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News 29.06.21

The Bug to release new album Fire

The 14-track project features artists like Flowdan, Logan Olm and Moor Mother. The Bug is releasing a new album. The forthcoming release marks The Bug’s – aka Kevin Martin’s –…

News 27.08.21

The Bug’s Kevin Martin guests on Halsey’s new album

…latest album as The Bug, Fire, is also out today. Find out more about the record here, and listen to a Sunday Mix helmed by The Bug and Dis Fig….

News 31.08.21

Join a live Q&A with The Bug in the next Crack Supporters Talk

The Bug in seven years, in the next Crack Supporters Talk. Streaming live on Wednesday 8 September at 7pm (BST), the conversation will explore the UK producer’s affinity with extreme…

News 09.09.21

Bbymutha, Tygapaw and The Bug announced for Unsound Festival 2021

…17 October. New additions include Tygapaw, Bbymutha and Drain Gang co-founder Ecco2k. The Bug has also been announced. He’ll perform alongside Flowdan and In Blue collaborator Dis Fig. The likes…

The Bug Crack Supporters Talk
News 01.10.21

Listen to a Crack podcast with The Bug

The podcast version of our Supporters Talk with The Bug is now available to stream and download. In a Q&A streamed live on 8 September, Kevin Richard Martin opened up…

AYA
News 16.06.22

Aya, The Bug and Flowdan announced for Positive Education Festival 2022

…from The Bug and Flowdan confirmed as headliners across the weekend. Other acts set to head up proceedings include re:ni, Glitter55, Palms Trax and Anetha. Elsewhere, Slikback and Ytem are…

Eartheater
News 24.02.22

The Bug, Eartheater and Dis Fig among latest additions to Rewire 2022 line-up

…to take place from 7-10 April in The Hague. The latest announcement includes the likes of The Bug, Dis Fig, Eartheater, LEYA, Anna Meredith, Nkisi and Alabaster dePlume. Debit, Flowdan…

News 04.03.24

Sarahsson, The Bug and Ryoji Ikeda to play Bristol New Music

…drummer Dan Johnson with free improv vocalist Maggie Nicols and a DJ set at Strange Brew from The Bug (in Dub). Venues involved in this year’s Bristol New Music are…

Long Reads 20.03.24

Festival Guide 2024

A rolling, regularly-updated directory of essential events in the UK, Europe and beyond – handpicked by Crack Magazine. Check back in monthly for new line-ups, eye-opening curation, stunning locations and…

Profiles 04.04.24

Flowdan: From this point onwards

News 26.09.22

Floating Points, Coby Sey and Sun Ra Arkestra pay tribute to Pharoah Sanders

…2022 So sad to read Pharoah Sanders has left this planet. A MASSIVE influence on a young bug til this day. His overblown blasts of energy/spirituality fuelled my own futile…

Burial
News 21.10.22

Burial shares new Streetlands EP via Hyperdub

…his longtime label home Hyperdub. Streetlands is out now digitally and slated for vinyl release on 27 January. Listen to the new EP below. Recently, The Bug revealed that another…

Long Reads 18.03.24

Listen to a “weighty and moody” playlist from Dis Fig

…Having worked with The Bug and formed part of Tianzhuo Chen’s TRANCE performance-art series, the Berlin-based artist – aka Felicia Chen – most recently teamed up with experimental metal duo…

Live Reviews 25.09.23

A holistic and audacious audiovisual experience: Berlin Atonal 2023 through five standout shows

…dj lostboi and Torus’ coalescing ambient and trance vapour trails, performance artist Florentina Holzinger’s transformation of the main floor to a hellish cathedral of pain and wonder, and The Bug

News 08.02.24

Sonic Acts Biennial returns for 2024

…Head to the Sonic Acts website for tickets and further information on the full Biennial events programme. Listen back to a Sunday Mix from Dis Fig and The Bug below….

