#electronic-music

#electronic-music

Ironworks is set to be as much about its location as its cultural programme. While the place will have a 78,000 square foot warehouse, it'll also have a massive 80,000 square feet of riverside area - all overlooking the river. As for lineups? Well, that's still TBC. A press release promises 'cutting-edge sound, lighting and visual production', as well as sets from 'some of electronic music's most in-demand artists', with names set to be announced in June.

“to make something confrontational, almost like sonic combat.”

New York electronic duo ear have announced their sophomore album, Rumspringa, out on May 29th via A24 Music.

“Together” features Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza, and Prentiss in a pastiche of samples and electronic melodies that play like the stuttering but pleasant memories of a floppy disk over a dance beat. The song strikes an emotional, dream-like tone midway through with the singer conjuring nostalgia through technology: “Staring at a picture on my phone/ Staring at a memory that's old.”

The Avalanches have returned with their first new single in six years. "Together" features Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza, and Prentiss, an 18-year-old artist and producer based in Jackson, Missouri. An anthropomorphic iPod and floppy disk are the stars of the song's accompanying visualizer, which was directed and animated by frequent collaborator Jonathan Zawada. Check it out below.

Growling, flailing, kicking, screaming, the experimental British musician Aya clutched a microphone and ranted about her hormones. If anything, the progesterone is doing wonders right now, she cackled in her Yorkshire accent as she triggered an unpredictable minefield of bone-rattling bass and clattering breakbeats. The crowd in New York City's Knockdown Center on Friday whooped as their bodies moved without thought.

“I didn't really plan to do Eurovision at all, muses Sam Battle as he takes me round his museum… I was chatting to Johnny, my friend who works here, and we were saying wouldn't it be funny to do it. So, we sent an email to the BBC asking, Is there any way we can get on it?' and they said, Well this guy might be interesting”

“White men have historically dominated key parts of electronic music infrastructure,” Beach says, “from promoters and venue ownership to booking networks.” As the genre's mainstream popularity has grown in recent years, notions of what a club environment looks, feels, and sounds like have seemed to shrink. “Even when they would open the door to other identities,” Beach adds, “it wasn't kept open.”

Editing a print issue takes an incredible amount of time and effort by a huge crew of incredible people-and we're celebrating those efforts with a music issue launch party with live music on Thursday, May 14 at Turn! Turn! Turn!

Recording with SOPHIE is something I hold even closer to my heart now, especially after her passing. She was an artist who showed the world that living boldly is your greatest power. With this EP, I want to show the world how loved she was and still is!

Dabin is not only a music producer but also an incredibly talented multi-instrumentalist, having served as Illenium's guitar player for several tours.

The Wire Festival will take place at NYC's Knockdown Center from May 14-17, celebrating its fifth anniversary with a diverse lineup of artists and performances.

YARD Festival will return to Azeitão, Portugal, from 21-24 May 2026, expanding to four days for the first time and unveiling its full lineup alongside collaborative art installations with Burning Man camps Favela and Tierra Bomba.

Pacha New York aims to serve as a meeting point where global electronic artists, local creatives, and next-generation audiences can converge, fostering a vibrant dance culture.

19:26 is an Italian electronic music project blending cinematic emotion, neoclassical undertones, and forward-thinking electronic sound design, recognized as one of the most forward-thinking artists of his generation.

Drummers' timekeeping is fluid; even at its most rocksteady, it's enlivened by tiny, imperceptible pauses and hiccups. Sequencers and drum machines, on the other hand, march in lockstep.

Performing in a cutout in the middle of a huge elevated ramp, Reznor, his Nails bandmate Atticus Ross and Boys Noize hovered atop a dense rack of synths and samplers. They built on the ethos of their arena show, stripping the NIN catalog like 'Closer,' 'Heresy,' 'The Warning' and 'Copy of A' for parts, rebuilding them for this strobe-licked club setting.

The two-day electronic music event is set to take place September 19-20, 2026, at Randall's Island Park, promising another immersive experience for dance music fans.

Ardeshir displays a confident command of the keys, building an insistent right-hand motif on the opening track that creates a foundation for saxophonist Rhys Sebastian's drawn-out notes.

"Sing Your Sorrow is a heartfelt expression of a desire to shoulder the burdens of others, specifically written for my daughter, Lydia."

Before achieving fame, John Summit was known as John Schuster, a CPA at Ernst and Young, who made music on the side.

The resulting album is described as a 'story of spaces mixing, and cultures morphing towards a different kind of future.' Or, simply as 'what Perry left behind in Berlin.'

Guests on Lavender Networks include Zola Jesus, Brothertiger, Naliah Hunter, Lipsticism, and Angel Marcloid's wife, Liverfire, and sister Sling Beam. A more off-piste guest, Americana singer Jennifer Holm, also features.

The celebrations begin on Sat 21 Mar with Laolu, the cultured Swiss DJ and producer with releases on Innervisions and Crosstown Rebels, as well as his Siembra label. His sets are shaped by a blend of European club sounds and West African influences, with depth and soul to spare.

Dylan Brady from 100 gecs is releasing a new four-track EP arriving via a partnership between his own label, Dog Show Records, and Atlantic. The project is out Friday, with the lead single "Needle Guy" having been shared last month.

We were pretty stoked to make another album after the success of our previous album and its single 'Pepper.' Capitol Records was stoked to get that next record until our relationship soured.

He didn't know the power of this thing. He just wanted it for its accordion sounds. Still, the instrument fascinated the burgeoning musician, and by the time he was five, he had stumbled on an old VHS concert doc that showed him the real power of analog machinery. I was completely consumed by the mystery of how these things were being made.