Five Essentials: Dark Sky

2016 is set to be a landmark year for Dark Sky. Having displayed an impressive strength in musical versatility via a plethora of singles and EPs on key labels such as Mister Saturday Night, 50 Weapons and Tectonic … Read More

Five Robert Owens Essentials: Felix Dickinson

Flashback to fabric’s 16th Birthday: Sunday evening, ravers begrudgingly waiting for Room 3 to open up again to experience what is one of the highlights of the weekend’s birthday celebrations. Unexpected back-to-backs are commonplace and, soon, party vibes fill Room … Read More

In Conversation With: Jay Haze

Nomad, philanthropist, photographer, filmmaker, artist. 17 years as a touring DJ, producer and label head.

Born in Philadelphia, Jay Haze left in the early 00s to reside in Berlin – also home to his labels TuningSpork and Contexterrior. With a … Read More

esque returns for first birthday shindig at The Depot

East London promoters esque return to the London circuit this Saturday December 5th, as they take over a new Clapton venue to celebrate their first birthday.

Joining residents on the night will be Golesworthy, whose recent Groove Points and Housework … Read More

Five Essentials: Alan Fitzpatrick

Memories Of A Tme Once Past But Long Forgotten was my first introduction to Alan Fitzpatrick, a piece that expertly blended emotive and thought-provoking chords and synths with the driving undercurrent of kick drums. It was clear this was an … Read More

Five Essentials: Krywald & Farrer

Next up in our Five Essentials series are London mainstays Krywald & Farrer. Long-time residents of inimitable party collective Percolate, their most recent outing ‘The People’s Asafo’ was released to wide acclaim on Rob Da Bank’s Silver Bear Recordings. Just … Read More

Digging Deep: Deadbeat

This month sees the release of Scott Monteith aka Deadbeat’s highly anticipated new album Walls and Dimensions. Far from just another dancefloor-aimed record, the inspiration for this latest collection comes from a much more difficult place for the seasoned producer.

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UE.33: CJ Weaver | Urban Essence

Let’s cast our minds back to a time when a certain popular music streaming website wasn’t digging its own grave or Public Enemy No. 1. It was one of those random Soundcloud b2b Football Manager sinkhole escapades that truly paid … Read More

Five Essentials: Gacha Bakradze

Another week, another Five Essentials selection. Stepping up this week is R&S/Apollo affiliate and co-founder of vinyl-only, Parisien-cum-Georgian imprint Transfigured Time – Gacha Bakradze. Difficulties with distribution has unfortunately pushed the label’s third release back to mid-November at the time … Read More

UE.31: Philou Louzolo presents ‘Afrigalactic’

While the dance music world descends on Amsterdam for ADE this weekend, the nearby city of Rotterdam will also be buzzing with the arrival of Afrofuturism Now!

A new event run by multimedia arts centre and creative space WORM, Afrofuturism … Read More