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“The Soundscape Of Now”: Tonik Ensemble On Holly Herndon
As I struggled to comprehend the reference-laden visual language and chaotic sonic landscape of Holly Herndon’s Sónar show last night, a friend tried to guide me through it. When empty-eyed theatre masks started spawning ad infinitum on the big screen behind the…
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“All Sorts Of Crazy”: Our Team’s Friday At Sónar Reykjavík
Our review team shook off any Thursday weariness and went full tilt into Sónar last night. Despite seeing a vast range of music in all the spaces of the festival, from experimental electronica in SonarComplex to pounding techno at the car-park stage…
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The Straumur Guide to Sónaruary
Once the darkest and dullest month on the Icelandic calendar for music and culture (and other things that make life moderately worth living), February was forever transformed in 2013 with the arrival of Sónar Reykjavík, that annual shining beacon of modern sonic…
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Sónar Reykjavík Emphasises The Presence Of Female Artists
With the third Sónar Reykjavík festival just around the corner, the local organisers recently revealed that they’re continually working to increase the presence of female artists in the mostly male-dominated electronic music scene. In doing so, they are also encouraging more girls…
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Future Aesthetics: Holly Herndon Pushes The Boundaries
Holly Herndon’s ‘Platform’ is one of the most dense, dizzying, constantly surprising electronica LPs of recent times. Devoutly experimental in nature, it melds broken beats, chopped-up chants, drones, spoken poetic fragments, lush synth textures, and all manner of stretched, shattered, pulverised electronic…
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Holly Herndon On The Excitement Of Live Performance
Ahead of the forthcoming Sónar Reykjavík festival, we recently spoke at length to rising electronica star Holly Herndon, who’ll be performing on Friday 19th at SonarHall. You can read our particularly edifying interview in our next issue, out on Friday, which features…
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Sónar 2016 Sounds Off More Artists, Now Even More Exciting
Sónar ups its game today, announcing new additions to its quickly swelling lineup. Now set to perform at the festival in February 2016 are German DJ and producer Boys Noize, Detroit rapper Angel Haze, President Bongo (formerly of Gusgus) and his Emotional Carpenters,…