Caterina Barbieri will release a new album of reworks featuring Lyra Pramuk, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Kali Malone, Nyege Nyege’s Jay Mitta, and more on Editions Mego. Fantas Variations maps out eight new variations of “Fantas,” the epic opening track on Caterina Barbieri’s 2019 release Ecstatic Computation. For the project, Barbieri invited friends from a variety of […]

“Bar25 – Days Out Of Time” (Bar25 – Tage ausserhalb der Zeit) is a love song to a place in the heart of Berlin that no longer exists. The feature documentary captures the freewheeling lifestyle of music, creativity, individuality, and unflagging energy that transformed a riverside wasteland into a fantasyland along the Spree. Seven years […]

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Night Time Economy, a cross-party group of more than 40 MPs, has today published the findings of its recent inquiry into the impact of Covid which warns that the sector is at risk of ‘extinction’ unless the  Government takes urgent action. The MPs urge the Prime Minister […]

Brighton-based Producer & DJ Just Her returns to Anjunadeep with the stunning four-track ‘Beautiful Nothing’ EP. ‘Beautiful Nothing’ EP is a deeply personal and carefully crafted study of how the global events of 2020 affected Just Her, along with the collective issues that we have all had to face. The EP showcases Just Her’s impressive […]

Alternative chill producer Nuit Oceān has released his Fire Divine Extended EP via ROUGE NEON RECORDS. This edition features two stunning new tracks – ‘Fearless’ and ‘Tears’ in addition to the recently released Fire Divine EP tracks. Nuit Oceān has always carried a wanderlust spirit, born and based in Bordeaux, France but allowing his feet […]

Alliance is the German musician’s fourth album, following 2019’s Hands Rest, also on Ki Records. It sees him retreating from his recent experimentations with avant-garde pop back into the world of deep, and often dark, electronica. As impressive sonically as it is technically, Aparde used a mixture of electronic sounds, analogue equipment and his own voice either as a sound […]

Special Request continues his impeccable run of form with a typically fervent entry into the DJ-Kicks mix series. His adventurous 26 track mix takes in personal favourites, new school classics and of course a selection of his own brand new and exclusive edits, dubs and reworks next to some overlooked gems. Leeds based Paul Woolford […]

A new book from photographer Marie Staggat and journalist Timo Stein has captured Berlin’s iconic clubbing venues during lockdown. As the pandemic led to an involuntary silence descending on what were once the city’s loudest locations, Staggat and Stein visited 40 clubs between April and December 2020, interviewing those that keep the German capital’s club […]

Next month, Echocord will release the latest EP from Harvey Bones (a.k.a. El Choop), titled Insane Sends. The EP is Bones’ first outing on the Danish label and will feature two originals and a remix from Sven Wisemann, who returns to the label for his second appearance. For those familiar with Bones’ work as El […]

A selection of our favorite music submitted by XLR8R+ members last month. Our submissions portal was overflowing in January, making it our busiest month yet, but not at the expense of quality. It’s taken us some time to listen and digest all the submissions, but after some consideration—and some intense debate—we’re ready to share our […]