Music is made out of stories: some of them experienced by ourselves, and some others created and imagined from the everyday life. But only once in a while, a song becomes a piece of virtual, plastic art that provokes a dialogue between generations; a message that is so sensory, inclusive and innovative that is aprehended…
Month: June 2020
OMD share video for single ‘What Have We Done’ – premiere
OMD have released the video for their track “What We Have Done”, from their 13th studio album The Punishment of Luxury. The single is the first to feature Paul Humphreys on lead vocals in over 30 years, while the special vinyl release of the track was limited to just 1,000 copies. Watch the video premiere…
Björk’s Entire Discography Is Now on Bandcamp
Björk’s entire studio discography is now available in multiple formats on Bandcamp. Bandcamp announced that all proceeds from the sale of her music on the site will go toward [Black Lives Matter UK]https://twitter.com/ukblm/) from today (June 18) until the end of Bandcamp’s NAACP fundraiser tomorrow (12 a.m. Pacific). Björk’s albums—from 1993’s Debut to 2017’s Utopia—are…
Kraftwerk’s German-Language Albums Coming to Streaming for the First Time
Original versions of Trans Europa Express, Die Mensch-Maschine, and more will be available on digital platforms next month By Madison Bloom June 19, 2020 Kraftwerk are releasing the original German-language versions of their classic albums on digital streaming platforms for the first time ever, as The Quietus points out. On July 3, original versions of…
Outside Lands scraps 2020 event, shares 2021 lineup topped by ZHU, Tame Impala, Lizzo
by: Dancing Astronaut Staff Jun 24, 2020 Tides are starting to shift as the final holdouts of 2020’s gutted festival season officially scrap plans for this year and fans start looking hopefully at 2021. San Francisco’s Outside Lands has now cancelled this summer’s event, though the cancellation comes with a major silver lining; 2021’s lineup…
Ibiza’s superclubs may not open in 2020
Ibiza’s top superclubs may not open in 2020, reports Diario de Ibiza. Despite relatively few cases and deaths of COVID-19 on the White Isle, the local authorities could ban larger venues from opening this year until a vaccine or treatment is found. One of the island’s top promoters The Night League, which runs sister superclubs…
Swiss club scene reopens slowly with low-capacity events and no social distancing
Switzerland’s club scene is slowly reopening after laws surrounding events loosened on June 6th. The latest restrictions, which follow a decrease in new cases of COVID-19 to about 30 or fewer a day, allow indoor events of up to 300 people with a midnight curfew. Venues are permitted to ignore the normal social-distancing rules (two…
Steph Lee interviews an artist who has spent the last decade eluding categories across genre, format and identity.
Throughout June, RA is hosting four mixes on BBC Radio 1, airing Friday nights after the Essential Mix. Following mixes from AceMoMA, Deena Abdelwahed and Skee Mask, the series finishes tonight with a one-hour club mix from Arca. In his 1996 paper Standing In The Spaces: The Multiplicity Of Self And The Psychoanalytic Relationship, American…
Will The Pandemic Spark A Return To Local Lineups?
The pandemic has devastated nightlife across the globe but as the sector recovers in parts of East Asia, a healthier ecosystem is poised to emerge. Across East Asia’s dance music communities, it’s no secret that overseas artists draw a bigger crowd than regular club nights. Organizers strive to balance the ratio of international and local…
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