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  • Inside the remixed chaos of 1000 Gecs and the Tree of Clues

  • Building a better future for dance music: A reading list by DeForrest Brown Jr.

  • The age of Beabadoobee

  • Baby Keem – Listen closely

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Sunday Mix: Chester Raj Anand

Jazz, classical and blues blur into one in this Sunday Mix from Chester Raj Anand

Nick Cave
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Nick Cave announces globally streamed concert, Idiot Prayer
Laraaji
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Laraaji shares new single Lifting Me
Horst
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Horst festival announces music, art and architecture Lab series for 2020
Caribou
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Floating Points remixes Caribou’s Sister and Never Come Back
Music in Support of Black Mental Health
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Jlin, Jana Rush and more contribute to new charity compilation Music in Support of Black Mental Health
Lunchmeat
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Robert Henke and Lyra Pramuk announced for Lunchmeat 2020
Before and After
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Nicolas Jaar, Willikens & Ivkovic, Mana to perform at Before and After festival
Bjork
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Björk announces three orchestral performances in aid of Icelandic women’s shelter
Burna Boy © Michelle Helena Janssen
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Burna Boy shares new single Wonderful
Daniel Avery
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Daniel Avery surprise releases new album Love + Light
Glastonbury Festival 2017
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Michael Eavis warns Glastonbury could go bankrupt
Alewya
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Alewya shares new single and video, Sweating
black lives matter
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How to support the Black Lives Matter movement – Funds and organisations who need your help

Support those seeking justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless others
  • Lists

17 artists on staying creative in lockdown

We speak to 17 artists from across the world about staying creative during the coronavirus lockdown
coronavirus suppoer
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Coronavirus: Resources for musicians

A list of resources available to musicians and the general public during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic
  • Mixes

Sunday Mix: Chester Raj Anand

Jazz, classical and blues blur into one in this Sunday Mix from Chester Raj Anand

Adiel
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Adiel

Italian dub techno luminary and Danza Tribale label-head, Adiel, pulls you from your feet in mesmeric fashion with this gorgeous and weightless mix
1000 Gecs
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Inside the remixed chaos of 1000 Gecs and the Tree of Clues

A.G. Cook, Hannah Diamond, Patrick Stump and Tommy Cash share their stories of working on 100 Gecs’ new remix album
Gabber Modus Operandi
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SVBKVLT #5: Gabber Modus Operandi

SVBKVLT’s Gabber Modus Operandi share a mix made up of Wisisi music of Papua, Indonesia
Gemma Dunleavy
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Gemma Dunleavy’s debut EP is a rallying cry for her community

To mark the release of ‘Up De Flats’, we caught up with Gemma Dunleavy to delve into deeper into the EP, how lockdown changed her plans for the project and the role Sheriff Street has played in her life
Andrea
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Andrea

One of Ilian Tape’s most prolific and singular artists, Andrea blends rugged textural cuts with kaleidoscopic IDM and foot-stepping breakbeats
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Album Reviews

Jessie Ware Jessie Ware
What's Your Pleasure?
Punisher Phoebe Bridgers
Punisher
Westerman Westerman
Your Hero Is Not Dead
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
The Mosaic of Transformation
how i'm feeling now Charli XCX
how i'm feeling now
Perfume genius Perfume Genius
Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
Car Seat Headrest Car Seat Headrest
Making a Door Less Open
Ital Tek Ital Tek
Outland
Leifur James Leifur James
Angel in Disguise
Woman Call Angel-Ho
Woman Call
Hinds Hinds
The Prettiest Curse
Second Language Minor Science
Second Language
LA Priest
GENE
Lorenzo Senni Lorenzo Senni
Scacco Matto
DJ Python DJ Python
Mas Amable
Rina Sawayama Rina Sawayama
SAWAYAMA
The Strokes The Strokes
The New Abnormal
yves tumor Yves Tumor
Heaven to a Tortured Mind
It Is What It Is Thundercat
It Is What It Is
illusion of time Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini
Illusion of Time
Waxahatchee Waxahatchee
Saint Cloud
Dua Lipa Dua Lipa
Future Nostalgia
Little Dragon Little Dragon
New Me, Same Us
Zebra Katz
LESS IS MOOR
daughters
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Bandcamp Week – Daughters

Daughters choose an array of tracks ranging from the confessional and delicate to the contorted and guttural
TECH GRL
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Bandcamp Week – TECH GRL

Peruvian-American artist, DJ and rising neoperreo star TECH GRL digs deep into her favourite tracks and edits for a mix she describes as “dark” and “apocalyptic”
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Bandcamp Week – Trash Talk

Incendiary California hardcore band Trash Talk deliver a melting pot of hip-hop, footwork, punk, hardcore and afrobeat
Mount Kimbie
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Bandcamp Week – Mount Kimbie

Usually found at the atmospheric outskirts of dance music, Mount Kimbie’s Kai Campos shows how strong their ties with the club really are with this thumping mix of galloping techno, acid and electro
paul marmota
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Bandcamp Week – Paul Marmota

Paul Marmota’s mix for Bandcamp Week is a steady bop with hard-hitting drums underpinning icy and sparse instrumentation
scratcha
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Bandcamp Week – Scratcha

Scratcha brings the spirit of his now-classic Rinse shows to this mix plugging, radio-presenter style, releases from artists across UK funky, gqom, footwork and beyond
Aitch
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Internet Explorers – Aitch

We slide into Aitch’s DMs for the latest episode of Internet Explorers

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Bandcamp Week – Kush Jones

Staggeringly prolific and lauded in all corners of the fast music-loving world, Kush Jones is a law unto himself. Hear him rip through a selection of the finest 160 BPM footwork and jungle
AYA
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Bandcamp Week – AYA

Manchester’s AYA tumbles into the gnarled, crystalline wastes of club music’s outer reaches in this mix for Bandcamp Week
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Bandcamp Week – Lido Pimienta

Lido Pimienta draws for dembow rhythms, hazy electronica, psych rock, cumbia and more
kelman duran
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Bandcamp Week – Kelman Duran

Kelman Duran blends body moving rhythms, sci-fi experimentalism and overwrought emotions in his mix for Bandcamp Week
Lil Mofo
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Bandcamp Week – Lil Mofo

Lil Mofo’s mix for Bandcamp Week starts with knotty electro before opening up into UKG, dub and beyond
  • Mixes

Bandcamp Week – Jossy Mitsu

6 Figure Gang’s Jossy Mitsu pulls no punches with this mix: a hectic, high-tempo shell-down
JD Twitch
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Bandcamp Week – JD Twitch

Optimo’s JD Twitch delves into the darkest corners of his record collection for this Bandcamp Week mix

Kedr Livanskiy
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Bandcamp Week – Kedr Livanskiy

Kedr Livanskiy delivers a shimmering mix for Bandcamp Week on crackaud.io
Ron Trent
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Bandcamp Week – Ron Trent

Chicago innovator and deep house pioneer, Ron Trent delivers a set of irresistible grooves for Bandcamp Week on crackaud.io
  • Mixes

Bandcamp Week – Big Thief

Big Thief drummer James Krivchenia kicks off Bandcamp Week with a selection of meditative sounds and pulsing rhythms. Start your week right

  • Mixes

Sunday Mix: Aldous RH

Manchester multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Aldous RH digs deep into the demos and outtakes of some of the masters of his languid, loungey style including Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan and Aaliyah
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