What Comes After SoundCloud? Music Streaming in 2016
Tech experts Peter Kirn and Mat Dryhurst weigh in on web decentralization and the past—and future—of music streaming.
Tech experts Peter Kirn and Mat Dryhurst weigh in on web decentralization and the past—and future—of music streaming.
The Hague’s veteran producer and selector DJ Overdose picks 10 of the tracks that helped define Dutch electro.
Look back at the people and moments who made 2015 a particularly important year for feminism in dance music, from The Black Madonna to Björk.
In this overview of the trends shaping the music tech landscape in 2015 we see how the industry regulates our ideas of creativity to sell us their products.
It’s a radical picture that music theorist Stephen Witt is facing us with in his not that unlikely, year 2040, scenario.
UK-based product designer and radio DJ Dimitri Hadjichristou is using tactile sensations to help hearing-impaired children to “hear” in different ways. He’s created synth modules (seemingly inspired by LEGOs) and constructed the Vi, which enables kids to see and feel the sound they are creating. Amazing! Check out details over at 3ders. EB declared 2014 the “year LEGOs officially became … Continued
Do you like those subtle sounds when someone whispers? Or the way scratching wood sounds? Do you get weird tingles when you listen to recorded breathing sounds? You are not alone.
Copenhagen DJ Courtesy explains why many have the impression that her home city’s club scene is barren when it’s actually full of talent and cool venues.
Helena Hauff talks about the challenges and goals of launching her new label, Return To Disorder, with veteran Minimal Wave boss Veronica Vasicka.
Hard Wax’s Finn Johannsen counts down some of the best tunes by Swedish icon Neneh Cherry, from her days in the Slits to her recent LPs.
Tallinn-based producer Kask names 10 parties, clubs, bars and crews who are feuling Estonia’s (but mostly Tallinn’s) nightlife and after-hours scene.
Check out photos and listen to what was played at our parties during this year’s EB Festival in Zagreb.
Radical classical music has never been more vital and influences everything from techno to metal and “adventurous” music festivals.
Wolf Eyes explain their decision to sign to Jack White’s label to staunchly underground techno proprietor Ron Morelli of L.I.E.S. Records.
Steve Peters, a Seattle musician and Wayward Music curator, has created a new online archive of women in avant-garde and experimental music. Many Many Women indexes female artists active in contemporary/post-classic composition, free improvisation and avant jazz, electronic/electroacoustic music, sound art, sound installations, radio art, and more. (There’s also a smattering of 20th century classical composers.) “Several years ago, … Continued
The Depeche Mode frontman talks about his new album with Soulsavers.
The rumors are true: Budapest is experiencing a musical renaissance. Here are over 20 musicians contributing to it.
Techno progenitor Jeff Mills and visionary installation artist Ólafur Elíasson contemplate reality, culture and identity in this questing conversation.
The Throbbing Gristle and Factory Floor alumni of Carter Tutti Void discuss the societal changes that have immobilized a generation of un-activists.
One of the biggest experimental music festivals, Unsound, returns this weekend in Krakow, so we asked Mat Schulz to make a guide to the events.
Nash the Slash is a Canadian electronic legend—or, at least, he should be. The project of Toronto’s Jeff Plewman, Nash was a distinctive figure in the ’80s wave scene both at home and abroad. Swathed in bandages and goggles, he unleashed some of the best dark electronics we’ve ever shook a Doc Marten at. Though he sadly … Continued
The Ultrahang festival is similar to festivals like Unsound and CTM, but deeper underground. We review Hungary’s hidden gem of experimental music.
Faith Fanzine co-founder Roual Galloway tells Hard Wax’s Finn Johannsen about finding punk in a Scottish town and garage rock’s anti-establishment myths.
Berghain’s Kunst im Klub book reveals its commitment to reflecting queer activity in music, design and art. A curator ponders about the techno institution.
