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News 01.11.19

FKA twigs to perform on Later… with Jools Holland

…to be her first full-length project since the release of her 2014 Mercury and Grammy-nominated album LP1, and features Nicolas Jaar as guest producer with Future listed as a collaborator…

FKA twigs, MAGDALENE
Album Reviews 07.11.19

FKA twigs – MAGDALENE

…MAGDALENE. Working extensively with Nicolas Jaar, her muscular melodies are given additional heft by the producer’s signature use of densely layered instrumentation, and the album thrives in these flourishes. The…

Feature Lists 03.12.20

Top 50 Albums of 2020

This year saw the concept of collective listening dissolve. Listening habits shifted as people sought comfort or distraction in their own homes. But for every new release that suddenly felt…

Jlin SOPHIE
News 11.02.21

SOPHIE and Jlin collaborated on a track for Unsound Festival’s new album

…Section 1 is an 11-minute piece conceived, curated and mixed by Nicolas Jaar. It features Laraaji, Aho Ssan, Angel Bat Dawid, Dirar Kalash, Ellen Fullman, Księżyc, Paweł Szamburski and more….

News 09.09.21

Bbymutha, Tygapaw and The Bug announced for Unsound Festival 2021

…again as part of their Off License project. MMM, aka Errorsmith and Fiedel, will debut a new show at the event. They’ll join previously announced acts such as Nicolas Jaar,…

AYA
News 30.09.21

Unsound Festival completes 2021 line-up with AYA, UNIIQU3 and Shannen SP

Nicolas Jaar, LSDXOXO, Danny L Harle, RP Boo, Sherelle, object blue and TSVI in Kraków next month. Unsound has also expanded its discourse programme, lining up discussions, talks and workshops…

News 24.05.22

Watch Sote’s mesmerising new video for track Life

…Radiohead, Atoms for Peace and Nicolas Jaar, explained that his visuals were inspired by the track’s title. “I made the video an exploration of how small elements can combine to…

Omar Souleyman at Simple Things Festival
News 14.02.23

Simple Things Festival returns in early 2024

…in 2014 – Death Grips, Nicolas Jaar, Danny L Harle, AJ Tracey and Avalon Emerson. Top Boy star and rapper Kano has also previously performed as have the likes of…

News 05.07.24

Watch Slauson Malone 1 perform live at the latest edition of Le Guess Who? festival

…Aftab, as well as one-off moments such as Saul Williams and King Britt present Unanimous Goldmine and AEAEA, the live premiere of a collaboration between Nicolas Jaar and Patrick Higgins….

News 26.02.25

C2C Festival announces first 15 artists for 2025

…Model/Actriz, and Ali Sethi & Nicolas Jaar, and more. The news follows the announcement of C2C Festival NYC, which will debut on 9 May during Frieze New York Art Week….

News 02.04.25

C2C Festival announces this year’s theme, Per aspera ad astra (Through hardship to the stars)

…Orange, Skee Mask, Djrum and Ali Sethi & Nicolas Jaar. Florence Sinclair and Malibu will join Saturday’s line-up, which also features Nourished By Time, A. G. Cook, Model/Actriz, Ecco2k and…

Aphex Twin in The Barn © Andrew Whitton
Live Reviews 09.06.17

Parties and politics at Field Day 2017

For the last ten years, Field Day has asserted its place among London’s booming festival calendar, but my, how it’s grown. Just ten summers ago the Victoria Park event was…

Live Reviews 19.11.24

“Seeing, hearing and feeling together”: Le Guess Who? Festival 2024

Long Reads 22.12.16

The Year in Crack Magazine Quotes

To celebrate 12 issues across the year, we’ve collated some of our favourite images and quotes from the printed magazine to celebrate the artists who have define Crack Magazine in…

Lists 16.08.17

15 Track IDs from Houghton Festival

Some stand-out moments from the inaugural year of Gottwood and Craig Richards’ collaborative brainchild By now you’ve likely heard how Houghton Festival’s gorgeous setting, peerless lineup and 24 hour license…

Discover 07.02.18

Enter the strangely comforting soundworlds of Kayla Painter

For a recent AV show, Kayla Painter guided an IMAX cinema audience through digital snowy mountains, before gracefully gliding over the ruins of awe-inspiring structures built by ancient empires. With…

Long Reads 04.05.18

Tarik Barri gives us an exclusive peek at the live visuals for Thom Yorke’s upcoming tour

Earlier this year, Thom Yorke announced the news of a lengthy solo European tour, for which he’ll be hitting the road with longtime collaborator Nigel Godrich and tapping multidisciplinary artist…

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Long Reads 30.11.18

Sama: Partying in Palestine

It was sunset when Sama Abdulhadi stepped up to the decks in a plain black t-shirt, her wavy hair loose. 300 dancers thronged the leafy patio of Radio Bar, pressing…

Albums of the year 2019

The Top 50 Albums of the Year

From the rise of UK drill to AI-augmented music, to post-genre explorations via pirate radio stations, here are the 50 albums that captured the many faces of 2019

FKA twigs © Justin French
Profiles 05.12.19

FKA twigs: A divine invention

Feature Lists 15.12.20

Staff Lists 2020: The Crack Magazine team on their highlights of the year

We might have waved goodbye to office life and not seen each other for the majority of the year, but that isn’t enough to stop us disagreeing on the greatest…

Darkside
News 22.12.20

Darkside reunite for new album, drop lead single Liberty Bell

New album Spiral follows up 2013’s Psychic and is slated for release in 2021. Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington are reviving their collaborative project Darkside with a new album titled…

AYA
News 11.08.22

Urvakan Festival announces aya, Deena Abdelwahed and ZULI for 2022

…perform Eduard Hayrapetyan’s The Wind as a world premiere. Elsewhere, Vincent de Belleval and Nicolás Jaar are slated to present their performance piece Retaining The Energy, But Losing The Image….

News 28.05.24

Le Guess Who? festival announces Arooj Aftab, Crystallmess and Mabe Fratti as guest curators for 2024 edition

…Guess Who? has revealed Arooj Aftab, Crystallmess, Mabe Fratti, DARKSIDE (Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington), Bo Ningen and Touching Bass will be guest curators for this year’s festival. Each of…

Lists 12.07.24

In solidarity with Gaza: A guide to the music and resources that support the humanitarian effort

…include: Simo Cell, Nicolás Jaar, Juliana Huxtable & Via App Supports: The Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund Musicians for a Free Palestine What: 71 indie, folk and alt-rock bands Artists…

News 27.06.24

Mustafa announces the line-up for London edition of Artists For Aid

…and Sudan. Alongside Mustafa, the line-up features Bint Mbareh, Blood Orange, Clairo, Daniel Caesar, Earl Sweatshirt, King Krule, Nicolás Jaar, Ramy Youssef, Safia Elhillo and Yasiin Bey, as well as…

News 17.10.24

C2C Festival finalises 2024 programme

list article 11.12.24

The Top 25 Tracks of 2024

Long Reads 27.02.25

Festival Guide 2025

A rolling, regularly-updated directory of essential events in the UK, Europe and beyond – handpicked by Crack Magazine. Check back in monthly for new line-ups, eye-opening curation, stunning locations and…

News 12.06.25

Waking Life & Dreaming Live release fundraising compilation to help revive Gaza’s farmland

…Firas Shehadeh, Israa Shalaby, Jad Atoui and Kareem Lofty, as well as a collaboration between Dreaming Live founder Mayss and drumloop, an 18-minute piece by Nicolás Jaar, and poems by…