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Review: Convenanza 2025: A First-Timer’s Confession

I'll admit that when embarking on my maiden voyage to Carcassonne, I had mixed feelings about the whole thing.

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Review: Convenanza 2025: A First-Timer’s Confession I'll admit that when embarking on my maiden voyage to Carcassonne, I had mixed feelings about the whole thing.

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In Search of Unicorns: A Horror Soundtrack Mix by VÍZ Hungarian Transylvanian artist Réka Csiszér aka VÍZ with an irresistible soundtrack for Halloween, following the release of her sumptuous second album earlier this year.

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Review: MUTEK Montreal 2025: a masterclass in digital arts, technology and public funding The global brand continues to be a world leader in the axis of arts x technology with the 2025 Montreal edition showcasing a plethora of educational content, world premiere live sets and pioneering visual arts. But is it in the public good that the 2M dollar public funding price tag suggests?

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William Basinski at The Rectory, Lisbon: A Journey Beneath the Surface Tonight, my ship is coming in. William has come to Lisbon.

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From Dancefloors to Trail Running: Finding my new festival fix at Salto ...with all these reclaimed weekends that once belonged to beautiful, reckless abandon, what do you do now? Turns out... Salto

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Greater than the sum of its parts: Field Maneuvers 2025 review Our annual return to the festival with authenticity and community at its core.

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Review: Festival Música de Mundo “Could this be Portugal’s best festival? ...when you feel the energy of a high-paced Cape Verdean funaná band pumping out chesty 4/4 kicks at 6am on one of the best beaches in Portugal to 15 000 people, you’ll understand

Mixes

Asa Moto: The Ransom Note Mix

82 tracks in one hour. Hold on tight.

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Review: Union Audio – elara.6 Union Audio's elara.6 is a wild ride in audio. I like mixers, especially this one!

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Horst 2025 : Leading the way for new sustainable independent festivals? A Sensory Experience in the endless green of Asiat Park

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AIAIAI TMA-2 DJ Wireless AIAIAI have just released their latest headphones, the TMA-2 DJ Wireless, specifically designed for live performance.

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Sónar Lisboa 2025: A Pocket-Sized Paradise with a large side of Heieneken Sónar Lisboa 2025 arrived with the quiet confidence of a festival that's finally found its footing—no longer the awkward younger sibling to Barcelona, but a sophisticated event perfectly at home in the Portuguese capital.

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The Art Of Accidental Gigs It starts with a seed. Or, in this case, rather it started with a C-C-Bbbb (this will make sense shortly).

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Sacred Injections: a playlist by Baldruin German experimentalist Baldruin assembles a wondrous annotated playlist of sacred music

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Review: AIAIAI TMA-2 Wireless+ AIAIAI are cutting cables with their latest set of wireless headphones.

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Reviews

Ghosts in the machine: Orbury Common launch new album Sylvan Chute at Crofter’s Rights Orbury Common are supported by Tom Connolly and Buffee in a glitchy lineup of folk and electronic.

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Burning Bright: an MTV requiem playlist by April Clocks Italian ambient maestro April Clocks compiles an eloquent requiem to his youth, ft. NIN, Depeche Mode & more

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Review: Fever Ray – Live @ Vega, Copenhagen Spotlighting the must see London exhibition.

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Vanishing releases new album Shelter of the Opaque State-of-the-nation spoken word, industrial electronics, free jazz & string-led minimalism from the Manchester experimentalist

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Review: Erratic Batting in Bristol The “mini-fest” description rang true as Erratic Battling celebrated 7 years in Bristol.

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Haunting and haunted: Quade launch new album Nacre at The Island A reflection on an evening in Bristol as Quade are joined by O.G. Jigg and Foot Foot.

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C2C Festival 2023: Upping the Tempo Turin takes the spotlight over a weekend in November as the festival rolls into town for an extravagant edition.

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Track By Track: Various Artists – Disruptive Frequencies An in-depth guide to an essential compilation aiming to redress racial bias by championing Black & South Asian avant-garde electronic music

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Track By Track: Various Artists – Utopia or Oblivion Phenomenal sound art, ambient, drone & electronics inspired by the futurist R. Buckminster Fuller

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Sleaford Mods ‘UK GRIM’ album review: a satirical speculation on the UK Grace Morton speaks to the Nottingham duo about their 13th album, so-called "British Identity" and political divisiveness...

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A weekend of music, architecture, food, ice baths and discourse | Wonderfruit 2022 review. A weekend of music, architecture, food, ice baths and discourse. Wonderfruit 2022 review.

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Review: Positive Education 2022 The curious and bold festival in Saint-Étienne that's putting France's underground electronic music scene firmly on the map.

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We Out Here festival 2022: a celebration of diversity and community The 25th August saw thousands flock to Abbots Ripton for We Out Here festival’s eagerly-awaited third edition.

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Watching Trees Festival review: Optimo and The Ransom Note bring the funk to the forest R$N and Glasgow's Optimo DJ collective united in the Forest of Dean last weekend and had a little party. Here’s how it went down (Spoiler: everyone smashed it).

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Review: A Balearic Beat Hotel 2021 We squeezed the last drops out of summer at this intimate Ibizan escape...

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Review: by:Larm 2019 Making their way down snowy roads, some falling, some sliding for the fun of it, by:Larm-goers treated the moments between gigs as an invitation to become children again. When we weren't in the throes of music, we were constantly surrounded by laughter and excited chatter; a surefire sign of a good festival. Norway’s capital, Oslo, […]