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From: Warsaw, PolandFor Fans Of: SPFDJ, Courtesy, I Hate ModelsThree Tunes: ‘Bring The Noize’, ‘Sober Raving’, ‘Versatility’
One of the most exciting DJs from the new wave of high-speed and industrial techno artists, Martyna Maja, AKA VTSS, has been carving a niche...
From: Silesia, Poland
For Fans Of: Ground, Black Sabbath, Jenny Wilson
Three Tunes: ‘Hollow’, ‘Blind’, ‘Prisoner’
“It took me a good 10 years to develop my own musical style,” says Natalia Zamilska, the Silesian-born, globally informed producer from Poland whose new...
From: New York City, NYFor Fans Of: Shiba San, Steve Darko, DustycloudThree Tunes: ‘Excuses’, ‘Party Time’, Louis The Child ‘Breaking News (Westend Remix)’
Westend released his ‘CLUBBLE’ EP in early 2019 as a serious statement of intent, and it’s safe to assume there will be some solid momentum behind...
From: Philadelphia, PA, USA
For Fans Of: Ross From Friends, DJ Seinfeld, Mall Grab
Three Tunes: ‘Fade Away’, ‘Tears Drop’, ‘Ahead Of Time’
Birthed out of the lo-fi blogosphere, Baltra’s music allows for space but can also feel like a white-knuckle ride, serendipitous but also concise. Discovering new...
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From: Johannesburg, South AfricaFor Fans Of: Black Coffee, Andhim, Re.YouThree Tunes: ‘Masala’, ‘Sondela’, 'Humanity'
Among the vanguard of the new wave of house music producers emerging from South Africa, Floyd Lavine is blazing his own trail. Growing up in...
From New York City, NY, USA
For Fans Of: Luca Lush, Mura Masa, What So Not
THREE TUNES: ‘Vexed,’ ‘Schools Out’, ‘Xilla!’
New York artists Ishaan Chaudhary and Will Curry are on a mission to bring fusion and individuality to their corner of dance music. The unlikely duo met by...
From: Kraków, Poland
For Fans Of: Beau Wanzer, Lena Willikens, Identified Patient
Key Tunes: ’Skawa’, ‘Paj', ‘Szelestt’
It’s fair to say that Oliva changed the face of her local scene, and she’s now making her mark around Europe. The Kraków native came...
From: Breda, NetherlandsFor fans of: Dead Man’s chest, FFF, Sully Three tunes: ‘More Massiv’, ‘Adventures In Perception’, ‘Wish We Didn’t’
Coco Bryce may be a relatively new name to most in the UK, however he’s been plying his trade for around two decades. Hailing from...
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From: Exeter, Devon
For fans of: Swindle, LV, J Dilla
Three tunes: ‘State of Flow’, ‘First Place Loser’, ‘Whiteboard Jungle’
“I love a tracky banger as much as the next person, but the older I get, the more I feel that music has to have some heart...
From: Paris, France
For Fans Of: Perc, Slam, Dax J
Three Tunes: 'Universe of 90s Techno Parties', ‘Strange Mind’ ‘Voltage'
French artist Airod is coming off a year that was nearly as high-octane as the techno he makes. It saw him release five fantastically fierce EPs on a...
From: Croydon, UKFor Fans Of: Stray, Commodo, ShlohmoThree Tunes: ‘For Sudden’, ‘Around’, ‘Scope’
Words: Ben Hunter
Deft is the alias of Yip Wong. Born in Croydon, he has a talent for loping, sophisticated beats which, if you didn’t know otherwise, might...
From: New York City, NY, USAFor fans of: Fixate, Om Unit, Sam BingaThree tunes: ‘Vault Of Glass’, ‘Dissociate’, ‘Press F’
‘I make a bunch of different kinds of music’ reads the description on Doctor Jeep’s SoundCloud page, and that pretty much hits the nail on...
From: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoFor Fans Of: DJ Marfox, Ibibio Sound Machine, The Mauskovic Dance BandThree Tunes: ‘Azo Toke’, ‘Malembe’, ‘Tokoliana’
WORDS: Katie Thomas
“We're like a bomb made out of different materials, ready to explode at every show.” Hailing from Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of the...
From: Manchester, UK
For fans of: Little Simz, Erykah Badu, Levelz
Three tunes: ‘Urban Jazz’, ‘Shade’, ‘Pause’
“I never looked at music as a business,” nods IAMDDB, the part-Portuguese, part-Angolan and ALL Mancunian breakthrough star. “Music is my therapy. It’s my place...
From: Los Angeles, CA
Three tunes: ‘Hourglass’, ‘Right All Night’, ‘Like XO’
For fans of: Billy Kenny, Claude Vonstroke, Green Velvet
J. WORRA has come a long way from her small town Midwestern roots. While her blue-collar peers were busy playing sports, Jamie Sitter spent her adolescence teaching herself...
Championed by Uganda's Nyege Nyege festival, and now breaking ground across Europe, Nairobi-born, Kampala-based Slikback blends footwork, grime and more to electrfying, unique effect...
Africa has been getting a lot of attention within the Western dance music sphere over the last few years, with the rise of reissue labels such as Awesome...
From: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
For fans of: Chris Liebing, Charlotte de Witte, Robert Hood
Sairen, aka Renske van Kollenburg, has immersed herself in the Dutch dance scene since her min-teens. “At 15 or 16 I started going to gabber raves for a...
From: Los Angeles, CA
For fans of: Madnap, Elohim
Three tunes: 'Love Cemetery', 'Fractions', 'Peaches'
Cray's music is as striking as her cascading locks of two-toned hair. The online videogame-streamer-turned-singer-songwriter-producer flits through indie electronics, pop and dance productions with ease...
Meshing hard techno and gabber beats with pan-African drum rhythms and pairing IDM electronics with juke house, Nkisi is a truly unique talent defying genre classification...
“They are sculptures from the Congo kingdom,” says Melika Ngombe Kolongo, describing the origin of her artist name, Nkisi. “They’re from pre-colonial times, for ritual...
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“I wanted to try and capture all elements of the clubbing experience without being too obvious,” says Bruce, the DJ/producer behind Hessle Audio's latest LP, ...