Honour
Honour may or may not have grown up in the US, making beats with a cousin who sang in a church band. They might have toured as a roadie with platinum-selling R&B outfit Pretty Ricky before acing regional video game tournaments and moving to NYC. They could have sold their life story to children’s book […]
Marcus Schmickler & Z-Ensemble
Composer of contemporary and electronic music Marcus Schmickler works at the interface of computer music and ensemble composition, performance and science. Whether as an improviser, sound sculptor or representative of computer music in a club context – he is one of the avant-garde protagonists of today and is a figurehead of the Cologne music scene. […]
Z-Ensemble
The Z-Ensemble is an international collective of young saxophonists based in Zürich, Switzerland. Mainly dedicated to new music for different saxophones and electronics, the group has toured internationally and presented projects in festivals and venues around Switzerland, Germany, Spain and Hungary. Their approach as a modular constellation and the flexibility of their instruments offer a […]
Josey Rebelle
Raised in a Caribbean culture of dancers, DJs, and sound system operators, London-born-and-bred DJ Josey Rebelle seamlessly traverses genres with a fearless energy that evokes the spirit of her home city. She was a resident at legendary London basement club Plastic People as well as the decade-long host of a weekly show on pioneering London […]
Tom Boogizm
Tom Boogizm hails from Manchester and runs the mesmerizing Shotta Tapes label. Already legendary throughout Greater Manchester and beyond, the producer and DJ has cemented his reputation as an uncompromising musical force, operating in the shadows and developing a singular sonic palette that is incredibly wide-ranging. From a string of essential tapes, each of which […]
Jessica Ekomane
Jessica Ekomane is a French-born and Berlin-based electronic musician and sound artist. Her practice unfolds around live performances and installations. Her quadraphonic performances, characterized by their physical affect, seek a cathartic effect through the interplay of psychoacoustics, the perception of rhythmic structures and the interchange of noise and melody. https://jessicaekomane.com
Ensemble Nist-Nah
Charles Dubois, Paula Escobar, Amelie Grould, Will Guthrie, Sven Michel, Julien Ouvrard, Ellen Pelé, Lou Voisin Ensemble Nist-Nah was formed in 2019 as a hybrid Gamelan / percussion ensemble, led by Nantes-based Australian drummer and percussionist Will Guthrie. The music of Ensemble Nist-Nah is informed, influenced and inspired by various traditional musics from Indonesia and gong […]
upsammy
Thessa Torsing as upsammy creates interpretative space, cleverly paradoxical in its concurrent, comfort and desolation. With a keen ear for crystalline melody and intricate rhythm, her music sculpts a certain perpetuity and spatiality, sliding across tempo scales, while retaining an organic touch, a gentle hum of nature digitized. In her DJ sets, she takes cues […]
Carrier
Carrier, aka Guy Brewer has always existed in the hinterlands of electronic music. He began to experiment with sound in the mid-1990s, using a rudimentary setup for his early attempts at drum ‘n’ bass. Ever in search of a new challenge, his head was turned by the quickly evolving, crepuscular sounds emerging from the techno […]
Michael J. Blood
Michael J. Blood is an ultra-mysterious electronic producer who started releasing music in 2019. He collaborates with Rat Heart, a.k.a. Tom Boogizm, so maybe he resides in the same Manchester area. After four cassettes, Blood’s debut album As Is was released in 2022. His music a tribute to late night sleaze, sophisticated or less so, […]