Ireland’s biggest music festival is back for its fifth edition, with a lineup to truly secure its place in the electronic music calendar. AVA Festival and Conference will be returning to Boucher Road for a two-day bash kicking off Friday 31st May. Ben UFO, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Courtesy, Avalon Emerson, Len Faki, Call Super
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Pépe debuts on Loose Fit with ‘Trouble Glider’
The release follows on from a slew of tracks on the likes of Lobster Theremin, Deep Sea Frequency and Renascence. Hailing from Valencia, Pépe contributes a euphoric, Balearic inspired cut for Loose Fits third release and enlist Lauer (better known as Tuff City Kids) for remix duty. The new record proceeds an exciting year for
Dekmantel Festival announces 2019 line-up
The 7th edition boasts their broadest and boldest line-up to date. Kicking things off on Wednesday 31st July, the festival will play host to over 100 performances. The line-up includes artists from all corners of the world with Sunn O))), Suzanne Ciani, Mulatu Astatke, Cybotron, Jeff Mills, Nitzer Ebb, Róisín Murphy, Pharaoh Sanders and his Quartet
Nachtdigital reveals first artists for 2019 with Marie Davidson, Deena Abdelwahed, Shed, Woody and more
The festival will take place from the 2nd to 4th August at Bungalowdorf Olganitz. Spanning across five stages which, are gathered around a lake at an old holiday camp, the first wave of artists includes Batu, Deena Abdelwahed, Marie Davidson, Powder, Woody, Shed, Sonja Moonear, Vlada, Woody, Wata Igarashi, Perm, DVS1, Inigo Kennedy and more.
Instytut Festival announces first artists for 2019 with Ancient Methods, Donato Dozzy, Tommy Four Seven, Marco Shuttle and more
Returning across 21st and 22nd June, the festival will take place in Modlin Garrison on the outskirts of Warsaw. For the second edition, Instytut will be building five stages in a completely new, unique scenery with over forty of the best visual artists arranging the historical space. Over the course of two days, the site
fabric reveals 20th anniversary plans with year long celebration
Following a three-day blackout, fabric has broken their silence to launch a series of special events and activities in celebration of reaching 20 years. Over the course of the year, fabric will be throwing 20 parties in addition to their regular schedule. Branded fabric XX, the first phase of announcement includes Lee Burridge, Tale Of
Shanti Celeste & Hodge announce debut collaboration ‘Soba Dance’
The EP marks the first release of the year on Celeste’s Peach Discs imprint. Comprising of three-tracks, the EP highlights the best of both producer’s styles whilst teasing out new ideas together with their focus remaining on the dancefloor. The artwork for the EP was designed by Shanti Celeste and new label co-owner Gramrcy. Shanti
Luke Slater announces new Planetary Assault Systems double EP ‘Straight Shooting’
Landing on Mote-Evolver, the double EP follows on from the 2017 release of ‘Desert Races’ on the label. Comprising of six tracks, ‘Straight Shooting’ returns to the original hypnotic productions of PAS. To be released on the 1st March, the collection of tracks showcase familiar themes of space and sci-fi throughout. Slater recently reissued his seminal
Toronto collective FORTH announce new compilation ‘Forth Vol.2’
The five-track collection will be released next month. Following on from last year’s debut, Forth’s second compilation is an exploration of escapism within electronic music spanning across breaks, IDM and techno. The five contributions represents the wealth of talent happening in Toronto at the moment with releases from Aquarian (Bedouin Records, UNO NYC), E-Saggila (Bank
Field Day announces first names for 2019 with Skepta, Jorja Smith, Bonobo, Courtesy, HAAi and more
The festival will be taking place from the 7th to 8th June at Meridian Water in North London. Topping the bill this year will be Skepta for his only London festival appearance and hailing from the nearby Meridian Walk Estate, it will be a homecoming gig like no other. Joining him will be Jorja Smith,