Posts by Crack Staff (@crackmagazine )

New Bristol-based queer radio station Kunt Up Music.FM set to launch early next year

Applications for show proposals and volunteer roles for “Bristol’s first queer independent radio” are open now

Thousands of musicians sign open letter calling for ceasefire in Gaza

The letter, set up by Musicians for Palestine, demands “an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza, and an end to the siege”

Chloé Caillet

A gradual build-up and plenty of grooves, with tracks by the likes of Sister Maso, Nyra and Adrien Calvet inside this mix from the Ibiza-based artist

Art Not Evidence launches campaign to prevent rap lyrics being used as court evidence

Nadia Whittome MP is set to table the legislation drafted up by the campaign group…

Mun Sing, Sabrina Bellaouel and Marina Herlop to play Nuits Sonores 2024

They’ll be joined in Lyon by Skrillex, Bonobo, Martha Da’ro, Ryoji Ikeda and more

Evian Christ’s Trance Party launches TP Radio, featuring VTSS, Nkisi and Hannah Diamond

A non-stop stream of sets recorded from Trance Party over the years is available to listen the event series’ website

Björk and Rosalía release collaborative single, Oral

The new single – which marks the first collaboration between the pair – aims to raise awareness of and support action against intensive salmon farming in Iceland

Laura Misch curates an atmospheric playlist of tracks she’s been listening to on the road

The London-based multidisciplinary artist centres her Selections around the music she’s been plugging into while on tour, in support of her debut album ‘Sample the Sky’

Di Linh

A resident at Hanoi’s Savage club and The Observatory in Saigon, Di Linh steps up with “a wave of sensational and joyful energy”

Sunday Mix: Green-House

Eco-ambient duo Green-House provide “a collection of environmental, ambient, and library tracks that we’ve been spinning anytime we can”

In Photos: Yaeji at the Roundhouse

Last weekend, the NYC-via-Seoul DJ, producer and vocalist took to the stage at Camden’s Roundhouse as part of Pitchfork London. We were there to catch some of the on stage and backstage magic

Sounds from the Dreamscape: Mixed by Orbe Nacimiento

For today’s specialist mix, we head to Mexico City where experimental electronic duo Orbe Nacimiento bridges the gap between the spiritual and the physical taking us “on a journey into our complex ambient dreamscape journeying through our reality and yours”

The Intersection of Ensemble and Electronic Music: Mixed by Manchester Camerata

A specialist mix from Manchester Camerata, inspecting the beguiling intersection of ensemble and electronic music. Featuring tracks by Space Afrika, Blasio Kavuma and Speakers Corner Quartet

Sunday Mix: Tina Edwards

A gloriously curated, expressive and jazz-rooted set from the Soho Radio regular, Love Is Everywhere club night founder and EFG London Jazz Festival host

Listen to a twilight hours playlist from Maria BC

The Sacred Bones-signed artist curates a playlist that “lives at 3, 4, 5am when you’re still on the road, or you’ve just woken up to catch the first train, and everything’s thrilling, everything’s warped by intensity”

CHOCA

Following on from her recent release on TT, the Buenos Aires-based DJ and producer delivers a mix of heady, frenetic club maximalism. Play this one loud

Listen to a playlist of Spirit Of The Beehive’s current favourite tracks

The Philadelphia trio curates an eclectic playlist of some of their favourite tunes at the moment, featuring George Michael, Giant Swan, The Prodigy, Caribou and Oneohtrix Point Never

Live from MUTEK Montréal: Jennifer Cardini

Every bit of bright and vibrant as its accompanying artwork, this recording from scene staple Jennifer Cardini harnesses the energy of festival season and transports it direct to your speakers

Live from MUTEK Montréal: E-Saggila

Recorded live at MUTEK Montréal, this mix offers a tantalising sneak peek of new material from the Iraq-born, Toronto-based DJ and producer

PAN teams up with C2C Festival and Stone Island for limited edition white label

The tracklist is being kept under wraps

Issue 149 Mix: Bored Lord

Following the release of ‘Name It!’, the Oakland-based DJ and producer’s new album for T4T LUV NRG, Bored Lord’s mix – which accompanies our Issue 149 feature with her – is a love letter to the music that makes her the artist she is

Marla Kether

For today’s Crack Mix, bassist, DJ and producer Marla Kether has put together “a bass-led blend of gqom, Afro house, techno and kuduro” also featuring some of her own tracks – from her recent debut EP ‘All That We Have’ – plus some unreleased reworks

Live from Nature Loves Courage: Abyss X

Abyss X beams in live from Nature Loves Courage, the mystic-inspired festival she founded on the southwest coast of Crete. Listen back to a recording of her playful, dusky set from this year’s edition

In Photos: Nuits Sonores Brussels 2023

The 6th edition of the Nuits Sonores and European Lab’s Brussels event took place from 12 to 15 October 2023

Sunday Mix: Cosha

The Irish singer-songwriter and producer turns in a smooth mix of songs that resonated during a period of change and heartbreak, with emotive vocal performances, calming instrumentals and romantically-charged lyrics inside

The Warehouse Project announces New Year’s Eve 2023 line-up

Paul Woolford, DJ EZ, Jaguar, Girls Don’t Sync and more will play the Manchester venue’s end of year celebrations

Issue 149 Cover Mix: TraTraTrax Sound Sistema (Verraco, DJ Lomalinda & Nyksan)

Running alongside our November issue cover story, this cover mix is a deep, near-three hour rhythmic odyssey through destabilising techno, murky bass music, guaracha, dubstep and much more

Construction Festival returns to Dnipro next weekend

The Ukrainian festival is set to host its eighth edition in Dnipro from 10-12 November

GAUNT

For his entry into the Crack Mix series, visual artist and musician Jack Warne – aka GAUNT – delivers almost two hours of hypnagogic otherworldliness, spanning tracks from Voice Actor, Flying Lotus, Aphex Twin, Dinamarca and Machine Girl

CMAT, Eddington Again and Dame Area join line-up for ESNS24

The annual showcase festival has announced more acts set to play its forthcoming event, taking place from 17-20 January 2024