On 1 October 2013, Kelela strode into the club music scene, escorted by the Night Slugs and Fade to Mind crew, with her debut mixtape, ‘Cut 4 Me’. Here, she talks collaboration, organic versus electronic, sexism, self-representation – and future plans. How does it feel to be a core element of a group of producers […]

Trap’s tenth Rise Up mix comes in hard from My Nu Leng, delivering one of the finest mixes that our hot-talent-focused series has yet produced. While 2012 saw the Bristol-based duo announce themselves with their outrageously on-point ‘The Grid’ for 877 Records, 2013 is already looking seriously strong for My Nu Leng, with their ‘Elite’ […]

JUMPING THE BORDERS London, Detroit, Berlin, Manchester, Chicago, Bristol… ask any acolyte of dance music culture to name the city where it all started for them, and you’ll most likely be given one of these answers. These are the places eternally entwined with the history of electronica; the propagators of innovation and evolution and whose […]

“It’s great getting that nervous energy again” When it comes to electronic music, stars don’t come much brighter than Andy C. Widely regarded as among the greatest DJs of all time, the Ram Records boss has been at the pinnacle of his craft since the early-1990s, when, as a 16 year old, his DJ sets […]

SWAMP 81: EVERYTHING FOR A REASON It’s winter 2009 and a cold, miserable night in the rain-hammered city of Bristol. Seminal dubstep night Subloaded is celebrating its tenth edition at the infamous Black Swan and an expectant crowd pack the main room awaiting a set from one of the sound’s most important figures.   That […]