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“I Was Never Interested in Being Owned”: An Interview with Persian, the Anonymous Iranian Pioneer of UK Rave | Bandcamp Daily
“I Was Never Interested in Being Owned”: An Interview with Persian, the Anonymous Iranian Pioneer of UK Rave | Bandcamp Daily
In a rare interview, the producer who usually shuns press opens up about his work.
Thundercat interview / DIY Magazine
Thundercat interview / DIY Magazine
On his new album ‘Distracted’, Thundercat - the acclaimed bassist, sought-after collaborator, and cultural iconoclast - is joined by Tame Impala, Mac Miller and A$AP Rocky as he takes on the social media age. It’s a complicated portrait of an artist facing up to a strange time in his life - and an even stranger time in the world at large.
Daniel Avery for DIY's digital cover • DIY Magazine
Daniel Avery for DIY's digital cover • DIY Magazine
After embedding himself in nightclub culture over the past 12 years, the man once crowned the Prince of Techno has made a rock album featuring The Kills’ Alison Mosshart, an Oasis bassist, and a certain pseudonymous singer with an instantly recognisable voice. Ahead of his sixth studio album ‘Tremor’, he opens up about making the natural transition from DJ to rock star.
The Minus World: the Super Mario Bros glitch that obsessed gamers
The Minus World: the Super Mario Bros glitch that obsessed gamers
Forty years ago, the series' original game was released by Nintendo. As well as trying to complete it, fans were desperate to access a secret world that became legendary.
Skepta & Fred.. Again.. - Skepta .. Fred · Single Review ⟋ RA
Skepta & Fred.. Again.. - Skepta .. Fred · Single Review ⟋ RA
This pairing of British dance titans will likely upset cynics, but even Fred again..'s most dedicated skeptics will struggle to deny the fun.
Irvine Welsh Interview
Irvine Welsh Interview
Interview with Slick Rick the Ruler | GRAMMY.com
Interview with Slick Rick the Ruler | GRAMMY.com
‘Rethink it all!’ Why is one Danish school producing nearly every cool alt-pop star?
‘Rethink it all!’ Why is one Danish school producing nearly every cool alt-pop star?
Copenhagen’s Rhythmic Music Conservatory finds common ground between Ella Fitzgerald and Charli xcx – and its free-thinking alumni are thriving. We go on a tour to see what’s in the water there (aside from shipwrecks)
Djrum Is Back to Blow Up Electronic Music Once More
Djrum Is Back to Blow Up Electronic Music Once More
How FIFA Street made football games cool
How FIFA Street made football games cool
Combining streetwise fashion, a killer soundtrack and a rapper as a commentator, the tricky arcade classic undermined everything that a football game was supposed to be, staying long in the memories of “urban teens” around the world
DJ Koze's Kaleidoscope of Contradictions
DJ Koze's Kaleidoscope of Contradictions
Hanging in Hamburg with DJ Koze, as the iconoclastic German producer talks politics, privacy, and his new album, 'Music Can Hear Us'
DJ Rashad’s family and friends on the legacy he left behind
DJ Rashad’s family and friends on the legacy he left behind
An extremely rare interview with Casisdead
An extremely rare interview with Casisdead
DJ Steve Aoki Defends His Reality
DJ Steve Aoki Defends His Reality
No Filler: Killer Mike
No Filler: Killer Mike
After a decade of Run the Jewels, “Killer” Mike Render tells his origin story in the shape of a new solo album. This is how he became the most political man in hip hop.