You may only be familiar with St. Germain via his sleek, 2000-era hit “Rose Rouge” off his album Tourist, which claimed Victoires de la Musique (the French version of Grammy awards) for Best Jazz Album and Best Electronic Album. Shortly after, however, he dropped off the map. Turns out he was conducting fieldwork on the Malian blues popularized by Ali Farka … Continued
The founder of integral distribution network and label Clone Records talks about how Rotterdam developed a relationship to club music.
Beat those cold-weather blues with our guide to surviving after summer!
Get in the mood with Pictureplane, The X-Files, Beavis & Butthead, OG OC hardcore and—of course—Taco Bell.
Bromance’s badass doyenne tells us about her favorite songs from her formative NYC clubbing days and the time she almost got a Soulwax-inspired tattoo.
From the stereo to the bed—these are some insane pieces of art that would look great turned in to duvet covers, including Nick Blinko, Crass and more.
Vinyl Terror & Horror talk to Author & Punisher about making their own mutant instruments, ignoring safety regulations and…Burning Man.
Looking for reliable DJ mix series beyond the well-known podcasts from music websites? Here are recommendations for house, techno and experimental sets.
Berlin’s Pop-Kultur Festival aimed to link official and underground culture, in part to save the latter. But can a festival save a city?
Did Neu! and Harmonia make proto techno or something unrelated to the dance floor? Two generations of German electronic musicians discuss.
The lineup for our two-day Electronic Beats Festival in Budapest is in! Check out who will perform at four events in Hungary this fall.
Here are 10 DJs and producers who represent Montenegro’s rich house and techno scene at local warehouse raves, regional festivals and international nightclubs.
Female:pressure founder and veteran DJ Electric Indigo talks to Umfang, who’s leading the new wave of activism with the blog Discwoman and party Technofeminism.
The lineup for our two-day Electronic Beats Festival in Bucharest is here! Catch DJ Hell, Max Graef and more at four events in Romania this October.
Imagine that the ringing in your ears after you leave the club doesn’t stop. That’s tinnitus. Can we cure it? Two experts debate the topic.
Print off this Eno-curated list of books, stick it in your pocket, wait for the end of the world, then impress your terminally diseased friends with extracts from Erotica Universalis and The Confidence Trap.
The lineup for our first two-day Electronic Beats Festival is in! Catch George FitzGerald, Elliphant, FJAAK, the Zenkers and more.
Couldn’t snag tickets to one of Sunn O)))’s concerts in Berlin last weekend? Here’s what happened when the drone-metal legends took the stage.
Although news of David Hasselhoff’s leading role in a super-corny musical about “a DJ dad, a wild child daughter, and a trip to the party island of Ibiza” broke in February, no one seems to have taken much notice. And now that we’ve finally clocked its imminent debut at the Blackpool Opera in October, we’re freaking out. … Continued
Dream-pop duo Beach House has premiered two new tracks from its upcoming album Depression Cherry, which lands on August 28 via Sub Pop/Bella Union. Hear “PPP” at 4:30 and “Beyond Love” at 7:00 in this interview, which aired recently on Boston radio station WBUR. Lead single “Sparks,” meanwhile, is streaming in full here.
A veteran Berlin weirdo checks up on the pop-house purveyors to make sure they haven’t been pouring alcohol into their peepers.
Venus X explains how how a fiercely loyal club night became New York’s key incubator for autonomous youth and how she protected it from Rihanna.
In the wake of anti-GEMA protests in 2012, the means of collecting and distributing royalties is changing worldwide. How do we fairly compensate artists?
Tama Sumo, Lakuti, Honey Dijon and Andy Butler of Hercules & Love Affair describe what makes the UK festival’s NYC Downlow a clubbing unicorn.
KILLEKILL boss Nico Deuster identifies the highlights from Berlin’s Krake Festival this August, from Monolake to Lakker.
Here’s what happened when Max Dax told the ambient icon a Bono joke during an interview for the Fall 2011 issue of our magazine.
