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Winners of 2014: Ben UFO

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Win records from post-dubstep icons like James Blake, Disclosure, and more by participating in our Ben UFO-themed contest.

Winners of 2014: Arca

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Win records from Laurel Halo, John Talabot, and more by participating in our Arca-themed contest.

At Home With Asbjørn

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The Danish alt-pop songwriter gives us a tour of his apartment and tells us about what drew him to Berlin.

Here Are Leipzig’s 10 Best Hangouts

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We asked Leipzig’s Moon Harbour label to compile a guide to the city’s local music and art scene, and we’re giving away free tickets to our festival there.

Covering Tracks: Airhead

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Dig into 10 selections from emotive UK producer Airhead, who followed up his LP from 2013 with an EP for 1-800 Dinosaur that hit shelves a few months ago.

Interview: RZA

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The fate of the new, unreleased Wu-Tang Clan album has remained a looming question mark. RZA tells why.

Get to know EB.TV host Matt Digby

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Since February Matt Digby has been the face of EB.TV, presenting Slices with a distinctly Antipodean cool. Find out what’s behind the man in front of EB.TV in this exclusive interview.

Covering Tracks: Shanti Celeste

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Idle Hands and Brstl’s own Shanti Celeste charts her favourite records of the moment. Including some Ron Trent, Detroit wunderkind Devin Dare and Surgeon.

Covering Tracks: Gerry Read

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Which recent record makes Gerry Read reminisce about primary school and which makes him bust his nuts? Fourth Wave’s house agitator digs out the best new music so you don’t have to.

Dis-track-ed Vol. 6: Disturbed Nature

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In her monthly column, Ruth Saxelby pulls on hidden threads weaving through modern music. In this edition, the call of nature found in tracks by Ekoplekz, Total Freedom, LAFAWNDAH and more.

Blackened Blue: Daniel Jones on Xiu Xiu’s Nina

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Jazz and blues fans might not normally gravitate to Xiu Xiu’s strange, often menacing music. However, as Daniel Jones explains, Jamie Stewart’s industrial pop ballads are an excellent backdrop to pay tribute to one of music’s most affecting voices: Nina Simone.

Beats Per Month: November, 2013

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In our BPM column, we review a clutch of the most intriguing electronic music currently on offer. This month, Louise Brailey on Mr. Beatnick, Fis, Objekt, Nguzunguzu, Pearson Sound, and Renaissance Man.

Editors’ Choice: November 1st, 2013

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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.

Dis-track-ed: The British Infiltration

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In her new column for EB, Ruth Saxelby finds a moment of clarity in the vastness of new music. This month: the infiltration of the British dance continuum in American sounds.

Editor’s Choice: May 25, 2013

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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.

British Murder Boy: An interview with Surgeon

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Anthony Child, alongside Regis, is well-known for his tensile and steely techno, and has been one of the defining artists of the Birmingham scene. While a slew of ‘noise’ artists are currently engaging with techno, Child schools them at their own game, dropping his LP of archival experimental sounds.

Check My Machine: an interview with Darkstar

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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.

Readers Poll 2012- Best Album –

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With Grimes’ Visions dominating the year, it’s no surprise to find it dominating your top selections. Find out what other LPs our readers chose as their Best Of 2012, and celebrate the new year with the sounds of the old.

2012 Editor’s Picks: Max Dax

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Another year long gone. Musically speaking, 2012 was a great year—at least for me, as I see music not only in terms of fun but also as a way to calibrate myself with the world. Having said that, this year (as with every year) I’ve listened to a lot of different music by many artists, … Continued

Nonclassical Classicism: an interview with Gabriel Prokofiev

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London’s Gabriel Prokofiev has been running the contemporary classical club night Nonclassical for nearly a decade, alongside the record label of the same name, releasing forward-thinking music created with traditional instruments, often bolstered by remixes from the likes of Thom Yorke and Hot Chip. The label is even currently offering an open competition to remix … Continued

Videodrome #71 – This week’s best videos

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New portion of audiovisual joy with the likes of The Orb, with their second video featuring Lee Scratch Perry; Kreidler with their new video for “Cascade” taken from their recent full length Den, Menomena, The Weeknd and more.

Clark: A short interview about improvisation

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After a technical glitch at a recent last show, Warp mainstay Clark was forced to continue by improvising an analogue set. Michael Aniser was at the performance and, intrigued, caught up with the producer to ask him some questions about the art of improv.

