Interviews

From the raw energy of UK garage and reggae sound system culture to the soulful edges of broken beat, Last Nubian has built a reputation for music that defies easy categorisation. As he joins Freerange Records’ 30-year celebrations with the standout cut ‘Magic’, he reflects on collaboration, live performance, underground music culture and why the... Read more »

Ahead of their ‘Mycelium Bloom album release on NuNorthern Soul, we caught up with Muzka, Dan, and Simon to talk about imaginary landscapes, cosmic connections, Ibiza sunsets, creative curveballs, and the strange worlds that grow when three likeminded musicians give each other complete freedom.  From mystical forests and star filled skies to Dutch vocals, Parisian... Read more »

Rooted in the boundless musical traditions of Brazil and shaped by a life spent exploring sounds across continents, Caetano Malta has spent over three decades carving out a distinctive creative identity. Blending MPB, Tropicalia, Afro-Brazilian rhythms, and psychedelic influences, his music reflects a world without borders, where cultural exchange and instinctive experimentation go hand in... Read more »

Low Volume is a project built on friendship, patience and a shared love of electronic music. The story began in Pune in the 1990s, during a time when India’s club scene was still finding its feet, before the pair eventually found themselves living in Germany and making music together in a small bedroom studio. What... Read more »

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 »