The former Moloko star unpacks how giving up on the dream of superstardom helped her achieve something greater.
Hard Wax’s Finn Johannsen and world-renowned Italo disco collector Flemming Dalum explore the roots of house and techno and investigate Italo’s rebirth.
A transgressive artist-turned-journalist and a no-wave icon sound off on identity, New York City sleaze and climbing Mt. Everest in drag.
A week after Janet Jackson announces her return to the game, we reflect on who’s killing it in the nostalgic R&B field, from Willow Smith to Kelela.
From Supynes in Lithuania to Sustain-Release in New York, here’s your ultimate guide to this summer’s premiere avant-garde summer music and art festivals.
Lauren Martin explains how the third installment of this Parisian blowout is helping France rebound from “clubbing death.”
Photos and observations from last night’s spring season finale with Howling, Django Django, Roisin Murphy, David August, and ADI at E-Werk.
In Part Two of 72 Hours in Antwerp, we meet three generations of Pascuals, the family behind the legendary Belgian new beat record store USA Imports.
In the third part of our 72 Hours in Antwerp series, Jozef Devillé explains the inspirations behind his documentary The Sound of Belgium.
A Detroiter behind Ectomorph and the legendary Movement Festival after party No Way Back navigates the performances on offer at Hart Plaza this weekend.
A Detroit electro pioneer gives his insight on the genre’s highlights.
The Turner Prize-winning visual artist and PAN label affiliate behind iconic short film ‘Fiorruci Made Me Hardcore’ reflects on his work.
Cassettes never really died in Germany, a country that still houses a flourishing tape scene. Here are the country’s 10 best cassette-only record labels.
This Thursday, Frank Wiedemann and Ry X are kicking off a two-week European tour presented by yours truly.
EB’s longest-running column snuffs the candles—say goodbye with new sounds from Prurient, King Plague, Posh Isolation, and more. And then, no more.
Michaelangelo Matos, author of US rave tome ‘The Underground Is Massive’ speaks to Sven Von Thülen, who compiled Berlin techno book ‘Der Klang Der Familie.’
The Hamburg alt-pop trio update their EB tour diary with new photos from the road, and share a video for “State of Mind.”
The PAN stalwart and Urbanomic boss discuss Britney Spears in a conversational match made in heaven.
There’s been much talk of a wave of rising queer hip-hop artists. Here’s why Rashard Bradshaw is likely to overcome the challenges that hinder their success.
An out-there hardcore band from Java wowed the underground with its debut LP and explosive performances. Here we explain why we can picture them blowing up.
Before our last spring festival in Cologne, we asked a local to recommend 10 cool places to visit. Win tickets inside.
The MaerzMusik festival provides a platform for avant-garde classical music and uses techno to appeal to a wider market of potential consumers and tastes.
A.J. Samuels goes to Italy to interview members of Italy’s most powerful mafia, the ’Ndrangheta, about the rituals surrounding the Calabrian tarantella.
Conceived in 2010 as a more socially conscious metal platform, Doom Over Leipzig celebrates the darkness in both metal and techno.
We’ve almost finished our spring festival season with great nights in Warsaw, Bratislava and Prague. Now we’re ready to roll out the details for our last stop in Cologne.
“What’s political about going to Berghain?” Two star DJs discuss why music today lacks an edge.
Explore three decades of sexual experimentation in Berlin subculture with the Love Parade founder.
We interviewed sellers, labels, and shop owners to see who’s to blame for Discogs scalping.
After our first two spring festivals of the year in Warsaw and Bratislava, we brought drums, driving guitars, and cosmic vibes to Prague’s Divadlo Archa.
The EB Festival in Bratislava took place at the Refinery Gallery in Bratislava on March 6 and featured performances by Adi Ulmansky, Son Lux, Young Fathers and Archive.
The EB team hit Warsaw to kick off our spring festival season. Our 2015 visit to the Polish capital included two concerts.
