Editorial
The festival season is going ahead!
Erik Madigan Heck - So Much Love
'So Much Love' blends together a selection of music that influenced the creation of the Safe Passage LP by Frits Wentink and Erik Madigan Heck.
The Patta x Dekmantel 2020 collection is here
We are happy to unveil the sixth in our annual series of collaborations with friends and Amsterdam streetwear icons Patta.
Dekmantel Selectors
We thought this week would be spent in Tisno for Dekmantel Selectors. Our traditional end-of-season send off will simply have to wait an extra year, and the occ
Interview
Humble, perceptive and driven by curiosity: this interview with Batu reveals what makes this outrageously DJ/producer/label boss tick. Zweikommasieben caught up
Podcast
“Allow your work to speak for you and you won’t have to say much.” — Spot on statement by the legendary Leroy Burgess during the Resident Advisor Exchange talk
2019 Festival Recap
Dekmantel Podcast 294 - Grand River
Italian-Dutch composer Aimée Portioli is part of a new breed of artist who is meticulous in the way she sculpts and designs her sounds.
Dekmantel Podcast 293 - Jossy Mitsy
One of Jossy Mitsu's skills is her versatility. She was born and raised in Birmingham before moving to London, so has been exposed to, and immersed in, a wide a
Dekmantel Podcast 292 - Kate Miller
It was local word of mouth that elevated Australian Kate Miller from local to international notoriety.
Unheard Recordings From Dekmantel Festival
For every summer since 2013 we have had this week double underlined in our calendar: Dekmantel Festival.
Dekmantel Podcast 291 - GAIKA
GAIKA has been hailed as one of Britain's most vital rappers. His confrontational music — and writing — is proudly Black, addressing as it does issues of the im
Dekmantel Podcast 290 - Talismann
Talismann is the techno alias of the Dutch house artist Makam. Under this name he makes dark, dubby, wormhole techno that is designed for dance floor meditation
Dekmantel Podcast 289 - Jamie 3:26
Jamie 3:26 has been a pivotal part of the Chicago scene for decades. Hailing from the South Side, he has been immersed in the city’s musical culture since day o
Statement
Dekmantel Podcast 288 - Juliana Huxtable
Juliana Huxtable continually crosses boundaries and breaks down borders. Her multidisciplinary art takes in writing, performing, poetry, DJing and running the S
What To Watch
We love film, that's a given. The lockdown got us spending more time behind our screens than ever, so we've compiled five short films that have been on our mind
Stream Recommendations
We're back with some stream recommendations for today and tomorrow, including highlights like Afrodeutsche, Shanti Celeste, Theo Parrish, Suze Ijó and ZULI. Rea
Dekmantel Podcast 287 - Kelly Lee Owens
Welsh singer, musician and producer Kelly Lee Owens has come a long way since her former life as a nurse. That was during her teens, before she went on to work
Dekmantel Podcast 286 - Danny Daze
Daniel Gomez has proven incredibly hard to pin down since he first emerged. After starting down a path that very quickly took him to the best clubs in the world
Juneteenth on Bandcamp
Bandcamp are marking Juneteenth today with 100% of their takings going to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. If you can spend money on some music, today is a great d
Dekmantel Podcast 285 - SHERELLE
In the last couple of years, London's SHERELLE has torn through the dance music world like a tornado. Everything she does is high speed and high impact, from wh
A Statement From Dekmantel
Stream Recommendations
We've listed some of our favourite streams for this week below. Get your weekend covered with the likes of Kelly Lee Owens, K-LONE, Space Dimension Controller,