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DJ Harrison mines his collection of funk, jazz and soul for a gorgeous Sunday session. “For the full experience, enjoy with candles and nag champa incense.”
A rolling playlist of the best new music, curated and regularly refreshed by Crack Magazine
With big name co-signs and even bigger goals, Montreal’s Skiifall is uncovering his potential one project at a time. For Issue 127’s Aesthetic feature, he discusses UK connections, his multistranded approach and dream pop collaborations
Giles Smith and James Priestley usher in the new year with an all-vinyl Crack Mix packed with body-moving sonics
‘Embryo’ is a notable detour from Jlin’s signature brand of twisted and abstract footwork, yet the imprints of her production style remain
With this genre-defying anthology, Arca reaches into the mystical folklore of her Venezuelan heritage to design a non-binary future
Prolific and impossible to predict, Pink Siifu is reimagining the limits of rap. Try and keep up
The London-based DJ embarks on an adrenaline-fuelled trip through breakbeat, hip-house and more. Expect tracks from Laurent X, KC Flightt and Modeselektor
In 2019, Mitski announced a hiatus from music and disappeared from social media. Nearly two-and-a-half years later, she’s about to release her sixth album and take it on a global tour. So Mitski’s back? Kind of…
From Lil Nas X’s Montero robe to Radiohead’s fine bone china tea set
From odes to old-school genres to tributes for pioneers we’ve tragically lost. An unranked list of 20 mixes from 2021, featuring Yung Singh, Loraine James, Don Zilla, Tomu DJ and more
Eastern Margins are the London-based collective reclaiming space for East and Southeast Asian artists in club culture
The New York-based producer comes through with a mix of stirring ambient and experimental techno. Expect tracks from Flora Yin-Wong, Shackleton, Gabber Modus Operandi and more
Axel Boman, Kornél Kovács and Petter Nordkvist swing by with a set of winter warmers just in time for Christmas
London-based artist and UIQ boss Lee Gamble pays tribute to groundbreaking composer Alvin Lucier, who died earlier this month, aged 90
From dangerous road trips to desert terrains and harrowing examinations of FBI surveillance. Here are our top 10 soundtracks of 2021, unranked
The “Godfather of hip-hop journalism” passed away this week aged 64. Discover – or revisit – six of his best works covering Kendrick Lamar, Bad Brains, Basquiat, Azealia Banks and more
From post-breakup anthems to the return of the club banger, and viral TikTok hits. These are the tracks that resonated in 2021
From field recordings to the divorce album, via club experiments and self-care rituals. Our top albums of 2021, featuring Klein, Squid, Ghetts, PinkPantheress and more
A tender and vocal-heavy mix from the Berlin-based singer and producer. Featuring tracks from L’Rain, BADBADNOTGOOD, Kate Bush, Kelsey Lu and more
A restless, effervescent odyssey spanning 14 tracks and featuring unreleased material from the label’s mid-70s golden era
Aisha and Oreoluwa Ayoade observed first-hand how unequal the creative industries can be. So they created a resource to change it.
Taipei-based band Prairie WWWW compile a mix of serene folk, ambient and more by Taiwanese artists such as Meuko! Meuko! and Chen Ming-Chang
This year, rapper, producer and self-confessed nerd John Glacier needed to get something off her chest. The result is a work that invites interpretations, from an artist who resists definition
In Issue 125’s Rising feature, Marley Rutherford talks the influential Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and making rock music as a Black artist
From animated shows to inspiring documentaries, the Australian artist shares her cultural recommendations
Sets from KeiyaA, Irreversible Entanglements and Space Afrika stood out at the much-loved Utrecht event
