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ANASTASIA KRISTENSEN RELEASES DEBUT ASCETIC

ANASTASIA KRISTENSEN RELEASES DEBUT ASCETIC

The start of the month saw Copenhagen DJ/Producer Anastasia Kristensen drop her impressive debut four track EP, Ascetic. The meticulous percussion work of the modular driven and stretched out ‘LXR Jam’ and the title track’s industrial glow and minimal...

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RETROSPECT ONE: S.A.M. MAKES EIGHT CHOICE CUTS FROM VINYL ONLY BACK CATALOGUE AVAILABLE TO STREAMING SERVICES

RETROSPECT ONE: S.A.M. MAKES EIGHT CHOICE CUTS FROM VINYL ONLY BACK CATALOGUE AVAILABLE TO STREAMING SERVICES

It’s been five years since København DJ/Producer Samuel Andre Madsen aka S.A.M., gave birth to his record label Delaphine. It signalled a change from making classic and dub tinged house music exclusively towards the incorporation of a myriad of...

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ICEAGE RETURN WITH CATCH IT

ICEAGE RETURN WITH CATCH IT

Iceage took out our number one album of 2014 with the amazing Plowing Into The Fields Of Love but since then we’ve heard nothing collectively from the Copenhagen outfit who individually have been busy on other projects. Recently though, that...

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SLOWES UNVEIL NEW POP GEM

SLOWES UNVEIL NEW POP GEM

Copenhagen synth pop duo Slowes have just released a glorious new single on the back of their impressive six track EP Times, from earlier this year. ‘Tell Me Why’ is a work of insistent nostalgia, resplendent in its shimmer...

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DINNER’S NEW TRACK & VIDEO – SIREN SONG

DINNER’S NEW TRACK & VIDEO – SIREN SONG

Ever idiosyncratic Danish pop artist Anders Rhedin, aka Dinner has unveiled an incessantly sparkling new single ‘Siren Song’. It’s accompanied by a Pierce McGarry directed video and is the second single following ‘Un-American Woman‘ from his new album New Work released...

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DINNER ANNOUNCES NEW WORK

DINNER ANNOUNCES NEW WORK

Just a year after his debut Psychic Lovers, Dinner, the project of trans-Atlantic Danish drifter Anders Rhedin has announced a new album, New Work. The first track from it, ‘Un-American Woman’ sees his usual idiosyncratic vocals wrap themselves around...

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RECORD REVIEW: PINKUNOIZU – FREE TIME

RECORD REVIEW: PINKUNOIZU – FREE TIME

Full Time Hobby Buy here Danish psychedelic pop rock outfit Pinkunoizu are a restless bunch, both in style, influence and the myriad of genres they employ and this also comes through the cultural references that come through in their...

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While many have retreated from using the term indie, it's proudly been our primary name from the beginning. Contrary to how it is often used, the term does not describe a particular music genre or style. Indie is simply short for independent label.

Used correctly, it describes music created and released independently of the three big music labels owned by multi-national entertainment conglomerates, Universal Music Group (Vivendi Corporation - France), Warner Music (Access Industries - Russia) and Sony Music (Sony Corporation - Japan) along with the 500+ subsidiaries and sub-labels they have between them.

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