Paris
In the absence of a long-awaited Daft Punk reunion, a stunning display of 1,000 drones brought their music to life in Paris, the iconic duo’s hometown, this past weekend. However, this was not the only Electronic music act that was featured on Bastille Day 2024. Following America’s Independence Day celebrations, where fireworks often result in […]
This week’s podcast comes from Shcaa, the French composer and guitarist otherwise known as Sacha Khalifé. Khalifé started music production in high school, while living in Tunisia. He had been playing guitar for a couple of years and was listening to a mixture of ’60s rock and British IDM, and eventually Burial. At the age […]
Thomas Bangalter, founder of French electronic music duo Daft Punk, has digitally released Chiroptera, the soundtrack for a performance created with artist JR and choreographer Damien Jallet. Chiroptera was realised by 154 dancers in the forecourt of the Paris Opera House on November 12, 2023. The soundtrack—which lands on vinyl on August 30—represents merely a […]
Justice will release a new album in April. Out through Ed Banger Records and Because Music, Hyperdrama is the French DJ-producers’ fourth album, following 2016’s Woman. It will be available digitally as well as on CD and vinyl, including a limited-edition crystal-clear edition. Ahead of the release, you can listen to two singles: “One Night/All […]
Daft Punk will release a drumless version of their 2013 album, Random Access Memories. The 13-track album strips away all the percussive elements from the former French duo’s fourth and final full-length. Doing so brings out a timeless quality to the album, giving listeners the ability to dive deeper into the layers of each track. […]
Alan Abrahams (a.k.a Portable) is back with a new album on Circus Company. Augmented Dreams refers to the use of everyday technological advancements to achieve what were once only dreams or visions of past generations. It serves as an imaginative yet hyperrealist narrative on how humanity’s fascination with and reliance on ever-advancing technology defines the […]
Jaymie Silk doesn’t make straight up-and-down techno or house music. The Paris artist draws from a range of influences informed by his Afro-European heritage and his teenage years in rap, firstly as an MC but then as a beat-maker—before he moved to Montreal, Canada in 2013. While there, he became tired by the lack of […]
Oldyungmayn, born Hussein Hassan, is an Egyptian-Palestinian artist raised in Dubai, who DJs broken techno, electro, and trance around Europe from his new base in Berlin. He began listening to electronic music when he was living in the UAE and became inspired to produce after hearing none other than Burial’s Untrue. “I really enjoy how […]
Laurel Halo will release a new album in September. Atlas is the American DJ-producer’s first album in five years, since 2018’s Raw Silk Uncut Wood. Using both electronic and acoustic instrumentation, Halo has created a “potent” set of sensual ambient jazz collages, comprised of orchestral clouds, shades of modal harmony, hidden sonic details, and hallucinatory […]
Deena Abdelwahed will release her new album on InFiné Music. Jbal Rrsas is the Tunisian DJ-producer’s second album, following 2018’s Khonnar. It spans seven tracks of bass, techno, and experimental music, which were produced as part of Consortium Commissions, an initiative set up to showcase emerging artists from the Arab world, run by Brussels-based NGO […]
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