Three of the UK’s most influential and groundbreaking artists FKA twigs, Headie One and Fred again.. have come together on new single ‘Don’t Judge Me‘. Originally featuring as an interlude on Headie and Fred’s GANG mixtape, this expanded sequel is accompanied by a video from acclaimed director Emmanuel Adjei, renowned for his work with the likes of Beyonce, Madonna and Sevdaliza among others. In keeping with the song itself, the...
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In September, Romy – Romy Madley-Croft of The xx released her debut solo single, ‘Lifetime’. Combining Romy’s love of yearning, emotional club music and timeless songwriting (having written songs for the likes of Dua Lipa and Mark Ronson in addition to co-writing The xx’s three acclaimed albums), ‘Lifetime’ is an exhilarating piece of warm, club-influenced pop about “being totally lost in the moment and celebrating it”; a timely moment of escapism that hints towards Romy’s love of club classics, Ibiza house and trance. Praise for ‘Lifetime’ has been universal, with i-D...
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Bolton-born, Berlin-based artist Planningtorock has made a remix of Romy‘s track ‘Lifetime‘. Taking things even further into the club, it’s a stunning reinterpretation of the track from one of Romy’s favourite artists. Talking about the remix, Jam Rostron aka Planningtorock says: “I’m so proud of this remix I made for my dear friend Romy. Think it’s one of the best I’ve ever made! It was so much fun re pitching...
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Romy – Romy Madley-Croft of The xx – releases her debut solo single ‘Lifetime‘. Written and recorded in London during lockdown, ‘Lifetime’ is a song about the dream of being reunited with friends, family and the ones we love, capturing the euphoria of being together again. Carefree and uninhibited, it’s a song that finds Romy giddy on possibility and, in her own words, is about “being totally in the moment...
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Kamasi Washington has released his original score for Becoming, director Nadia Hallgren and Higher Ground Productions’ documentary profiling First Lady Michelle Obama, which is streaming on Netflix now. The score features new original music Washington—whom Hallgren asked to join the project very early in its development—composed for the film as well as selections from his catalogue. Watch a trailer for the film
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“I don’t know Boiling up inside ya, Like a kettle Like a frying pan spitting hot oil out. Roaming, soaking, empty streets Blue tv light beaming out A dirty beat Our stamping feet Don’t know whear to put it Some times Some times you just need a hug” – Oona Doherty, May 2020 The video for ‘Idontknow‘ stars acclaimed Belfast dancer and choreographer Oona Doherty, who co-directed the film with...
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Kamasi Washington shares he has scored Becoming, director Nadia Hallgren and Higher Ground Productions’ documentary profiling First Lady Michelle Obama, which has debuted on Netflix. The score features new original music Washington—whom Hallgren asked to join the project very early in its development—composed for the film as well as selections from his catalogue. Watch a trailer for the film here. In addition, the score will be released next Friday 15 May....
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Ending months of speculation about exactly who’s behind one of the year’s most talked-about and sought after club tracks, Jamie xx has released ‘Idontknow‘. It is Jamie’s first solo artist release since his highly acclaimed BRIT and GRAMMY® nominated 2015 debut album In Colour. Without knowing the artist behind it, people have been raving to ‘Idontknow’ since late autumn 2019 when Jamie first debuted the track. Since then, the track has...
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FKA twigs has taken ‘Cellophane‘ to a new dimension with a stunning live rendition, and on piano for the first time. Directed by twigs herself, the intimacy of the performance strikes a deep contrast with the conceptual scale of Huang’s original video. It was filmed in London’s renowned The Wallace Collection, a place that has long inspired both twigs and one of her favourite designers, Vivienne Westwood. In celebration of...
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FKA twigs has returned with her first new music in over three years. Listen to ‘Cellophane‘ here and watch the breathtaking visual below. Written and produced by FKA twigs with Jeff Kleinman and Michael Ozuwuru, ‘Cellophane’ is twigs’ most vulnerable song to date and is an enticing first glimpse of what to expect from her second album; the follow up to her Mercury Prize and Brit Award nominated 2014 debut,...
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In 2017 an enigmatic artist known only to the world as 1010 Benja SL debuted his delightfully perplexing single ‘Boofiness’. A year later he reemerged to release his second single, the wide-ranging song ‘WindUp Space’. With his return today he releases a larger body of work, his debut project: Two Houses. Composed entirely of music created and sung by the midwestern born and raised artist 1010 Benja SL, Two Houses...
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Kamasi Washington debuts the Jenn Nkiru-directed video for ‘Hub-Tones’ today, the track is taken from Washington’s massively acclaimed new album Heaven and Earth, released in June. Watch the video below! “Hub-Tones is me trying to connect my ancestors via music,” says Washington. “As an African-American, a lot of us don’t know the country of our origin, that’s why most of us take on the ideology of Pan-Africanism. I was trying...
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Kamasi Washington releases new album Heaven and Earth, the long-awaited follow up to his debut The Epic. To celebrate, Washington shared new video, directed by A.G. Rojas for ‘Street Fighter Mas’, watch below! The video includes cameos by famed Street Fighter legends Gootecks and Combofiend and one of Washington’s Los Angles heroes — Kevin Gilliam a.k.a. BattleCat, a longtime collaborator of Dr. Dre, Snoop and Tupac Shakur. The video was inspired by Washington’s...
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Kamasi Washington debuts new song ‘Street Fighter Mas’, from his forthcoming album Heaven and Earth, out June 22. Listen below and watch the trailer for the track’s forthcoming video, directed by A.G. Rojas, here. Of the song, Kamasi says: “When I was younger, I was in between the end of the arcade generation and the beginning of the console generation. We used to go to this place called Rexall to play Street...
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Kamasi Washington’s second album Heaven & Earth is set for release on Friday 22nd June. Two songs from the double album debut today, listen to Earth’s ‘Fists of Fury’ and Heaven’s ‘The Space Travellers Lullaby’ below. Heaven & Earth is comprised of two halves, which find Washington confronting quotidian realities with cosmic themes. A further investigation of Washington’s world building ideas, the new album explores his reckoning with current global chaos...
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The xx return to Australian shores in January. With the first show at Sidney Myer Music Bowl officially sold out, The xx have announced an encore Melbourne show at The Forum on Sunday 14 January – tickets on sale Thursday 21 December. Details below! Following the support of The xx’s collaboration with PLUS1 for their first round of Australian shows, the proceeds from their Forum show will be split between...
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