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When the 19th edition of Barcelona’s Primavera Sound shut its gates on 1 June 2019, the world was a very different place. The next two summers would pass with hopes raised and then hopes dashed; tumultuous ups and downs and world had quickly grown...
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Ever the progressive music and arts festival, Sónar have announced the programme for this year's edition of their immersive Sonar360º by MEDIAPRO experience. Offering an unparalleled A/V extravaganza, the Sonar360º dome spans 19 metres in...
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'I don’t want young and creative Londoners abandoning our city to head to Amsterdam, to Berlin, to Prague where clubs are supported and allowed to flourish. I want them to be able to celebrate what they love in the city that they love, rather than...
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Microsoft’s ongoing Music x Technology program has announced a collaboration with alt-pop goddess Grimes; debuting at music, art, and tech festival, Moogfest, between 19—22 May. Claire 'Grimes' Boucher is one of the headliners at the...
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Yeah, youth ... damn ... anyone else struggle with differentiating between the years when you did something? If you go back to my late-teens, then my differential buffer is probably at the five year mark ... 1999 ... 2004 ... does it...
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You know how Wu-Tang turned their album Once Upon A Time In Shaolin into an art project — selling its one single copy to the highest bidder (“this is like somebody having the scepter of an Egyptian king” said RZA last spring, when it...
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He put his all into that performance, didn't he? For his all, read: Kurt Cobain spiralling head-first into a drum kit, Iggy Pop cutting himself on stage, artists bound by the internal conflict between performance and psychological angst — the...
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Sónar have just announced the first names of their 2016 Barcelona lineup. And it's good. ANOHNI are perhaps the biggest news, although I'll forgive you for not having heard of them. A new project led by Antony (and the Johnsons) Hegarty, with two...
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If I could possibly interrupt you from listening to Art Angels for just one moment, your overlord alt-pop Goddess features on the virtual pages of Hunger Magazine — and she demands your mortal attention. Don't know Hunger mag? Dazed & Confused ......
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Their music isn't the only thing that Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter veneer with the haze of 1980s wistfulness; following on from a series of brilliant retro merchandise adverts (put together in classic buy-now-pay-loads-more-later...
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Grimes is back, and has her pop star boots on. Flesh without Blood/Life in the Vivid Dream are the second and third tracks (REALiTi dropped earlier this year) from Art Angels — her fourth long-player, and hotly-anticipated follow up to 4AD debut...
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In the world of clubbing as much as anywhere, if you're not moving forward, you're going backwards. While a lot of clubs do a decent job of keeping their set-lists current, there's a growing feeling that they aren't pushing the boundaries in the...
City Notes
Combining a traditional downtown vibe with the atmosphere of the historic Edo period, The ONE@Tokyo is a 142-room hotel located in the east side of Japanese city's 23 wards. A place to gather and meet, the property is home to a stunning ground...
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Space Copenhagen have completed devastatingly beautiful interior design works on Mammertsberg, a hotel and restaurant housed within a 1911-built classic Swiss villa that overlooks Lake Constance on the border of Germany, Austria, and...
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After calling Clerkenwell home for more than 20 years, Vitra have made the move further east, choosing the Grade II-listed Tramshed building in the heart of Shoreditch, as their new London flagship headquarters and showroom. Originally a power...
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M.A.D. Collectif (Mode, Arts et Divertissements) is a Montreal-based group of creatives formerly known as Groupe Sensation Mode, and they have recently moved to a new 3,600 square foot space in the city's lively Village district, partnering with...
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Are you a new parent trying to navigate the world of baby formula? With so many options on the market, it can be overwhelming to choose the right one. If you're curious about European baby formula, you're not alone! Many parents turn to European...
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Historically, buildings were constructed without much thought about energy efficiency. But as we became more aware of the negative impacts of energy consumption on the environment and operating costs, building energy codes and regulations were...
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Since the popularity of cannabis use is growing, and it's getting legal in many areas, it's not a problem to find a store to buy cannabis products. But not all of them provide a good range of products or test their products in third party labs to...
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Leftover spray paint can be both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, it can be an inexpensive way to give your home a quick facelift. On the other hand, having too much unused paint can be a hassle, as you need to find ways to use it up before it...