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Daniel Avery soundtracks a new short film by London-based filmmakers Tom Andrew and Sam Davis, out now. Titled VOID – One Year Of Silence and released on the first anniversary of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the 14-minute work was born from Andrew and Davis’s visits to empty clubs across the country, documenting their emptiness on film. The piece is hosted by Resident Advisor alongside portraits and interviews of club owners across the country and released in support of suicide prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM).   With footage of beloved UK venues almost incomprehensibly devoid of humanity, the result...

Born in the San-Francisco bay area and now based in New York, Sepehr has proven to be one of the most exciting talents to emerge from a refreshed vision of electronic music across the United States. With releases on a number of international labels, he’s now launching his own, ‘Shaytoon’, which was also the title of his recent debut LP on Dark Entries. Promising to “focus on broadcasting the sounds of the Iranian/Middle Eastern underground”, it debuted in late 2020 with Sepehr’s own Crown Jewel EP, a distinctive introductory mix of acid techno and EBM shot through with real personality...

The landmark 100th single on Phantasy arrives courtesy of label founder, DJ and producer, Erol Alkan. Originally recorded less than a year after Phantasy’s inception in 2007, ‘Automatic’ arrives in 2021 to both celebrate and anticipate resurgent dancefloor abandon, blending elements of French touch and disco psychedelia with driving, raw percussion, as charismatic and gloriously high-energy as anything from Alkan’s extensive back catalogue of productions and remixes.Stream or download here‘Automatic’ is initially available as a limited edition pressing of 100 single-sided vinyl, housed in a screen-printed sleeve with each copy individually hand-numbered by Alkan himself. Pre-order here "I spent some of...

 Almost a year after Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini released their debut full-length collaboration 'Illusion of Time', they share a lush, piano-led reimagining of the title track from Swedish multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Teodor Wolgers. The rework is out now digitally alongside an animated video created by visual artist IX.shells.Stream or download here “Daniel Avery and Alessandro Cortini’s masterpiece ‘Illusion of Time’ is one of my favourite electronic tracks released last year. Listening to it always made me wonder what it would sound like if I was able to capture the beauty of the original and add a more organic backbone. So without any real expectations I contacted...