With new album Modern Worship, Bristol's former dubstep experimenter Hyetal expands his vision into crystalline, colour-saturated forms of electronic pop. He speaks with Ammar Kalia about using music to visualise imaginary worlds and his storming new collaborative 12" with Kowton
With new album Modern Worship, Bristol's former dubstep experimenter Hyetal expands his vision into crystalline, colour-saturated forms of electronic pop. He speaks with Ammar Kalia about using music to visualise imaginary worlds and his storming new collaborative 12" with Kowton
Debussy sparked a punk moment for classical music, says Phil Hebblethwaite. He uncluttered it and ensured, as the 20th century began, that none of the old rules applied. He died 100 years ago, after which his radical sounds weaved their way into almost everything we hear today
Gather some of the world's finest electronic musicians and DJs, scatter them around two gargantuan sites in Barcelona and fill in the gaps with electronic wristband-donning people slowly getting basted by Estrella and sunshine, and you've got Sónar 2015, one of the festival calendar's consummate highlights. Christian Eede and Laurie Tuffrey report back