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The Lead Review: Rory Gibb On King Midas Sound & Fennesz’s Edition 1

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A Technical Knock Out: Miss Red Interviewed

This week sees the release of the debut album by Moroccan-Polish-Israeli acid ragga dancehall star, Miss Red. She talks to Jonny Maybury who declares the sleng peng

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The Difficulty Of Love: King Midas Sound And Fennesz Interviewed

John Doran meets Christian Fennesz, Kiki Hitomi, Roger Robinson and Kevin Martin in Tilburg, NL, after their first ever live performance together at Incubate festival. They discuss their excellent new album Edition 1, the difficulty of romance, the nature of melancholy and their memories of rain

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Cerebral Assassination & Physical Hits: The Bug Interviewed

With Kevin Martin's new album as The Bug released this week, he meets Luke Turner in Berlin to discuss how both personal and political concerns have fed into the fierce and fiery Angels & Devils. Photo by Morisa Tamaki

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Who Lights Up The Dance? An Interview With Flowdan

Commissioned by Kevin Martin as part of our Bug Week, Rory Gibb meets Flowdan, one of the most distinctive voices in grime and beyond, to discuss Jamaican sound system culture's influence on UK music and the origins of The Bug's mighty anthem 'Skeng'

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Ned Raggett revisits this mesmeric dubbed out electronic album by Mick Harris and Nic Bullen, formerly of Napalm Death

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THX 1138 Married To A Ragga Beat: Kevin Martin Interviewed

Sci-Fi Dystopian Ragga? Acid Dancehall? The Buena Vista Social Club On Crack? John Doran asks a righteous Kevin Martin where his head's at

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Rhythm And Blues: A King Midas Sound Interview And Album Micromix

You lucky people. Listen to an exclusive micromix of the King Midas Sound album produced by Kode 9 here. Jonny Mugwump talks to Kevin Martin, Roger Robinson and Hitomi about their sublime new sound

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JK Flesh Reveals New Album For Kevin Martin’s PRESSURE Label

Martin describes 'Sewer Bait' as a "slo-mo, slo-fi, sewer tech journey into utter gutter level filth"

The Bug Returns To Ninja Tune For New Album, ‘Fire’

It's Kevin Martin's first solo album using the alias in seven years

Kevin Martin To Release New Score For 1972 Film ‘Solaris’

'Return To Solaris' will be released in June

Rider Shafique & The Bug Share Video For Recent Track, ‘BURN’

All proceeds from the release will go to Shafique's charity, I-DENTITY, which provides Black children with books written by Black authors

Kevin Martin Releases Two New Albums

They're out now on his newly launched Intercrannial Recordings label

The Bug To Host Label Party In Berlin

Kevin Martin will take over the city's Club Gretchen for the Pressure party which will feature Stephen O'Malley and more

LIVE REPORT: Le Guess Who? 2019

The previous enchantments of Le Guess Who? continued at this year’s festival, consisting of six externally curated strands to reflect its diversity by handing responsibility over to contemporary artists, reports Marius Hrdy; while Richard Foster makes time to watch Shortparis & Acid Mothers Temple

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Reviews 1

The Lead Review: Rory Gibb On King Midas Sound & Fennesz’s Edition 1

Articles 7

A Technical Knock Out: Miss Red Interviewed

The Difficulty Of Love: King Midas Sound And Fennesz Interviewed

Cerebral Assassination & Physical Hits: The Bug Interviewed

Who Lights Up The Dance? An Interview With Flowdan

An Eternal Heaviness: Scorn’s Evanescence Revisited

THX 1138 Married To A Ragga Beat: Kevin Martin Interviewed

Rhythm And Blues: A King Midas Sound Interview And Album Micromix

News 20

JK Flesh Reveals New Album For Kevin Martin’s PRESSURE Label

The Bug Returns To Ninja Tune For New Album, ‘Fire’

Kevin Martin To Release New Score For 1972 Film ‘Solaris’

Rider Shafique & The Bug Share Video For Recent Track, ‘BURN’

Kevin Martin Releases Two New Albums

The Bug To Host Label Party In Berlin

LIVE REPORT: Le Guess Who? 2019

King Midas Sound To Play Southbank Tonight

ZONAL Detail Album With Moor Mother

PREVIEW: Supersonic 2019

ZONAL Return With New EP

LISTEN: New Miss Red

LISTEN: JK Flesh Debuts On The Bug’s Label

Kevin Martin To Release New Album

LISTEN: Miss Red Dubplate Freebies

WATCH: New Nazamba Video

LISTEN: New Miss Red Single

WATCH: King Midas Sound – ‘Aroo’

LISTEN: New The Bug! Plus New Label

WATCH: King Midas Sound Documentary

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