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Album Review: Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & the London Symphony Orchestra – Promises

Rob HakimianMarch 29, 2021

There’s about half a century age gap between the legendary saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and British producer Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points, so a team up betw...

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On Deck: Renée Reed tells us about five formative albums in her life

Rob HakimianMarch 22, 2021

Louisiana-based Cajun-American songwriter Renée Reed is releasing her debut album Renée Reed this Friday via Keeled Scales. It's an album that honours her Caju...

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Album Review: Nuha Ruby Ra – How To Move EP

Rob HakimianMarch 11, 2021

In recent decades, the idea of ‘punk’ has shifted from the description of a single musical genre to a meaning that encompasses a state of mind or attitude. It ...

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DOOMED: Dwelling within the Discography of Dumile – The Man, The Monster & The Master

Chase McMullen, Brody Kenny, Ethan Reis, Tim Sentz, John Wohlmacher, Rob Hakimian, Andy Johnston and Todd DedmanMarch 8, 2021

It’s hard to accept that DOOM is gone. It simply doesn’t feel his time has passed, and given his knack for capturing the future, it likely never will. Amidst t...

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BPM’s Daft Punk Greatest Hits Compilation

Rob Hakimian, Seb Grech, John Wohlmacher, Todd Dedman, Ana Leorne, Kyle Kohner, Chase McMullen and Ray FinlaysonMarch 3, 2021

Rather than simply picking Daft Punk's most well known ("Get Lucky"? Get in the bin!), our writers were simply asked to pick a couple of their favourites for inclusion. What results is a unique, eclectic and surely not at all contentious compilation of tracks, which features something from each of their releases – even the Tron Legacy soundtrack!...

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On Deck: Clara Mann picks five personal favourites to crash to

Rob HakimianMarch 2, 2021

Last week, Bristol-based songwriter Clara Mann released Consolations, a four-track set that goes down as her debut release – although you wouldn't know that it...

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Album Review: Karima Walker – Waking the Dreaming Body

Rob HakimianMarch 1, 2021

All elements of life come from stars – billions of years’ worth of galactic dust being re-processed and re-formed as Carbon, Helium, Hydrogen and everything el...

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Interview: Cassandra Jenkins – “I’m fascinated by people”

Rob HakimianFebruary 23, 2021

Cassandra Jenkins tells us all about the emotional stakes that went into the creation of her new record An Overview on Phenomenal Nature, including conversations with strangers, the loss of David Berman, the impact of art, and entering the studio with no clue what the end result might be...

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Live Review: Mogwai at The Tramway Theatre, Glasgow

Rob HakimianFebruary 15, 2021

If there’s one major drawback about the idea of livestreamed gigs, it is that of volume and the ability to lose yourself in the sound. For a band like Mogwai, ...

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On Deck: Lizzie Reid picks the songwriters that inspire her

Rob HakimianFebruary 11, 2021

Glasgow songwriter Lizzie Reid has just released her debut EP, Cubicle, and if you've been following BPM then you know it's a release we've been highly excited...

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