Electronic

Over the past five years SXM Festival has set its sights on crafting the perfect electronic music destination experience on the iconic shores of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. Fostered from the cultural core and physical wonder of its Caribbean home, SXM Festival has triumphed as a journey of world-class music and pristine natural beauty. Edition 2020... Read more »

BBC Radio 1 are set to launch a brand new home for undiscovered dance music this Sunday night, designed solely to showcase the next wave of emerging electronic talent. At the helm is rising star and trusted tastemaker and DJ, Jaguar. Following on from Huw Stephens’ Introducing show every Sunday night, BBC Introducing Dance will undoubtedly be the genesis... Read more »

A hypnotic mash of broken beats and glooming pads, Philipp Kempnich’s ‘Outline’ offers up an atmosphere unique to the dance music landscape. With sparkly arpeggios and a range of melodic touches, this track sketches up a gorgeous dream world no listener wouldn’t want to deep-dive in. The track is out on Eelke Kleijn’s label DAYS like NIGHTS... Read more »

Watergate favourites Frankey & Sandrino make a timely debut on the clubs imprint, with a classy remix by Tiefschwarz in toe. If you’ve found yourself at the Oberbaumbrücke institution on a Thursday in recent years, chances are Frankey & Sandrino were responsible for the soundtrack. The pair of Sandrino Tittel and Frank Beckers have captained... Read more »

After seizing the Indie Electronic spotlight with a set of eclectic singles, Montreal’s HOKI is set to release their debut album ‘Strangest Of Us All’. The collaborative project fuses Varti Deuchoghlian’s diverse experiences as a producer with Australian vocalist Brent McCormick’s powerful songwriting. With nearly two decades of combined experience and musical exploration, including former... Read more »

Henry Saiz’s ‘Digital Mirages’ EPs have been making waves in the scene since their releases on Natura Sonoris and now there’s another single ‘The Bard‘ coming out with a fresh new reimagining by Spaniard German Brigante. With the original track, Saiz shows, as always, his phenomenal ability to tell a story through his remarkable soundscapes... Read more »

Julien Chaptal is an electronic assembly — part French electronics, part Detroit synth machine, and part Dutch minimal robot. Purpose built with a modular brain, Julien’s performances are switched on, live, utterly groovy, and while pulsating with machine wiring, undeniably human. Chaptal’s newest record, The Way, out soon on Carl Cox’s Awesome Soundwave Records, was... Read more »

Berlin-based label maestro Francis Ledisko AKA Due Diligence has spent the last half of the decade curating and operating some of electronic music’s finest underground imprints. From guiding Tiga’s legendary Turbo Recordings as label manager to overseeing a legion of respected outlets on !K7 label roster, the Montrealer has garnered a stellar reputation for taste... Read more »

Hoki are a new name for your radar. The Montreal-based duo are leading a new wave of indie-infused electronic music with the release of their debut single ‘Almost Home’, which drops this month on The Young Proprietor imprint. It’s the first taste of their highly anticipated LP ‘Strangest Of Us All’ due this November. The... Read more »

Today, marks the launch of the long-awaited GAIA album ‘Moons Of Jupiter’. The iconic two-man front line, DJ/producer Armin van Buuren and producer Benno de Goeij (Rank 1) have been recording and producing since the ‘90s, the time when Armin van Buuren produced his signature song ‘Communication’, and when Benno de Goeij created masterpieces such... Read more »