These are the 1BTN DJ Selections going into the month of April. Spotify playlist at the bottom of the page. Floating Points Promises feat. Pharaoh Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra (Luaka Bop) Like most people, when I heard that Floating Points was releasing an album with Pharoah Sanders and … read more
On the 31st March, one of Adelaide’s finest beat producers, Inkswel, curated a day of special mixes featuring some of the best selectors from the cities of Naarm (Melbourbe), Meanjin (Brisbane) and Kaurna (Adelaide). Shouts out to our man Aroe, who also helped to put the day together. The day … read more
Ready in LED is an electronic project by Kyiv based singer and sound producer Olya Dibrova. Emotional and multi-talented girl who is inspired by classical music as much as bright dresses and vintage analog synths. Olya is a well-educated academic musician (vocals and piano) and a program manager at the … read more
Vibraphonist, producer, composer, and educator, Victor Mendoza of Mexican origin, is considered one of the greatest artists of international recognition in the genre of Latin jazz and world percussion by critics around the world. His career as a performer includes performances with his own group and with artists such as … read more
About a year after the drop of his latest studio effort Roses and Aliens on EMTY, Swedish producer Emotional Ty follows up with a new four-tracker, Purest Blue EP, due out for release in the spring. Working in the gap between spaced-out abstraction and no-nonsense floor dynamics, Edgar Ariza has … read more
Hazy James is a project by James Armstrong, 1/2 of Our Starry Universe’s Birds of Pandæmonium & a Scottish born musician/producer based in Brooklyn, NY. Informed as much by the past few decades of underground dance music as by classic 60s & 70s pop, folk and soul, Hazy James creates psychedelic … read more
These are the go-to tracks, albums and reissues of the 1BTN massive as we head into the month of March. Spotify playlist at the bottom of the page. Keith Mansfield Crash Course (Be With/KPM) From the Vivid Underscores album (1977), a driving 5/4 rhythm, beautifully written brass parts, super-tight beats. … read more
1BTN are delighted to announce our annual all-day female takeover for International Women’s Day 2021 (IWD21) on Monday 8 March. Running from midnight on Monday 8 March to 3am on Tuesday 9 March, the 1BTN International Women’s Day Takeover has become a key fixture in the station’s calendar since … read more
You may or may not know the story of the great, Alfredo Fiorito; known better as, Alfredo. His story is that of folklore amongst Djs and clubbers the world over. It’s one that has seen Alfredo craft a 35+ year career in Ibiza as a DJ and the early days … read more
After a very busy year in which Astigmatic Records made its debut as a label looking for lost, never before released musical treasures (Renata Lewandowska, “Dotyk”), the time has come for more attempts to deal with the history of Polish popular music. The seven-inch single “Monika / Fun in Darkness” … read more