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WOMEN*S PRODUCER GROUP founder Bex elevates her ambient breaks to new heights via cavernous percussion and cityscape sampling on the debut LP, ‘Reflections’

Bex will self-release her debut album, ‘Reflections’, in September. Listen to ‘Ground Floor’ below. Coming off the back of releases on Mantissa, Dawn State, and...

Photo of Safiya and Yusuf DJing at RepresentAsian’s first birthday event

The free sessions, run by DJ’s Adeevah and Yusuf Suave, will take place at Pirate Studios in Bristol

RepresentAsian has teamed up with the Asian Arts Agency to host free DJ workshops this summer for people of South Asian heritage. The sessions, hosted...

Grove poses in a spotlight

Bob Vylan features on the new single

Grove has shared details of their forthcoming EP, ‘P*W*R’, alongside the release of new single ‘STINKIN RICH FAMILIES’. Listen below. The Bristol-based artist's follow-up to...

Neneh Cherry's 'Raw Like Sushi' album cover on a dark blue background

Neneh Cherry’s 1989 debut LP, featuring beloved tracks like ‘Buffalo Stance’ and ‘Manchild’, was the product of both a bohemian free thinker and a groundbreaking musical collective. Here, Ben Cardew explores how Cherry's introduction to the world told an an inspiring tale of collaborative creative freedom, and blazed a trail for the influential Bristol sound of the '90s

You know those moments in Hollywood films where the camera pans back to reveal the character who, unbeknownst to the viewer, has been at the...

Photo of Grove dancing with a spotlight on them

The video features a 3D rendered Grove

Bristol-based producer, DJ, and vocalist, Grove has shared a formidable video to accompany their new single, ‘BIG BOOTS’. It was created and directed by artist...

Bristol's 1020 Radio to shut down this month citing "covid and ongoing rising costs”"

The team behind the station described the shutting of the station as a "difficult decision"

Bristol's 1020 Radio is to cease broadcasting at the end of May. Citing hangovers from the COVID-19 pandemic as well as rising costs associated with...

Queer party and label Big Dyke Energy announce debut festival with Eris Drew, Octo Octa, Yazzus, more

Run by Melo and Elliott, the London crew will take over Bristol's Lakota this June for a 12-hour open-air day party

London queer party and record label Big Dyke Energy are putting on their first-ever festival in Bristol this summer. On 10th June, the collective will...

Rave ice cream van, Mr Whompy, goes on sale

"I can't really put into words how much fun it's been," said co-founder Stuart Wilkinson

The legendary Bristol rave ice cream van, Mr Whompy, is up for sale. According to a report by Bristol Post, the ice cream truck-turned-travelling DJ...

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90% of young people believe clubbing improves mental health, according to new research from Bristol club Motion. The Bristol hotspot carried out the research as...

Daytimers and RepresentAsian announces Bristol party with Nabihah Iqbal

Daytimers debuts in Bristol with Orderly Room, ISHU, Chandé & yourboykiran and Adeevah & RepresentAsian cofounder Yusuf Suave

Daytimers and RepresentAsian are teaming up for a party in Bristol this Friday. On 4th November, Daytimers will debut in the southwest England city at...

Danielle Soft Raw

The London-via-Bristol artist's imprint opens for business next month

Danielle is launching a new label, Soft Raw. The first EP is set to drop on 25th November and comes in the form of a...

Bristol club, The Basement, shuts permanently due to development

"Whether there will be room for grassroots culture to take root and thrive among the concrete plans of the landlord and developer class remains to be seen"

Bristol venue The Basement has closed for good. The Stokes Croft venue put on its last event this past Saturday, 8th October, citing development as...

Fatboy Slim & Eats Everything’s pop-up rave in Bristol shut down due to overcrowding

After police forced the party to switch location, a decision was made to pull the entire event just over one hour after it started

A free pop-up event in Bristol featuring Fatboy Slim and Eats Everything was shut down last night, Wednesday 12th October, due to overcrowding and concern...

Batu's En Masse Festival returns this month

Ben UFO and Josey Rebelle are among the acts joining him at the Bristol event this year

Batu's inner-city Bristol festival, En Masse, will return for a second year later this month. Taking place from 20th-24th September, the festival will be spread...

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Hodge has launched a record label, Two Moons, with a new two-track release. The Bristol DJ and producer kickstarts his brand new imprint with 'Sub...

SWU.FM Closure

The platform launched in 2020, and hosted Love Saves The Day, Conducta, Addison Groove, LCY, DJ Die and We Out Here, among others

Bristol's independent electronic music station, SWU.FM, has announced it will cease operations and close as a result of rising costs and soaring energy bills. The...

Idle Hands

Donations are needed to secure a new site, with Brexit and Covid-19 having a severe impact on business

Bristol record store Idle Hands has announced it will shut at its current Stokes Croft address, with a crowdfunder launched to alleviate the costs of...

UK’s first regular drug checking service set to launch this month in Bristol

Award-winning organisation The Loop is partnering with the local authority, Bristol Drugs Project, and People's Republic of Stokes Croft in a huge step forward for harm reduction in Britain 

The UK's first regular drug checking service is launching in Bristol this month, delivered by non-profit harm reduction specialists The Loop in a new partnership...

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Timedance label boss, innovative producer and a boundary-pushing DJ, Batu was on an upward trajectory — but the pandemic made him question his motivations and examine his history. With his debut album ‘Opal’ marking a bold new chapter in his sound, he talks to Chal Ravens about burnout, reinvention, heritage and contributing to the Bristol scene that nurtured him

On a cool night in upstate New York in September 2019, the floorboards of a wooden hut at Camp Kennybrook are shuddering with bass. Somewhere...

New record store, Disk Frisk, to open in Bristol this month

The shop will open its doors on 14th May

Bristol is getting a new shop devoted to second-hand records. Disk Frisk will open its doors on 14th May at 4 Sommerville Road, just off...