Archive for April, 2011

Jonathan Ulysses has been in the DJ game for 20 years, 13 of which he’s spent as a resident at Ibiza super club Space. 2011 also marks his third consecutive year as their worldwide resident. Elite stuff. Influenced by the sounds of South America, his up-tempo, driving, pumping house style never fails to wow the [...]

These days, just about anyone can walk into a craft shop and emerge a jewellery designer, but the difference with Trixie Khong, designer of local label By Invite Only, is a whole lotta love and sheer genius. What started out as a hobby (don’t they all?) has now become a full-fledged project churning out delightful [...]

In case you haven’t heard, Berlin is calling. And more likely than not, it’s Paul Kalkbrenner that’s sounding the call. Having been in on the game for more than a decade, the man now proudly fronts his city’s techno scene with some pretty powerful and poignant grooves (best heard on his 2004 golden nugget, Self), [...]

The German-American electronic luminary is a perpetual top ten fixture in DJ Mag (#8 last year) and dance floors all over the globe. His melodic and progressive trance pushes boundaries and yet paradoxically accessible. And that’s what makes him such a flawless draw. Catch Markus as he flies the colours once again at Zouk. The [...]

ABC stands for Anything But Clothes so get creative and massively ridiculous because it’s the one night of the year (well, besides Halloween) that you get unleash your inner Gaga. There’s even a Belvedere in it for best dressed. Ever outlandish in sound and style, London party DJ Joshyou Are will be guest starring and [...]

Tim Condran, Anton Powers and Scott Rosser named their funky house outfit Cahill in reference to Everton midfielder Tim Cahill, which is strange and off-putting to Liverpool fans but whatever, their remixes are still awesome. The trio’s smash hit “Trippin’ On You” was a funk earworm that stormed the UK and Singapore’s next in line. [...]

It’s never easy when any band is propped up by the dual-edged label of next big thing, but The Drums have learnt to take it in their stride. Jonathan Pierce and Jacob Graham first met as kids before forming short-lived electro-pop outfit Goat Explosion. The big turning point though was when they toned down the [...]

Not that we’ve ever been shy about flaunting those devastatingly cool shades and opticals from Ray-Ban, but now that the label has upped their ante with its third-year-running “Never Hide” campaign, we’re obediently doing what we’re told. While we observed from the outside during its previous brand campaigns, what’s going to be new and exciting [...]

Anyone expecting MGMT to follow up on its much-adored 2007 debut Oracular Spectacular with yet more electro flourishes should surely step away from its Congratulations. Stripped of dancefloor-friendliness and ear candy, the band’s sophomore dives deep into prog and psych pop waters, and emerges with oddly and heady soundscapes that would do Syd Barrett proud. [...]