News 08.03.24

New festival Wanderlust is coming to Southampton

…promoter PSYCH. The event is limited to 1,000 tickets. There will also be a pre-party on 3 May with The Bug Club, Ed Harcourt and Fudu playing. Head here to…

© Ilídio Marques
News 31.07.24

Semibreve reveals full programme for 2024 festival

…also known as The Bug, will showcase his new effort Black, a musical eulogy to Amy Winehouse. The festival occurs at numerous venues throughout Bragra, such as the contemporary art…

Long Reads 15.04.24

In Photos: Flowdan headlines our Issue 154 launch party

…grime originator performed a slew of his most iconic tracks and features to the packed-out pub, including Horror Show Style, Skeng (prod. The Bug), and of course, the GRAMMY award-anointing…

News 19.04.24

Iceboy Violet, Ziúr and Nídia to play Semibreve 2024

…announcing a world premiere performance from Kevin Richard Martin, best known for his work as The Bug. A press release revealed that Martin’s performance will be a musical eulogy to…

News 14.06.24

Positive Education announces 2024 programme

…extending its horizons with an ambitious and varied line-up. Artists like Lala &ce, Oklou, The Bug and Flowdan will bring new musical genres to Positive Education’s world, while leading DJs…

News 19.09.24

Positive Education announces full 2024 line-up

…including Goldie, Bitter Babe, Eris Drew & Octo Octa, Simo Cell & CCL and Overmono. Live sets from Aïsha Devi, Oklou, and Crack Magazine cover star Flowdan with The Bug

News 01.08.23

Berlin Atonal expands line-up for 2023

…DJ Plead. OK Williams, The Bug and Flowdan, upsammy, LCY and ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U have also been confirmed for the six-night concert programme. The festival returns to Kraftwerk Berlin from 7-17…

Long Reads 16.05.23

Listen to an atmospheric new playlist from Daria Kolosova and Etapp Kyle

…tracks, shared here as a collaborative list built from music old and new by the likes of The Bug, Robert Leiner, Squarepusher, Skee Mask and Kelela – whose sultry Sorbet,…

News 28.02.23

Shovel Dance Collective, MC Yallah and Lankum to play Supersonic Festival

…naively created our first edition of Supersonic Festival, a one day event that reflected our own curiosity as music fans. This lineup included LCD SoundSystem, Coil and The Bug with…

I See You
News 20.12.21

Thom Yorke shares new playlist featuring aya, Blawan, Space Afrika and Blackhaine

…called In the Absence Thereof… Clocking in at an hour and forty minutes, his selections include tracks from Space Afrika with Blackhaine, The Bug with FFSYTHO, Blawan, Little Simz, aya,…

Lists 15.06.21

10 mixes you need to hear this month

Power through the rest of June with our selection of top-tier mixes. In our roundup of mixes from May 2021, we’re highlighting essential entries from low-key rising stars, beloved genre…

Profiles 13.06.22

Ethel Cain and the great American epic

News 10.01.25

Carlos O’Connell and Space Afrika to DJ at free event, curated by Crack and MUBI

…coming-of-age fable, now streaming exclusively on MUBI. Bird tells the story of Bailey (astounding debut from newcomer Nykiya Adams), a 12-year-old living with her father “Bug” (Barry Keoghan) in a…

Caroline Polachek
News 11.11.22

Wide Awake locks in Caroline Polachek, Oneohtrix Point Never and Shygirl for 2023

the likes of Oneohtrix Point Never, The Bug Club, Shygirl, Enumclaw, Joy Orbison, Optimo (Espacio), Blondeshell and The Underground Youth join the line-up. The forthcoming edition will also see the

AYA
News 30.09.21

Unsound Festival completes 2021 line-up with AYA, UNIIQU3 and Shannen SP

…on topics such as AI and artistic practice, tourism and gentrification, and mental health. The likes of The Bug, aka Kevin Martin, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe and Tygapaw will take…