With his deep baritone, blues-tinged grime beats and lyrics bursting with romance and pain, rapper Joe James has been a cult figure in the UK underground – but now, with his debut album, he’s ready to break through.
Closing the summer festival season, MEO Kalorama’s varied and vibrant programme celebrated this year’s biggest music moments alongside Lisbon’s local scene.
Bristol-based label and DJ duo Dar Disku are taking the next step in their perspective-shifting journey with a euphoric debut album of cross-border sounds.
Independent festival Field Maneuvers hosted one last dance for its 11th – and what was intended to be last – edition, ultimately convincing organisers to bring it back next year.
Our favourite artists according to their biggest fans.
At the final edition of Oasis, attendees celebrated its legacy as both a champion of regional talent and a festival that brought electronic music’s biggest names to Morocco.
Tasked with creative directing the visualiser for SOPHIE’s posthumous album, Renata Raksha stepped into everything she’s learnt about, and from, the artist.
The former Black Midi frontman recalls the hastily arranged recording of his larger-than-life solo album, ‘The New Sound’, and the local Brazilian musicians who became the most rewarding session collaborators of his career.
As a long, damp summer shuffled into the rearview mirror, Bristol’s Forwards Festival offered one last hoorah.
Whomp co-head and Slush Records founder Lora Mipsum’s two-hour mix provides a peek into her deep record well, with psy grooves, breaks and trancey shakers.
In this extended Q&A, author Nathalie Olah speaks with BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker Adam Curtis about climate change, and how nostalgia and doomerism are affecting our ability to organise for, and imagine, a better tomorrow.
Bikôkô showcases her smooth-style influences and penchant for oddball sounds and themes, layering snippets of her most-formative influences talking over soul, guitar-led blues and a weekend dose of Dean Blunt.
An impeccable, party igniting Justice set crowned a day of quality music, with the likes of Yves Tumor, Yaeji, Sega Bodega and Romy bringing a celebratory atmosphere to Victoria Park.
Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.
To celebrate 15 years of Crack Magazine — and everyone who’s made us everything we’ve grown to be — we’re reviving our much-loved crossword with a special, one-off anniversary edition.
The Belgian dance festival delivered a five-stage programme set in serene castle grounds in Humbeek.
After 13 long years away, the megastar of braindance returned with an absolute classic record – and a viral marketing campaign to match – that brought more people than ever into his trailblazing orbit.
Following the announcement of his first album in four years under the Caribou alias, last week Dan Snaith played his most intimate London shows yet at basement venue The Waiting Room.
The Bristol city stalwart shows us how he does it with an extended session that moves through galaxial techno grooves, retro trance cuts and Villalobos-esque, scatty minimal, before building gradually to peak time floor shakers.
Delivering their layered sound with giddy theatricality and a gaudy aesthetic, more is more on Mermaid Chunky’s new debut album ‘slif slaf slof’.
Blending Afro-Portuguese kuduro with syncopated drums and electronics, Nídia and Valentina Magaletti’s collaborative album harnesses the sticky energy of Lisbon dancefloors to power an explorative, percussive trip.
London-based rave purveyor Angel D’lite provides a snippet of what it’s like to see her in peak time form, as she blends hedonistic, high-octane 90s deep digs with keyed up, euphoric rave tracks.
Following the sudden passing of the beloved Crazy P vocalist, four of her friends and collaborators reflect on an extraordinary, empathetic artist and person.
The Lisbon festival mainstay Meo Kalorama brought their acclaimed festivities to Spain for the inaugural Madrid version from 29-31 August at IFEMA Madrid.
Still relatively small and only in its sophomore year, the festival has quickly cemented itself as one of the best day parties in London.
The Friends With Benefits-produced festival returned to California between 1-4 August for its third edition, headlined by A. G. Cook.
MARICAS co-founder ISAbella takes the controls for the 592nd Crack Mix, with an hour-long journey blending dusty techno, shuffling house and trance-flecked grooves that closes a chapter on the summer festival season.
With their debut album ‘ONLY ONE MODE’, ethos of brotherly love and powerful live shows, SPEED’s heartfelt hardcore has revitalised their local Sydney scene and put them at the forefront of an exploding genre.
Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.
Japanese marimba and vibraphone instrumentalist and producer Masayoshi Fujita checks in from his kindergarten-turned-studio, providing a Sunday Mix filled with dreamy ambient and Japanese folk.
