Posts by Crack Staff (@crackmagazine)

Canty curates a playlist of imagined B-movie “closing credits” music

Ahead of playing Simple Things Festival next month, Canty curates an atmospheric playlist featuring Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Daniel Johnston, Billie Holiday and more

Noods launch artist development programme, Bloom

Applications for the 10-month artist incubator scheme are open until 25 February

Listen to a frenetic playlist of singeli and sinegli-inspired music from Duke

Expect synapse-scything sounds from Rian Treanor, MC Kono, DJ Dlaki and more, curated by the Tanzanian rhythm scientist

Sunny Side Festival completes line-up for 2024

The house and techno event is set to hold its first edition in Malta from 17-19 May 2024

Sunday Mix: ML Buch

Danish composer and producer ML Buch delivers her contribution to the Sunday Mix series. A match made in heaven

Cue Points: Paranoid London

Ahead of playing Simple Things Festival on 24 February, the tongue-in-cheek acid house duo talk through five key tracks in their repertoire

9 artists on Silent Servant’s musical legacy and the productions that captured their hearts

Friends, musicians and collaborators pay tribute to the fearless producer, DJ and designer. Featuring Primal Scream’s Simone Marie Butler, RS Tangent, Helena Hauff, Russell E.L. Butler and more

Liu Lee

An enticingly slick, unpredictable and effervescent listen from the Seoul artist

Bullion announces new album, shares lead single featuring Carly Rae Jepsen

Announced today (24 January), ‘Affection’ also features collaborations with Panda Bear and Charlotte Adigéry

Oldyungmayn

For today’s Crack Mix, Oldyungmayn comes through with a kinetic club workout, fuelled by hard drum and percussive polyrhythms from the get-go

GALA Festival reveals 2024 line-up

The likes of SHERELLE b2b Kode9, Joy Orbison and Novelist have been announced for the London festival, taking place from 24-26 May

Glastonbury announces 2024 Emerging Talent competition

Open for a week from 29 January until 5 February, the competition gives upcoming musicians and bands from the UK and Ireland the opportunity to compete for a main stage slot at this year’s event

RP Boo, Lyra Pramuk and livwutang to play Waking Life 2024

More names have been announced for the Portuguese festival, taking place from 19-24 June

Polyester launches Eden Young Fellowship for aspiring working class journalists

The publication is also running a raffle to raise funds for the fellowship

Sunday Mix: Hyperdawn

For their mix, the Manchester duo – aka Michael Cutting and Vitalija Glovackyte – pair languid R&B romanticism with skewed sound design and shadowy bass undercurrents, featuring tracks from Flying Lotus, James K, Blackhaine and more

Southbank Centre to host South Asian Sounds event series in March

The London venue is set to host a new South Asian Sounds programme, spotlighting artists and musical traditions from the wider Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Afghan diaspora

The Soft Moon’s Luis Vasquez has passed away

The news was shared via The Soft Moon social media account today (19 January). Luis…

Silent Servant has died

The news was confirmed by the influential LA-based DJ and producer’s management today (19 January)….

Jlin announces new album Akoma, featuring Björk and Philip Glass

The 11-track releases for Planet Mu leads with closing cut – and Philip Glass collaboration – ‘The Precision of Infinity’

La Fraicheur

High-energy hardcore, hard house and trance from the Barcelona-based DJ, producer and House of (S)PUNK founder

Pitchfork is being merged with GQ

There has also been significant staff layoffs from the music publication amidst the changes

Saffron and Black Artist Database are teaming up for a series of workshops

The music production workshops will take place online over the next few months with sessions from B.A.D. co-founder NIKS, multidisciplinary artist Coco Em and composer and sound artist [M]

OK Williams, Karenn and Colleen “Cosmo” Murphy confirmed to play E1

The London club has announced its programme for the first quarter of 2024

Pop Zone: Maud

Norwegian artist Maud – aka Kristine Hoff – delivers a “rapid and experimental but mostly soft and dreamy” Pop Zone mix filled with PC Music, hyperpop and trance pop goods

Vegyn announces new album featuring John Glacier, Lauren Auder and more

‘The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions’ is due out 5 April via the artist’s own label PLZ Make It Ruins

Live from Lost Music Festival 2023: Listen to the mix series

Hit play on a handful of sets recorded at Italy’s Lost Music Festival last year, and bring a dose of sunshine to your speakers. Featuring DJ Python, Dinamarca, Virginia WWW, Alto Fuero and Reptilian Expo

Live from Lost Music Festival: Dinamarca

Pure dancefloor bliss to get lost in from the Staycore co-founder, recorded at Lost Music Festival 2023

Live from Lost Music Festival: Virginia WWW

A brain massage in performance (now mix) form from Spiritual Sauna’s Virginia WWW

Live from Lost Music Festival: DJ Python

For his two-hour set at Lost Music Festival 2023, DJ Python kept the mood steamy and the energy high throughout

Live from Lost Music Festival: Alto Fuero

For their live performance at Lost Music Festival, artist duo Alto Fuero tapped into a transportative ritualism – ranging from otherworldly incantations to frenetic club-rooted rhythms