Check out the latest issue’s features on the Israeli boycott, the history of roller skating, and more.
Craig Leon, the producer and A&R stalwart who worked with Blondie, Talking Heads, and the Ramones fills out our latest ABC column.
PAN signee Heatsick discusses an accelerationist reader from the philosophical publisher and arts organization Urbanomic.
Max spoke to the Bronski Beat frontman about pop’s explosive second wave in London, the advent of the AIDS epidemic, and surviving the ’80s.
Here are all the photos from the EB Festival in Bratislava starring Archive, Young Fathers, Son Lux, and Adi Ulmansky. Check to see if you’re in one!
Swans frontman Michael Gira sounds off on electronic music’s inherent flaws, his time in Israeli jail, and cosmic unity in an interview with A.J. Samuels.
We’ve compiled a photo gallery from our extravaganza in Warsaw starring Metronomy, Gilles Peterson, Motor City Drum Ensemble, and more.
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.
EB’s Laurie Tompkins met up with multitalented artist Lars Holdus after the launch of his experimental artificial intelligence project TCFX.
We speak to Dan Deacon about his live show ahead of his appearance at SchwuZ in Berlin.
Win tickets to see Gilles Peterson and Motor City Drum Ensemble at the EB Festival in Warsaw!
The trance techno icon invited Buchla trailblazer Suzanne Ciani to his garden to chat about the sensuality of machines.
We enlisted underground titans Scuba, Zola Jesus, Modeselektor, and Leisure System to opine on Björk’s latest oeuvre.
Yep, we interviewed RA’s most infamous shitposter.
In Part One of our 72 Hours in Antwerp series, read Peter Van Hoesen’s Belgian electronic music primer and stream tracks from new beat compilation ‘Collected.’
Daniel Hugo explores the world of strategy game soundtracks to find out what it sounds like to play God.
Does this monolithic release-often championed as the Witch House alpha and omega-stand the test of time?
Berlin’s experimental extravaganza CTM launches this weekend. One of the festival’s music program curators, Michail Stangl, gave us the scoop on the highlights.
Daniel Jones chats with the owner of Darklands, a Berlin-based avant-garde clothing store popular among techno DJs.
One of the residents of KitKatClub’s most renowned queer club nights divulges its inspirations and philosophies.
Win records from post-dubstep icons like James Blake, Disclosure, and more by participating in our Ben UFO-themed contest.
Win records from Laurel Halo, John Talabot, and more by participating in our Arca-themed contest.
Adam Harper unpacks the complex digital biology that spawned the strange and inviting beast that is Arca’s ‘Xen.’
We’re giving away signed LPs and CDs from Lana Del Rey, Charli XCX, and more. To win, send us track IDs from this mix by PC Music.
The current issue of Electronic Beats Magazine is out now. In this excerpt, Roman Flügel discusses its main themes with Editor in Chief A.J. Samuels.
Experimental producer Ben Frost spoke to photographer Richard Mosse for the Fall 2014 issue of Electronic Beats Magazine.
EB’s Spring 2015 festival season kicks off with indie pop greats and jazzy DJ legends.
The elegant alt-pop singer filled out our latest ABC column with wise maxims about death, nose jobs, and the mainstream music industry.
Find out what we had stuck on repeat this year, including tracks from RVNG Intl, Thrill Jockey, 4AD, Ninja Tune, PAN and more.
Read Daniel Wang’s liner notes for the latest record from Cocktail D’Amore, the Berlin label/party series run by Berghain resident Boris and Discodromo.
Guess when and where we’re hosting EB Festivals this spring, or just read this piece and find out for yourself.
The Funkhaus is creepy, charming, and idiosyncratic, and it’s where we’re hosting a week of music workshops with up-and-coming talents.
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.
Enter here to win tickets to our LeafAudio workshop this weekend and learn how to build an 808 all by yourself.
