House icon and legend Frankie Knuckles sadly passed away seven years ago – so great was his impact on Dance music that every year his contribution is celebrated with the official Frankie Knuckles Day on 25th August. To mark the day this year, DJ, producer, label owner and whistler supreme, Cinthie, dropped her own take […]

Last month saw LA-based producer, professor, label owner and music pioneer, Nite Jewel, return with her latest long-play, No Sun. Known for being one of the first innovators of Chill-wave (her Grand Theft Auto anthem ‘Nowhere To Go’ is iconique), her fifth album sees Nite Jewel move in a new direction. Still incorporating various elements […]

When discussing Disco and Dance there are few bigger names in the DJ world than Dimitri From Paris. He doesn’t even need an introduction, but we’re giving him one anyway. Having started out as a simple bedroom DJ thirty years ago, he’s gone on to to curate, create, compile, present, produce and remix. Today he’s […]

It may have have been over two years since my last Sonar experience, but trust and believe, the 2019 edition still lives rent-free in my mind. In fact every time I am faced with confrontation, I retreat back to the chaotic concrete cube that is Fira Espanya and remember discovering incredible new acts every turn […]

After years of recording critically-acclaimed grimy, industrial club-tracks, Bronx-born Joey Labeija is having an emancipation of butterfly proportions, dahling! The 2010s saw Joey release excellent EPs such as Enemy of Progress & Tears in my Hennessy, but the House of LeBeija DJ has decided that 2021 is the year to switch things up and….be happy! […]

Taylor Swift may have made two award-winning albums last year, both dedicated to the art of folklore but could either of them really be considered sexy? The answer is clearly no. If you’re looking to put a bit more fun and frivolity in your folkore, (and let’s be honest, who isn’t?) then turn your eyes […]

One DJ Loverboy is very excited to see in 2022 (maybe even before?!), is Massimiliano Pagliara. An artist with such an ecelectic taste, you can be sure he will always bring something different, fresh and in his words, ‘current-yet-classic’ to the DJ booth. House, Disco, Synths, Techno, Shoe-gazing..so broad is his musical pallette in fact, […]

Mel Incarnate is a self-titled “tranny pop-star” working to get “big tits to match (her) ass.” Mel channels her pain into music as she navigates everything from sobriety and early stages of transition, to abuse and trauma in Alabama. Using horror-inspired lyrics and synths, Mel unfolds her brain into melody and shapes her life into […]

You cannot buy all of Steven Harwick’s art, but you can experience it. When he is not editing Bound Leather zine or producing glossy fashion shoots, Harwick transports himself into an uncanny world of strange and familiar conundrums. Peeling back cursory and superficial layers, his art exposes a more truthful, compassionate exploration of camp. Harwick is a […]