Zomby News and Photos

Question In the Form of An Answer: Zomby Interviewed by Aaron Frank

Tue, March 05 2013 2:22pm - Source: Passion of the Weiss

Paranoia seems to pervade every aspect of Zomby's life, so I didn't even attempt to go through his publicist to arrange this interview.

Question In the Form of An Answer: inc.

Fri, March 01 2013 2:47pm - Source: Passion of the Weiss

Brothers Daniel and Andrew Aged of the LA-based duo inc. concluded their run as session and touring musicians in 2009.

Autechre - Exai

Mon, February 25 2013 9:46am - Source: The Quietus

"The death of the album is nigh," crow the pallbearers of the music industry as a small, cold sun sets upon the iridescent slick of discarded CDs that once was HMV's empire.

The Month's Electronic Music: Frayed Nerves & Fried Circuits

Thu, February 14 2013 1:49pm - Source: The Quietus

Welcome to the first Hyperspecific of 2013!

Moiré, Never Sleep

Thu, January 31 2013 3:37pm - Source: LITTLE WHITE EARBUDS

In our 2012 wrap coverage , I attempted to justify our selection of Actress' R.I.P as the top album by noting that no one is currently making music quite like Darren Cunningham.

Q&A: Marcus Scott, Hyperdub

Thu, October 18 2012 9:52am - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

The Hyperdub label was founded in 2004 by producer Steve Goodman, aka Kode9, and its first release was a single by Goodman himself.

Mercury Prize 2012: the albums that should be heard

Thu, September 06 2012 11:50pm - Source: The Independent - Music

It's many a year since the Mercury went to an old-school legend, and none deserves it more than consistently the most innovative and experimental of British pop stars, and thus emblematic of the qualities supposedly rewarded by the Prize.

Get Connected // The 405 meets Beat Connection

Fri, August 03 2012 1:27pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

It's your first full-length release – how was writing and recording The Palace Garden different to your EP Surf Noir ?

Azealia Banks: Fantasea

Mon, July 23 2012 5:22am - Source: Pitchfork Media

She said in a Tumblr post she would be quitting "the 'rap game'... or whatever the fuck that means."

The Month In Electronic Music: Electro-Shocked Blues

Tue, May 22 2012 1:02pm - Source: The Quietus

After last month's exercise in genre deep-delving, for this month's Hyperspecific there's something lighter on offer.

Power Of Ten - Sounds Like Scotland

Fri, May 11 2012 8:18pm - Source: Beatportal

Scotland is the home of the brave—famed around the world for its fine whiskey, tartan kilts, beautiful highlands, a castle built on a volcanic plug (over there in Edinburgh), the Loch Ness Monster, Irn-Bru, Sean Connery, Billy Connolly, Trainspotting , and, of course, Braveheart.

Geoff Barrow, Ben Salisbury - DROKK: Music Inspired By Mega-City One

Fri, May 04 2012 10:07am - Source: Drowned In Sound

Ever since the boundary-pushing Third the Portishead maestro has been off the boil where the musical vanguard is concerned - shipping experimentation for retrograde passion projects that indulge his boyhood fantasies of 1st-wave kosmische (Beak>) and Nineties hip hop with the recent Quakers , while producing for Invada's very own post-punk Nico, Anika.

αlpha EP

Thu, May 03 2012 9:24am - Source: XLR8R

When Nautiluss first appeared last year with a collaborative single for Untold's Hemlock label, it seemed a pretty safe bet to place the Canadian amongst the ever-growing list of producers emerging with their own take on the contemporary sounds of underground UK dance music.

Actress - R.I.P.

Fri, April 27 2012 9:26am - Source: Drowned In Sound

When Darren Cunningham, a.k.a. Actress released a 12-inch of two tracks at the tail end of last year, the two vastly different pieces of music gave little suggestion as to the nature of the long promised follow-up full length to 2010's fêted Splaszh.

Actress: R.I.P.

Thu, April 26 2012 5:33am - Source: Pitchfork Media

Darren Cunningham is one of those dance music producers who has spent most of his career moving away from the dancefloor.

Bondax – ‘You’re So’

Sun, April 22 2012 10:47am - Source: One A Day

It's true; this kind of music is all over the place right now.

