The cute as a button DJ and record producer B Traits swung by Notion to let us know what inspires her. Originally hailing from the West Coast of Canada, she now resides in our fair city and given her recent successes, I can safely say we will be hearing much …
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As if we hadn’t have enough of festivals already, here’s another. But it’s a more convenient one, set in Shoreditch, with a plethora of dance acts. The line-up is aplomb with acts you’re likely to find at an out of town club event, or smaller festivals – names like JJ …
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Tags: cooly g, drums of death, east ender festival, holywell car park, jj doom, mmoths, Norman Jay, Shoreditch, syron, Village Underground
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Snap backs? everywhere. Hawaiian shirts (coupled with short-shorts)? Everywhere. Gimmicky tattoos and hi-fade haircuts? Everywhere. That’s right, the hipster Brits have landed, to leave their Dalston footprint all over Croatia’s face.
Billed as the younger, sexier and cheaper kid sister of Outlook, Dimensions Festival was new on the scene this …
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Tags: . croatia, 2562, 2562/a made up sound, AMUS, arthur cayzer, ballroom, Blawan, boat party, caps, courtyard, dance, Dark Sky, Deep House, Detroit, dimensions, DnB, dubstep, Eglo Records, eliphino, fatima, floating points, four tet, George FitzGerald, hawaiian shirts, hessle audio, hi-tops, Joy Orbison, Koreless, Little Dragon, Machinedrum, Midland, moodyman, mti, pangaea, Pariah, portico quartet, punta christo, radiohead, shawn reynaldo, snapbacks, Space Dimension Controller, techno, theo parrish, why they hide their bodies under my garage, XLR8R
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Another goodie for the Grimlins right here. After our two-month fling with Mr Grimshaw, he’s given us a little souvenir of his time as the face of the mag in the form of a little playlist. Here are some songs wot Aiden likes.
Bill Withers – Use Me
Jamiroquai – …
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Tags: aiden grimshaw, bill withers, btstu, coldplay, grimlins, is this love, jai paul, Jamiroquai, misty eye, mr grimshaw, nero, verve, x factor
Posted in blues, charts, Dance, Do Not Miss This, Drum'n'Bass, Dubstep, Electronica, Embrace the Weekend, Free Playlist, Mash Up, Mixtape, Music, New Age, Pop, Rock, Singer Songwriter, Singles, Soul, Synth Pop, top 40, Videos | No Comments »
This Friday, Egg hosts Part 1 of the BodyMove Weekender. Planet Notion takes a look at the unmissable line up in the main room, including our top tip for the night, Brett Gould.
Fast approaching its second birthday, the hugely popular monthly party, BodyMove, takes over Egg for …
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Tags: BodyMove, Bootleg Social, Brett Gould, club beat, Darren Emerson, Deadmau5, Depeche Mode, Egg, Global Underground, Gracelands, Ibiza, Jamie Cullen, Lowbit, Nathan C, Pacha, So Called Scumbags, State Recordings, Stylus, The Persuaders, Tim Cullen, Toolroom, Underwater, Whartone
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The Bloc Weekend lineup has been getting increasingly stellar for the past few months now. If you don’t already know (how though?), Bloc is a yearly festival of the biggest, newest and weirdest electronic music around. It’s been going for a few years now at the much-loved Butlins in Minehead. …
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Tags: Amon Tobin, Battles, Bloc Weekend, Ceephax, Flying Lotus, ISAM, London Pleasure Gardens, Orbital, Snoop Dogg, Squarepusher
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On his Facebook page, London producer Bobby Tank describes himself as “a fast-rising electronic music artist”. Nine out of ten times, this is a recipe for disaster – such arrogance in music? Who’d have thought it. However, in this case, it’s a declaration of intent; an intent to tunnel into the …
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Tags: Afterburn EP, bobby tank, BOTW, BOTW intro, introducing, Rustie
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Sun Glitters, aka Victor Ferreira, headlined on the 16th of June at “Diggity Dawg” in Metric. Fair warning for those who don’t, like me, know what Metric is…it was, as I found out, hosted at the Imperial Student Union. “It can’t be that good if …
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Tags: diggity dawg, evermean, gabor kerekes, metric, my panda shall fly, nipples, Sun Glitters, victor ferreira
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Here’s our second round of Notion’s selection of acts that you should definitely be at the front row for this weekend at Lovebox. Saturday sees old school and new school pop share the spotlight; keep on readin’ for our artist recommendations.
Crazy P
Crazy P (or Crazy Penis …
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Tags: Crazy P, Friendly Fires, Groove Armada, High Contrast, Kelis, Little Dragon, lovebox, rita ora, stooshe, We were evergreen
Posted in Acoustic, Dance, Disco, Do Not Miss This, Drum'n'Bass, Electronica, Embrace the Weekend, Experimental, Festivals, Folk, Free Playlist, Gigs, hi-fi, Hip Hop, House, Indie, MPFrees, Music, New Age, News!, Pop, rnb, Singles, Synth Pop, Videos | No Comments »
Producer Toby Ridler, better known as Becoming Real, is set to release his debut album on Monday, but you can hear it here on PlanetNotion right now.
“Solar Dreams/Neon Decay” marks the producer’s first full length record, following single “Snow Drift Love” and a split release with Dam Mantle, …
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Tags: becoming real, mount kimbie, Not Even Records, salem, SBTRKT, Solar Dreams/Neon Decay, stream
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