Launched by Richard Branson in 1973, revolutionary British label Virgin Records now marks 40 years of being at the forefront of innovation in British music. Taking place in autumn, a series of events under the title ‘40 Years of Disruptions‘ will celebrate the label’s historic reputation for disrupting the status …
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Tags: 40 Years of Disruptions, 40th anniversary, autumn events, Richard Branson, Virgin
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How often do you get to talk about a university student’s extracurricular achievements? Speaking as a university student myself, I can honestly say, not very often. Certainly nothing that would get a mention on a professional music/fashion site, right? Well, every so often, something worth writing about does happen.
One …
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Tags: Accidental Records, Goldsmiths, london, New Cross, news, NX Records, record label, Southbank Center, Students, University of London
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We announce singles, EPs, LPs, gigs, and music videos every day, but it’s not often we get a piece of news like this. The French producer/DJ Yuksek has just announced his brand new label Partyfine. Yuksek’s had a long and successful career, working with a wide variety of excellent …
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Tags: ep, Juveniles, Kaspar Bjorke, Michael Garcon, news, Oh Land, Partyfine, record label, Sam Tiba, Soundcloud, Yuksek
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Shoreditch’s favourite clubland venue, XOYO is due to for a night of chaotic revelry as it plays host to house maestro extraordinaire, Carl Cox, for his first UK show of the year for Intec Records.
Before heading off to Ibiza for the summer for his weekly residency at …
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Tags: Carl Cox, DJ, intec records, jon rundell, london, pure intec, remix, Shoreditch, xoyo
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Berlin’s Fairplay Records abide by a stringent – but frankly quite refreshing – policy of only working on debut releases. Alex Cull caught up with label founders Jonas, Fabian, Malte and Golo for a chat about staying true to their intriguing mission statement, the debuts they’d love to have been …
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Tags: Berlin, CDR, Destroy, Fabian, Fairplay Records, FPR, Golo, Hugo Slime, james blake, Johnossi, Jonas, Leibniz, Malte, Monatskarte, rave, The Proxy, Yør
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Majors are constantly signing up their share in the talented UK grime scene; as well as Amplify Dot, EMI have adopted Bow’s own Rascals. Shizz, Tempz, Merkz, and Kay Willz are clearly quite into the letter ‘z’, and despite still being in their late teens they started this whole …
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Tags: amplify dot, BBC Radio 1Xtra, bless beats, bow, channel aka, channel u, davinche, dizzee rascal, emi, kay willz, merkz, New Era, rascals, roll deep, shizz, smasher, tempz, tinchy stryder, uk grime, Wiley
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It feels strange to be saying this in November (and to have been saying it for months): but I promise that No World is one of the best albums of 2013. On No World, the brothers Aged (Andrew and Daniel) who constitute inc. make good the promise shown by …
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Tags: 3, 4AD, andrew and daniel aged, chromatics, dirty acts, inc., no world, sexbots, sexual shadow theatre, the plage
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We first came across King Krule (namesake of Archy Marshall) last year and were totally shocked into amazement. His deep bass voice mixed with experimental sombre production, combined with the knowledge that he’s seventeen and the visual of his ghostly, skeletal frame with fiery red hair, is a stunning series …
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Tags: archy marshall, bbc sound of 2013, fiery red hair, Ghostly, king krule, production, Real Estate, teengirl fantasy, true panther, ty segall
Posted in Bass, Do Not Miss This, Dubstep, Experimental, Music, New Age, New Track, News!, Post-Dubstep, producer, Record Label, Singer Songwriter, Uncategorized | No Comments »
We like to think ourselves as early adopters here at PlanetNotion. That’s marketing speak for people who know about cool shit before you do, so we can let you know if and when it’s gonna blow up as soon as possible.
Amplify Dot is a female MC we think will …
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Tags: amplify dot, Baby Blue, dizzee, download, early adopters, facebook page, female mc, Kano, Ms Dynamite, Mz Bratt, planetnotion, rock the mic, spare parts mixtape, uk female allstars, virgin emu
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We first cottoned onto Daisy Syron Russell when her delectable vocal featured alongside that of MNEK in Rudimental’s track ‘Spoons’ back in February. We’d been chasing her ever since and finally got a chance to interview her for Issue 59 of our magazine. After releasing ‘Breaking’ on Black …
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Tags: black butter records, breaking, daisy syron russell, mainline, mnek, next hype, rudimental, spoons, syron, ten snake, tips for 2013, zane lowe
Posted in charts, Dance, Do Not Miss This, funky, Music, New Age, New Track, News!, Post-Dubstep, producer, Radio, Record Label, Singles, Soul, Videos | No Comments »
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