Interviews

Flamingo Pier have spent the past decade weaving sunlight into sound. Born in New Zealand and shaped in London’s warehouses, studios, and dance floors, the trio have grown from a DIY party into a fully-fledged live act, festival founders, and creators of a warm, melodic strain of dance music that feels both expansive and deeply... Read more »

Some artists evolve with the times. Others seem to exist somewhere outside of them. After more than 17 years immersed in electronic music, Beirut-based artist Pambouk has developed a sound that feels both deeply rooted and difficult to place, a meeting point between deep, driving rhythms, emotive melodies, and richly textured electronic production. A Grammy-nominated... Read more »

For most artists, the numbers that matter are scattered across a dozen places: streams on Spotify, chart positions on Beatport, Shazams, radio spins, follower growth on TikTok and Instagram, and the 1001Tracklists records of who’s actually playing your track in the booth. Songstats was built to bring all of that into a single view, and... Read more »

What happens when you take a DJ, an ultramarathon, and eight hours of music and put them together? For BPMATHON founder Eddy Palermo, the answer is a world record, 46.7 kilometres, and a very different kind of endurance test. Built around the idea that music comes first and running comes second, BPMATHON is less about... Read more »

For nearly two decades, Jamie Boyer has been quietly building an expansive world of electronic music under the Russian Linesman alias. Based in Nottingham, his latest and most ambitious project, ‘Remember When We Were Thriving,’ brings together 14 deeply introspective tracks shaped by memory, identity, nostalgia, and the psychology of change. Described by Boyer as... Read more »

Pedro Gariani has spent the last few years building a career that sits at the intersection of house music, Brazilian culture and club culture. From appearances at Tomorrowland Brasil, Time Warp, and HÖR Berlin to opening for names including Fatboy Slim and Laurent Garnier, his profile has continued to grow both in Brazil and internationally.... Read more »

Dennis Liber makes music shaped by movement, memory, and the quiet magic of human connection. Raised between cultures and carried across continents, his sound feels like a warm breeze from everywhere he’s lived: cosmic, groovy, sunlit, and deeply emotional.  After years in the Caribbean and Tulum, surrounded by friends who value intention and freedom, his... Read more »

Rainer Trüby’s Root Down has always been more than a club night. It is a spirit, a community, and a long running conversation between dancers, DJs, and the deep musical roots that shaped three decades of sound.  As ‘Root Down 30’ arrives, the story behind it reveals not only where the night came from, but... Read more »

With three decades spent shaping the house music landscape, Rocco Rodamaal has built a career defined by musicality, depth, and an enduring connection to the dancefloor.  From his formative years in Lyon and the landmark Rodamaal project with Manoo and Alex Santos to releases on Freerange, COD3 QR, Memories, Dopewax and Stay True Sounds, his... Read more »

Founded in 2018 by Carl Cox and Christopher Coe, Awesome Soundwave has spent the past eight years championing artists who create and perform electronic music live, releasing over 80 titles along the way. The label recently launched ASW Live, a new event series returning to smaller venues, with opening nights at Pawn Shop in Dublin... Read more »