William Bennett and Lisa Blanning on Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence
Tired of reading pop stars’ takes on the avant-garde? William Bennett and Lisa Blanning flip the script with their review of Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence.
Tired of reading pop stars’ takes on the avant-garde? William Bennett and Lisa Blanning flip the script with their review of Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence.
The pop star’s third album sees her drawing Jeff Koons and Sun Ra in her orbit. Electronic Beats’ online editor Lisa Blanning and musician/producer William Bennett contemplate the record together.
Brothers Andrew and Daniel Aged’s debut album starts with soul and R&B but draws on digital glitch for an unsettlingly sensual update.
The internet is evolving. Here’s our guide to what it could mean for the underground music community.
Meet the folks behind a new generation of bespoke fanzines capturing subculture today.
‘Unsound:Undead’ features 64 short essays on the transmission of sound between the living and the dead.
The festival kicks off Sunday and features conversations on topics ranging from cyptotokens to internet boycotts.
During our daily Reddit check-in, we noticed that the r/Music thread’s most controversial post is a Whitehouse track listed as EDM. “Why You Never Became A Dancer” bears the typical hallmarks of a Whitehouse masterpiece—ambiance so grinding it can cause bruxism and barely-legible shouting—and exactly none of EDM’s characteristic elements. Where iz tha drop??? Judging from … Continued
Lisa Blanning recommends a triple-disc compilation celebrating Planet Mu’s remarkable 20-year anniversary.
Berlin Atonal Festival 2015 was a success. But does it maintain its legacy of musical transgression? Lisa Blanning investigates in this review.
Big artists like Kanye West and Björk have taken a serious interest in R&B experimentalists, so we caught up with Lotic to get an insider’s take on the success.
In the latest cover story for Electronic Beats Magazine, Karen O spoke to Lisa Blanning about crushes, songs, and more.
We tapped How To Dress Well, Louisahhh!, and 18+ for their thoughts on Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.
We enlisted underground titans Scuba, Zola Jesus, Modeselektor, and Leisure System to opine on Björk’s latest oeuvre.
Experimental producer Ben Frost spoke to photographer Richard Mosse for the Fall 2014 issue of Electronic Beats Magazine.
We asked Surgeon about opening for Lady Gaga.
Read about Mobb Deep, Jessy Lanza, Ben Frost, and a whole bunch of other movers and shakers in the latest issue of Electronic Beats Magazine. Full details here.
What do Wayne Shorter, Inga Copeland, RZA and MØ have in common? They—and many more—feature in the new issue of Electronic Beats Magazine. Full details here.
Lisa Blanning talks with former Janus resident and recent PAN label signing M.E.S.H. about Berlin’s converging post-internet and experimental bass music.
What happens when a culture blooms, only to subside—leaving behind a handful of believers?
Watch the lastest cool videos from around the world, this week showcasing the likes of Forest Swords, Lil B, Angel Olsen, FKA x inc. and many more. Have fun.
What artists do our readers think were the best of the best this year? The answers might surprise you…
For more insight into the people behind Electronic Beats—the ones who voted for our Releases of the Year—we asked our contributors for a list of their own devising and a few words about their year.
Want to know what’s been going into the ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s office listening featuring HTRK, OVRJYD, Madlib, Todd Terje and more.
Want to know what’s been going into the ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s office listening featuring Blood Orange, Forest Swords reworked by Lee Scratch Perry, The Pyramids, and Dean Blunt & Joanne Robertson.
The British-born, Berlin-based artist’s new album dovetails with a significant new exhibition in Kassel of post-Internet art. Lisa Blanning accompanies him there for a cross-examination.
EB feels love in Vienna with a night of intense—and intensely fun—music to bring down the curtain on a showstopping EB Festival 2013 season. Love to love you When Saints Go Machine, Laurel Halo, Giorgio Moroder, and Metro Area.
Experience a totally normal day in the world of Audioccult. On the speakers: Evian Christ, Bruxa, Demdike Stare, Lauren Bousfield, Former Ghosts, Xiu Xiu, Secret Boyfriend and some private voicemails from Agent Scully.
Want to know what’s been going into the ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s office listening featuring DJ Nigga Fox, Divvorce, Death Grips, A Tribe Called Quest and Soupcans. Diverse, us?
Want to know what’s been going into the ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s office listening featuring Visuals, Funkineven, STL…
Want to know what’s been going into the ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s office listening featuring Nguzunguzu, Warpaint, Willie Burns and, of course, Lou Reed.
The eleventh edition of the Polish festival has confirmed its reputation as an underground music and culture leader, says Lisa Blanning.
Want to know what’s been going into the ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s office listening featuring Contact Lens, Pional, DJ Nigga Fox and… Mariah Carey?
The lone star state has produced two of the most intriguing young producers in two separate, but related, club music scenes. Lisa Blanning lassoes them in for a conversation together.
Want to know what’s been going into the ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s office listening featuring Fatima Al Qadiri, Iceage, Samo Sound Boy and Charles Cohen.
