25 year old multi instrumentalist James Kelly is, until now, best known as the sole permanent member and writer behind black metal outfit Altar Of Plagues, who have released two critically acclaimed albums on iconic labels Profound Lore and Candlelight. Using found sounds, homemade instruments and field recordings as a base, Altar Of Plagues create
Taking the boom and glitch of British bass culture and allying it to the slick sweetness of classic American SWV or Destiny’s Child-style R&B, the only thing that is already clear about AlunaGeorge (singer Aluna Francis and producer George Reid) is that they can’t be neatly tucked away into any one box. Managing to take
Under the name Howse, 22 year old, Providence, Rhode Island resident, Nathaniel Oak, has crafted a chaotic, wired sound that draws inspiration from juke and jungle, taking those influences and twisting them into something blasted and blown out. Throughout his debut EP ‘Lay Hollow’ layers of blissed out jungle ambience compete to be heard over
The tail end of 2011 saw the emergence of material from a producer known only as Evian Christ with oblique YouTube videos accompanying music which seemed to occupy its own particular twilit corner of the musical landscape – poised somewhere at the crossroads between freaked, haunted ambience and sparse, twisted R&B. Signing shortly after to
Hailing from Yorkshire, but now based in London, Bobby Krlic, the multi-instrumentalist behind The Haxan Cloak released an incredible self titled debut album on Aurora Borealis in 2011, a record that blew away pretty much everyone who happened to hear it. Fusing a rare talent for classical composition with a passion for exploring serrated electronic,
In the past trying to pin down Vessel’s constantly evolving sound has never been an easy task, and with the release of his debut album it’s become a whole lot harder. In the past 12 months Vessel, aka, 22 year old Sebastian Gainsborough, has been introducing people to his sound via a series of 12”
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Born in Senegal and raised by Russian-educated parents in Kuwait (although she summered in the UK), Fatima Al Qadiri eventually wound up in Brooklyn, where she’s been involved in New York City’s art world for several years as a photographer and visual artist. In her free time, she pens the Global. WAV blog for DIS
Since releasing his debut EP ‘Rainforest’ on Tri Angle in 2011, 24 year old New Jersey native, Mike Volpe as Clams Casino has been dubbed as one of the most in demand hip hop producers to have emerged in recent years. He came in to the limelight with his productions for Lil B and Soulja
Drawing from acts as diverse as Ludacris, Britney Spears, and Broadcast, oOoOO marries hip-hop-influenced beats with Top 40 melodies and experimental, lo-fi sounds to create his own unique, potent brand of haunting, twilit pop music. Since emerging a few years ago oOoOO has released two EPs of strange, emotionally unsettling sounds through Tri Angle; ‘oOoOO’
How To Dress Well is the stage name of songwriter and producer Tom Krell. Krell’s burgeoning career began in 2009 when, having just moved from Brooklyn to Berlin, his songs began to emerge online via a hugely prolific string of free, digital EPs posted in anonymity on his blog. Combining a gorgeous falsetto with fractured
Having always chosen to shun the limelight not much can really be said about UK based producer Holy Other on any kind of personal level, but his intensely intimate music communicates more than biographical details ever could. Since releasing his debut EP ‘With U’ through Tri Angle in 2011, Holy Other has risen to become
In 2010 Tri Angle introduced the world to Balam Acab (aka Alec Koone), and his otherworldly, secretive sound of submerged bass and phantom vocal harmonies, with the release of his universally acclaimed debut EP ‘See Birds’ a record which also happened to be the first official Tri Angle release. For Alec Koone, the 20 year