Recent Articles with Werk Discs
Actress to play Tate Modern
Actress, one of the most exciting electronic producers around is about to perform a special afternoon set called ‘Infinite Kusama Silent Disco’ at London’s ever emerging Tate Modern. According to their website, on March, 24th Actress will be performing music to accompany the on-going Yayoi Kusuma exhibition alongside two other inspiring musicians: Lapalux, from Fly – more
Actress – R.I.P
R.I.P will be the name of Actress’s third album. Actress is the pseudonym of Darren Cunningham who’s skitzoid rhythms are dense with purple haze and paranoid ticks. His first album, Hazyville which was released on his Werk discs, hinted at some of the oddness to come but his record for Honest Jon’s – Splazsh was – more
Actress to release album on Warp?
Actress has been a busy bee recently. Not only has he finished an album for his own Werk Discs imprint, he has another coming on Honest Jon’s and according to a Twitter feed from earlier today, he has one in the bag for Warp too. The details currently amount to zero but according to Actress’ – more
Videodrome #9 -This week’s best videos
1. Hanin Elias – Future Noir (directed by Fähler, Pinheiro & Ehrhardt) Time has come for Hanin‘s next solo album called Get It Back, which features collaborations with Tying Tiffany, Vigilante, SinDaddy or Marcel Degaz (Die Krupps). Check it. \\\ 2. Motion Sickness of Time Travel – Synastry (directed by Rachel Evans) This one we – more
Lone – Future throwback
Lone makes music that has the optimism of early rave and house hermitically sealed into it’s DNA. Moving between past and the future with the deftest of movements he guides his machines to somewhere that sounds like the promised land of your youth, and yet at the same time is thrillingly contemporary. With releases on – more
New Actress and Panda Bear releases
We have some exciting new release news today, from two of electronic music’s interesting figures. First up is Actress, the man behind Werk Discs and one of 2010’s best albums, Splazsh. Actress aka Darren Cunningham was one of 2010’s biggest stars, largely due to the aforementioned sequel to his 2008 debut Hazyville. Cunningham has announced – more
New Lone EP and label
WerkDiscs artist Lone aka Matt Cutler has announced details of his new label Magic Wire Recordings, with the first EP coming courtesy of the man himself. His new EP is in quite a different direction to his previous material. I am already a huge Lone fan, however this new EP is a highly impressive set – more
Lukid preps’ Chords for Werk Discs
Experimental hip-hop and found sound producer Lukid is set set to release his third album on Actress‘ Werk Discs label later this year. No details have been revealed as yet, just a copy of the cover art posted on the Werk Discs’ Twitter page. However, Lukid has been a busy man recently, releasing a brace – more