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In this episode of INSIGHTS, I am joined by the singular and brilliant DJ Haram, who’s eclectic DJ and production style leaves almost no corner of the globe unturned, with influences from strains of US and UK club sounds, rap, noise, Arabic and Middle Eastern music to name a few. Highlights in her discography include 2022’s incendiary album ‘Nothing To Declare’ as 700 Bliss, her collaboration with Moor Mother, as well as her latest EP on Hyperdub, ‘Handplay’, which came out in December last y...

Minirig foder, mean Owl City and pop curiosities with ambient side-quests is the order of the day in this episode of Awake All Hours, as we review the latest albums from big-hitters Nia Archives, Sega Bodega and Julia Holter. We conclude with a ceremonial What’s In My Bandcamp Basket, which includes fresh heat from Alix Perez, Gaffaci & Sam Interface, Emily Jeanne, Bait, Mike Parker, Cocktail Party Effect and more!SUPPORT THE ARTISTS: https://www.buymusic.club/list/awakeallhours-ep-084-ni...

Hailing from Tokyo and now residing in Bristol, in this episode of INSIGHTS, I am joined by the wonderful Saki Yamada, who’s spellbinding music brilliantly treads the sonic lineage between both cities. Here to discuss the bond between Tokyo and Bristol, production techniques and even Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Arrival’, her debut album entitled ‘es’, which came out in February, found a snug fit on the UK’s finest exporters of all things left of centre, Accidental Meetings. Over the course of this in...

In this episode of Awake All Hours, we review a cluster of albums exploring the fringes of electronic and experimental music; more boundary pushing footwork from Jlin on 'Akoma', truly essential listening in the form of Moor Mother's staggering experimental opus 'The Great Bailout', sprawling choral, pipe organ and brass meditations from Kali Malone on 'All Life Long' and black metal/hard dance hybrids on Violent Magic Orchestra's 'DEATH RAVE'. We finish with a focus on our favourite new curi...

In this episode of Awake All Hours, it’s de Casier season bby!! So we waste no time getting stuck into album reviews for returning podcast favourites - ‘Still’ by Erika de Casier, ‘GRIP’ by serpentwithfeet and ‘Orchards of a Futile Heaven’ by The Body and Dis Fig. We finish with a focus on our favourite new club-ready record picks in What’s In My Bandcamp Basket, featuring releases from Jurango, Ivy Lab, Intellagama, Polar Inertia and more!SUPPORT THE ARTISTS: https://www.buymusic.club/list/a...

In this episode of INSIGHTS, we are joined by Nyksan, a mastermind behind one of the most influential labels of this decade, Colombia’s TraTraTrax, alongside Verraco and DJ Lomalinda. Back in 2020, while the label was still in its infancy, we had the pleasure of interviewing Verraco to coincide with the release of his album ‘Grial’ on Insurgentes. We could never have predicted TraTraTrax’s trajectory then. In the space of just three and a half years, the label has curated an era-defining rost...