INTERVIEW // Indie’s golden children Bombay Bicycle Club are back with a new album
Five years ago it would’ve been fair to say Bombay Bicycle Club were headed down a sure-fire track to burnout. By the end of 2015, after nine months touring with So Long, See You Tomorrow – their first album to reach the UK chart’s #1 spot – the band’s four core members were clamouring for …
Drinks with Mala and Commodo: the past, present & MEDi 100
The end of November brought the fifth instalment of Bristol’s annual weekend-long bassweight collision, Teachings in Dub x Deep Medi. Friday night’s lineup was, as always, in veneration to the sounds of dubstep, and so before things kicked off, we sat down with one of dubstep’s earliest originators and most important patrons of the scene, Mala; …
INTERVIEW // How My Nu Leng dominated the bass music world
A duo who have conquered various genres and tore up venues across the nation, Bristol’s My Nu Leng keep on proving why they’re one of the generation’s best. A household name in the electronic music scene, Tommy and Jammo AKA My Nu Leng have come a long way since making their pilgrimage to Bristol from …
INTERVIEW // Alaska & Sharon Needles: ‘The world is catching up with us!’
After the mainstream explosion of the award-winning reality TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race, the art of drag has become a phenomenon that’s taken over the world like never before. So, when a show like the Heels of Hell tour featuring some of favourite Drag Race queen’s heads to Bristol’s O2 Academy, you know it’s going …
Drinks with London Elektricity: ‘I’ve taken no prisoners and made no compromises’
As a producer, Tony Colman aka London Elekricity has continually pushed drum and bass out of its comfort zone, combining his wide-ranging influences and production genius with live instrumentation and breath-stealing vocal features – forever thinking outside the box. As a label head, he’s put his neck on the line time and time again to …
Introducing Worm Disco Club – the global party starters from Bristol
Bristol’s spirit of open-mindedness, collaboration and celebration of different cultures creates a diverse club and live music scene. Nathan, Jackson and Jake are the groove-focused trio behind Worm Disco Club, an event born out of their desire to bring this diversity under one roof and celebrate collective togetherness. The name can be deceiving to the …
INTERVIEW // Eats Everything: ‘I’m still pinching myself’
Since his Entrance Song blew up on the resurgent house music scene in 2011, Bristol’s Dan Pearce AKA Eats Everything has been a consistent force at the forefront of the underground dance music scene. Excitement only continues to rise around the incredibly hardworking DJ and producer, whose Eats Everything moniker describes his passion and aptitude …
INTERVIEW // Wilkinson LIVE, working with Sub Focus and trolling Twitter
Combining heavy drum and bass beats with powerful synths and emotive vocals to make colossal dancefloor tunes, Wilkinson is undeniably one of this decade’s biggest dance music stars. Wilkinson’s extensive catalogue of releases spanning the last ten years displays his versatility as a producer, with an unrivalled number of huge commercial hits, as well as …
20 Questions with Toodles & the Hectic Pity
Toodles & the Hectic Pity are lead vocals and guitarist Callum McAllister, bassist Max Cole and drummer Dom Mosley – with a medley of more unusual instruments between them, from a melodica to pizza boxes. Firm friends from school, they initially came together as a band to play the inaugural Inglefest, so it’s fitting that …
Quantic: ‘I wanted to create something I knew would work on the dancefloor’
Quantic AKA Will Holland is a seasoned professional when it comes to bringing sunshine to the dancefloor with his South American-infused sounds. This June, we saw the release of Atlantic Oscillations, his first solo album since 2014’s Magnetica. Since its release, the album has received warm praise, including prime time airplay on BBC 6 Music. …