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Scottish DJ-producer Jack Revill, better known as Jackmaster, has died of an accidental head injury, aged 38. Revill’s family confirmed the news on Instagram yesterday. “It’s with profound sorrow that we confirm the untimely passing […]
XL Recordings will release a new EP from Gyrofield, the Hong-Kong-born, Bristol-based producer born Kiana Li. These Heavens is an exploration into the universe and the beauty of nature via a series of shapeshifting sonics […]
LSDXOXO, real name RJ Glasgow, will release his debut album in September. DOGMA consolidates Glasgow’s sound after a period of “healing and self-discovery,” we’re told. Whereas his last release—2023’s Delusions of Grandeur (D.O.G.) EP—was created […]
Iglooghost, real name Seamus Malliagh, has released a two-track single on LUCKYME®. Malliagh, who is Irish but based in London, makes untethered, detailed electronic music, throwing juke, footwork, punk, electronica, hip-hop, and pop into a […]
Varhat will release a new EP on Up The Stuss. Varhat, real name Vincent Lubelli, is the creative mind behind an endless list of aliases, plus multiple Unknown Artist projects and mysterious labels via Paris’ […]
Príncipe will release a new album from XEXA, a young Afro-Portuguese artist living in London. Vibrações de Prata is a presentation of XEXA’s different sensibilities as a composer, musician, and sound designer, mapping what are […]
Surusinghe, the Australian born and London-based producer, will release a new EP on AD 93. Brake Fluid is Surusinghe’s third release, following GOOD GIRLS // BAD GIRLS and Get Flutey, both of which landed this […]
James Bangura will put out a new EP on Incensio. Bangura is the alias of Timothy Smith-Bangura, based in Washington, D.C. A former military man and marching band member, his musical style—which sits in a […]
XLR8R is offering XLR8R+ subscribers the chance to win Gene On Earth‘s latest LP on vinyl. Time On The Vine was released on June 3 and features nine tracks of Gene Of Earth’s signature deep grooves, and dancefloor-ready […]
Thibaut Machet (a.k.a Lamache) has been a regular on XLR8R pages for some time, first appearing with a feature about his crippling anxieties that for so long had been holding him back. Today, though, he’s […]
XLR8R is offering XLR8R+ subscribers the chance to win a pair of free tickets to the upcoming Caprices Festival at Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on the weekends of April 8-10 and 15-17, 2022. Switzerland’s iconic mountain festival returns to the […]
Shared from xlr8r.com. Andy Stott has released a tape of unreleased “slow jamz” through his own Modern Love label. The Slow Ribbon is the British artist’s first new material since Never The Right Time, which […]
Shared from xlr8r.com. Xyla, the alias of Alyx Henderson, has shared “On & On,” a new single, via Leaving Records. Growing up in Houston, Texas, Henderson circled hip-hop, R&B, and classical music, but little of […]
Shared from xlr8r.com. Richie Hawtin will release a new Plastikman album in collaboration with Grammy-nominated composer, pianist, and vocalist Chilly Gonzales. Consumed In Key is a reworking of Plastikman’s 1998 album, Consumed. The project began […]