Cue Points: O Ghettão

This is Cue Points, a series where DJs get granular with current tracks in their sets, giving us the low-down on what makes them work.

Pay It Forward: Sherelle on SBTRKT

DJ, producer and broadcaster Sherelle reveals the monotony-nuking impact SBTRKT had on her listening habits.

Listen to a playlist of tactile and textured audio balm, courtesy of Christina Vantzou

Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.

Lauren Duffus makes music for a fractured, post-everything era

The London-based producer and vocalist tunes into the rhythms of dancehall, trap and grime corrupted by half-remembered melodies.

In Photos: Figura – Seeing in Dreams

From 9-10 May, Figura’s Seeing In Dreams took over London’s The Lower Third and HERE at Outernet for two days of showcases from PAN, Accidental Meetings and more.

Sunday Mix: LEYA

NYC duo LEYA take over this week’s Sunday Mix with a winding, hour-long journey through classical, rap and otherworldly experimental sounds.

Crowded Market: DVS1 and architects Leopold Banchini and Giona Bierens on reimagining festival dancefloors

At this year’s edition of Horst, DVS1 teamed up with architects Leopold Banchini and Giona Bierens to build Dark Skies – a semi-permanent stage structure that used sound-first architecture to create a more immersive crowd experience.

Nazanin Noori‘s new exhibition asks us to reflect on an alternative political reality

In her first UK exhibition, multidisciplinary artist, DJ and ambient hardcore producer Nazanin Noori uses a cacophony of sound and visuals to shock us into imagining a vastly different alternative political present.

Crack Mix 605: Maze

Berlin-based DJ Maze takes over this week’s Crack Mix with a house summer warmer for bleary-eyed mornings locked in on the dancefloor.

Takiaya Reed: “I’ve built a whole entire world in my dreams”

Now the sole full-time member of the instrumental project Divide and Dissolve, on her latest album, ‘Insatiable’, Takiaya Reed is channelling her low-end catharsis into a powerful message of profound love and resistance.

Wax Works Berlin celebrated the physicality and craft of analogue recording

At Wax Works Berlin, the Vinyl Alliance teamed up with Audio-Technica and optimal media to shine a light on the human craft of analogue recording and the superior sound quality it captures.

Sunday Mix: Heith

For this week’s Sunday Mix Heith takes us on a journey through the music he’s been listening to recently, featuring tracks from Maria Somerville, k2dj, Tujiko Noriko and more.

Model/Actriz: Come On Closer

On their highly anticipated second album ‘Pirouette’, Model/Actriz are bringing confrontation and charisma to the dancefloor.

sweet93 is making distorted dream-pop to zone out to

Blending honeyed melodies with walls of guitar fuzz and waves of fuzzy distortion, New York-based artist sweet93 is crafting a new dream-pop sound.

Sunday Mix: Ciro Vitiello

Taking over this week’s Sunday Mix, Italian electronic artist Ciro Vitiello creates an immersive ambient soundscape built around his own field recordings and recent collaborations.

Moonchild Sanelly: “I’m looking for my coin, my power and what I can do with that”

Moonchild Sanelly, by her own admission, was born to stand out. Now, in the wake of third album, ‘Full Moon’, and a run of high-profile features for the likes of Little Simz, it seems the self-made prophecy is coming true.

Listen to Meme Gold‘s playlist of emerging sounds from Manchester

Welcome back to Selections, a series of exclusive artist-curated playlists from those in the know.

Pay it forward: Lila Tirando a Violeta on David Cronenberg

The Ireland-based Uruguyan experimental artist Lila Tirando a Violeta explains how prophetic filmmaker David Cronenberg remains a perennial influence on her.