The world first met gyrofield because of a joke. It was 2019, and Kiana Li was a teenage music producer making beats on her computer from her bedroom in Hong Kong. She had 2,000 Soundcloud followers. “That was a good time,” she says with a smile. “I was feeling like …
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When Fcukers booked their debut concert at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn in March 2023, they had understandably low expectations for the evening. The electronic act had uploaded their first two songs literally hours before they took the stage, and they’d already logged many frustrating years in separate indie-rock bands …
Read More »Inside Thom Yorke's Amazing New Album with Producer Mark Pritchard
Radiohead haven’t released an album since 2016, but the band’s frontman, Thom Yorke, has been on an extraordinary run of studio creativity lately, laying down three great albums with the Smile, his band with Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and jazz drummer Tom Skinner. And it turns out that since 2020, …
Read More »Anyma Announces Final Dates of 'The End of Genesys' Residency at Las Vegas' Sphere
Following an eight-night run at the Las Vegas’ Sphere, electronic artist Anyma has announced four additional shows as part of his ‘The End of Genesys’ residency. Anyma, the artist project of Matteo Milleri, became the first electronic music act to perform at the Sphere last month and will return on …
Read More »Bootleg Remixer Turned Main Stage Party Animal Knock2 Talks Solo Album 'Nolimit'
Last week, as Knock2 prepared to release his debut album, Nolimit, smoke plumed outside his Southern California crib. The Eaton fire, which has since leveled thousands of structures, was picking up momentum in the mountains near his apartment. The 25-year-old electronic music artist, born Richard Nakhonethap, says he grabbed his …
Read More »Surprise! Inside Flying Lotus' Upbeat, Danceable New EP
Not too long ago, Flying Lotus was at home in L.A., coming off an extended sojourn in David Lynch’s surrealist world, when inspiration struck. “I mean, what do you do when you’re just off a binge of Twin Peaks?” he says. For some people, the answer might be to pop …
Read More »Anyma Will Become First Electronic Music Act to Headline the Sphere in Las Vegas
Anyma will make history as the first electronic music act to perform at the Sphere. On Monday, the dance musician announced that he will present his two Genesys albums with the Afterlife-produced The End of Genesys show at Las Vegas’ Sphere on Dec. 31. Anyma, the artist project of Matteo …
Read More »Shaq Is Dead Serious About Dubstep
When Shaquille O’Neal logs onto Zoom for a quick chat about his new dubstep album, he tells me that he’s at a vacation home in Antarctica. “I bought it online,” he says with a smirk. “Me and my boys, we had a couple of days. ‘Yo, let’s fly and see …
Read More »For Ukraine's Tvorchi, Eurovision Is About Much More Than Music
If there is one cliché to sum up the past few years in the life of Tvorchi, the duo representing Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, it would probably be: “Life comes at you fast.” Five years ago, sound producer Andrew Hutsuliak and lead singer Jeffery Kenny met by …
Read More »The Future of Club Life is a Hyperpop Rave Called Subculture
“Looking for Subculture?” asks a bouncer at the L.A. club Catch One. “In more ways than one,” I reply as I pull out my ticket to the hyperpop rave happening inside. As a turquoise band is wrapped around my wrist, an artist named Babylungs, who’s dressed like a cybergoth hosting …
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