All posts by Sam Cooper
Premiere: Kirik – MASQuerade
Nick Curly and Marc Scholl’s Cecille Records have had an impressive stint in 2026, releasing upbeat club anthems from names like Christian Burkhardt, Shokë, and...
Premiere: Nikka Lorak – Life Of A Genius
Belgian DJ and producer Nikka Lorak follows releases for Animarum Recordings and Cruel Kind Records with her latest single ‘Life Of A Genius’. Coming via...
Fresh Picks: Matrefakt
Releases on labels like Running Back, Warehouse Music, and Of Unsound Mind, alongside bookings at spots like Circus and Sisyphos, have made Liverpool duo Matrefakt...
Premiere: Tiger Stripes – Shape The Future
Tiger Stripes previews his upcoming studio album on Rekids with the first part in his ‘A Tiger Never Loses Its Stripes’ EP series, a four-track...
Premiere: Flug – Human Instinct
Deep, hypnotic techno comes by way of Argentinian producer Flug on Regal’s Backspin Records imprint, which is already marking it’s ninth release since launching back...
40 Questions: KLOUD
Blurring the lines between dark, intriguing cyberpunk and heavy-hitting hard techno, American artist KLOUD has brought original music to labels like broke, Verknipt, and now...
Premiere: Dangel Twins & Misha – Left Right
Zurich twin-sibling duo Dangel Twins join forces with American artist Misha for their latest single ‘Left Right’, landing on ABRA X, the sister imprint to...
Modeselektor announce new ‘MDSLKTR’ album and share single ‘AORTA’
Modeselektor return with their first new studio album since revisiting their back catalogue on ‘Modeselektor Classics Vol. 01’, bringing twelve new tracks to Monkeytown Records...
Premiere: Deas – Where Do They Go
Deas returns to CROWD with his five-track ‘Silent Tension’ EP, bringing together ‘I Wont Cry’, ‘Waterfall’, ‘Silent Tension’, ‘Where Do They Go’, and ‘Here Again’....
Best New Music: 010
Best New Music 010 focuses on techno, electro, progressive, and UK club sounds, moving between stripped-back rhythmic cuts and more layered melodic productions. Expect new...
DjRUM joins DJ-Kicks mix series for 90th edition
DjRUM contributes a new mix to the long-running DJ-Kicks series, spanning acid, classical, ambient, and electronic across an eclectic selection of club and experimental music....
KUSS debuts on Figure with six-track ‘Bleep Cult’ EP
KUSS makes his debut on Len Faki’s Figure with ‘Bleep Cult’, a six-track EP that moves through dark, visceral shades of techno. The French producer...
Behind The Brand: Julian Shay / Dispersion PR
Founded in 2007 by Julian Shay and Dean Muhsin, Dispersion PR has spent almost two decades supporting and promoting the music from your favourite club...
Premiere: Akero – I Need To Say It
Akero returns to Moving Pictures with his five-track ‘Ogninotte’ EP, featuring three original productions alongside Roman Rai’s ‘Complete Cosmic Rework’ and a remix from Täino....
Thomas Bangalter reflects on Daft Punk and other projects for CHANEL Connects
Thomas Bangalter appears on the most recent episode of CHANEL Connects, recorded live at Fondation Beyeler during Art Basel. The conversation features the Parisian producer,...
Premiere: Chris Liebing & Luke Slater – Double Split (Terence Fixmer Remix)
Chris Liebing and Luke Slater revisit their collaborative ‘Double Split’ original with a new remix package arriving on CLR. The release includes the original version...
In Focus 009: Southpoint
Over a decade since their launch in 2015, Southpoint has gone from being an underground label project to one of the UK’s best independent club...
Premiere: Berny & Abrão – Particulas (Ben Gomori’s Particle Accelerator Remix)
Berny & Abrão join forces for their new collaboration titled ‘Particulas’, which comes packaged as an EP alongside a remix from Monologues boss Ben Gomori...
Dusky announce ‘Signals’ album with new Anjunadeep single ‘Kadhalan’
Dusky have announced their fourth studio album ‘Signals’ with new single ‘Kadhalan’, a collaboration with Nadeem Karim and Pritt arriving via Anjunadeep. The London duo’s...
Premiere: Ignacio Arfeli – Do It All Again
Terminal M return with the 11th instalment of their ‘Bangers’ VA series, a four-track collection featuring productions from ADRIANNA, Giorgia Angiuli, Ignacio Arfeli, and Superstrobe....
40 Questions: AnD
AnD has spent more than two decades forging a path through harder electronic music, combining releases on labels like Soma, Perc Trax, and Instruments Of...
Interview: Juliet Fox talks ‘Phases of You’, TREGAMBE, and The Mother Frequency
Juliet Fox has entered one of the busiest periods of her career, balancing releases on labels including Armada Music and Black Hole Recordings with the...
jmoy debuts ‘Picture a Lake’ EP on quỳnh
Rotterdam-based emerging artist and designer jmoy debuts on quỳnh with their four-track ‘Picture a Lake’ EP, arriving via the imprint run by Belgian artist Emily...
Y U QT return to Technicolour with ‘Really Works’
Y U QT make a welcomed return to the Ninja Tune-owned Technicolour imprint, following a run of tracks which includes ‘Call My Name’ on the...
Interview: AOIFE returns to Tresor with all Irish ‘New Faces’ line-up
AOIFE continues to establish herself as one of Ireland’s most compelling emerging selectors, returning to Berlin’s Tresor this week to curate ‘New Faces’, centred on...
Interview: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith on making ‘RUIN: It’s Not Just Music’
For many artists, making one album is enough of an endeavour to define a career, with a second often arriving only after their debut finds its audience. Kaitlyn Aurelia...
MIX420: Nandu
Nandu returns to our mix series more than a decade on from his first appearance for MIX088 back in 2016, this time handling curation duties for MIX420. The Dannish...
Eoin DJ announces five-track ‘We Need It’ EP featuring Kim Ann Foxman remix
World of Worlds label head Eoin DJ steps up for the imprint’s third release, following music from Maruwa and Bella Sarris. Their five-track ‘We Need It’ EP was written...
Premiere: Futuristant – Feels Like A Circus
Futuristant returns to Obscura Music following a remix for Cafius and Victoria Rawlins’ ‘Stars Are Kind’ back in March, and an August collaboration with Berny titled ‘Movin’ In’. Releasing...
