In Conversation With: XOA

XOA is a new project to emerge from the capital, comprising of a live band that fuse the sounds of 70’s afrobeat with modern electronica. They create deep, soulful, tropical grooves littered with guitars, percussion and analogue synths while smooth … Read More

UE.37: Michael Lovatt

Any producer who can count Detroit luminary Mike Huckaby amongst their admirers can safely be deemed, we feel, ‘one to watch’. When listening back to one of Huckaby’s My Life With The Wave podcasts, Michael Lovatt‘s ‘Tides’ pricked our ears … Read More

Event Review: Dekmantel at The Hydra

Friday night at The Hydra. The air is thick with excitement, a dense fog of expectation. An all-star lineup, international in scope, awaits all and any who enter here. Tonight the Dekmantel crew’s intentions for the tangerine Dutch summer loom … Read More

Weather Festival brings the heat this Summer

Paris’ Weather Festival returns after a year hiatus this June for another tantalising three days-worth of non-stop house and techno. A brief word of warning: please excuse any weather-related puns. It’s almost too easy…

Taking place at the Parc des … Read More

In Conversation With: Max Graef

For a twenty-something Berliner, the sheer breadth of Max Graef’s musical knowledge exudes a maturity you’d expect from a producer of a much older vintage. Listening to his productions, it’s not hard to glean that the man possesses a voracious … Read More

Joy Orbison, Marcellus Pittman take over The Hydra for Dekmantel

In the few years since their inception, the Dekmantel crew have carved out a major perch for themselves in Europe, through events and festivals in Amsterdam and further afield, and a solid output via their headhunting label. This summer sees … Read More

Event Review: Stevie Wonderland at Corsica Studios

Stevie Wonderland holds disco-oriented shindigs in London and Manchester, throwback events to the golden age of ’70s New York. Their ethos is “a celebration of all things disco – the Paradise Garage, Studio 54, the dancers, the divas and all the … Read More

Gottwood returns to the Welsh unknown this June

It’s fair to say Gottwood is really beginning to come into its own as one of the UK’s premier music and arts festivals. Returning to remote North-West Wales this June off the back of glowing reviews for GF ’15, the … Read More

Hector Couto’s Choice Ibiza Cuts for 2016

Hector Couto is an artist whose stock appears to continue brewing in reckless abandon, year upon Ibiza-conquering year. Whether it’s putting out a steady stream of high class techy club cuts on imprints such as Get Physical, Hot Creations or … Read More

Varkala Festival debuts this August

Say hello to Varkala – a new three day 500-capacity festival situated on the outskirts of London and launching this Summer.

Taking place between the 5th and 7th of August at the Hill Farm site in Theydon Bois, the lineup boasts a … Read More