Grizzly Bear — an interview

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In advance of Grizzly Bear’s new album ‘Shields’ we spoke to producer and multiinstrumentalist Chris Taylor. Learn more about the band’s new record, their next leap forward and what praise from Jay-Z means to them.

Interview: Adrian Sherwood

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“If you don’t start working with great new producers or musicians you end up staying in the area of nostalgia, and that means death.”

Mostly Robot: five musicians, one sound

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  Those loitering in the middle of the soul enthusiasts/gear geeks Venn diagram, your time to rejoice has come. Soul boy and sometime experimentalist Jamie Liddell has gone and formed a supergroup. Called Mostly Robot, the lineup also features four other likeminded sonic provocateurs including Warp’s Tim Exile, DMC champ Shiftee, MPC botherer Jeremy Ellis … Continued

Daniel Jones recommends Evian Christ

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I love to reconceptualize ideas and cultures, and I’ve always been drawn to sounds that are less than straightforward. Accordingly, London label Tri Angle has offered an excellent selection of diverse sounds for me to cram into my already overstuffed earholes. Evian Christ is probably one of my favorite new signings specifically because of this … Continued

Electronic Beats Festival 2012: Sueur de Cologne

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Flashback: Berlin, Monday morning, busy calls on the telephone. Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince had just called in sick, which meant some creative chaos for the Electronic Beats Cologne Festival booking: how to handle a headliner cancellation situation, how to find a quality replacement for The Kills in a short time, and how to not … Continued

Electronic Beats Festivals: A closer look

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With the advent of spring slowly creeping across Europe, it’s time once again for EB’s festival season to commence! The parties kick off on April 28th in Gda?sk, Poland with James Blake, Digitalism, Squarepusher, Jazzanova, and Dillon! Blake recently revealed details of a second album entitled Beyond Belief. Though it’s not due to drop until … Continued

Steven Levy skypes with Rick Holland

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In the jungle of digital communication, user generated content? has become increasingly designed for temporary consumption; here today, gone (or irrelevant) later today. That is, until the posts, tweets and streams of digital consciousness are turned into books—a somewhat bizarre measure of the literary value of new media. For British poet and blogger Rick Holland … Continued

Squarepusher announces more details of new album

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Ufabulum, the long awaited new album from the genre-bending pioneer Squarepusher is going to be released on May 15th and Warp have now announced details of a special box-set including vinyl, CD and and a T-Shirt. This will be accompanied by the three track Enstrobia EP, which comes in a six panel digi-pack with 12 … Continued

Gonjasufi – The Blame video

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Gonjasufi has just released his second album, a mini-release on Warp called MU.ZZ.LE which you can read about here. Now there is an accompanying video for the track ‘The Blame’, directed by Neil Krug. Bleak, yet sunny, the clip follows Gonjasufi as he explores the empty streets of a windswept and dusty L.A grappling with … Continued

Alexandra Droener on Gonjasufi’s MU.ZZ.LE

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If I had to describe Gonjasufi’s output over the last year in a single phrase—his music, appearance, quotes and so on—I would probably go for “under the influence”. And I’m not just refering to drugs but also to his mishmash of spiritual ideas and musical styles. From what I understand the guy is an ex-user, … Continued

Actress to play Tate Modern

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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 … Continued

Squarepusher headlines at Donaufestival Krems

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Over the last few years the Donaufestival Krems has blossomed into one of the most important events for the avant-garde in Austria. The 2012 line up proves this again by featuring artists such as CocoRosie who will debut her music-film project Harmless Monster and Dial’s highly acclaimed Pantha du Prince. It takes place from April … Continued

Kelpe all over

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Kelpe’s a hard artist to define. There’s a hell of a lot of bass involved; and then some folksy hip-hop infused with warped electronic masterpieces. And boy, do these peculiar fusions work. He was discovered almost a decade ago, by London’s DC Recordings and has since developed a name for himself in European clubs, playing … Continued

Clark is Iradelphic

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Chris Clark aka Clark will release his next album Iradelphic via Warp in April. Clark, who was still in his teens when he signed to Warp, operates at the bleeding edge of glitchified electronics, crafting his music out of tiny fragments of sound and inecting the results with a human, soulful sweep. If machines could … Continued

