One of the many expats living in Berlin, P.Leone has been paving his way with deep, rhythmic techno cuts released on labels such as Radio Slave’s Rekids and Work Them Records. Also running his own label E-Missions where himself and co-founder Caiazzo as well as new artists Rush Plus and Tred have all made their
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The Lowdown: Solid Blake
Copenhagen’s electronic output has been making it’s way across Europe with artists such as Kasper Marrott, Mama Snake, Schacke, Rune Bagge and more being booked at some of the biggest festivals and venues. Alongside them is Glasgow-born Solid Blake who moved to the city to study her masters and co-founded the now-defunct DJ collective Apeiron Crew
The Lowdown: Henry Greenleaf
There’s no shortage of independent record labels in the industry at the moment and this is making it easier for artists to get their music out there. It’s for this reason that three friends – Agrippa, Henry Greenleaf and Meta – joined together to launch a bass-driven label called Par Avion earlier this year. With
Chrissy: “And just like back then, the dance music scene is becoming more overtly political again in response, and resisting those oppressive forces”
Hardcore is slowly but surely infiltrating the music scene on a wider scale again – with plays across mainstream radio, the fashion industry taking inspiration from the free party movement and broadsheet media talking about ‘what clubbing culture used to be’. And as the world goes in to political turmoil, it feels fitting that a
Alinka: “People say you only need one person in a room to believe in you, and that’s absolutely right.”
When you enter the world of DJing, you set yourself up for a life of travelling, sometimes never being in one city for more than 24 hours. For Ukrainian artist Alinka, this is something that happened very early on in her life as her family moved from Ukraine to Vienna before eventually settling in Chicago
Label Love Affair: Dusk Notes
Hailing from New York, Dusk Notes was founded four years ago by Cory James and Soramimi, who individually are both established producers but together they are a power house pushing tasteful, experimental music. The pair met by chance at a venue that Soramimi was working at and soon connected over their musical tastes and New Yorker
The Lowdown: LDY OSC
Learning from a young age that you don’t have to follow the system, Mexican producer Alyssa Barrera Auvinen has been following the beat of her own drum for quite a while now. With her musical journey beginning when her brother was in an industrial band in the late 90s, it wasn’t long before Auvinen was infatuated
DJ Deep: “I come from a time where it was music first”
Breaking through in the music industry at a time where there wasn’t such a thing as social following, where those likes and shares didn’t impact the gigs you were booked for, it leaves all your motivation and drive to focus on the important factors. For French producer, DJ and label owner DJ Deep it has
The Lowdown: Idealist
With the intensity of city life often being credited with draining our creativity, artists isolate themselves in order to focus on a project. For Idealist, the need to be away from the hustle and bustle, with no distractions and no concept of time, in order to create music motivated him to move outside of Zurich.
The Lowdown: TERR
Influenced by the DIY attitude and sense of freedom and self-expression of punk rock, TERR – real name Daniela Caldellas – became incredibly connected to music, using her journey as a way to experiment with sounds and ideas. Growing up in Brazil’s Belo Horizonte, Caldellas now resides in Barcelona and started her music career in a group