Jaša Bužinel
, February 25th, 2021 07:00
Hyperspecific is back with the first instalment from our new columnist Jaša Bužinel, bringing you a selection of exciting new releases from Kode9, Autechre, Rian Treanor, Venus Ex Machina, Pauline Anna Strom and Giant Swan, among others
Venus Ex Machina by Karsten Buch
My name is Jaša Bužinel, a music writer from Slovenia, and I m going to be taking over tQ s monthly Hyperspecific column, dedicated to pinpointing the most intriguing electronic, dance and experimental electronic records released each month. I m writing this from my Central European motherland where I currently live. As the pandemic slowly approaches another year, we ve reached a, hopefully temporary, point in dance music history where it doesn t really matter where you are situated as a music writer. Be it in London or Ljubljana, we all have access to the same nexus of deterritorialised electronic music scenes which currently only exist in cyberspace via a constant f
In Memory Of SOPHIE
Gemma Cockrell
Sophie Xeon, known professionally as SOPHIE, died on 30/1/21 following a “sudden accident” in Athens. SOPHIE was a Glasgow-born, Grammy-nominated, experimental avant-pop musician and producer, who worked with the likes of Madonna, Vince Staples, Diplo, and Charli XCX.
SOPHIE’s label Transgressive released a statement explaining that the artist had tragically slipped and fallen whilst climbing to spectate the full moon. In light of SOPHIE’s passing, and with February being LGBTQ+ history month, it feels right to take a look back on SOPHIE’s incredible and influential discography.
SOPHIE’s identity was affirmed as transgender in 2017. SOPHIE preferred not to use gendered pronouns; therefore, throughout this article, the artist will not be referred to with any pronouns. SOPHIE told Billboard that being transgender meant “taking control to bring your body more in line with your soul and spirit so the two aren’t fightin
Patrick Clarke
, January 29th, 2021 12:00
The new year brings a continuation of old miseries, but a resurgence of extraordinarily good music. Here s our guide to the best albums and tracks of a particularly strong month
I m not sure why, but in a year so far as disastrous as the last, in which musicians fortunes continue to plummet to the point that total collapse looms as a real possibility, the art they ve been releasing sounds stronger than ever.
From Sleaford Mods blistering career-best new album, to anti-colonialist duo Divide And Dissolve s unbelievably powerful cascades of crushing doom, to The Body s latest head-melting extremity, music has provided plenty of necessary catharsis.