Interview: Optigram

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Manuel Sepulveda, the artist behind Optigram, is an art director who has been responsible for a huge amount of fantastic record sleeves over the last few years. He’s worked for labels such as Hyperdub, Warp and Planet Mu and has created an œuvre that has something of an eighties retro-futuristic feel. Or just classy and … Continued

The Caretaker has got Patience (After Sebald)

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The Caretaker, aka Leyland Kirby will release his next album, a soundtrack to a documentary film called Patience (After Sebald), next month. The film which is described as a “multi-layered film essay” is based on German author WG Sebald and his novel Rings of Saturn. Directed by Grant Gee an Englishman who previously made the … Continued

2011 Editor’s Picks: Walter

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Another year, another list and a chance to share what we thought were some of the highlights of 2011. Here editor and community manager Walter W. Wacht picks his impressions from the last 12 months. In 2011 I … … came across several artists that accompanied my regular daytime with continuous outstanding mixes and releases: … Continued

Dracula Lewis makes deformed mixtapes

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Dracula Lewis is one of the Hundebiss Records boys, so you know this one’s leaking weirdness. The Romanian mutant has chopped and sewn together snippets of ghastly beauty queens from some reality TV show or another and mixed it with his warped electronics to create something disturbingly delightful. Blood is a common theme on this … Continued

Cabaret Voltaire – A chat with Richard H. Kirk

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In a world of great pretenders, Richard H. Kirk is the real deal. A true pioneer, who forged a singular path at the beginnings of both Mute and Warp Records in the early to late 80’s, labels who have largely come to define and set the standard for what is adventurous, exciting and new in … Continued

Rustie plays with Horst & Groove this Saturday

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The future has now been three years in the making. It was in September 2008 when Wireblock records hit us with their third catalogue number overall, and it went straight through the roof: Rustie‘s ‘Zig-Zag’ sounded as if it was directly exported from obscure video console games. Since then the young fella behind the pseudonym, … Continued

Legowelt and Theo Parrish remix Mind Fair

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Mind Fair is a new project from Dead Meredith (Chicken Lips, Bizarre Inc, Goat Dance) and Ben Shenton who will release ‘Kerry’s Scene’ on International Feel next month. Warped psychedelic grooves that creep inside your brain and turn your neurones into hallucinogenic receptors, this is possibly the most wigged out releases from the Uruguayan label … Continued

The making of Battles’ ‘My Machines’

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Battles‘ latest video ‘My Machines’ is set in a shopping mall and features a man who knows all about the body electric: Gary Numan. But what were the rising NYC group and the legendary new waver up to behind the scenes? Creator’s Project have let the light shine on them both in this new making-of … Continued

DRC Music releases Oxfam benefit album

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Damon Albarn has been travelling again. It’s not been the first time for the Blur- and Gorillaz main man to go to Africa – as a co-owner of record label Honest Jon’s he has dug through local archives and collaborated with native artists again and again. In July this year, Albarn made his way to the … Continued

Win tickets to see Bibio in Prague

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Stephen Wilkinson´s musical path has been rather adventurous. An alumni of sonic arts and producer of folk songs, he developed his aural signature merging found sounds, electronics and modified synth and guitar sounds. His latest release Mind Bokeh on the iconic UK imprint is only a testament to this. Imbued with a sufficient amount of … Continued

Interview: Die Lamb

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Die Lamb, aka Matt Lambert is an LA-born, Berlin-based filmmaker. His films are raw, sinister, abstract and haunting. Having recently released a film for Berlin high-fashion label Umasan, we caught up with the filmmaker to talk about the Drop Dead Festival, pornography as art and German Expressionism. You recently premiered your new film Black Magick … Continued

Brian Eno returns to the drums between the bells

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Brian Eno and Rick Holland‘s album from earlier this year – The Drums Between the Bells – was a unique experiment looking at the craft of poetry and songwriting through the prism of contemporary electronic music. With music composed by Eno and Holland’s words performed by a kaleidoscopic cast of amateurs and professional singers, it … Continued

Planningtorock – Living It Out

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Musical polymath Janine Rostron aka Planningtorock, debuts the self-made video for her latest release ‘Living It Out’ – a warped and twisted slice of disco-electronica beamed from an otherworldly take on Studio 54. Filmed at a strange old monument in Berlin called Königskolonnaden, built in 1777, the track is taken from her W album, which … Continued