Max Dax waxes philosophical on sampling with Cophenhagen duo Den Sorte Skole.
Metallic Falcons, Pocahaunted, Tonstartssbandht and more make up this artifact from a time when witch house was first emerging.
Mobb Deep give a perspective on their ever-unpredictable hip-hop career in an interview with A.J. Samuels.
Mark Smith spoke to Polska about the issue of memory in Eastern Europe, whether creativity can exist in eternity and trying to return art to the real world.
The loveable Norweigan crank sounds off on electronic music, reggae, and British cities.
Max Dax spoke to Radenko Malik about the conceptual thrust behind his realistic paintings, which translate photos into watercolor reproductions.
Prolific house producer Mr. G shares the stories that inspired some of his most personal tracks, many of which are featured on an exclusive megamix of all-G jams.
The Electronic Beats team touched down in Vienna for our annual festival. On stage this time: Caribou, Omar Souleyman, Jessy Lanza and London Grammar!
Tin Man’s speculative musical biography of Roman Flügel attempts to look deeper into the artist’s current cross-genre impulses.
Have a rummage through photos from Karen O’s performance in Berlin last night.
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.
From Brooklyn to Los Angeles, explore underground club culture and acid-tinged adventures with Audioccult.
“The most interesting territory in my country was the new press, because for the first time in recent history, they could print what they actually thought.”
Caribou mastermind Dan Snaith talks about his favorite Sun Ra records and why countless contemporary artists cite the jazz legend as an influence.
Earth mastermind Dylan Carlson has a weak spot for hypnotic repetition. Here, he explains how loops were the foundation of his interest in the latest release from Kevin Martin, aka The Bug.
“I love the tension that you create when you do art in a public space, especially when it’s unannounced.”
Check out another track from Ilian Tape regular Andrea, who propelled the Zenker Brothers’ label to new heights with his Stenny collaboration last year.
Live report from Electronic Beats Festival in Podgorica with Moderat, Jessie Ware, and Kate Boy.
Explore the treats of Podgorica before we welcome Moderat, Jessie Ware, and Kate Boy to the Montenegrin capital on September 12.
Will the Depeche Mode stans come out to the polls again?
Vote for who will advance to round three: disco don Giorgio Moroder or nostalgic pop babe Lana Del Rey.
Will electronic pop legends the Pet Shop Boys dominate contemporary German champions Modeselektor in the first battle of round two? You decide.
The innovative Dane continues his quest to make pop interesting again with his newest release. Be the first to peep the video in today’s exclusive premiere.
Vote for who did it better: Nicolas Jaar and his band, or Conatus-era Zola Jesus.
Need some Monday chuckle-feels? Will Laren is here, with a cast of wild characters to make you mirthful!
Let’s be honest: you don’t know a single thing about music. That’s why you need new tunes from Boothryod, Tamara Sky, Yuji Kondo, Oake and more.
Will a veteran artrocker in a suit beat out Apparat’s stoney troupe? Vote for who you want in the next round of the 2014 EB Live Battle now.
We talked to Karol Radziszewski, a Warsaw-based artist and editor-in-chief of a groundbreaking queer publication that focuses on Eastern and Central Europe.
This week’s first Live Battle is a death match between England’s vanguard and its new school heroes: Depeche Mode against Disclosure. Who will win? Vote now.
We want to find the best EB live video ever. Up next: grime’s breakout star comes up against pop’s Sad Girl Lana Del Rey. Which is your favorite performance?
We want you to find the greatest EB live video ever. Here, the disco pioneer goes up against Hamburg’s polarizing stadium fillers—vote for your favorite.
Would bigger crowds spoil the vibe? Whose set was the equivalent of an hour-long screw face? Who dropped Aaliyah?
We want you to find the greatest EB live video of all time. In this battle, pop classicism goes up against savage techno experimentalism—vote for your favorite.
Take your teen down the left-hand path with the first part of our extremely personal and subjective recommendations—from Prurient to Neurosis!