Want to know what’s been going into the ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s office listening featuring Kelele, Dean Blunt, Seb Wildblood and, Lotic.
Want to know what’s been going into the ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s selection featuring tracks and mixes from Paul St. Hilaire, Heatsick, Jam City and Kyle Hall.
Want to know what’s been on the EBHQ stereo? Here’s this week’s selection featuring tracks and mixes from Joe, SETH, Kelela and Kid Kameleon.
Dimensions, the sister festival to Outlook taking place at Fort Punta Christo in Pula, Croatia, just finished its second edition. Lisa Blanning reports.
DJ Q, Black Octagon, Circuit Des Yuex, and Purple are all buzzing in our ears this week; have a listen!
Want to know what we’re jamming in our office this week? Check our choices from Jam City, Have A Nice Life, NRSB-11 and more.
Want to know what’s on the stereo at EBHQ? Here’s this week’s editors’ selection with albums and tracks from Perera Elsewhere, Inga Copeland and Ballet School.
Want to know what’s on the stereo at EBHQ? Here’s this week’s editors’ selection with mixes and tracks from Le1f, Jessy Lanza, Mike G and Manni Dee.
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s selection with mixes and tracks from Earl Sweatshirt, NA, Guenter Schlienz and Disclosure.
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s selection featuring tracks and mixes from Fantastic Mr Fox, Troller, Visionist & Fatima Al Qadiri and Kink Gong.
The founder of controversial noise and industrial pioneers Whitehouse now operates as the African rhythm and vaudoo-inspired Cut Hands, and is making some of the most vital music of his 30+ year career. Interviewed by online editor Lisa Blanning as part of Berlin Atonal’s day program, we present the transcript from the conversation in its entirety.
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s selection featuring tracks and mixes from Nguzunguzu & Total Freedom, Diagonal Records and Jeremih.
We spent a week in Montenegro, a country which has only known independence for seven years, to understand the struggle for a national identity through personal narratives.
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s selection featuring tracks and mixes from HTRK, Bam Spacey, Arca and L. Pierre.
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s selection featuring tracks and mixes by Matmos, Young Male, Case Studies and Yung Lean.
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s selection featuring tracks by Diana, Raspberry Bulbs and Gangsta Boo.
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s selection featuring tracks from A$AP Ferg, Mr Oizo, Chelsea Wolfe and Astral Pattern.
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s selection featuring tracks from Ellery James Roberts, The Bug, Lil Jabba and Shift Key.
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s selection featuring tracks by M.I.A., Kanye West, Vessel and Ben Aqua.
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s selection featuring tracks by Dornik, The Julie Ruin, DJ Sliink and Molly Nilsson.
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Here’s this week’s selection featuring tracks by Primitive Art, THE-DRUM and Tropic of Cancer.
Eager to find out what lies inside the next issue of the mighty Electronic Beats Magazine? Find out all here. Oh, and who’s that on the cover…
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Read our regular hack to the best music the internet has spat out over the past seven days.
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Read our regular hack to the best music the internet has spat out over the past seven days.
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Read our regular hack to the best music the internet has spat out over the past seven days.
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Our regular hack to the best music the internet has knocked out over the past seven days.
Want to know what’s been going into the collective ears of EBHQ? Our regular hack to the best music the internet has knocked out over the past seven days.
Our regular hack to the best music the internet has knocked out, this is the stuff that’s been keeping the EBHQ entertained over the last seven days.
The Mute Records founder and co-producer of the band’s first five albums—often referred to as their invisible member—contemplates all 13 of their albums, offering key insights and anecdotes during the process.
We attended the exclusive Delta Machine launch concert in Vienna in the beautiful MuseumsQuartier. Read our review from the event.
The Mute Records founder and co-producer of the first five Depeche Mode albums recalls meeting the teenaged band.
Rather than operate as a music news source, Electronic Beats operates as a music information source. One thing about being incorrigible music geeks is that we need our enablers—and we want to share with you.
Rather than operate as a music news source, Electronic Beats operates as a music information source. One thing about being incorrigible music geeks is that we need our enablers—and we want to share with you.
We exclusively host the audio from these panel discussions from CTM.13 festival examining the life and death of rave culture in the UK and Berlin.
Rather than operate as a music news source, Electronic Beats operates as a music information source. One thing about being incorrigible music geeks is that we need our enablers—and we want to share with you.
Peruse a selection of our editorial team’s favorite tracks from the last week.
Peruse a selection of our editorial teams’ favorite tracks from the last week.
Damn, son…where’d we find this? It’s been a minute since we’ve delivered an Editor’s Choice to our readers, but lately there’s just too many sounds poppin’ for us to sit on them. We’d much rather share them with you! So grab those headphones and let’s get listening! Daniel Jones (Contributing Editor) Theologian & The … Continued
Last week Lisa Blanning met up with the Warp-signed trio before their anticipated gig at Berlin’s Gretchen to talk about about their latest record, ideas of “Northness” and caring (or not caring) about expectations.