Pop Zone: Ninajirachi
An incandescent set of hyperactive beats, regional club sounds and sing along pop from the Australian artist
Manchester collective All Hands on Deck launch new mix series
SCAPA launches the collective’s flagship mix series. Manchester collective All Hands on Deck has launched…
Caribou Curates: Taraval
Recorded on four decks, Taraval’s mix is made of thumping techno and cosmic sustain and release. Almost nerve-wracking in its intensity, this is just what your Friday needs
Yaeji Season: Salenta’s Summer Mix
Dedicated to black and queer women, Salenta cruises through rooftop-down R&B, hip-hop and drum’n’bass with her summer set
Courtesy Curates Kulør #2: Kasper Marott
Kasper Marott blends the guttural squelch and luminescent glow of his reflective productions for a satisfying, slow-burning mix
Ziúr
Abrasive, hard but never unpleasant, the music Ziúr favours as a producer and a DJ demands listeners challenge themselves. Her Crack Mix is no exception
2019 Mix: MoMA Ready
One of the most prolific artists in NYC club music calls on all corners of his ravey dancefloor tastes for one of our 2019 mixes, closing out the decade.
crackaud.io x Gurls Talk: Emerald
As our collaboration with Gurls Talk draws to a close, we look to the weekend with this club-ready mix by London’s Emerald
crackaud.io x Gurls Talk: Bossy LDN
Through events, creative projects and a regular NTS Radio show, Bossy LDN amplify the sounds of like-minded artists and lean into genres often dominated by men. “Men are predominantly known to play [genres like these] and people don’t expect that from 2 women. This is the music we love.”
crackaud.io x Gurls Talk: Jodie Harsh
For the next Gurls Talk mix, curated by Adwoa Aboah, one of the London fashion world’s foremost DJs and promoters steps up with a blast of fierce, pop energy
crackaud.io x Gurls Talk: Chloe Caillet
Adwoa Aboah and Gurls Talk take over crackaud.io this week, with Aboah curating a series of mixes from some of her favourite DJs. Chloe Caillet is first up, kicking off the week with this blend of house and afrobeat.
Omnidisc #3: RHR & Tessuto
Omnidisc, the label run by Miami bass don Danny Daze, returns for their final back-to-back show of the year, looking to Brazil for more punchy electro and industrial
Grime’s second wave – Mixed by Elijah & Skilliam
Strap in as the Butterz founders take us on a journey through the first rumblings of grime’s resurgence right up to its current chart-topping dominance
Sunday Mix: Sequoyah Murray
Atlanta singer Sequoyah Murray digs into his influences, jumping from pop to soul, rhythmic jams to jangling indie and even a brief dip into concussive beats
Jeff Mills at the Design Museum’s Moving to Mars exhibition
Life on Mars with the electronic music luminary
Courtesy Curates Kulør #1: Sister System
Our latest residency comes from Courtesy’s label Kulør, as each month the Danish DJ selects another artist associated with the label. First up is Miami’s Sister System
Hyperdub Takeover: Mana
Darkness and light wrestle for dominance on this ductile mix of hi-definition sounds from Mana
MARICAS #1: ISAbella
The Colombian DJ moves through the gears with strutting electro, wide-eyed idm and hefty breaks and bassweight.
Pop Zone #2: Umru
Charli XCX producer and PC Music signee, Umru, provides a short but sweet mix of hi-definition, amorphous sounds and laser-sharp beats
Honey Soundsystem Records #2: October
Bristol’s October is next up for the San Francisco institution, exclusively playing his own tracks and remixes for a sleazy delve into the darkness
Sunday Mix: Joe Armon-Jones
The Ezra Collective founder comes through with a mix of Pete Rock, Cypress Hill, Chaka Khan and more for you to sit back and bop with
Troy Gunner
Berlin-based producer and DJ Troy Gunner is the latest to grace our flagship Crack Mix series. With intricate texture and slamming percussion, there’s a unique deftness at work here
Domino #2: SASAMI
SASAMI, whose recent reverb-soaked debut struck a fragile balance between tender and blistering, steps up for our Domino residency
Incienso #1: Anthony Naples
The New York producer launches a new residency from Incienso, the label he runs with Jenny Slattery. Metallic house, Italo judders and cascading breakbeats make for a captivating first mix
Bamao Yendé
The Boukan Records honcho draws for sweet SA highlife, garage subs, syncopated breaks and warm, soulful pads on Crack Mix 313
Turbo Island’s Batter Bits #2
After last month’s collage of psychedelic pop and British whimsy, Turbo Island’s Batter Bits returns with a captivating set full of weirdo anthems
IEL / LUZ #2
Bright but characterised by a sense of restrained power, for the second instalment of their residency Luz draws for dubby textures and syncopated rhythms
Solid Blake
An hour of ravey electro and tough techno from one of Copenhagen’s finest
Metrist
Metrist walks the thin line where body music and experimentalism meet: slippery beat-structures, drum ‘n’ bass heft and HD sound-design intwined for a challenging but inherently funky whole.
Peach Discs #2: Videopath
Last year’s A Cure for Melancholy, contained two of the most infectious slices of house nostalgia we’ve heard in some time. Here Videopath deals in the same misty-eyed reverence for loose keys and irresistible basslines