Ally Tropical | Soundcloud | Instagram | Resident Advisor Originally hailing from Glasgow and now long settled in London, Ally Tropical is one of the many vital cogs that keeps London ever-evolving music scene ticking. As the editor of the Ransom Note for over a decade, he’s been a vital force in championing emerging artists and overlooked […]
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LVT | Soundcloud | Instagram | Resident Advisor | Music For Interstellar Spacecrafts There’s a beautiful meeting point where environment and sound intersect, and LVT, a Canadian DJ based on the West Coast embodies that with a sound that is both inward-looking and expansive. With work and curation that channels the lush, cinematic atmospheres of the […]
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A great crew of like-minded thinkers and tastes can really shape you as a DJ, and for Zeynep that crew has been Harmony Rec, the beloved group and label that has shaped a generation of Prague nights at Ankali and beyond. What began as a short-term residency with the collective quickly turned into something stronger, […]
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A city can shape more than just a person, it can define the trajectory of an entire musical career. For Aiden Francis, Manchester did exactly that. After moving there in his early twenties, he immersed himself in the city’s underground queer scene, discovering the music, energy, and community that would help define his sound at […]
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Giorgi Pipia | Soundcloud | Instagram | Resident Advisor There’s a unique energy pulsing through Tbilisi’s Left Bank club, and few DJs in the city channel that current quite like Giorgi Pipia. Having become a hub for Tbilisi’s young artists, aspiring DJs, and local producers, Pipia has been a resident of the club since its earliest […]
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Over the past few years, Biocym has been quietly but powerfully shaping a sound rooted in hypnotic techno, weightless ambiance and fine-grained detail. His path into electronic music started over a decade ago, sparked by early exposure to deep techno and later catalyzed by formative releases from Hypnus Records. A move to Milan to study […]
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A south-London native, Box5ive came up on a diet of FWD>>, Fabric excursions, and the spiritual gravity of early dubstep, citing DMZ, Skream, Benga as early coordinates for a deeper kind of bass music initiation. Deep diving further into electronic music he later veered into the more emotive side of UK electronica, devouring ambient through […]
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With a string of deeply textured releases on labels such as like Animalia, Salt Mines and Pure Space, Zara has spent the last two years ascending into a sphere uniquely her own. Her 2022 Reverie EP, released via Andy Garvey’s Pure Space, leaned into ambient mutations and IDM-adjacent introspection, while her Animalia outing layered rhythm, […]
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A few weeks ago re:ni posted a photo on her stories of a record shop shelf at Rubadub, with the labels section neatly divided into Hessle Audio, Timedance, Blank Mind and re:lax. It’s a small but telling moment of hardwork for Lauren Bush, whose imprint, co-run with Laksa, has quietly cemented itself alongside UK dance […]
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DJ Spit is the kind of artist where you’re immediately pulled into their orbit. Known for his fast paced, genre fluid approach, the Berlin-based DJ and producer has been whipping up high-voltage sets between bass, breaks, techno, house, and the obscure outer realms of club music for a good while now. Whether locked into a […]
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OG Juan | Soundcloud | Instagram | Resident Advisor Madrid’s underground dance scene has many faces, but few are as dedicated to its evolution as OG Juan. A part of the city’s club circuit, he’s been helping to shape the sonic landscape of Madrid for over a decade, first through a series of grassroots parties and […]
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Originally from Mexico City, but now transplanting her musical endeavours in the bustling nightlife of New York city, Viiaan wears many creative hats. Serving as a DJ, producer, and the visionary steward of Voragine, a label she founded eight years ago, she’s managed to build a platform, with help from Turning Torso, that works at […]
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