Tadleeh
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
Jurango
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”
Sunday Mix: Maya Shenfeld
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
100% Dubs: Mixed by Dr Dubplate
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
Bapari
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”
Sunday Mix: David August
“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
François X
Just in time for the weekend, the XX Lab boss comes through with gloriously relentless, peak-time club heat. Get stuck in
Listen to Alice Glass’ hype playlist
Ahead of this year’s Wide Awake Festival, Alice Glass curates a playlist featuring Shygirl, SOPHIE, Aqua, Babymetal and A. G. Cook
Erika de Casier: Still Review
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
Kiss Nuka
The Mumbai creative polymath and activist provides an “earthy, sweaty, ravey” mix ahead of playing Dialled In at Southbank Centre next month
Tracing 10 years of Simple Things Festival’s visual world
Ahead of the Bristol festival’s much-anticipated return and decade anniversary celebrations we talk to some of the creatives behind Simple Things’ iconic visual identity, from photographers capturing the live moments on the ground to the designers steering its artistic evolution
Golden Hour: ML Buch
ML Buch doesn’t mind embracing well-worn clichés. On her second album, ‘Suntub’, the Danish composer leans into the universality of the natural world to create a work that radiates with humanity
Sunday Mix: JJJJJerome Ellis
For today’s Sunday Mix, multi-disciplinary artist JJJJJerome Ellis reads two excerpts from their book ‘Aster of Ceremonies’, via which they “meditate, through poetry and music, on lineages of Black and stuttering life”
Les Savy Fav’s Tim Harrington talks reconciling his creative fantasies with real life
In his own words, Les Savy Fav frontman Tim Harrington recalls the personal turning point that allowed him to reconcile his creative fantasies with real life
Morgan Hislop
The smoking area is a place of unspoken significance at the club; a space where…
Playlist: Grime Love Story
An alternative V-day playlist to soundtrack your February 14.
Rising: H31R are pushing boundaries
Respectfully, H31R seem like a band who are in touch with their zodiac signs. “Oh, we’re both very into astrology,” laughs JWords, the beat-making half of the electronic hip-hop duo, from her New Jersey apartment.
Listen to a textural and experimental playlist from Nexcyia
Ahead of his debut album dropping next month, the London-based artist curates a playlist featuring Purelink, MIKE, Klein, James K and more
Jawnino is embracing the chaos
South London MC Jawnino’s low-slung rhymes and heady, experimental productions are pushing grime to thrilling new places
Sunday Mix: Nailah Hunter
“A mix to warm the heart, best enjoyed with a cup of coffee and plenty of sunlight” from the LA-based harpist and composer
Slow Burn: Fabiana Palladino
Like her mentor Jai Paul, Fabiana Palladino is suspicious of the spotlight. But after years if honing her writing between gigs as a touring and session musician, the London artist is learning to enjoy the attention her gauzy, late-night pop is bringing.
A Manifesto of Menace: 20 years of Remy Ma’s explosive debut
Remy Ma’s explosive debut was an audacious introduction to an artist whose career has been a masterclass in longevity, charisma and nerve
Venus Ex Machina
Take a sci-fi inspired trip through experimental electronics and metallic bass mutations with Venus Ex Machina’s entry into the Crack Mix series
Tracing Silent Servant’s Latin influences, a driving force of his sound
Alongside EBM, post-punk and techno, it was the drama of his cultural surroundings that made the late artist’s music so emotionally rich
Sunday Mix: Bella Boo
Dreamy electronica and sensual slow jams are the order of the day for Bella Boo’s entry into our Sunday Mix series, which she describes as “a mix for snuggles, spooning and making out”
Vegyn is exploring the subtle art of letting go
Vegyn’s transportive music resonates with a generation of listeners who are equally curious and overwhelmed. Ahead of his second album, the London producer connects with Emma Garland for our February issue
Nídia
It’s Lisbon’s Nídia, stepping out for the Crack Mix series with over an hour of glorious club heat