FACT Rated digs into the sounds and stories of the most vital breaking artists around right now. This week Mike Steyels speaks to Taiwanese producer Sonia Calico about her revolutionary approach to dance music and her Desert Trance EP, which …
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Okzharp & Manthe Ribane blend South African and UK sounds into something intimate and universal
FACT Rated is our series digging into the sounds and stories of the most vital breaking artists around right now. This week, Sam Goldner breaks it down with Hyperdub globalists Okzharp & Manthe Ribane about the path to their debut album …
Space Afrika are the Manchester duo breathing new life into dub techno
FACT Rated is our series digging into the sounds and stories of the most vital breaking artists around right now. This week, John Twells meets Space Afrika, the Manchester duo offering a new take on dubwise ambient experimentation. Josh Reidy and …
Actress, Lucrecia Dalt, British Murder Boys and more announced for Berlin Atonal 2018
Tons of FACT-friendly names. Berlin Atonal has announced its first batch of names for 2018 with Actress, Lucrecia Dalt, British Murder Boys and more set to perform at the five-day event. Taking place between August 22nd and 26th inside the …
Liverpool experimentalist Dialect uses his love of geology to create organic ambient collages
FACT Rated is our series digging into the sounds and stories of the most vital breaking artists around right now. This week Adam Badí Donoval speaks to Liverpool producer Dialect who textural album Loose Blooms was released earlier this year …
Kojey Radical is the MC who seamlessly blends classical mythology with London street slang
FACT Rated is our series digging into the sounds and stories of the most vital breaking artists around right now. This week Will Pritchard speaks to Kojey Radical, a London MC finding experimental new ways to blend hip-hop and poetry. …
Astrid Sonne abandoned classical training to become a daring new electronic experimenter
FACT Rated is our series digging into the sounds and stories of the most vital breaking artists around right now. This week, April Clare Welsh talks to electronic adventurer and viola player Astrid Sonne, whose Escho debut Human Lines, released …
Japanese dub artist 7FO will turn your chillout room into a nature terrarium
FACT Rated is our series digging into the sounds and stories of the most vital breaking artists around right now. This week Lewis Gordon speaks to 7FO, the Japanese producer who left behind the club to craft watery ambient music …
Tribe of Colin crafts hardcore patchworks that chart a path to enlightenment
FACT Rated is our series digging into the sounds and stories of the most vital breaking artists around right now. This week April Clare Welsh meets Tribe of Colin, a mysterious London producer who blends grotty techno and disparate samples …
Brent Faiyaz is an unconventional songwriter with the makings of a classic R&B singer
FACT Rated is our series digging into the sounds and stories of the most vital breaking artists around right now. This week Jesse Bernard meets Brent Faiyaz, a 22-year-old R&B artist who sings his non-traditional lyrics with an impossibly expressive …