On the left: 10 album packshots chosen for his Selections

In this series, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, NEXCYIA spotlights adventurous ambient music filled with “exceptional sound design and captivating textures”

Chaos is inevitable, and it is everywhere. How do we find our place within it? It’s a question posed in the debut album from the...