WIN: 2 tickets to Finding Fela @ BFI

Next week will see the release of Finding Fela, the new biopic on Nigerian afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti directed by Academy Award winning Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Casino Jack), in cinemas across the UK. For … Read More

New Fela Kuti biopic, ‘Finding Fela’, brings afrobeat to the silver screen

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“It’s outstanding to me the number of people who still have no idea who Fela is”. These are the words of Bill T. Jones, director of the recent Broadway smash Fela!, in the opening minutes of the new biopic on … Read More

Access Autonomic 002

After Tiran‘s superb inaugural first, and a brief (or rather lengthy?) hiatus, we’re back with the second Access Autonomic – our fledgling mix series that revisits and celebrates anything and everything that made the Autonomic movement so special. Mixed by … Read More

Five Steps: Bop

To carve a niche out of today’s vast musical landscape is no mean feat. As the pioneer and driving force behind the meticulous ambience that is Microfunk, Bop‘s catalogue is simply wonderful. His fantastic debut album on Med School Clear Your Mind was his … Read More

Five Essentials: Danny Scrilla

With man of the hour Om Unit having recently dropped the excellent Cosmology compilation on his own Cosmic Bridge Records, that label, which has become synonymous with experimentalism and forward-thinking beatsmithery in recent years, has jumped right back into the … Read More

Five Steps: Riva Starr

On the 20th July 2014, BLOOP Proactive Arts Festival will be launching its month long program of art and music based activities, taking place across the unique island of Ibiza, and all completely free. Pretty good eh? Headlining the festival’s … Read More

Repress Roundup #2

Delroy Edwards – 4 Club Use Only EP [L.I.E.S.]

Not to be confused with the RSD version – which, disappointingly, turned out to be rather flimsy and a little warped (get an EU distributor L.I.E.S!) A real belter of an … Read More

Spotlight: Eveson

July sees the release of Eveson‘s debut with Halogenix on Ingredients following a two-year hiatus, displaying a more sci fi-inspired sound and charting yet another change in direction for the prolific producer proceeding 2012’s highly experimental The Last Summer of … Read More

Repress Roundup #1

Vinyl Addicts Anonymous – this one’s for you. Collating the hottest represses in stores now – blink and you’ll miss em! Or blink, and save yourself from spending any more money than you already have done. Sounds boring doesn’t it…..

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State of Play – July: Drum & Bass

After a baron few months of releases following Record Store Day 2014 and the downsizing of ST Holdings which saw many of our favourite labels moving out of those familiar confines and onto pastures new; the next few months promise … Read More