“A stepping stone for curious cosmologists…” Tom Middleton unveils new ‘GCOM’ project
Global Communication’s 76:14 was an album that helped set the template for ambient electronica, and following its reissue last year…
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Hip hop the top genre on Spotify, while radio continues to go ‘pop’, study finds
Hip hop is the most listened to genre on Spotify, accounting for 38% of streams, while pop music is the…
Moritz von Oswald Trio tease first album in five years with new single, ‘Chapter 6’
Moritz von Oswald Trio, the electronica collective helmed by Basic Channel’s Moritz von Oswald, is set to release a new…
Checkmate! 909originals chats to Karpov Not Kasparov about their unique blend of chess-influenced electronica
Following the success of Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, chess is back in fashion – eBay recently reported a more than 200%…
Jon Savage’s ‘Do You Have The Force?’ compilation is a fascinating snapshot of the formative years of electronic music
Setting the tone for the house and techno explosion to follow, the electronic music of the late 70s and early…
Rise of the robots? An AI-powered ‘virtual musician’ is set to release one of the most intriguing electronica albums of the year
Aiming to put the ‘art’ in artificial intelligence, Av3ry is a ‘virtual musician’ which has to date created some 10,000…
Interview: 909originals catches up with Third Son following the release of his ’20 Days’ album
For those looking for creative inspiration during lockdown, London based recording artist Third Son, aka Joseph Thomas Price has just…
“This is a journey into sound…” The sample that made hip hop history
Released in October 1987, Eric B & Rakim’s Paid in Full was arguably the hip hop duo’s biggest single, thanks…
Traversing the psychedelic soundscapes of Black Mirror’s ‘Bandersnatch’…
“It’s got different endings to the game, depending on if you’re on 1 or 2 player. It was kinda the…
Holger Czukay – Cool In The Pool forever…
While I never considered myself a fan, I always admired Krautrock band Can for their persistent driving rhythms and dashes…