Deeper and Deeper: Funk Mineiro

Putting Down Roots: CCL

CCL’s mind-expanding DJ sets are defined by a deep, searching curiosity. It’s an approach that ricochets throughout their new project – an ambitious mixtape waving together the foundations of dubstep.

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

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

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

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.

Jawnino is embracing the chaos

South London MC Jawnino’s low-slung rhymes and heady, experimental productions are pushing grime to thrilling new places

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.

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

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

Olof Dreijer is shifting rhythms

As part of sibling duo The Knife, Olof Dreijer made daring, defiantly queer electronic music that broke into the pop mainstream. But as Dreijer’s creative practice has evolved, so has his perspective

Purelink: Together Is the New Alone

New York-based trio Purelink quietly won everyone over with one of the best ambient and dub techno albums of 2023. But, as ‘Signs’ demonstrated, their approach to music is anything but insular

Slowdive’s Neil Halstead on travel epiphanies and musical development

In his own words, the Slowdive singer and guitarist remembers a period of travelling that forced him to rethink his relationship to performance

M1onTheBeat is connecting forces

M1onTheBeat’s steely yet melodic productions have come to define an era of UK drill and seen him crowned a star in his own right. Now, the game-changing producer wants to pay it forward

Rising: SoFTT are serious about having fun

Trevor McFedries and Kablito, a.k.a. Karen Freire, are replicating the vibrancy of Miami’s wildly varied club landscape through their ostentatious blend of Eurodance, trance and pop. Here, the duo discuss emo, influences and having fun

Bar Italia: The Rest Is History

Intentionally or not, Bar Italia have cultivated an air of inscrutability with their approach to being a rock band that, depending on your POV, is standoffish, wry or just the right side of pretentious. As they bid the underground goodbye, the time is apt to find out who they really are