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Stop Saying EDM: The Rookie’s Guide To Electronic Dance Music (Part I)
What do you think of when you hear the term ‘EDM’? I asked a bunch of people and got an interesting selection of answers, from the predictable (“DJs”, “dance”, “untz untz untz”,...
Dekmantel 2015: Review
Dekmantel, which means cloak in Dutch, started as a series of underground parties in Amsterdam, run by two music-obsessed friends called Casper Tielroij and Thomas Martojo. In a few short years, the...
Spirare: Like A Forgotten Memory...
“I used to be really negative. I used to believe that Pakistan isn’t going to change for the better but then instead of listening to the news, I listened to people and what they do. I’m a lot...
Dosti Music Project: A Meaningful Dialogue With Three Nations
Applications For Dosti 2016 Open On July 1 And Will Close On August 1 At 5:00PM E.S.T. Although music has anchored the integration of society and culture from time immemorial, many theorists believe...
Daedelus: Music's Most Respected Madman In Profile
The son of a professor and an artist, Alfred Darlington is a Los Angeles beat scene veteran, clothed in the velvet and frills of 19th century Victorian dandyism. His alias ‘Daedelus’ (only...
On Monica Dogra & The Lines That Separate Critique And Provocation
We know nobody asked for another article on Monica Dogra, but try and bear with us. Over the last week, the Internet floodgates opened to drown our social media feeds with statuses, tweets and...
Keeping Up With Jivraj Singh
We weren’t particularly surprised when Jivraj (‘Jiver’) Singh told us how it was going. ‘Hectic!’ Out of everyone making music in India, only a handful are, arguably, quite as prolific as...
Sonar 2015: Review
Sonar is at the forefront of its game by bringing one of the most beat-drilling and energetic festival experiences to dance revellers. This year saw nearly 120,000 people from just over a 100 nations...
5 Standout Music Videos From 2015
We can’t overstate the importance of the music video in the current cultural climate. In a 2014 interview with filmmaker Sachin Pillai, a prolific figure in the (largely) indie arena, we spoke...
Watch: Recap Video Of Parra For Cuv1381205's Delhi Show
After witnessing an incredible performance by HVOB in March this year, we brought down German downtempo electronic savant Parra for Cuva, otherwise known as Nicolas Demuth, to Delhi as part of a tour...