Fact 2021: Commissions and Live Performance
A look back at this year’s Fact-commissioned pieces and live performances filmed around the world. In 2021, Fact launched a new series of original commissions from some of the wo
Fact 2021: Mixes
We’ve selected 20 incredible Fact mixes that we think best represent a very strange year for music. Global supply chains are fucked, touring the world is, for better or worse, be
Fact 2021: Residency
This year we invited a new cohort of world class artists, musicians and collectives to participate in Fact’s online Residency program. Faced with the unremitting bleakness of a w
Fact Mix 840: Time Is Away
“Something to move to and think with.” For our final mix of a relentlessly difficult year we can think of no greater duo to see us into a new, hopefully brighter one than Time
Fact 2021: Patch Notes
We select some of the most memorable Patch Notes sessions from the year gone by. Last year, when we launched our Patch Notes series, the world was largely locked down, with artists
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
Against The Clock: LYZZA
Against The Clock is a series where we give an artist 10 minutes in the studio and see what they come up with. Brazilian-born, Amsterdam-based LYZZA’s fusion of club music a
Various Artists – Torque Force
I remember the good old days of collecting split LP’s and split 7″s as a teenager in the 1980’s. It was a staple of the 80’s punk world and the DIY ethos th
Fact Mix 839: De Schuurman
Two mixes from the bubbling innovator that document key moments in his artistic evolution. In the late 1980s, a chance mistake by Curacao’s DJ Moortje created an entirely new gen
juuku – burning
juuku ends his year on a high note with “burning”. Sticking to his go-to sound of emotion evoking trap vibes, this one will get you moving without a doubt. After a grip of well
Cyanbaal – Dark Reflections
Cyanbaal (See’ann -Ball) return with their fourth album Dark Reflections and first with American collaborator and now full-time member Haether Wayward. Previously, Cyanbaal w
Erol Alkan Puts New Twist on Confidence Man's 'Holiday'
Having recently released the first single from their forthcoming sophomore LP TILT, Confidence Man enlists Erol Alkan and Bruise to remix their “Holiday.” Confidence Man is kno
.SYS Machine – Graceful Isolation
.SYS MACHINE is the chill, electronic project of Dave McAnally who is known for his work in his industrial metal project Derision Cult. As far as I can see, .SYS MACHINE got their
LICK Shows Off His Versatility on New Album BEYOND THE VOID
For most of 2021, LICK has been slowly teasing out his new album. After numerous singles the time has finally arrived for the whole collection to be unveiled. BEYOND THE VOID is a
LABOUR live at Metabolic Rift
A performance of LABOUR’s recent work ‘the hit of enlightenment (بیگانگی)’, recorded at Berlin’s Kraftwerk. In September 2021, the team behind Berlin Atonal launched
NYX, MA.MOYO and Nick Cobby meditate through nature, symbiosis and collective consciousness in Mutualism
A communal collaboration between 14 different artists, Mutualism was created as a collective response to humanity’s relationship to the natural world. The product of an iterative
Apollo XO & Tanner Dixon – Metamora (Radio Edit)
Apollo XO doesn’t believe in sticking to one genre and it really shows on his latest offering “MetaMora” with Tanner Dixon. The Chicago based producer’s backbeat on the
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
Benda Drops 'Broward Bezel' EP on Subsidia
Following the success of Tommy Gun, a frenzied collaborative single with Tisoki, Miami-born producer and DJ Benda makes a mark with his new multifaceted project “Broward Bezel EP
Hi I’m Ghost Presents “Death Rail” Remix EP feat: Snails, Hairitage, Whales, and JOOL
Following the release of “Death Rail,” Snails, Hi I’m Ghost, and the Slugz Music crew continue to bring the bass with a fiery remix compilation. Including “Death Rail” re