Spoek Mathambo and Cerebral Vortex get the Douster remix treatment

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We were already excited for South African weirdo-rapper Spoek Mathambo‘s collaboration with Texas’ Cerebral Vortex, but now hearing this remix of ‘Drunk Like That’ from French producer Douster has sent us over the edge. The French producer warps the original with all of his hallmarks: spazzy dancehall beats, heavy builds and drops to make that … Continued

Run Vie puts the fun in Vienna

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The RUN VIE Festival in Vienna is all about the music we love and features artists like the Vienna based Affine Records superstar Dorian Concept and label colleagues Ogris Debris and Cid Rim as well as international acts like Darkstar (WARP) and Girl Unit (Night Slugs). This is of course only a small selection from … Continued

Many record labels affected by London warehouse fire

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Countless small record labels that are distributed by PIAS have suffered potentially devastating losses in a warehouse fire at Sony’s distribution centre in North London. SonyDADC handles distribution for PIAS, who in turn supply records from the likes of 20:20Vision, 4AD, Warp, Border Community, Brownswood and Buzzin’ Fly to independent retailers across the country. The … Continued

Videodrome #14 – This week’s best videos

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1. Teebs – Moments (directed by Paul Trillo) Beautiful video for “Moments” off Teebs‘ Ardour LP which continues to remain my go-to record for lazy late night talks and lucid dreams. /// 2. Excepter – The Open Well (directed by Anna Maria Helgadóttir) Love this track, which is a selection from Excepter‘s 17-hour performance at … Continued

Scuba speaks Sonar 2011 and Hotflush

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Text by Zsofi Erdei. Recording a BBC Essential Mix is a breakthrough level for anyone, even the most talented DJs. But combining it with a live Sonar gig in the same time is something that gets you to the stratosphere. Scuba, head of the label Hotflush, commanded his Essential Mix at the prestigious stage of … Continued

Win a pair of tickets to Off Festival in Poland

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Want to go OFF Festival in Poland which runs this weekend – 5-7th of August? Well you are in for a treat, as we have a pair of tickets to give away to the three day event which has an absolutely massive line up. Public Image Limited, Primal Scream, Hype Williams, Factory Floor, Matthew Dear, … Continued

Videodrome #13 – This week’s best videos

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1. Sun Glitters – eventide (directed by Victor Ferreira) Made with some help on the vox from Stockholmers Niva & Charlee, this is Sun Glitters latest drop called ‘eventide’. And again we’re thrilled by this hazy post-pop melodies. 2. King Midas Sound – Goodbye Girl (Kuedo Mix) (directed by Tom Shoelfield) Cool visuals for Kuedo‘s … Continued

Hudson Mohawke is a party animal

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It’s been a while since we reported on Hudson Mohawke‘s new release, the Satin Panthers EP, which will be out on August 1st via Warp Records. Since then, HudMo continued doing what he did before the release of his debut album Butter in 2009: offering bootleg mixes of personal favourites. Subsequent to our last week’s … Continued

Xiu Xiu takes Rihanna to a sick new world

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Xiu Xiu doing an unironic cover of Rihanna’s ‘Only Girl (In The World)’? The world is speaking a beautiful language today. Frontman Jamie Stewart twists the original, adds a warped Ting Tings sample, and drops his skewed, fragile vocals over a buzzing beat and soaring strings. The track is the B-side to a new 7″ … Continued

Laurent Garnier

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Pioneering techno producer, DJ and worldwide ambassador for electronic music – there are few people who have stayed as relevant and on top of their game in the fickle world of club music as Laurent Garnier. Part of the reason this enigmatic Frenchman has maintained his position at the top of the pile is his … Continued

CANT preps debut with Twin Shadow

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We haven’t heard much from CANT since his haunting late ’09 track ‘Ghosts’, but that’s all about to change. The solo project of Grizzly Bear bassplayer Chris Taylor will soon have a full album to his name, titled Dreams Come True. With ten tracks and collaborations with Twin Shadow‘s George Lewis Jr., we think this … Continued

Brenmar – Taking It Down

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I moved to Berlin recently, and while I’ve fallen in love with it there are a lot of things I miss about New York City. The way it smelled on a hot summer day; that oddly compelling combination of hot concrete, trash, exhaust and street-food. Sweat and perfume blending in equal notes. The cheap Bushwick … Continued

