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Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room to reopen with major new series ‘Purcell Sessions’

ArtUKSeptember 1, 2021September 1, 2021

The Southbank Centre is reopening the Purcell Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in September after 18 months with a major new artistic strand, Purcell Sessions, as the venue gets set…

Drumz Of The South: The Dubstep Years (2004-2007) kickstarter

ArtFeaturedAugust 23, 2021August 23, 2021

Featuring over 150 photos taken in and around South London, posts from the original blog, hand-drawn notes and more, Drumz Of The South: The Dubstep Years (2004-2007) is both a record of…

digitizArte – A new online platform for self-publishing

ArtAugust 18, 2021August 18, 2021

The open call for contributions in the form of original digitized works is addressed to young creative people, who are invited to self-publish on the platform works that will be…

Studio Saxe develop two incredible houses in the Costa Rican rainforest

LifestylePlacesAugust 16, 2021August 16, 2021

Dubbed Naia I and Naia II, the homes were created side by side for the same owner in Santa Teresa, a small town on Costa Rica’s Pacific shoreline. A lush…

Metabolic Rift, an (un)guided exhibition tour through the entire Kraftwerk building

ArtFeaturedLifestyleAugust 13, 2021August 13, 2021

The unique exhibition is presented as a series of site-specific works from internationally recognised sound and visual artists. Small groups will be guided through previously unused spaces in the power…

Outernet is the billion pound immersive music and culture district opening in London this autumn

ArtFeaturedUKAugust 9, 2021August 9, 2021

Artist Alice Bloomfield will see her vision of an Arcadian manga-inspired world brought to life on the world’s largest indoor screens as the beneficiary of the first Tomorrow Now (TMRW…

New British film ‘The Pebble and The Boy’

LifestyleUKAugust 9, 2021August 9, 2021

Inspired by Mod-culture, The Pebble And The Boy will be released in cinemas nationwide from Friday August 27, and available On Demand later in the year. The film was written…

Dekmantel and Patta announce 2021 collection and compilation cassette tape

FashionAugust 2, 2021August 2, 2021

Dekmantel and Patta join forces once again. Since 2015, the two homegrown Amsterdam imprints collaborate on a yearly drop: 2021’s collection consists of three apparel pieces and a compilation cassette…

Book of the Week – Shaun Ryder: How to Be a Rock Star

LifestyleJuly 29, 2021July 29, 2021

As lead singer of Happy Mondays and Black Grape, Shaun Ryder was the Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of his generation. A true rebel, who formed and led not one…

The most visited immersive multi-sensory experience in the world comes to Manchester

ArtLifestyleJuly 22, 2021July 22, 2021

Having amazed over 8 million visitors across 70 cities worldwide, the most visited immersive, multi-sensory experience in the world is making its much anticipated debut at MediaCity this autumn for…

Wasted Heroes’ new collections for the summer

FashionJuly 12, 2021July 12, 2021

The pioneering rave-inspired fashion brand has just released two brand new collections as well as opening a collaborative creative space in Liverpool’s Fabric District. As well as welcoming customers, this…

Carhartt WIP & 1UP support Refuge Worldwide

FashionJuly 7, 2021July 7, 2021

Carhartt WIP releases a reissued version of the 2018 book One Week With 1UP, which sees two photographers, Martha Cooper and Ninja K, follow the infamous Berlin graffiti crew over…

Bang & Olufsen celebrates 40 years of Factory Records

ArtLifestyleJuly 2, 2021July 2, 2021

Bang & Olufsen has partnered with Warner Music to honour the work of Factory Records and one of its iconic founding partners, Peter Saville CBE. Factory Records is renowned for…

Book of the Week – DJ Dribbler “The Take Away”

LifestyleJune 27, 2021July 1, 2021

Introducing “The Take Away”, the second novel from Scottish Author and DJ, DJ DRIBBLER. “The Take Away” is a sequel to his first book “Harry’s Kebabs,” which was released in…

Sony and RSA Cosmos have turned a WWII bunker into a 10K 3D planetarium

LifestylePlacesJune 21, 2021June 22, 2021

Let’s face it, most of us are not going to be getting the chance to experience what it would be like to visit outer space any time soon. However our…

Customized Culture and Tragedie ‘Sustainable fashion collaboration between 2 Techno labels’

FashionJune 18, 2021June 21, 2021

The first fashion collaboration between two techno labels, Customized Culture by ANDATA and Tragedie by Teenage Mutants have joined forces to release a collaborative fashion collection. The collaboration is about…

Orbital’s Paul Hartnoll and poet Murray Lachlan Young pay homage to garden centres

LifestyleMusic PremieresJune 16, 2021June 17, 2021

Paul Hartnoll, one half of ground-breaking electronic dance music duo Orbital and controversial poet and performance artist Murray Lachlan Young announce their lockdown-inspired musical collusion album as ‘Hartnoll & Young’….

Book of the Week – ‘Lockdown FM: Broadcasting In a Pandemic’ by Gilles Peterson

FeaturedLifestyleJune 10, 2021June 10, 2021

Lockdown FM: Broadcasting In a Pandemic is a 600+ page cultural documentation of a year in lockdown. Densely populated and rich in imagery, it records the response of London based DJ and Broadcaster, Gilles Peterson…

‘Sonic Bloom’, Yuri Suzuki’s new interactive outdoor installation in the heart of London

ArtJune 10, 2021June 10, 2021

Mayfair announces Sonic Bloom, a community-focused, multi-sensory installation exploring the nature of communication through the interactive deployment of sound. Curated by Alter-Projects and designed by sound artist, designer, and electronic musician,…

Red Bull BC One E-Battle to live-stream online final on June 26

LifestyleJune 9, 2021June 9, 2021

Red Bull BC One, the biggest and most prestigious one-on-one breaking competition in the world, has announced the top eight B-Boys and B-Girls moving on to the final stage of…