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Dizzee Rascal follows up his gruesome Halloween exclusive with Pagans, a new track and video that goes in like a fly kick to the head.. After bouncing back onto the scene in a flurry of spurting blood and ripped bedsheets in his nutso, next-level Halloween exclusive Couple of Stacks, Britain's most legendary MC Dizzee Rascal just premiered Pagans (prod. by Footsie), which takes the next level to..um...whatever comes after the next level.  The video takes on the form of an Asian martial arts film spoof, replete with chapters, with Dizzee showing off his talent for kung fu. The reference to Asian culture could be seen as a throwback to Dizzee's first ever album, made at age 19, Boy In Da Corner, which utilised Asian synths and plucked strings, bringing international texture to his East London garage style.   "Some people think I'm bonkers...there's nothing crazy about me?" rapped Dizzee back in 2009. Six years on, and 100% can confirm Dizzee is truly bonkers. Also, still a visionary.  Wa

Sable is working with a video game crew to soundtrack his very own Space Invaders.. With the upcoming CoLAB Festival fast approaching it's time to unveil one of the most interesting collaborations they have instore for the day's festivities - one that sees our very own Sablemon joining forces with the team at SK Games - a team of game developers living and working in Perth who create gaming experiences from the ground up. Literally. Like they'll convert a car into a gaming unit. Whilst Sable will also be playing at the festival, inside the festivals Village zone teepees (click HERE for a full rundown of what's going on), areas will be set up for people to play interactive games featuring a soundtrack/effects provided by Sable. For a sneak peek and a bit of behind the scenes with the guys at SK Games watch the video below, and grab a CoLAB Festival ticket HERE. [UPDATE - you can play a trial version of the game online - HERE]

French electronic duo Kuage drop their A Part Of You EP, and it's great.. If Flume and Caribou had a bady, and they decided they didn't have enough time to raise it, so they put that baby up for adoption, and then Nicolas Jaar took it under his wing, I think that would end up calling itself French duo Kuage. However accurate you feel the above summation is (or isn't) do yourself a favour and take a listen to Kuage's extended mix of their single A Part Of You below. It comes from the A Part Of You EP, also featuring B-side Break Osaka, and is a beautiful composition of electronica. They dropped the original single a year ago, but only last month released the proper EP package. It's already seen them appearing at this year's Pitchfork Music Festival - no small feat given it's their first official release, and a clear indication they've been earmarked for big things. Stream it below, buy it HERE, and if you can't get enough get stuck into their half-hour A Part Of Us Mix with Paris La Nui

The likes of Cassian, Canyons, Van She DJs take the keys to your Sydney summer.. Sydney's Kings Cross is in one for heck of a summer over the next few months. First there was the EMC Play announcement last week, and now one of the crews hosting parties at that event - UNDR Ctrl - have announced a very sexy summer series of dance events taking over the Kings Cross Hotel Rooftop from Saturday 22 November until January 31. With one eye firmly on the resurgent disco-house scene, and the other on outdoor dancefloor vibes, they've announced a v-strong lineup of local legends and national/international guests. Nov 22 - Van She DJs, Olympic Ayres DJs, Adi Toohey Nov 29 - Canyons, Marcus King, Adi Toohey Dec 6 - Flex Cop, Softwar, Ariane Dec 13 - Cassian, Frames, Adi Toohey Dec 20 - Ara Koufax, Noise In My Head, ROOF Dec 27 - Slow Blow, Playmode, Adi Toohey Jan 3 - Tornado Wallace (3 Hour Set), Adi Toohey Jan 10 - Parkside DJs, Set Mo, Adi Toohey Jan 17 - Dreems (3 Hour Set), Slow Blow Jan

One act per showcase over two hectic nights.. Header photo by Declan Lee Photography for Trapped The 2014 Electronic Music Conference is taking over Sydney in a couple of weeks, featuring more than 80 artists and industry leaders speaking over 20 panels to be held across The Eternity Playhouse, The Beresford Upstairs, Lo-Fi and The Standard Bowl in Sydney's Darlinghurst from December 2-4. Along with the daytime conferences, there's also the recently announced (and enormous) EMC Play lineup, blending the days into nights with 120 artists and 16 showcases over four venues and two nights. For a more comprehensive rundown head HERE, but for the purpose today's article we've picked one act across the different showcases (with multiple artists - sorry Halfwaycrooks, Purple Sneakers and the TBA Onelove showcases!) we're excited to get down with. So here goes nothin': WED 3 DEC KINGS CROSS HOTEL PLASTIC WORLD: 8PM-12.30AM / LEVEL 2 GL GL have very quickly risen to the national eye with the rel