Hudson Mohawke drops new track off upcoming EP

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It’s been a minute since we’ve heard anything from Hudson Mohawke, but now he’s not only unveiled the news of a new EP on Warp titled Satin Panthers, he’s also dropped a track for us to preview. I was left with lukewarm feelings about his 2009 debut LP Butter, but if ‘Thunder Bay’ is any … Continued

Videodrome #4 – This week’s best videos

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We are back with our V I D E O D R O M E presenting the latest cool videos from around the world. Check it out! 0. Katy B. – Easy Please Me ‘Easy Please Me’ produced by Magnetic Man is Katy B.’s fourth single off her On A Mission album + will be … Continued

New Prefuse 73 Mixtape feat. Zola Jesus

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With only a couple of weeks to go before the release of his new album The Only She Chapters, Prefuse 73 aka Guillermo Scott Herren, has released a mixtape featuring one of the album’s many collaborators – Zola Jesus. Prefuse 73 + Zola Jesus Mix Pt.1: The Misanthrope Meditation is 40 minute extravaganza that takes … Continued

Villalobos preps new EP and remix album

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In 2008, Chilean/German producer Ricardo Villalobos released his Vasco mini-album on Perlon. One year later he collaborated with Japanese producer Fumiya Tanaka on the single ‘Fumiyandric’ for Sundance Records – not that many releases for one of the most influential techno producers and DJ’s of recent years. That’s all going to change during the next … Continued

Broadcast to score Berberian Sound Studio film

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Berberian Sound Studio is a new film directed by newcomer Peter Strickland that will start shooting this month and it has been announced that UK psychedelic group Broadcast will score the soundtrack. Obviously this news comes hand in hand with the very sad passing of Broadcast’s lead singer Trish Keenan who died of pneumonia earlier … Continued

Burial to drop new material

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It’s been announced this morning by Warp’s very own Bleep.com that electronic music demi-god Burial will be releasing his first new solo material in over four years. This would explain why we heard screams across the hall this morning. After hearing the news that Four Tet, Thom Yorke and Burial have collaborated on a 12" … Continued

Discodeine – The Future of Future Disco

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Space-rocked and sci-twisted French duo Discodeine (consisting of Pilooski and Pentile) happily time-travels into the strange and soulful no-man’s land of future disco which is occupied by only a few machine-funking creatures whose style and attitude oscillate between the ludicrous and trendy. Far away from our trivial planet pop, disco and krautrock sounds get warped … Continued

Africa Hitech announce debut album plans

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Africa Hitech is the project of two of the most exciting faces in electronic music; producer extraordinaire Mark Pritchard and arguably the coolest man in music Steve Spacek. Details emerged yesterday of the pair’s debut album which will be dropping on Warp in May this year. 93 Million Miles is the follow up to last … Continued

Rudi Zygadlo – Great Western Layman

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Rudi Zygadlo is the Scottish solo artist who signed to Planet Mu after sending demos to just two labels and with no real intention of pursuing music production outside of his bedroom. After a swift response from Planet Mu label boss Mike Paradinas, a firm offer to release music on the label was made culminating … Continued

Matias Aguayo teams up with Battles

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Battles drummer John Stanier recently revealed in a new Q + A with Pitchfork that Matias Aguayo from Kompakt Records and Eye from the Boredoms will be appearing on their up and coming album. The new Battles record will be ready for early summer on Warp Records but not much more can be said than … Continued

Autechre to release deluxe boxset

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For some people out there Christmas has come about 10 months too early, especially for Autechre fans. They have announced their plans to release a consumate boxset titled EPs 1991-2002. In total its 47 tracks – most of them out of print – that will be issued on five separate discs. There are 12 EPs … Continued

New Prefuse 73 album

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Warp have just announced details of the latest Prefuse 73 album. The Only She Chapters will be released in April and features a cast of female only vocalists including Zola Jesus and the late Trish Keenan of Broadcast. After seven albums and countless E.Ps, not to mention collaborations with everyone from T.V On The Radio … Continued

Gang Gang Dance make Eye Contact with new LP

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All we know right now are some very vague facts about the new album from Gang Gang Dance, but we do know that a new album is definitely on its way. The LP is called Eye Contact and it will be coming through premier indie label 4AD. Previously they had released their album Saint Dymphna … Continued