John Talabot - Fin

Wed, April 18 2012 8:06am - Source: Drowned In Sound

In this era of mass communication and social networking, where the millions jostle for attention spewing forth photos, videos, ideas and identities, the appeal of an artist who does the opposite has never been greater.

BASS: APRIL

Fri, March 30 2012 4:24pm - Source: Mixmag

Zomby, James Blake, Untold, Roska, SBTRKT, Brackles – may make you wonder why, despite 50 releases in seven years, the Ramp label isn't better known.

DUBSTEP: MARCH

Tue, March 06 2012 3:08pm - Source: Mixmag

Scandinavian Skweee music has long been the kooky cousin of the bass music family, all nerdy analogue synth setups, wibbly noises and juddering beats.

Shorties (Christopher Bram, Field Music, and more)

Sun, February 19 2012 2:30pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

A. A writer named Sam Wasson was doing a book on the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's."

Album Review: Grimes – Visions

Fri, February 17 2012 1:06pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

Among the rest of 4AD's increasingly divergent recent acquisitions (tUnE-yArDs, Beirut, and Zomby among them), Claire Boucher–who's been steadily releasing music from her bedroom as Grimes for the past two years–sticks out like a sore thumb; she's actually a perfect fit for the label's famously shoegaze-y pedigree.

Another Cup of Coffee with Witnesse

Wed, February 15 2012 5:54pm - Source: The Vinyl District

I'm ignorant about the world of electronic music.

2011 – A Second Take

Sat, February 11 2012 9:05am - Source: i'm waking up to ...

I tried writing my year-end reflection some time back, but was never quite satisfied with how it just failed to capture everything I wanted to say.

Mute announces new label - first release in March

Thu, January 26 2012 3:39pm - Source: Music Week

The label promises to work with "highly distinctive and pioneering electronic musicians - some established, some new" with the imprint.

Mystery Music: Investigating Utrecht At Le Guess Who Festival

Fri, January 06 2012 2:18pm - Source: The Quietus

"Utrecht - home of outstanding festivals," so says the city's Mayor in the intro to Le Guess Who's festival guide.

XLR8R's Best of 2011: Releases, Part Two

Thu, December 22 2011 3:09pm - Source: XLR8R

This is the end, the final installment of XLR8R 's Best of 2011 coverage.

XLR8R's Best of 2011: New Artists

Tue, December 20 2011 3:35pm - Source: XLR8R

Make no mistake—here at XLR8R , we revere the work of veteran producers and definitely have a soft spot for classic tunes.

The Critics: The Best of 2011

Sun, December 18 2011 12:28am - Source: The Independent - Music

Liszt-refusenik András Schiff turned instead to Schumann's poignant Geistervariationen, while Alexei Lubimov explored Beethoven on an 1828 Graf fortepiano, and a 1632 Ruckers harpsichord, was the star of Christophe Rousset's Bach Fantasy, while violinist Pavlo Beznosiuk traced the limitless curves of the same composer.

Les Rencontres Trans Musicales, Rennes - Part 2

Wed, December 14 2011 8:52am - Source: The Four Oh Five

A few hours sleep later, and I awake to realise half the Atlantic has emptied onto the North-Atlantic Drift battlefront of Rennes, and on my sodden clothes.

Festival Diary: Les Rencontres Trans Musicales, Rennes 1-3/12/2011

Thu, December 08 2011 10:17am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Over the past few years, France has made a name for itself as the place to be for autumnal/wintery music festivals.

This Mortal Coil - Box Set

Thu, December 01 2011 10:25am - Source: The Quietus

Fielding its strongest and most diverse roster for years (Zomby, Gang Gang Dance, Atlas Sound, Bon Iver, Twin Shadow, Joker, etc), artful label 4AD is once again firmly in the ascendancy.

Trans Musicales Preview // Editor's Picks & Playlist

Tue, November 29 2011 12:20pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

Trans Musicales, or to give it it's full title of Les Rencontres Trans Musicales , is a music festival with an illustrious history held in Rennes yearly since 1979, and prides itself on uncovering hidden acts waiting to burst onto the musical world.

Kuedo - Severant

Mon, November 28 2011 12:20pm - Source: The Quietus

In 2005, Degenerate by Bristolian duo Vex'd managed to comprehensively upset the apple cart of dubstep that was, by that point, racing away into the top 20 lists of every journo on these shores.