There’s no party like a Wigflex party. Nottingham-based promoter Wigflex will be bringing their city-wide festival back this year for its second edition. Following a brilliant debut, Wigflex City Festival showcases Nottingham’s incredible potential, unrivalled creative talent and making a lasting change within the community. In 2019, Wigflex City Festival was held in over fifteen
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Playlist: Half Baked’s 10 Years In 10 Tracks
Half Baked is so synonymous with the London scene. First launched as a Sunday party in an arched car park in East London ten years ago, Half Baked fast became the sound of this pocket of London. It’s a sound that myself and so many people I know are closely connected to, becoming a staple
Influences: aphtc
aphtc is a collaborative project founded Berlin and Mainz-based producers Kl.ne and CRΞSC who are bonded by their youth experiences within the hardcore/punk scene and their love for modern bass music. Last year, the duo launched Arcane Patterns – a record label which ‘follow the broken beats, not the linear dreams’ according to their Bandcamp
YAM Records pick out their South London summer favourites
We may be deep into club szn, but that doesn’t mean its too early to fantasize about summers in the park? right? GALA Festival gave a sneak preview of its 2020 program last week, with the festival now taking place across two days (!!) on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th May. Returning to Peckham Rye
Influences: Raw Ambassador
There’s not much out there in the world about Raw Ambassador other than he’s from Italy and also previously released under the alias Antonio. That being said he’s stacking up quite a tasty discography with records on Mannequin, Smashing Tape Records, Natural Sciences and now Label In Disarray. Released last month, ‘Body Control’ is a
Influences: Swarm Intelligence
Hailing from Dublin, Swarm Intelligence has been pushing relentless, distorted techno records for more than a decade. Honing in on his skills and style, Swarm Intelligence has contributed outstanding releases to labels such as Motz, Killekill, HANDS and now NEW YORK TRAX Import. Debuting on the label with a killer four-track EP, the release is
Influences: KALLIDA Festival
Somerset’s KALLIDA Festival has proven itself to be one of the hottest tickets in the British festival calendar this summer. This year see’s the 400-capacity festival stretch its legs further in its 3rd edition with an insane roster of underground stars, including Joy Orbison, Yak, Teki Latex, DJ Bus Replacement Service, DEBONAIR, Itao, Fauzia, 2
Influences: Secretsundaze
As someone who’s recently moved to Berlin from London, writing about Secretsundaze makes me feel incredibly homesick. As a Londoner, part of the dance music community, Secretsundaze is your go-to label and party. It’s a promoter you’re introduced to very early on by your friends, waiting for each bank holiday to come around the corner
Influences: Territroy
For our most unique Influences feature to date, Greek duo Territroy talks us through the art forms that helped create their debut album ‘Skulls & Plants’. Landing on DKMNTL UFO imprint, the label named after the techno-focused stage at the mother festival, ‘Skulls & Plants’ combine the two opposing producers traits for a truly unique
Influences: Kujo
Lebanese artist Kujo is the creative mind behind one of the only experimental noise/techno labels coming out of the country, Modular Mind. The imprint is described as ‘an exponent of sonic exploration; a byproduct of a lost doctrine. The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend’. There’s an air of mystery