Massive Attack and Nils Frahm to play All Points East 2020
The London festival returns to Victoria Park on 22-31 May
Gaika enlists Dean Blunt for new mixtape Heaters 4 the 2 Seaters
The two former cover stars collaborate on the track Shredder and R6 Remix
Jayda G, Severed Heads and Peggy Gou announced for Lente Kabinet 2019
Dekmantel’s sister festival comes to Het Twiske, near Amsterdam, on 25-26 May
Amnesia Scanner, Eartheater and Gaika added to MIRA Festival 2018
And Objekt joins the official afterparty of the Spanish event in November
GAIKA – Basic Volume
The Brixton-born artist cements his status as a genre-defying trailblazer, fusing disparate sounds to create something distinctly contemporary
Gaika, Dixon, Jubilee and more are heading to Brooklyn’s BLACK 2018
The annual event curated by MATTE Projects will be staged at an undisclosed location on 31 March
Liverpool Music Week announce more acts for 2017
Blanck Mass, Gaika and Moor Mother among those revealed Liverpool Music Week is turning 15,…
GAIKA and Babyfather release remixes of 18+ tracks
The two tracks have been released via the fabric-affiliated label Houndstooth
Listen to four new Hype Williams songs
Hype Williams, the elusive collaborative project of Inga Copeland and Dean Blunt, have shared four…
Staying In
As the Christmas parties begin, so do the mornings after
Safe as Milk festival add Actress, GAIKA and more to lineup
The festival is set to bring a truly diverse and original lineup to a Welsh…
EPs Of The Year 2016
The 10 best EPs of the last 12 months, according to Crack Magazine
Dean Blunt discusses his three day festival featuring bell hooks
Blunt also says he’s working on an opera In our new cover feature, London artists Dean…
Hackney vs Brixton:
a conversation between Dean Blunt and GAIKA
Dean Blunt and GAIKA discuss Trump’s victory, the restrictive expectations for black music and the post-apocalyptic essence of modern England
Nicolas Jaar, Moderat and more announced for Sónar Barcelona
Sónar have announced the first wave of names for their flagship Barcelona festival. The first…
Rewire announce first names for 2017 edition
Returning for its seventh year, Dutch festival of adventurous and experimental music, Rewire Festival have…
Dean Blunt and Gaika to link up on new collaboration
The two London-based artists have shared a 90-second snippet of a new track called Hackney…
Gaika brought London to a stand still with his Club 88 experience
Bouncers man the 360° silicon rod curtain that’s encircling the Roundhouse’s floor, home to GAIKA’s…
Ron Arad’s Curtain Call to open Bloomberg Summer at the Roundhouse
GAIKA, Matthew Herbert and London Contemporary Orchestra will appear at the prestigious London event series…
Flohio is tearing up grime’s template
Growing up in South London, Flohio was engulfed in grime from an early age. Now the young MC reworks the genre’s template for a more experimental vision
Masāfāt festival to touch down at the ICA this September
The two-part event, also planned for Cairo, is presented by Thirty Three Thirty Three in…
6 New Videos You Need To See
We’ve rounded up the most notable clips from the last seven days from the far-flung recesses of the internet
Watch Gaika’s haunting short film Security
London is falling apart Gaika has just shared a new video to accompany Security, his…
Midnight Movement
This is the third instalment of Midnight Movement, a personal take on the attention-demanding club tracks being made, played and obeyed this month
Afropunk is coming to London in September
The globetrotting celebration of multiculturalism is coming to the UK for the first time ever…
6 New Videos You Need To See
Stormzy gets Scary and Skepta trashes a car in this week’s roundup of the best music videos out there
GAIKA announces new mixtape, world tour
GAIKA’s next mixtape SECURITY will be released on Mixpak “SECURITY is the anthropology of `burner…
Gaika
A regular event at the Contact Theatre, the Black Sound Series showcases and celebrates black…
Aesthetic:
GAIKA
Following his visceral debut mixtape, the South London vanguard appears in our shoot, discussing representations of black artistry with Akash Chohan
London rapper GAIKA shares new visuals
Brixton artist GAIKA has unveiled a video for his new track Bohdy Knows at 90,…
Monthly New Music Roundup
Listen to four emerging artists that are worth your time this month