Heartbreakers v Beatmakers: Collarbones team up with Oscar Key Sung on a new track.. Sydney’s Marcus Whale and Adelaide’s Travis Cook are the wonderful Collarbones, a producer duo who’ve been making genre-defying, forward-thinking music together for nearly eight years now. I never heard their first album but their second album, 2011's Die Young, featuring HTML Flowers and Guerre, is a firm favourite of mine - a gem of a broken R & B / experimental club / house thing, thematically built around heartbreak and teen nostalgia, and structurally built on glitchy, post dubstep beats. It sits somewhere between James Blake, Burial and The Weekend, at times moving torwards the more big-room weirdo-house of Teengirl Fantasy, and full of the kind of jams that are nice to listen to when you come home at 3am. Seeing Collarbones perform live at Outside In Festival in Sydney a couple of years back, and then again last year at The Bird in Perth, have both been totally memorable experiences - the boys b

A lusciously dreamy piece of electronic pop from Perth's Flower Drums.. Bad Websites is the first single from Perth four-piece Flower Drums' upcoming seven-track EP 28 Mansions, and it's one of the most delicately crafted pieces of electronic-pop we've heard in a long time. They've very quickly emerged as one of this part of the world's most exciting new acts, layering swirling, warm synths over dark, rhythmic percussion, all under-pinned by a deep understanding of pop and dream-pop sensibilities. After winning the triple j Unearthed Competition to play St Jerome's Laneway Festival earlier this year, it's been a steady build of momentum over 2014, which is beginning to crescendo towards early next year's EP, which has plenty of promise given the quality of Bad Websites:

Paces proves it's not all about the Doritos with an accomplished 3-tracker.. Following the release of his first single with new home etcetc a few weeks ago in On My Mind feat. Youth, Gold Coast producer and part-time Surcut Kid Paces has released the full EP that homes the track, and it's a tidy, self-contained release that feels a lot more rounded than a lot of what we see these days. By this I mean a lot of artists throw out EPs with the one good single and a couple of follow-up tunes, with the package as a whole feeling a little disjointed. Very pleasing in the cases of young Paces, the On My Mind EP features UK outfit Youth providing the vocals on all three tracks, instantly making it feel like more connected body of work. Each track feels different to each other, but not separate. Basically, I love it, and it continues a good run following his work with Aussie hip hop queen Tkay Maidza on her recent single Switch Lanes, and bodes incredibly well for the coming summer. CHECK HIM O

The banger-machine has been vibing on Perth duo Slumberjack.. We're not sure what's bigger news this week - that Skrillex just performed a Celine Dion cover on a grand piano on Diplo's boat party in the Carribean, or that young Perth producers/Wonderland local headliners Slumberjack just had their track Body Cry feat. Father Dude (the first from an upcoming EP release) hand-selected by the internationally renowned Skrillex to feature on his Top 10 Tracks on his Skrillex Selects Soundcloud. The second one is definitely more exciting to us... and means huge exposure for Perth's electronic music scene - although Skrillex does have a quite nice voice.   On top of Skrillex's heckers tour schedule (that in the last few months has seen him play huge festivals Coachella, Hard Summer, Ultra Festival, the Mad Decent Boat Party, and will very soon see him jet around Australia for Stereosonic Festival), the producer otherwise known as Sonny Moore is widely regarded for his taste making and talent-

Sydney's new badass is up to No Good..

Digging a little deeper into their latest single, Blood Tapes.. Twin Haus are currently on tour throughout the East coast of Australia to promote their latest single, Blood Tapes. Pilerats were lucky enough to premiere the vicious pysch track, which you can listen to below, and are also promoting their tour. Amidst all this I was lucky enough to take five with Twin Haus and discuss the creation and meaning behind their latest work. And you can catch Twin Haus at Oxford Art Factory on Saturday 15 November, so get on down!

With the water EP tour approaching, Willow Beats drop the EP's second single.. As the twilight tones of Merewif continue to burn up the FM dial, Kalyani & Narayana continue to take their Willow Beats project to the world stage. The truly unique duo already have a sold out single tour under their belt, and with the impending national tour for sophomore EP water, it's time to unleash single number two onto the Australian airwaves: Chess. A track that has been labelled as a "masterful summary of the Willow Beats sound", and the EP track that sat at the #1 spot on Hillydilly for a whole month, begins with buoyant drums, tumbling into a breathless amen-break and an ice cold, dripping back beat. Nobody does the dark/light dichotomy quite like Willow Beats, and when the track gives way to Kalyanis' alluring vocals, we're once again transported to another world, a journey through the astral plane, a subterranean journey through planet earth - en route to a late night dance party with the faeri