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“A prog rock indulgence”: James Holden goes in-depth on his first album in seven years

21st May 2013 • No Comments

Seven years have passed since the former teen prodigy of trance James Holden released his debut The Idiots Are Winning. More of a mini-album, it centred around two epic tracks, 'Lump' and '101 [...]

Piracy and the downturn: are Britain’s music festivals becoming unaffordable, corporate and middle-aged?

Words by Arron Merat • 21st May 2013 • No Comments

According to last week’s poll conducted by MSN for Gigwise, 60% of young people are unable to go to a music festival this year as they have become prohibitively unaffordable. The survey also [...]

Catching Zs: the avant-garde Brooklyn outfit on regrouping, remixing and <em>musique concrète</em>

Catching Zs: the avant-garde Brooklyn outfit on regrouping, remixing and musique concrète

20th May 2013 • No Comments

Don't be hoodwinked by the name - if you're looking for a band that's impossible to nod off to, Zs are the fellas. Formed by disillusioned jazz students Sam Hillmer and Alex Mincek at the Manha [...]

“Who wants to be the Lenny Kravitz of house? Fuck that”: Contakt goes On Record for Cybotron’s ‘Cosmic Raindance’

18th May 2013 • No Comments

On Record is a regular feature on FACT in which we ask an artist we admire to pick a record that means a lot to them, and use it as a jumping off point for a conversation. In this instalment� [...]

Say it with flowers: Felix K on his killer debut album and the story of drum ‘n bass in Berlin

Words by Peter Nix • 17th May 2013 • No Comments

Cast your mind back to 2009-11. Drum ‘n bass looked like it might be getting really interesting again, for the first time in over a decade. Instra:mental had kicked the door down, their ‘Wa [...]

FACT’s Alternative Eurovision: profiling an under-the-radar artist from each of the countries involved, part 2

16th May 2013 • No Comments

Following on from Part 1, here's the second and final instalment of FACT's alternative Eurovision Song Contest. As you'll have seen yesterday, the premise is simple: our team of writers select a [...]

“All the mysteries are still there in the music.” LA’s Baths on his skewed version of pop

Interviewed by Chris Kelly • 16th May 2013 • No Comments

Later this month, Will ‘Baths’ Wiesenfeld will release his second album, Obsidian. It is a departure from his ambitious Cerulean — but that shouldn’t be a surprise. When we last spoke t [...]

FACT’s Alternative Eurovision: profiling an under-the-radar artist from each of the countries involved, part 1

15th May 2013 • No Comments

This Saturday, the great gaudy Eurovision pageant rolls into Malmö, Sweden. We all know the drill by now: reduced-to-clear boy bands, more accordions than is strictly necessary, the occasion [...]

Don’t call it a comeback: has there ever been a year quite like 2013?

14th May 2013 • No Comments

Sure, Daft Punk are dominating headlines right now, next week releasing their first non-soundtrack album since 2005’s Human After All, but their comeback story is just one from a year that seems [...]