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Neopop festival reveals day and stage splits for 2022

The Portuguese festival has shared the full details for its upcoming edition this summer. Neopop Festival will be held at Viana do Castelo from 10-13 August. Across the four-day event, the Neo Stage will host the likes of Peggy Gou, Honey Dijon, 999999999 and Cobblestone Jazz. On the Anti Stage, there’ll be a Hessle Audio[…]

No Bounds adds I.Jordan, Mun Sing and Beatrice Dillon to 2022 line-up

The Sheffield festival has unveiled more details for its edition this October. No Bounds has announced more names to play this year with Mun Sing, I.Jordan, Palms Trax, Proteus and DJ Fart in the Club joining the bill. The festival will also welcome turntablist Nik Nak, a back-to-back from Craig Richards and Calibre, plus sets[…]

Berghain shares new protocols on harm-reduction and awareness

The Berlin club has outlined its new safety rules in light of recent needle and drink spiking incidents at the venue. “Previously unwritten rules need to be spoken out due to a rise in needle/drink spiking of club goers,” the statement on Berghain’s website reads. “While it is important to note that such unwitting, non-consensual[…]

Tributes paid to Goblin’s Massimo Morante

The co-founder and guitarist of the cult Italian prog-rock band has died aged 70. News of Massimo Morante’s passing was confirmed on the official Goblin Facebook page yesterday (23 June). “Goblin announce with a heavy heart and in total disbelief the passing of founder and guitar master Massimo Morante,” the post read. The musician’s daughter[…]

EXIT Festival adds final names to 2022 line-up and shares stage splits

The Serbian festival returns to the Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad from 7-10 July. EXIT Festival has shared the final names joining this year’s bill, including Disciples, Ofenbach and Iva Lorens. These latest additions complete the line-up alongside previously confirmed Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Napalm Death, Iggy Azalea, BĘÃTFÓØT, Sepultura and Calvin Harris. As[…]

Objekt, Huerco S and Object Blue to play Tresor’s 31st anniversary celebrations

The Berlin label and club is celebrating with a two-month long programme of events. This year marks Tresor’s 31s anniversary. To commemorate the milestone they’re holding events across 20 nights this summer throughout July and August. Today, they have announced over 80 more names joining the festival including sets from Objekt, Logic1000, Underground Resistance and[…]

Decibel Open Air unveils full line-up for 2022

The festival heads to Parco delle Cascine in Florence, Italy from 10-11 September. 2manydjs, KAS:ST, Solardo and Mattia Trani – who will perform a live set – are amongst the final names joining the bill. Other artists completing the 2022 line-up are 1979, Kommando and Malandria Jr. These latest additions join previously confirmed sets from[…]

NOW Gallery hosts new installation Maiden Voyage by JeeYoung Lee

The art commission runs from 23 June to 25 September at the gallery in Greenwich Peninsula, London. NOW Gallery‘s latest installation comes from South Korean multi-disciplinary artist and designer JeeYoung Lee. Entitled Maiden Voyage the piece comprises a forest of 400 hand-crafted hanging ginkgo leaves with paper aeroplanes and a boat floating through. The installation[…]

Discover The Mellow Vibes Created By Juan Minatta

“Best Of Me” is Juan Minatta’s new single we have been loving! His music does not lack in personality and has so much profoundness that’s expressed through simple words, which makes the entire piece land with unprecedented magnitude. The artist speaks about giving a chance to a love interest. or any relationship for that matter,[…]

Lunchbox Candy returns to ÆDEN Berlin this weekend

The queer event holds its fourth outing at the Berlin clubbing institute this Saturday (25 June). Lunchbox Candy brings its “gender-bending celebration” to ÆDEN for their next party. This time they host the launch of Elninodiablo’s new EP Vaugahyde Remixes. They also present a pre-release screening of the music video for Vaugahyde, created by Lunchbox[…]

DGTL Barcelona completes line-up for 2022

The Catalonian edition of DGTL festival comes to Parc del Fòrum from 2-3 September. DGTL Barcelona has announced its second wave of acts set to play this year. Newly confirmed artists include former Crack Magazine cover stars Eris Drew and Anz, Jayda G, HAAi and Sven Väth. Across the five stages, the festival will also[…]

Objekt drops surprise new EP, Objekt #5

The producer and DJ has released his first new music since 2018’s Cocoon Crush. Today’s EP is the latest in Objekt‘s eponymous whitelabel series. Objekt #5 comprises two “slow banger” club tracks entitled Bad Apples and Ballast. The 12″ release follows on from 2017’s Objekt #4 which featured his most dance cut Theme From Q.[…]

Bristol label Idle Hands announces “last release for the time being”

The 12-inch features tracks from Bruce, K-Lone, Rhythmic Theory and Glances. Bristol label and record shop Idle Hands has announced details of their upcoming record IDLE065 and said this will be their final release. “This is the end of a chapter,” they wrote, “the last Idle Hands release for the time being.” The vinyl is[…]

Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared TV series shares first trailer

A first look at the new TV series. In 2020, the cult YouTube series Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared announced that it’d been commissioned by Channel 4. Now, a first trailer has been released and it sets an eerie scene – a static-filled TV screen, wreckage and smoke in an abandoned warehouse. Duck, a member of the[…]

Coby Sey announces debut solo album, Conduit

The record is slated for release on 9 September via AD 93. A member of London-based collective CURL, along with Mica Levi and Brother May, and frequent Tirzah collaborator, Coby Sey has shared details of his debut solo record Conduit. The eight-track release is written, arranged, performed, produced and mixed by Sey. Conduit also features additional instrumental[…]

As it turns out, FKA twigs and Jorja Smith are cousins

The pair have realised they’re related. FKA twigs has revealed in a new interview that, after teaming up with Jorja Smith on the track darjeeling, the pair discovered that they’re cousins. She told GQ: “I’d never met her before, and I jumped in her car with her, and I remember thinking to myself, ‘Gosh, that’s really strange.[…]

Four Tet wins royalty rate dispute with Domino

Four Tet has won a court case against Domino. The producer – real name Kieran Hebden – has had on ongoing dispute with the label over the royalty rate of his earlier work. In 2021, Hebden took legal action against Domino. The producer wanted to claim a 50 percent royalty rate, while Domino chose to[…]