The Lowdown: Field Maneuvers

In the last few years I’ve seen an increasing appetite for smaller DIY festivals which are usually less than 1000 capacity and have a community-driven approach to programming. Whether that’s because I’m getting older and my social anxiety steers me away from these huge, often commercial, festivals or that the world that I orbit in

Untitled 909 Podcast 163: Kampire

I’m writing this up as another edition of Dekmantel Festival comes to a close and it could not be more fitting. I first saw Kampire play at Dekmantel last year after serendipitously coming across her set at the Greenhouse stage. It ended up being one of our favourite sets of the weekend – the energy

The Lowdown: Salamanda

Enter the dreamlike world of Seoul-based duo Salamanda. Since meeting in 2018, Sala (aka Uman Therma) and Manda (aka Yetsuby) have become known for their ethereal ambient-leaning productions for labels such as Wisdom Teeth, Human Pitch,Good Morning Tapes and Small Méasures. Each release is a collection of the world around them which is often translated

The Lowdown: Passion DEEZ

Coming through the pirate radio scene, Amsterdam-based DJ Passion DEEZ has been involved in music for over 10 years now. With his first introduction to music in Zimbabwe, it wasn’t until he moved to the UK at the age of six when things started to really click. It feels like it was written in the