Shabaka

Of The Earth

The storied British-Barbadian multi-instrumentalist maps new musical territory on his first self-produced and -performed LP

Of The Earth by Shabaka

Sometimes, it can seem as though we’ve got this whole music thing the wrong way around. To be fair, none of us have much choice in this: we’re presented with tracks, albums and live performances, all the result of a combination of painstaking creative and technical processes, each brought to us in the wrappings and trappings of finished products, ready to be sold in the marketplace – so it’s understandable we will interpret them as the finished end point of those processes. In reality, these moments – records, digital files, gigs – are just snapshots of creativity in motion. We…

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The May festival will feature 30 hours of continuous programming

Berlin Atonal and Unsound are joining forces on a new festival, The Infinite Now, this May.

The event will take place at Berlin Atonal’s Kraftwerk Berlin home, and will feature 30 hours of continuous programming. The lineup is yet to be announced, but will cover more than 20 artists and be announced from 11 March onwards.

Organisers said The Infinite Now would provide “a sustained environment designed for sound, rest, movement and attention in equal measure,” and added thart “audiences are encouraged to sleep, eat, listen, withdraw and return.”

The Infinite Now will take the place of Berlin Atonal this year, while Unsound’s usual Kraków event is scheduled to go ahead in October.

The Infinite…

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4AD will release the LP in May

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Aldous Harding has a new album on the way, titled Train On The Island.

The 10-track record marks the New Zealand artist’s fifth studio LP, following 2022’s Warm Chris. The new album sees her reunite with producer John Parish, while there are also contributions from pedal steel player Joe Harvey-Whyte; harpist Mali Llewelyn; synth player Thomas Poli; Polar Bear drummer Sebastian Rochford; and Huw Evans, who provides bass, guitar, organ and vocals.

Harding will play a number of UK, European and US tour dates in support of the album through this year, including three nights at London’s Barbican in May. Find more information on those shows here.

Watch a video for Train On The…

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The Rex, in Stratford, is a new project from venue operators The Columbo Group

A new music venue will open in East London in late 2027.

The Rex will be housed inside the defunct Stratford theatre of the same name, and will have a capacity of 2,300 people. It will be operated by The Columbo Group, which also currently runs Phonox, The Jazz Cafe and Maiden Voyage Festival.

The venue operator is investing £15 million into renovating the space. CEO Steve Ball said the company was “delighted to have the opportunity both to breathe life back into The Rex and to grow our portfolio of spaces”. Full details on programming will be announced closer to the opening date next year.

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The Department of Homeland Security used a choral rendition of the band’s song ‘Let Down’ in an Instagram Reel

Radiohead have hit out at the US’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after the Department of Homeland Security used a choral rendition of their song ‘Let Down’ in an Instagram Reel.

In a joint statement, the band said: “We demand that the amateurs in control of the ICE social media account take it down. It ain’t funny, this song means a lot to us and other people, and you don’t get to appropriate it without a fight. Also, go fuck yourselves.”

‘Let Down’ was originally released on Radiohead’s 1997 album OK Computer, and recently became the band’s fourth-ever song to chart on the US Billboard Hot…

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He will, however, continue to perform as JK Flesh and jesu following his recovery as the two projects don’t require screaming or shouting

Justin K. Broadrick will no longer perform live as Godflesh.

The UK artist has been forced to call time on the project as a live entity after undergoing abdominal surgery three weeks ago to treat an inguinal hernia that, he said on Instagram, was “close to an emergency”. Recovery is expected to take around six months, and he will be able to resume performing as JK Flesh and jesu following his recovery as those projects, unlike Godflesh, don’t require him to scream or shout.

Writing on Instagram, Broadrick said: “If I continue to perform and shout/scream as I do with…

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The artist’s first album in almost four years was recorded in a partially abandoned hospital

Carla dal Forno has a new album on the way, titled Confession.

Set to arrive via her own Kallista Records label, the 12-track record follows 2022’s Come Around and explores themes of friendship and upheaval. It was recorded at a studio housed inside a partially abandoned hospital.

In a statement, dal Forno said: “”This wasn’t the album I intended to make. I originally wanted something veiled and abstract, but I realised I couldn’t hide behind abstraction – the songs only worked when I leaned into emotional truth.”

Watch a video for lead track ‘Going Out’ below.

Kallista will release Confession on 24 April 2026.

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The Dutch DJ will undergo open-heart bypass surgery in the coming weeks

DJ Marcelle is taking a hiatus from DJing after suffering a heart attack last week.

The Dutch DJ told Resident Advisor that she wasn’t aware she’d had a heart attack, which happened while she was playing tennis, until she looked up her symptoms online hours later. She was subsequently taken to hospital.

While initial treatment helped stabilise her condition, further conditions revealed that a number of arteries were affected, so she will undergo open-heart bypass surgery in the coming weeks.

DJ Marcelle said she expects to take a few months out from DJing, and said she had felt “totally fit”. Speaking to Resident Advisor, she added: “At least this happened in Amsterdam…

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Lanark Artefax and Danny L Harle are also among the artists who’ve been enlisted to put their take on Nine Inch Nails’ soundtrack material

Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Nine Inch Nails have released a remix album for their TRON: Ares soundtrack.

The 20-track TRON Ares: Divergence features originals from Nine Inch Nails, in addition to remixes by Arca, Mark Pritchard, Lanark Artefax, Danny L Harle and The Dare, among others.

Nine Inch Nails released their soundtrack for TRON: Ares last September. It came off the back of Nine Inch Nails members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ past extensive soundtrack work as a duo for films such as The Social Network, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Challengers.

Listen to TRON Ares: Divergence below.

TRON Ares:…

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As his experimental film marks its fiftieth birthday with a screening in the Dalston street where it was shot, John Smith speaks to David Moats about his life’s work exploring the unreliable perspective of the camera’s lens

Still from The Girl Chewing Gum

The motorbike shop at the corner of Stamford Street and Kingsland Road in Dalston might not look like much, but it is as much a part of cinema history as Battleship Potemkin’s Odessa steps or The Third Man’s ferris wheel – it was here, 50 years ago, that John Smith shot The Girl Chewing Gum, a classic of experimental film. The black and white short shows a mundane street scene, people walking back and forth, going about their daily…

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