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Ambient music has long been a genre with an intimate connection to both imagined and specific spaces, rooted as far back as 1917 with Erik Satie's seminal 'Furniture Music'. In both the East and West, music with a direct function relating to space has found itself at the heart of ambient's development, and the clearest, most explicit examples can be found in Japan's pioneering 80's ambient scene.
A night / mix series focused on techno, EBM and all things industrial, Apogee now have a bi-monthly residency at Rye Wax. We sat down with founder / resident Abstraction to talk about their ethos, radio, residents, punk, and Jaded after parties.
Chicago's Millia Rage releases his debut EP on Sweat Equity this month. The rising talent distils an array of dance-floor orientated sounds and styles into a hard hitting, abrasive EP of genre bending club. Opener 'Sensi' is a tactfully chaotic, warped club track full of dark textures and layered percussion.
Having recently supported the likes of Iglooghost and Samiyam, things are looking bright for Leeds based producer Us and It. Permahigh release his new 5 track EP - Nonsense Poetry. 'Cool' is a colourful, high energy 160bpm highlight. Emblematic of Us and It's approach, the track frenetically works its way through multiple sections and a...
BUY TICKETS This year's No Bounds festival is on the horizon - a weekend of music, art and technology taking place across various spaces in the city, from museums, warehouses and galleries to swimming pools and underground tunnels.
Consistently pushing the envelope with their bookings, Force Majeure (FM) returned to Hatch (formerly the Audacious Art Experiment) with a wicked line-up of percussive club, techno, grime + more. Founded in 2015, FM have spent the past few years carving out a niche for bringing innovative, underground electronic sounds to Sheffield.
Ahead of his set for Sourdough at Bungalows and Bears this Friday, we chatted to Habibi Funk about the label, some crazy stories of tracking down artists, the implications of postcolonialism, and today's UK club culture.
With previous releases garnering support from the likes of Ben UFO and Gilles Peterson, 'More Time' records return with a new 5 track EP from Mxshi Mo. Based in South Africa's East Coast, Mxshi Mo's sound combines local Gqom stylings with an array of other dark club influences.