In Depth
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Festival Review
Festival No.6: the DiS review
As many of the performers at the festival pointed out, it’s about time someone put on a festival in Wales and near the North West. If it's not quite the finished article yet, Festival No.6 looks to be that festival, a perfect compliment to pretty, quietly crackers Po... »
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Interview
Andy Bell of Ride & Oasis: "It would be a shame if we never got to play those songs one more tim
DiS caught up with Andy Bell during an extended break where the discussion switched from the making of both Nowhere and Going Blank Again, to his disillusionment with music after disbanding Hurricane #1, to working with the Gallaghe... »
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Interview
Efterklang on the making of Piramida
Efterklang on the making of Piramida... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 24.9.12: Dan Croll, Trimbal & Harmonimix, Jesse Boykins III, Umberto
Single of the Week! Dan Croll - ‘From Nowhere’ (Racquet Records) You would not expect a single that has Raw Sex as its backing band to be full of pomp, but Dan Croll’s is. ‘From Nowhere’ is, in fact, as packed with bombast as it is possible for a »
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Interview
Confessions of a Pop Maverick: Neil Kulkarni meets Twin Shadow
George Lewis Jr, aka TWIN SHADOW, has produced one of the most innovative and intriguing collections of high-tech pop songs you’ll hear all year. The fella’s got a mighty fine moustache, too. Words: NEIL KULKARNI from the first issue of Electronic magazine. »
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Artist-generated
Planet Gear: Butch Vig on recording The Emperor’s of Wyoming's debut album
Butch Vig, best known as the drummer of Garbage and producer of albums such as Nirvana’s Nevermind, has a new project – The Emperor’s of Wyoming. Here, Vig talks us through The Emperor's recording gear.... »
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Column
armchair dancefloor 037: Keysound/Dusk + Blackdown, Artifact, James Blake, NeferTT, Pangaea, Oneohtr
armchair dancefloor catches up with Keysound bosses Dusk + Blackdown to chat about the label and their new LP, Dasafelx. Plus, download not one but two exclusive tracks, and loads of new tunes to stream. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 17.9.12: The Insomniax, Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight, The Castanets, Pale
Single of the Week! The Insomniax - ‘Love She Wants’ EP (Earnest Endeavours) At the tail end of summer I get on a rescue mission, clinging to singles with any kind of bright aspect, as if they could prolong what little daylight is left, before we »
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Festival Review
Bestival 2012: the DiS review
That Bestival 2012 was possessed of the kind of cloudless skies under which it made its name as the last big party of the summer meant it was inevitably going to be a good one. »
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Column
The Modern Library: House, Techno & the spaces between
The Modern Library is an attempt to chart the various odysseys and oddities in House, Techno and the bits that skirt between it, relatively irrespective of timescale. Running parallel will be an on-going mixtape series on tumblr built to promote artists I »
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Festival Review
Green Man 2012: The DiS Review
“[Festivals are] snapshots of an imagined ghost of festivals past, with added corporate sponsorship. And oddly, while the corporate stages and tents get imaginative with their neediness, the thing that's really left wanting is the sense of community »
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Festival Review
Jersey Live 2012: The DiS Review
Last weekend, DiS headed across the channel to the virtually tax-free haven that is Jersey. Here's what we saw and heard for our sins... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 10/9/12: Lorn, Shrag, Society, Tonfedd Oren, Sures
Single of the Week! Lorn - ‘Weigh Me Down’ (Ninja Tune) As you should know by now, Lorn is not creating flowery music; he prefers to wallow in the weeks-rank, dank stuff at the bottom of the vase. And it is not especially subtle music, with its l »
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In Depth
"No regrets. None."- DiS meets LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy
James Murphy is many things to many people: frontman to now defunct electro icons LCD Soundsystem, label boss to the influential DFA Records, producer, DJ, coffee entrepreneur, watch manufacturer, comedian, budding novelist and now with the release of Shut Up and Pla... »
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Artist-generated
A Day In The Life... of Mike Lindsay from Tunng/Cheek Mountain Thief
Mike Lindsay’s love affair with Iceland began in 2006. It involved a girl, Harpa, and an unforgettable New Year’s Eve party. In 2011, Lindsay – best known as the frontman of Tunng – took to Iceland to rekindle that romance, and to record a bewitching... »
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Festival Review
Slottsfjell 2012: the DiS review
Slottsfjell was stunning, a sort of cleansing weekend for the jaded Londoner. I couldn’t recommend it highly enough. »
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Artist-generated
10 Ways to Fail as a Mainstream DJ by Lady Starlight
Being a successful money making DJ spinning anything other than dance music is nearly impossible. Being a successful money making metal/hard rock DJ is an exercise in sheer will and determination. I thought I'd share my sometimes harrowing DJ experiences as a possibl... »
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Column
Drowned in Bristol #10
This edition of Drowned in Bristol deviates slightly from the usual sprawling mass of Soundcloud embeds to focus on two excellent self-released debut albums from two of the city's finest, and possibly underrated acts: The Big Naturals and OLO Worms. »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 03/09/12: Dan Bodan, White Rabbits, Jens Lekman, Kindness
Single of the Week! White Rabbits - ‘I’m Not Me’ (Mute) ‘I’m Not Me’ has that metallic sheen so often found on Brendan Benson’s more jittery numbers. And it’s wonderfully restless; changing direction so fast with each new time signature, the drum »
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Festival Review
Beacons festival: the DiS review
The 2012 Beacons Festival was light years ahead of the 2011 edition, in that it actually happened. Rob Cooke and David Edwards were on hand to report. »
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Interview
"I didn’t start playing in a band to be part of a music industry" - DiS meets Jon Spencer Blues Expl
Dang!!!!!! The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion are back after nearly a decade. “But DiS?” I hear you ask, “Why should I care”?? Only because the JSBX are the very epitome of every thing that is vital, ferocious, raw and.... well...ya know, fun about Ro... »
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In Depth
This Week's Singles 27.08.12: Gravenhurst, Poliça, dEUS, Bondax, Dan Deacon
Single of the Week! Gravenhurst - ‘The Foundry’ (Warp) The problem with all known recording software and studio gadgetry is that there is no button marked 'atmoss' - no easy way to automatically put air or nimbus into a song. You will need Nick T »
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Column
Drowned In Sheffield #10
A funny thing happened the other night. DIY label Tye Die Tapes were putting on a gig at their recording studio, and after great sets from Pet Rock and »
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Interview
"Sometimes a song kind of turns 3D" - DiS meets Dntel
Jimmy Tamborello is a bedroom producer. At least he was until a couple of years ago, when he finally moved his studio out into its own room at his home in LA. Still, the man better known as Dntel didn’t do too badly out of that bedchamber. It was, as... »