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Lowlands Festival 2019: an intricate, eclectic offering for all kinds of music fan

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Selections: Félicia Atkinson

The French multi-disciplinary artist selects a host of haunting, cerebral tracks ahead of Semibreve Festival in Portugal
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A personal history of electro – Mixed by Silicon Scally

Electro luminary Carl Finlow looks back over the past 20 years of his own output for a masterclass in glitchy futurism.
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20 Questions: Jubilee

The Miami-born producer talks club survival tips, words of wisdom and a house party in Jamaica with an unlikely guest
Lowlands
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Lowlands Festival 2019: an intricate, eclectic offering for all kinds of music fan

 Walibi Holland, Biddinghuizen, Netherlands 16 - 18 August
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Don’t DJ

The DISK label-head opts for expressive, angular cuts for his Crack Mix
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object blue and Natalia Podgorska on their new audiovisual collaboration FIGURE BESIDE ME

Ahead of their AV show this month, object blue and Natalia Podgorska discuss their relationship and collaborative process
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After five years of self-imposed exile Vladislav Delay is ready to return

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Captured Tracks #1 – Wild Nothing

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More than a muse: The story of Marianne and Leonard

A new documentary examines the complex relationship between Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen. Here, director Nick Broomfield explains why he was compelled to bring such a personal story to the screen
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Behind Drag Syndrome: The performers with Down’s syndrome expanding the art of drag culture

We catch up with Drag Syndrome’s Artistic Director Daniel Vais to talk performance art, activism and the misconceptions of Down’s syndrome
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Turbo Island’s Batter Bits #1

For the first instalment of his Batter Bits residency, Turbo Island hones in on a nonsensical, nostalgic Britain
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Martyn

Martyn nestles into drum & bass. Future-facing yet somehow timeless, this is a treat for those with a need for speed.
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Kedr Livanskiy is a force of nature

Something’s growing in the Russian underground, and Moscow producer Kedr Livanskiy is at the root of it
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The new D’Angelo documentary offers a rare glimpse of a troubled visionary

Devil’s Pie, a new documentary about the life of D’Angelo is an intimate portrait of a famously unknowable artist
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