Brutalismus 3000 Are Turning Techno on its Head
Brutalismus 3000 Are Turning Techno on its Head
Victoria Vassiliki Daldas and Theo Zeitner met on Tinder. Now, as Brutalismus 3000, they’re the biggest new techno duo in Europe
How Souls Of Mischief's ‘’93 ’til Infinity’ inspired a new future for hip-hop
How Souls Of Mischief's ‘’93 ’til Infinity’ inspired a new future for hip-hop
30 years after their debut, four rappers from Oakland, California, remember how they became one of the first crews on the West Coast to make conscious, lyrical hip- hop, with an album that influenced generations of artists
The art of drum’n’bass MCing, according to the new generation
The art of drum’n’bass MCing, according to the new generation
Noseblunts and hippy jumps: a brief history of skateboarding’s love affair with cannabis - leafie
Noseblunts and hippy jumps: a brief history of skateboarding’s love affair with cannabis - leafie
The age of K: how ketamine became the decade's defining drug
The age of K: how ketamine became the decade's defining drug
The Polymaths are plotting world domination
The Polymaths are plotting world domination
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown: Break The Internet
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown: Break The Internet
Jungle is mahoosive
Jungle is mahoosive
Eliza Rose: INTERVIEW
Eliza Rose: INTERVIEW
In Peckham with 454, the Looney Tune of 2020s hip-hop
In Peckham with 454, the Looney Tune of 2020s hip-hop
GEEZERS NEED EXCITEMENT: A history of drugs in football grounds
GEEZERS NEED EXCITEMENT: A history of drugs in football grounds
SHYGIRL 'NYMPH' REVIEW
SHYGIRL 'NYMPH' REVIEW
Danny Elfman interview
Danny Elfman interview
ORIGINAL PIRATE DVD MATERIAL: The Films That Made UK Music (S1E2)
ORIGINAL PIRATE DVD MATERIAL: The Films That Made UK Music (S1E2)
FAUZIA interview
FAUZIA interview
ORIGINAL PIRATE DVD MATERIAL: The Films That Made UK Music (S1E1)
ORIGINAL PIRATE DVD MATERIAL: The Films That Made UK Music (S1E1)
Album of the Month: Rema ‘Rave & Roses’
Album of the Month: Rema ‘Rave & Roses’
ME ON BBC RADIO 5 LIVE (SKIP TO LAST ~5 MINS)
ME ON BBC RADIO 5 LIVE (SKIP TO LAST ~5 MINS)
Mask off: identity in UK drill
Mask off: identity in UK drill
The Matrix / cyberpunk: how the SF subgenre became a reality
The Matrix / cyberpunk: how the SF subgenre became a reality
Cypress Hill interview
Cypress Hill interview
Masked heroes: decoding UK drill's Marvel obsession
Masked heroes: decoding UK drill's Marvel obsession
London’s Inner-City Directors are Driving the Cinematic Renaissance
London’s Inner-City Directors are Driving the Cinematic Renaissance
Birmingham rapper M1llionz: ‘Really and truly, drill is beautiful’
Birmingham rapper M1llionz: ‘Really and truly, drill is beautiful’
Album Hype Has Officially Eclipsed the Music
Album Hype Has Officially Eclipsed the Music
Why Candyman matters to hip-hop heads
Why Candyman matters to hip-hop heads
Inside the Brazilian grime scene
Inside the Brazilian grime scene
Classic hip-hop documentaries
Classic hip-hop documentaries
REVIEW: Dave 'We Are All Alone In This Together'
REVIEW: Dave 'We Are All Alone In This Together'
Brief history of grills in rap
Brief history of grills in rap
Fizzler interview (future of UK drill)
Fizzler interview (future of UK drill)
REVIEW: Tyler, the Creator CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
REVIEW: Tyler, the Creator CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
Guardian pop pilgrimages feat. Giggs's Pecknarm
Guardian pop pilgrimages feat. Giggs's Pecknarm
Interview: Huerco S.
Interview: Huerco S.
PLAYLIST: GLOBAL DRILL 100
PLAYLIST: GLOBAL DRILL 100
More than music: how drill took over the world
More than music: how drill took over the world
Album of the month review: Digga D 'Made in the Pyrex'
Album of the month review: Digga D 'Made in the Pyrex'
Interview with LD (67) from prison
Interview with LD (67) from prison
Section Boyz interview
Section Boyz interview
Backroad Gee on British police brutality, African heritage and post-drill UK rap
Backroad Gee on British police brutality, African heritage and post-drill UK rap
Inside the drill factory (old but good)
Inside the drill factory (old but good)
VR music festivals
VR music festivals
How Burial became a meme
How Burial became a meme
Album of the month review: Mdou Moctar ‘Afrique Victime’
Album of the month review: Mdou Moctar ‘Afrique Victime’
Eltham’s new boozer
Eltham’s new boozer
Mdou Moctar: review from the desert
Mdou Moctar: review from the desert
Bandcamp drill: an introduction
Bandcamp drill: an introduction
Coping with cannabis: people using weed to get through lockdown
Coping with cannabis: people using weed to get through lockdown
LD, Chip & Nigerian Edo Funk compilation reviews
LD, Chip & Nigerian Edo Funk compilation reviews
Weed music: from Jimi Hendrix to Black the Ripper
Weed music: from Jimi Hendrix to Black the Ripper
The story of the Mitchell Brothers
The story of the Mitchell Brothers
Riz Ahmed livestream review in the i (5 STARS)
Riz Ahmed livestream review in the i (5 STARS)
The story of UK funky
The story of UK funky
The i's cultural highlights feat. Music critic Sam Davies
The i's cultural highlights feat. Music critic Sam Davies
Sam's albums of 2020
Sam's albums of 2020
Life under lockdown for Abena Oppong-Asare, MP for Erith & Thamesmead
Life under lockdown for Abena Oppong-Asare, MP for Erith & Thamesmead
How cartoons went psychedelic
How cartoons went psychedelic
MJ Cole on 20 years of garage
MJ Cole on 20 years of garage
Mike Skinner interview
Mike Skinner interview
Sam's semi-successful podcast
Sam's semi-successful podcast
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