New East London record fair to take place this week
A new East London record fair hosted by Next Door Records will take place this weekend. The record store has teamed up with Hackney venue, Oslo, to host the free record fair
Brighton club Patterns announces Helena Hauff, dBridge, Tailor Jae, more for early 2022 parties
Brighton club Patterns has announced its first run of parties for 2022, with line-ups confirmed from January up to March. DJs set to play the club over the next few months include
Fact Mix 842: Fiyahdred
An epic, two-hour journey through the wide variety of music that has informed the south London producer, artist and DJ’s sound over the years. Last year the artist formerly known
Pioneer DJ launch two new Serato controllers
Pioneer DJ has launched two new Serato controllers with a totally new design – the DDJ-REV-1 and the DDJ-REV-7. Aimed at opposite ends of the experience spectrum, both contr
Kush Arora announces new EP on Tash LC’s Club Yeke Label
Kush Arora has announced a new EP on Tash LC’s label, Club Yeke. ‘Vision’ will arrive on 7th February. The release features two collaborative tunes — resp
:3LON launches label, PLUR.net, with new single, ‘Quantum Leaping'
Baltimore-based producer, singer and songwriter :3LON, AKA Elon Battle, is launching a new label, PLUR.net, with the first single, ‘Quantum Leaping’, set to b
This Eternal Decay – Nocturnæ
With everybody on a bit of a retro kick within the realm of synthpop, darkwave, and other related genres, I feel as if poor production, mixing, and mastering has become something o
Rezz shares new track, 'Menace': Listen
Rezz has shared a new track, ‘Menace’. Out now, the track was first teased during her performance at last year’s HARD Summer event, but was left off recent album
Kevin Saunderson shares remix of Andrea Oliva's new single, 'Transit': Listen
Kevin Saunderson has remixed Andre Oliva’s recent single ‘Transit’. The Detroit legend’s take on the Swiss artist’s track bring the staccato strings o
Grimes wants to release an “absurdly long” nightcore album
The 35-track record has supposedly been in the works since 2015. A Grimes nightcore album may well be on its way. The former Crack Magazine cover star – who is due to release her
VTSS shares new single, ‘For Your Safety’, from Technicolor EP: Listen
VTSS has shared a new single, ‘For Your Safety’, lifted from her forthcoming ‘Projections’ EP on Ninja Tune’s Technicolor imprint. Listen to it below. It’s the se
Andrew Weatherall’s remixes for Heavenly Recordings compiled on new album
Andrew Weatherall’s remixes for Heavenly Recordings have been compiled on a new album, which will land on Friday 28th January. Comprising two parts — ‘Heavenly
Fact 2021: Audiovisual
We round up a selection of the best music videos, short films and audiovisual experiments we were thrilled to present in 2021. Fact’s focus on audiovisual art and performance ove
Four Tet's albums removal from streaming services by Domino “deliberate, cynical and outrageous”, says lawyer
The recent removal of Four Tet’s Domino-released albums from streaming services has been described the artist’s legal team as “deliberate, cynical and outrageous&
Alok shares official remix of Squid Game soundtrack: Listen
Alok has shared an official remix of the Squid Game soundtrack. Taking the ominous vocal tones that appear throughout the immensely popular Netflix series, the Brazilian DJ and pro
Thom Yorke shares new playlist featuring aya, Blawan, Space Afrika and Blackhaine
The Radiohead frontman has shared a new playlist as part of his In the Absence Thereof… series. Thom Yorke has shared the sixth instalment of his Sonos Radio playlist series, cal
Listen to the new Matrix Resurrections soundtrack now
The soundtrack to Matrix Resurrections, composed by Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer, has landed on streaming platforms ahead of the movie’s release on 22nd December. Arriv
Tangerine Dream announce new album, 'Raum'
Tangerine Dream are releasing a new album, ‘Raum’. The album is the group’s second since the death of founding member Edgar Froese in 2015, and while working on t
Death Hags – The Alice Tape
Self-proclaimed interstellar psychedelic noise pop producer Death Hags had a very, very special Halloween planned for everyone that you (and, admittedly, myself) most likely missed
Our top 25 tracks of the year in one definitive playlist
Lock into our end of year playlist. The year is coming to an end and here, at Crack Magazine, we’ve been feeling reflective. We’ve listed out our top 50 albums of the year, bes