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Introducing: Sinead Harnett

It’s all go in the world of Sinead Harnett. The London vocalist and songwriter – who first came to the attention of many a blogger care of guest spots on Disclosure‘s seminal ‘Boiling‘ and ‘What’s in Your Head‘ – is not only featuring on …

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Video Premiere: DrDr – ‘Ready for the World’

Last month on PlanetNotion, we introduced you to a hotly-tipped Brighton trio by the name of DrDr, and boy, were we right to do so. Over the course of the last four weeks, the three-piece’s garage-tinged, 2-step gem ‘Addicted‘ – taken from their recently released No Compromise

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Moodboard: Syron

Over the last few years, Brit school graduate Syron has captured the hearts and minds of music’s movers and shakers with her garage influenced tracks. Ahead of the release of her new single, ‘Here‘, the South London songstress chatted to us about the things she can’t live without

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Introducing: DrDr

2012 was, without doubt, a big year for Brighton’s DrDr. Across the last 12 months, the trio – comprised of producers Chris Campbell and Joe Woods, and vocalist Donna Curson – remixed some of the biggest names around in the form of Major Lazer, The xx and Kissy …

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MPFree: Syron – ‘Here’ (TCTS Remix)

On his remix of Syron‘s forthcoming sophomore single ‘Here‘, Manchester’s TCTS drops a two-step beat to devastating effect; curtailing the original’s epic synth stabs and veering into far more garage-oriented territory. One of three remixes acting as b-sides to ‘Here’, which is out via Black Butter and …

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Introducing: Gorgon City

London-based duo Gorgon City balance precariously on an ever-weakening tightrope between future garage modernity and old-school throwbacks. You only have to look at the first two tracks of their recently released Real EP for clarification of this; while ‘Real’ feels imbued with a soulfulness cognisant of turn-of-the-century RnB courtesy of …

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Preview: The Garden Festival 2013

Now in its 8th year, 2013′s Garden Festival is looking destined to be a banger. Set against the idyllic backdrop of the Croatian Dalmatian coastline, this year’s festivities include performances from the likes of Crazy P, Auntie Flo, Outboxx and Paqua, while notable DJ sets include Floating

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Preview: Horizon Festival, Bulgaria

It’s hard not to have your attention piqued when a press release arrives in your inbox describing a “hedonistic week of underground electronic music,” let alone one that goes on to reveal that said week is taking place against the breathtaking backdrop of the Pirin mountains in Southern Bulgaria. Well, …

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BOTW Album Review: Stubborn Heart – Stubborn Heart

It’s hard to imagine an album like Stubborn Heart – an eponymous debut full-length from the electronic duo – coming from anywhere other than London. The soul-infused, post-dubstep terrain traversed by the record’s ten tracks feels symbiotically linked to the city that birthed it; clearly informed by contemporaries such as …

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Tips For 2013 Advent #3: Disclosure

They’ve been tipped by Annie Mac, been picked as one of MTV’s Brand New For 2013 artists, and have been name dropped by pretty much all the major tastemakers in UK music. Fans cover their songs acoustically on YouTube and made up dances to their #11 single ‘Latch’ featuring the …

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