Born in Denver in 1979, Ryan Lott (aka Son Lux) spent much of his childhood migrating to California, Connecticut before landing in Atlanta for high school. But music has been a family rule and the youngest of three sibling started learning classical piano at the tender age of six. He soon evolved to the guitar, playing Nirvana covers in middle school dance bands before picking up the drums, jazz and pop in high school. [more »]

Nowadays the term ‘indie’ conjures up images of swishy haired artists, dressed to fit the description. However, Pitchtuner has brought back the independent in which indie was intended. Pitchtuner exhibits rocking house pop on top of basic electro: smart and naive at the same time, striking by nature, freshly grooving and impulsive. [more »]

Starting out as a rapper with NBE and DJ Jocular’s rap crew in 2008 homegrown talent Saph of rap group Serius Selamba Krew (SSK) has gradually made inroads into the hip hop elite with his recent crowning as winner of the 4th installment of The Beat Meet, a freestyle MC battle series organised by The MoveMint.
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In 2007, after the fall of DFA-produced hip hop act Automato, Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel regrouped and shifted towards dance music, ditching the bling and phat beats for synths and discoballs. The band was christened Holy Ghost–derived from the 70s soul funk nugget by The Bar-Kays–then the exclamation mark came in, as if flaunting their disco influences could somehow get them a gig in a funky blaxploitation flick.

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Just when we were wondering what happened to the likes of the Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand, along comes the overly hyped, London-based band The Vaccines. Put away the synths and pull out the good old-fashioned guitar cause it looks like we’re having a rock revival this year!
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People call James Blake’s music as dubstep, but he doesn’t mind it at all. With 4 EPs and several remixes accomplished, the Londoner (who incidentally shares the same name as the celebrated American tennis player) is probably one of the most amazing producers and vocalists of our generation.

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How Joe Flizzow met Sona One
Text: Joe Flizzow

I’ve known Sona One since he was 12, initially as a friend of my younger brother Iman when Sona was known as a graffiti writer. There was this one occasion when he came to the crib with Iman, saw a graff piece on the wall and offered to do a piece for me. I was hesitant about his skills, so I gave him a piece of paper and told him to tag my name on it. After he finished, I took a photo of it and used it as the wallpaper for my mobile.

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For those of you who don’t get the heavy, sometimes disturbing, “whomp-whomp” sound that prevails in dubstep, Katy B is here to change your perceptions about the genre. When Katy took on Benga’s ‘Man On A Mission’ with her own version, ‘Katy On A Mission’–backed by dubstep supergroup Magnetic Man (consisting of Benga, Skream and Artwork)–the single flew to #1 on both the UK Dance and Indie charts, and further erupted on dancefloors all over the UK.
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Sick of sweaty guitar gods, monotonous bedroom DJs and simpleminded pop troubadours? Think you’re the valedictorian of all things kitsch? Or that revivals are only meant for the hospital-ridden? Heard of Everything Everything? Well, you should, even if multi rhythm-syncopated beats (like Vampire Weekend’s) give you headaches.

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Balearic dance music has taken a dip in recent times. Ibiza has been reduced to the status of hipster honeymoon destination, and the DJs that reside there don’t do much except provide suitable beats and drugs. Who now will save the region from becoming Euro-trash Central (if it isn’t already)? [more »]