Boiler Room

Sound:frame is Austria’s most important (and probably only) festival for VJs and gives the art form the attention it deserves. But in the past six years it has turned into much more than just another weekend packed with excessive club nights and great visuals: under the title “Substructions”, the 2012 sound:frame festival combines an exhibition – more

The last Boiler Room went straight through the roof. Not that the London based live streaming party hadn’t already built up a huge reputation, but Radiohead singer Thom Yorke joining for a dj set might have been the most prominent guest spinning at a Boiler Room so far. Next to sets by Jamie xx, Illum – more

Hype. Hype. Hype. It an inescapable facet of club music. If you want to be heard you’ve got to hype yourself and if something is good then every man and blog starts hyping it and in a maelstrom of “amazingness” separating the wheat from the chaff gets ever harder. However now and again an artist – more

In the short amount of time it’s been running, the Boiler Room – a live stream party come radio show, come platform for all kinds of forward thinking music, has established itself as a unique and essential part of the UK’s club music fabric. Following road trips to alternative venues and the Sonar Festival in – more

London’s warehouse party series and music platform Boiler Room should be well known by now – even by continental Europeans. Boiler Room’s concept exceeds that of regular parties since they’re livestreaming their parties and live sets, reaching a massive worldwide audience with a great variety of booked artists. Mount Kimbie, Sampha, The Gaslamp Killer, SBTRKT, – more