For over 30 years, the peerless avant-garde star has enthralled millions through electronic futurism, vulnerable songwriting and a generous matriarchal aura. She invited Kiana Mickles to probe deeper.
In 1996, four UK jungle heavyweights—Dillinja, Jeremy Sylvester, Lemon D and T.Power—were tapped to rework the Tekken OST, accelerating the mutual fascination between games and rave culture.
Flying Lotus, Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti's engineer, Hudson Mohawke and more reflect on the visionary filmmaker's indelible impact on electronic music.
"We're pro-AI and we're pro-consent. Those things don't have to be mutually exclusive." The activists and artists talk about the hot button issues facing AI's governance.
"If a record is falling apart at the seams, I'll probably like it." Recorded live at Houghton 2024, our latest Playing Favourites episode sees the London artist discussing the beautiful leftfield music that's soundtracked his life.
"I'm like a collector—everything I come across makes it into my music." The dance music don talks about the music that shaped him and his recent L.B. Dub Corp album on Dekmantel.
"We put all of these philosophical concepts into our lyrics." Sister Bliss talks about the band after Maxi Jazz, weaving politics into rave anthems and the dance floor as salvation.
"Why would you care about anyone else's opinion?" The DJ and dancer talks about work ethic, living authentically and the power of lifting each other up.