François K is a New York legend whose peers include Larry Levan and David Mancuso Here, for the uninitiated, he takes you to Deep Space, his influential clubnight, in his own words.
This is the story of Berlin’s first queer salon, Boudoir, Lena Braun‘s hub of art, opulence and Astroturf.
Your mind has already done a lot of changing. But that’s only the beginning—the beginning of the new Feels. You have to go all the way now. Do you think you’re ready?
Industrial legend Genesis P-Orridge and filmaker/promoter Hazel Hill McCarthy are documenting the truths about voodoo—but what they found changed their lives…
We’re bringing Moderat, Jessie Ware and more to Montenegro—full details inside!
The fate of the new, unreleased Wu-Tang Clan album has remained a looming question mark. RZA tells why.
Dig in, music fans—we have new newness from Milky Chance, Modeselektor and more—with support from Gazelle Twin, Grimes, Vatican Shadow, and Bruxa!
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.
NDW icons Beate Bartel & Gudrun Gut recall the rise of the original all-girl punk band Mania D.
Big news! The artists stepping up to play Electronic Beats Festival Vienna on October 18th are Caribou, Jessy Lanza, London Grammar and Omar Souleyman. Full details here!
Milky Chance have had a surreal year: a number one hit in seven countries, sold out shows and instant stardom. We head backstage at last night’s anticipated Electronic Beats concert in Cologne to find out what exactly is going on.
Get the hits you deserve from a pup you can trust: new sounds from Rabit, African Greys, ScHoolboy Q, 2shy and more!
Remember THAT song? It’s here, along with new tracks from El Mahdy Jr, The Bug, CVLT Nation, Animal Bodies, Born In Flamez, XVII, and Perturbator!
Ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup we met Brazil’s preeminent cultural ambassadors to explain the current state of affairs in their own words. In part two, former world class footballer Paulo Cézar gets angry with the Brazilian government over dinner at the house of singer Vinicius Cantuária.
Ahead of the 2014 World Cup we met Brazil’s preeminent cultural ambassadors to explain the current state of affairs in their own words. Here, Caetano Veloso, one of the most influential Brazilian artists of all time, and no wave hero turned Brazilian music champion Arto Lindsay meet in Rio.
Not content with reinventing piano music, Berliner Nils Frahm is now reinventing the piano himself—with the help of craftsman David Klavins. Wyndham Wallace went to meet him to find out more ahead of the instrument’s debut at Berlin’s Michelberger Hotel on June 10th.
Matthew Herbert talks about the influence jazz has had on him and his belief that we’d be better off if society was little bit more like a big band.
Saxophonist Wayne Shorter is one of the last living jazz giants that defined the genre in its formative decades. Max Dax spoke to him in LA ahead The Wayne Shorter Quartet show at the EB Night at Jazzfest Bonn this Sunday.
In this cover interview from the Spring issue of Electronic Beats Magazine, Wyndham Wallace sits down for an intimate conversation with Alison Goldfrapp, one half of British pop eccentrics—and this Friday’s EB Festival headliners—Goldfrapp.
In anticipation of an extended version of the V&A curated David Bowie retrospective ‘Is’, opening tomorrow at Martin-Gropius-Bau, read Hans Ulrich Obrist’s recommendation of the original exhibition and catalogue.
Denver DIY figurehead Ryan McRyhew deconstructs the dance music of Chicago with his latest project Thug Entrancer. Daniel Jones revels in the ruins.
How can you tell if your friend or teen is a HealthGoth? Use our handy Audioccult guide, with new tunes from M¥rrĦ Ka Ba, YGNG, Fis, L.O.T.I.O.N. and more!
Keep your fashion game on-point with Audioccult’s style tips and a catwalk soundtrack by Klaus Nomi, Om Unit, Perc, Truss, Vierance, Xosar, Lustmord and more!
