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  • Daniel Avery: There's a time, and a place

  • Kali Uchis: California Dreaming

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  • Lena Willikens: The Sentimental Selector

  • Battle of the Flexes

  • Album Reviews

Steven Julien –Bloodline

Playful in approach and intense in execution, this mini-LP is the London producer’s boldest release yet

  • News

Avicii Dead at 28

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The xx to host Night + Day Festival in Bilbao

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Jorja Smith announces debut album Lost & Found

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Massive Attack are encoding Mezzanine into DNA

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The BBC has released over 16,000 sound effect samples from its archive

  • Events

Nina Kraviz and Ricardo Villalobos complete Neopop Festival line-up

  • News

Thom Yorke previews new music from City Rats art installation

  • News

Germany’s far-right party wants to have Berghain’s license revoked

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Prince’s “unconventional and poetic” memoir to be published this year

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Lotic announces debut album Power

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Nachtdigital announce warm-up summer dates

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The Tower announces line-up for 2018 edition

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Steven Julien

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  • Long Reads

What the Cambridge Analytica scandal means for musicians on social media

As users abandon Facebook in the fallout of recent scandals, has the relationship between musicians and social media been irrevocably soured?

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The complexities of PoC artists coming under fire for cultural appropriation

Tirhakah Love examines how racial ambiguity has allowed artists to cross cultures

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Five must-see events at new Belgian summit and festival and&

From Legowelt’s live show to in-depth talks on the ethics of artificial intelligence, here are five highlights on the programme

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Steven Julien
Bloodline
Melvins
Pinkus Abortion Technician
Novelist
Novelist Guy
A Place to Bury Strangers
Pinned
Mr Fingers
Cerebral Hemispheres
μ-Ziq
Challenge Me Foolish
Hinds
I Don't Run
Moon Gangs
Earth Loop
The Garden
Mirror Might Steal Your Charm
Frankie Cosmos
Vessel
Marine
Fable Electric
Gabber Eleganza
Never Sleep Vol. 1
Yo La Tengo
There's a Riot Going On
Bishop Nehru
Elevators: Act I & II
Various Artists
Midnight Manual
David Byrne
American Utopia
700 Bliss
Spa 700
Ministry
AmeriKKKant
The Breeders
All Nerve
DJ Taye
Still Trippin'
Answer Code Request
Gens
Hieroglyphic Being
The Red Notes
Nathan Fake
Sunder EP
The Nightcrawlers
The Biophonic Boombox Recordings
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Steven Julien

Bloodline Apron
  • Long Reads

What the Cambridge Analytica scandal means for musicians on social media

As users abandon Facebook in the fallout of recent scandals, has the relationship between musicians and social media been irrevocably soured?

  • Mixes

Sunil Sharpe

Searing electro and acid from the Earwiggle label boss

  • Album Reviews

Melvins

Pinkus Abortion Technician Ipecac
  • Long Reads

The complexities of PoC artists coming under fire for cultural appropriation

Tirhakah Love examines how racial ambiguity has allowed artists to cross cultures

  • Lists

Five must-see events at new Belgian summit and festival and&

From Legowelt’s live show to in-depth talks on the ethics of artificial intelligence, here are five highlights on the programme

  • Album Reviews

Novelist

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Dane

The revered Edmonton DJ and Common Edit label boss turns in a colourful mix, perfect for warm evenings

  • Long Reads

Junglepussy: Feeling Good

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DJ Taye: Space is the Place

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Aesthetic: Sega Bodega

We sat down with the NUXXE label founder to discuss the search for a visual aesthetic, and how fashion matches his meandering soundscapes

  • Album Reviews

A Place to Bury Strangers

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  • Long Reads

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The hyper-limited releases will be made available at The Run Out, London, on 21 April

  • Long Reads

The confrontational power of Act Up activism

A new film about Act Up-Paris remembers how the protestors forced the world to address the AIDS epidemic, reminding us that there’s a lot more fighting to be done

  • Mixes

DJ Lag

The gqom pioneer brings futuristic sounds from the Durban underground – best played loud

  • Live Reviews

Here’s what went down at The Streets’ first live show in seven years

Heimathafen, Berlin 11 April
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