American-Chilean DJ/producer/wunderkind Nicolas Jaar has achieved big things in his 23 years of existence. Jaar started to make organic electronic music at the age of 14, and by 17, he made his outstanding debut with critically acclaimed album, ‘The Student EP‘. Citing minimalist Modernist composer Erik Satie and Ethiopian jazz …
Now in its fifth season, Alfred Dunhill‘s unique Voice campaign has returned and it includes candid interviews with renowned photographer Don McCullin, ambient pioneer and Roxy Music legend Brian Eno, and prodigal mountaineer Geordie Stewart.
Shot in stark black-and-white by fashion photographer David Sims, each …
Our current BOTW – Sheffield’s Hey Sholay, who we introduced you to yesterday – put together a playlist taking us through a mix of their influences, past and present. It’s an eclectic collection; veering between the dizzying jazz of Miles Davis and Chet Baker to classic cuts from Bowie, Kraftwerk and The …
PlanetNotion.com’s Editor Seb Law jetted off to Montreal recently to take a look at what Canada’s first festival of electronic music has to offer. Here’s what he made of it.
My brief three-day sojourn to Montreal’s MUTEK festival is peppered with penny-drop moments about what festivals, were, are and should …
Planet Notion caught up with our Band Of The Week about their new EP, their sci-fi influences, and (of course) the Olympics.
I’ve just watched the video for ‘Glass House’ for the first time and I am in a slightly scared state of awe. Was that the intended side effect?…
Writer and Blackbird Blackbird fanatic April Whitlow hangs out with the man behind the music, chatting about all sorts from the meaning behind the obscure name of his forthcoming Boracay Planet EP and food as an inspiration for music.
How do you go about touring Europe when you are a …
We rather like the new Hercules and Love Affair record (Read Seb Law’s review of ‘Blus Songs’ in Notion 049 at www.notionmag.com). It’s rammed full of addictive fun-time songs that have a 4/4 beat and a sparkling rhythm. He liked it so much that we thought we’d …
PlanetNotion: How’d you get involved with Sunday Best?
Rob has been a big supporter of my music from the outset – he gave me my first national radio play and he’s championed my remixes. We met up one day for a coffee and talked about putting out my album. I’d …
NICK ROBERTSON has been BRIAN ENO’s go-to visual collaborator since his 1997 album, The Drop: working with him not only on album art, but also Eno’s generative AV software project 77 Million Paintings and a variety of live installations and performances across the world. We talked with Nick about his …
Notion’s been exploring its dark and dreamy side recently, as Autumn’s chill sees us taking refuge indoors with some of our favourite discoveries. Our cover artists, Darkstar, take us deep into electronica with their new album, and we look at what’s happening on the other sidepond too, musically speaking. We’ve …
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