Last night Electronic Beats Festival rolled into Bratislava with Four Tet, Daphni, Jungle and I Break Horses. How did it go down? We were down the front to find out.
Art curator and critic Hans Ulrich Obrist interviewed Ai Weiwei at his home studio in Beijing. The transcription first appeared in Hans Ulrich Obrist’s book ‘The China Interviews’.
Last night Warsaw played host to a two venue EB blow-out with José Gonzáles, Hudson Mohawke, Ólafur Arnalds, John Talabot, Mooryc and Król. This is how it went down.
Read our report from the first EB festival of the season with Diamond Version, Bonobo and Moderat in the Czech capital.
Watch the latest cool music video with Raury, Efdemin, Route 8, Avey Tare and many more.
Ahead of his headline appearance at Electronic Beats Festival in Prague this Friday, Ninja Tune’s understated star and genre-shunning producer Bonobo talks success, saxophone solos and, um, tumble dryers.
The Spring 2014 issue of Electronic Beats Magazine is about to hit the shelves. Alison Goldfrapp graces the cover but who will be joining her inside? Find out here.
Car audio bass has altered commercial hip-hop and American bass music production for good. Join us in Miami as we talk to the man responsible.
In the wake of Robert Alfons’ acclaimed sophomore album, we got in touch with another figure in the futuristic electronic dance scene: post-physical club poet Travis Egedy.
Watch the latest new, cool videos from around the world, this week showcasing Charli XCX, Dave.i.d, Sich Mang, SZA and many more.
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Croc stamping on a human face – forever.
Experience one of the finest and most eclectic jazz performances of the modern age, when EB brings two legends to the stage (and in your very own home!)
In this edition of his monthly column, Adam Harper—the premier writer on emergent, underground music—delves into the world of post-“Gangnam Style” K-pop and hallyu.
With her new album set to drop this year and two teasing tracks released unexpectedly, Alex Macpherson weighs the significance of the most recent work of one of the best rappers of our time.
Go on the road as Audioccult travels to London with an iPod full of Zebra Katz, Le1f, Evian Christ, ∆AIMON, Kerridge, Total Freedom, Broken Note and more!
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.
The acclaimed experimental electronic musician’s highly sculpted dance music reference points are as shaped by philosophical considerations as by British alternative music culture’s anti-Thatcherite history.
Once again Audioccult rescues mental effluvia floating in limbo, set to new sounds from Visionist, Chelsea Wolfe, King Dude, Nguzunguzu, Theologian, Sd Laika, Antoni Maiovvi, Brenmar, & Forest Swords.
EB returns again to Poland’s capital city with fantastic musical guests—the full details are inside, so come in and get excited!
“We’ve elevated the mundane to such a level that a lot of things are meaningless”: Annie Clark discusses the Internet, psychedelics, and Michael Gira’s Facebook.
We recently presented you with most of the full details for our Bratislava festival, featuring Four Tet, Daphni, and I Break Horses. Now get the full info!
In the Winter 2013/14 issue of Electronic Beats Magazine, editor-in-chief Max Dax spoke to the synthpop legend about his life and work, and what the future holds.
Want to be the first to hear Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo’s remix of Karin Parks’ forthcoming single “Shine”? We’ve got the exclusive premiere right here.
EB Spring Festival season is going strong—find out what you’re going to hear when we hit Slovakia this year!
We have two pairs of tickets to Gesaffelstein’s February 22nd show in Berlin, and two vinyl copies of his single “Pursuit”. Want ’em?
Important update: We are very sorry to announce that due to illness, Milky Chance have had to cancel their festival appearance. While there won’t be another act to replace them (how could there be?), we will be offering vouchers for all EB Festival Cologne ticket holders to see the duo perform an exclusive show which we will try to set up sometime in the near future.
Did you see what the musician on the TV did? Neither did BlackBlackGold… but since Mykki Blanco and Prurient weren’t nominated, he doesn’t particularly care. Here’s what he learned from twitter coverage of the show, though!