With James Blake‘s self-titled debut album seeing a Record Store Day reissue this weekend, Seb Law and Alex Cull decided the time was nigh to revisit – and debate – what’s been one of the most divisive dubstep releases in recent years.
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I’m not one to knock artists, …
Ahead of a US tour alongside an esteemed cast of contemporaries including Disclosure, Rudimental, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and AlunaGeorge, we caught up with promising, young beat-maker Kidnap Kid – aka Matt Relton – for a brief insight into the producer’s formative years, his plans going forward …
The Spring Bank Holiday Weekend is set to be a busy one. In some ways it is the beginning of Summer (too far?) with the long weekend signalling the chance to update your wardrobe, brave that first summer picnic and regret your decision to wear shorts; in all likelihood it …
It just wouldn’t be a British February without the BRIT Awards gracing our screens and one of the ceremony’s most anticipated honours – particularly in music industry terms – is the Critics’ Choice Award; previous winners of which include Adele, Florence and, most recently, Emeli Sandé.
This year, the prestigious …
Each year, BBC News compiles a list of rising bands and artists. 213 UK critics, bloggers, DJs, etc. name their three new faves and BBC reveals the five winners of a longlist over the course of five days starting on New Year’s Eve. This event is huge as it has …
We talked to our BOTW, Stubborn Heart, about their album, Northern Soul, and the year in music.
Can you talk a bit through the recording process of the album, seeing as I consists pretty much electronic/synthesized production?
We made the album using Logic on Ben’s Mac, a tiny keyboard, and …
AlunaGeorge have been around for a couple of years now, but since they were picked up by Island Records earlier in 2012 people have been paying more attention to their original take on modern RnB. Thanks to George’s bloody awesome production skills and Aluna’s unique, otherworldly vocals, the duo have …
Just recently Planet Notion headed down to an east London studio to meet up with two recording artists who have become involved in a fresh new collaborative project spearheaded by Bacardi. As part of the Bacardi Beginnings campaign, celebrating 150 years of the rum brand, dance music producer extraordinaire Mylo …
The second of our Special 60th Edition covers is the fabulous Charli XCX. We’ve been longtime supporters of Charli, featuring her way back in Summer last year in Notion 052, in a feature we called Teengrrl Fantasy.18 months later, and she’s poised to take over the charts, the …
The first of our Special 60th Edition covers is two of our favourite up-and-coming musicians, the seductive songstress and Mercury-nominated Lianne La Havas stars with the indescribably great pop-soulster Marques Toliver. In our exclusive interview and photoshoot, the two chart the course of their creative friendship in a brilliant feature …
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