Editorial, Interview

Behind The Record: Makam

Behind The Record: Makam

Nature of Sound

What do electronic music and biology have in common? Tons, if you ask Tijmen Blokzijl – better known as Teqmun.

Behind The Record: Broken English Club

Behind The Record: Broken English Club

The Edge of Nothing:

Detroit techno is like speaking in tongues. To talk using sound that can’t be identified into real words. A wordless(ish) music that has so much to feel. Some c

Behind the Record:

Olof Dreijer and Diva Cruz have expanded their personal and musical boundaries through an enduring musical partnership and now present their debut EP together '

Between fiction and nature. A walk around the woods with Jonathan Castro Alejos

"I do think of myself as being a self-taught designer. Before design though, there was music. Music was my school! It was my first safe space to experiment and

Behind The Record: Tunik

With his Dekmantel Festival 2023 slot coming up, we had a chat with Tunik about his creative process; the Barcelona music scene; and his Dekmantel-debut, A New

Behind The Record: Dazion

Behind The Record: Aquarian

Behind The Record: Aquarian

Behind The Record: Parrish Smith

Behind The Record: Parrish Smith

Roaming Tisno’s grounds

Picture the clear blue waves, sunbeams tickling your face and the buzz of a beat thudding in the background, and the overall appeal of Dekmantel Selectors' Tisn

Across the spectrum

After two years in pandemic limbo, anticipation is running high for the return of Dekmantel Festival. Programmed with the mixture of spectacle and comforting fa

Behind The Record: BSS

Behind The Record: BSS

Interview

Perhaps more than any other at Dekmantel Festival 2019, Deena Abdelwahed’s performance at Shelter was remarkable in how collectively mesmerising it was.

Interview

Over the past two years, Kenyan-producer Slikback, aka Freddy Njau, has transcended from making tunes at Boutiq Studios in Kampala to sharing his gleefully genr

Interview

Ever since the boom of electronic music, the US and Europe have seen contrasting journeys. Whilst both started with flourishing scenes bubbling in small pockets

Interview

Performing Sunday daytime on the UFO II tent was Tadd Mullinix’s more elaborate alter-ego Charles Manier. Mullinix goes by many names, but most probably know hi

Interview

We caught up with the Hivern Discs head honcho right after his closing set at the Main Stage of Dekmantel Festival 2019 and talked about his label, collaboratio

Interview

"Ethio Jazz has such a long tradition, but it’s important for me to stretch that it stems from the incredibly diverse musical and cultural landscape that Ethiop

Interview

One wonders what scenes Paquita Gordon imagined while packing her record bag for Dekmantel Festival 2019.

Interview

Finding a quiet spot at our festival is hard, finding a spot without being surrounded by nagging little wasps proved to be even harder. So this interview with t

Interview CEM

Sometimes, the sense of not belonging inspires artists to create a space wherein people feel like they can be themselves no matter what.

Interview

Speaking to Jeff Mills is not so much a conversation as it is a chance to tune into his passionate theories and philosophies about space, the future of the huma