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Ganavya’s spiritual compositions have taken her from film scores and star collaborations to the stage of Sault’s headline-making live show. With new album ‘Like the Sky, I’ve Been Too Quiet’, the Tamil artist is discovering that it’s about the journey, not the destination
“A selection of tracks I’ve been gravitating to of late,” Klein Zage says of her entry into the Sunday Mix series, “recorded live on a very rainy, very moody London morning, coffee in hand, designed to help gently ease me out the house”
Ahead of playing Sunny Side Festival, the Strain Records label boss talks us through how she approaches her sets, telling a story through her selections and keeping the vibes sexy and dramatic throughout
This weeks Crack Mix is courtesy of Athens-based Sound Artist, Music Producer, DJ and Audio Engineer, Bonebrokk. A skillful producer, influenced by late capitalism and sci-fi dystopias, Bonebrokk is known for his ability to masterfully combine elements of techno and electronic music.
In astrology, a Saturn return signals the crossing of a major threshold and the start of a new stage of life. For many, it can be a brutal period of change – as Marissa Malik knows all too well.
An immediate success, Jlin’s debut album, Dark Energy, dropped in 2015 when Patton was still working as a steel mill worker. The acclaim of the album allowing her to quit her job to focus on music full-time, she’s now an artist of her own league
Listen to a “weighty and moody” playlist from Dis Fig
Ahead of performing at Somerset House Studios for Assembly this weekend, Dis Fig curates a hefty playlist featuring the likes of Senyawa, DUMA’s Lord Spikeheart, Lucy Liyou and a collaboration between DJ SCOTCH BONNET – aka DJ Scotch Egg – and SENSATIONAL
The Neapolitan producer, pianist and composer delves into his roots with today’s Sunday Mix, offering “a journey through a melodic flavour that’s mostly the combination between Italy and Brazil”
“With Healers I want to take people away from their four walls and into nature with me,” Duskus says, which is exactly what he does with today’s transcendent and vibrant mix
For today’s Specialist Mix, we head to Brazil’s Belo Horizonte courtesy of producer and DJ Anderson do Paraíso – who takes us through the dark and hypnotic baile funk strain
Baile funk has become a proving ground for musical experimentation, with regional variants proliferating from the favelas it originated in to dancefloors the world over. Of these funk mineiro – a slower, darker strain from Belo Horizonte – is sending rumbles through the underground
An accomplished DJ and producer with a handful of celebrated EPs who has already graced the stages of festivals the likes of Glastonbury, Coachella, Primavera and Field Day, Logic1000 steps into the mixing booth to provide some feel-good house heaven
CCL’s mind-expanding DJ sets are defined by a deep, searching curiosity. It’s an approach that ricochets throughout their new project – an ambitious mixtape waving together the foundations of dubstep.
Travelling through dub, techno, breaks and more, Tadleeh transports us straight to the club with an atmospheric and bass-driven mix – just ahead of the weekend
Following his recent EP on Livity Sound, the Bristol-based DJ, producer and PTS resident pays tribute the dancefloor memories he’s formed playing out over the past few years, featuring some of his “‘go-to’ club selections”
The Berlin-based composer taps into an otherworldly spatial and temporal expansion with today’s Sunday Mix, making for a transcendent and contemplative listen
Adrianne Lenker has turned tenderness into an artform
Adrianne Lenker has turned tenderness into an artform. On her latest solo album, the completely analogue ‘Bright Future’, the Big Thief leader is moving through life with a heart wide open
Staying true to the name, today Dr Dubplate comes through with a strictly dub mix – giving us a taste of forthcoming ec2a, Hardline and Untitled releases. Get locked in
Following on from their recent EP on Halcyon Veil, Bapari comes through with bass-heavy club heat and taps into the emotive, textural depth at the centre of their craft. Play this one loud
Lao curates a guide to understanding the NAAFI sound
For today’s Selections playlist the label co-founder, DJ and producer some of his “favourite tracks to understand the NAAFI sound as part of the deconstructed and leftfield club music of the 2010s”
“I tried to keep things easy for the uneasy times we live in,” David August says of today’s Sunday Mix, which features tracks from Ryuichi Sakamoto, Onipa, Coby Sey, Rainy Miller and Space Afrika
Saint Precious curates a playlist of tracks that make her “feel empowered and cared for”
To celebrate the release of her debut EP ‘The Resonance’, Saint Precious has put together a playlist of “music that sweeps me off my feet and back again” featuring serpentwithfeet, Arca, Björk, Cleo Sol and more
On her third album, Erika de Casier finds strength in alluringly direct songwriting and heavyweight collaborations. It’s clearer than ever the Danish artist is shooting for the stars