MUSIC. NIGHTLIFE. CULTURAL RIOTS. LONDON TINGS. BY KATE HUTCHINSON.
Like Hyperdub, Hotflush, Hemlock and other labels beginning with ‘H’, Hessle Audio is redefining the sound of UK dance music. It procures a futuristic blend of homegrown genres like dubstep, house, garage and jungle – a genreless smörgåsbord represented in mainstream by BBC Sound of 2011 winner James Blake, who released a single on the [...]
I interviewed dubstep/D&B duo Nero about LARPing, Nero-esque tendencies and their forthcoming album, Welcome Reality. I don’t think they were quite ready for this: I read a tweet the other day about a famous band whose rider stipulated that it must include ‘a locally sourced present’. ‘We had something like that in New Zealand. I [...]
I like Red Bull. I like Red Bull a lot. And they like Innerpartysystem, who are newly signed to Red Bull Records. Did you know that they like hats, playing live gigs on their iPhones and making things out of rubbish? Neither did I. But I wrote about that and some other things I didn’t [...]
There still ain’t many compared to the blokey blokesteppas, but here’s an article I wrote on women in dubstep for Time Out in 2008, including Ikonika. I think it’s still relevant. www.timeout.com/london/clubs/features/5005/Women_in_dubstep.html
He may look like your Bacardi Breezer-swilling 15-year-old bruv, but this is actually Geeneus, one of the firebrands behind legendary (and bloody brilliant) London underground radio station Rinse FM. I don’t know why I’ve got into the habit of interviewing sullen dance music nerdos lately, but there you have it. Maybe it’s their musk. Anyway, [...]