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Rafael Anton Irisarri Reveals His Secret Risotto Recipe

Rafael Anton Irisarri has covered a lot of ground with us over the years, including two exclusive mixes (one from his woozy techno alias The Sight Below, and one from the Benoît Pioulard collab Orcas), a personal essay about discovering electronic music vis-a-vis The Orb, and a rebuttal-inspired rundown of 100 crucial ambient records. Nothing […]

Lorenzo Senni
Makes Us a Mixtape
Of His Favorite
Hardcore Songs

Photo JOHN DIVOLA This won’t come as a surprise to anyone who noticed the Refused nod in his “The Shape of Trance to Come” single, but Lorenzo Senni is a big hardcore punk fan. Always has been, always will. And while he discussed it during a detailed RBMA interview, the endorphin-flooding electronic producer has never […]

10 Albums That Shaped
Choir Boy’s Sound

Photo JORDAN UTLEY Here’s the thing about Choir Boy singer Adam Klopp: his voice is so captivating, so utterly out-of-this-world that it’s easy to forget there’s a proper band co-piloting the project’s ethereal pop songs. In the three years since Choir Boy signed to Dais with their Sunday Light EP, the group’s core duo of […]

Frank Ene Reveals
First Solo Record,
Wymond Miles Collab

Photo JAMES CROMWELL HOLDEN When we ask Frank Ene (formerly of Pure Bliss and The Fall of Troy) about the lead single from his long overdue solo debut, the singer/multi-instrumentalist presents it as two sides of the same coin. “It’s fun,” he says, “and, more importantly, it’s without compromise.” “Fun” is not the first word […]

Kayla Painter Reveals Ambient Zoon van snooK Remix

“I wanted to create a slow, meandering, climbing track using the original sounds and a unique palette that takes the listener on a journey much like a gentle frosty climb into the mountains.” – Kayla Painter “Furthering the themes for the video I created for Zoon van snooK’s original track, this clip goes deeper and […]

Andrew Tuttle On…
10 Things Americans
Should Know
About Cricket

Words ANDREW TUTTLE Photo BRYAN SPENCER “How is cricket played?” articles are plentiful on the internet, so if you’re looking for the rules, have a search! I’m going to share a few interesting tidbits and observations of my favourite sport — one that I was never good at, but where my enthusiasm in watching and […]

Southern Shores’ New
EP Transports Us to
Another Time and Place

Southern Shores couldn’t have come up with a more surreal opening sample for its Siena (Part I) EP than this soliloquy: “I really, really feel free for the first time. I’m starting to live for the here and now. I’m not scared anymore.” Kinda weird considering fear is our de facto state of being, right? […]