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New Music: Alison Wonderland - U Don't Know feat. Wayne Coyne + Album Details
Alison Wonderland drops U Don't Know in full, announces debut album details.. After a little tease earlier in the week, Alison Wonderland today has dropped the full version of her Wayne Coyne joint, U Don't Know, along with announcing details of her debut album Run. You can get U Don't Know today if you PRE-ORDER the album, which is due March 20. There you'll also notice Run's solid list of contributors, Wonderland working with the likes of Djemba Djemba, Lido, Ganz and Sparkadia's Alex Burnett. Along with other guests such as NY rapper Johnny Nelson, SAFIA's Ben Woolner-Kirkham and of course Coyne. Alison plays Mountain Sounds Festival Saturday 21 February, grab tickets HERE. Follow Alison Wonderland: FACEBOOK / WEBSITE / TWITTER
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New Music: Celestial Trax - Tonicity EP
Mutated sound master Celestial Trax unveils an energetic EP of experimental club cuts.. We'll say it once and once only. Nah, we'll actually in all likelihood say it again in fifty subsequent related posts: y'all need to get your ears around New York cloud producer / genre-bender-extraordinaire Celestial Trax. We knew this dude was special from the moment we first heard his seriously dope track Illuminate on one of the best compilations of future-forward club that came out last year, The Astral Plane's Heterotopia.  "I definitely approach music from more of a song perspective and try to project emotion and atmosphere rather than just doing club bangers," Celestial Trax told MixMag a little while ago. Yesterday, he issued an EP - his second after early 2014's Paroxysm. Entitled Tonicity EP, it's a cloud rap fan's dream, a murky, but energetic blur of experimental grime, Jersey and hip hop, in tune with the work of artists such as Australia's Galtier or Air Max 97, or South London's Vis
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Red Bull Music Academy Sydney Studios Takeover
Flight Facilities, Touch Sensitive, Seekae and more celebrate RBMA Applications being open.. The 17th edition of the Red Bull Music Academy takes place in Paris this October/November, and the applications phase for the annual event are now open until March 4, and to mark the occasion RBMA Australia are taking over the legendary Studios 301 in Sydney for a week of lectures, parties, radio broadcasts and artist collaborations. From February 2-6 future applicants will be invited to attend lectures and info sessions led by such luminaries as Warp Records’ Mark Pritchard, who will be providing budding producers with all the tools necessary to apply for this year’s event in Paris. It kicks off Monday 2 February with an invite-only info session hosted by Goodgod Small Club’s own Jimmy Sing, alongside Red Bull Music Academy Tokyo alumni Lewis Cancut, Summer Disbray and Mark Maxwell, all providing an insight into the inner workings of the Academy. Wednesday 3 February then sees Sydney duo Fligh
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10/10 Would Listen: Next Hype
Next Hype-man Gurvin Dhillon selects a deluxe dancefloor playlist ahead of 'the Summer of Next Hype'.. Fun times are always afoot when Next Hype are around. The Perth-based boutique promotions collective is the little brother of Horizons Touring, the brains and brawn behind Origin NYE. They have a knack for curating music line-ups of highly credible underground dancefloor talent from around the world; ranging from burgeoning to established artists. They then combine those first-class talent choices with special venues, extra thoughtful touches, and round out the package with brandinga and limited edition merch. Their Why Make Sense? parties being a case in point: seeing Julio Bashmore and Gold Panda play with an intimate crowd in a tiny alley with a ceiling of fairy lights and stars was pretty memorable. Likewise, we won't forget seeing Glasgow producer Rustie on the beach by moonlight. Or witnessing Oneman ripping up the rooftop of an abandoned Fremantle department store: Next Hype h