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Ahead of his performance at Outernational Days next week, Lebanese electronic musician and Morphine label head Rabih Beaini talks to Rory Gibb about the challenges and emerging possibilities of collaboration across countries and cultures
Ahead of his performance at Outernational Days next week, Lebanese electronic musician and Morphine label head Rabih Beaini talks to Rory Gibb about the challenges and emerging possibilities of collaboration across countries and cultures
In Oscar Powell's debut full-length, Rory Gibb finds confirmation of both the diagonal honcho's sense of humour and the curiously un-psychedelic quality of his music, as well as a new kind of inscrutability, rooted in detachment where previously it had been the product of anonymity
In Oscar Powell's debut full-length, Rory Gibb finds confirmation of both the diagonal honcho's sense of humour and the curiously un-psychedelic quality of his music, as well as a new kind of inscrutability, rooted in detachment where previously it had been the product of anonymity
Bloc Weekend returned to Butlins Minehead last week, for its first festival at the venue since 2011. Rory Gibb and Ed Gillett journeyed out west to report on a weekend of techno-heavy delights, spaced-out cosmic drifts and several killer DJ sets. Photographs by Beth Marsh and Jake Davis
Bloc Weekend returned to Butlins Minehead last week, for its first festival at the venue since 2011. Rory Gibb and Ed Gillett journeyed out west to report on a weekend of techno-heavy delights, spaced-out cosmic drifts and several killer DJ sets. Photographs by Beth Marsh and Jake Davis
Bassline and garage innovator DJ Q's debut album Ineffable hit 2014 with a thrilling and much-needed blast of UK rave-pop. Following the album's release earlier this year, Rory Gibb catches up with him to chat feelgood music, perfectionism and the demise of bassline
Bassline and garage innovator DJ Q's debut album Ineffable hit 2014 with a thrilling and much-needed blast of UK rave-pop. Following the album's release earlier this year, Rory Gibb catches up with him to chat feelgood music, perfectionism and the demise of bassline
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'
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'
Following last year's feral The Inheritors album, Border Community label head James Holden is about to take his newly developed live show on tour, including to Field Day and Sonar Barcelona. Rory Gibb catches up with him to discuss thirteen favourite and formative albums, improvisation and atheist spirituality
Following last year's feral The Inheritors album, Border Community label head James Holden is about to take his newly developed live show on tour, including to Field Day and Sonar Barcelona. Rory Gibb catches up with him to discuss thirteen favourite and formative albums, improvisation and atheist spirituality
With Daniel Jones and James Bulley's new sound installation Living Symphonies opening this weekend in Thetford Forest, Rory Gibb traveled to the duo's studio to discover how they're translating the dynamics of a woodland ecosystem into self-generating orchestral music
With Daniel Jones and James Bulley's new sound installation Living Symphonies opening this weekend in Thetford Forest, Rory Gibb traveled to the duo's studio to discover how they're translating the dynamics of a woodland ecosystem into self-generating orchestral music
Ahead of his new EP Your Charizmatic Self, the Night Slugs co-founder meets Rory Gibb to discuss thirteen favourite albums, from pioneering R&B production to grime's sonic brutalism and the blossoming influence of labelmate Jam City
Ahead of his new EP Your Charizmatic Self, the Night Slugs co-founder meets Rory Gibb to discuss thirteen favourite albums, from pioneering R&B production to grime's sonic brutalism and the blossoming influence of labelmate Jam City
The mesmerising music of Rafał Iwański, both in his long-running duo HATI and solo as X-Navi:Et, channels his fascination with percussive and ritual instruments and trance states. Ahead of his performance at Unsound New York as half of Kapital, he speaks to Rory Gibb about resonance, improvisation and the sounds of the cosmos
The mesmerising music of Rafał Iwański, both in his long-running duo HATI and solo as X-Navi:Et, channels his fascination with percussive and ritual instruments and trance states. Ahead of his performance at Unsound New York as half of Kapital, he speaks to Rory Gibb about resonance, improvisation and the sounds of the cosmos