Berliner by choice Impérieux returns to Isolate and contributes his track Smooth Skinned Prince to the label's Mutations series - meant to give music from fresh and aspiring artists a home.
EXCLUSIVE Impérieux ‘Smooth Skinned Prince’ [Isolate]
EXCLUSIVE Mark Hawkins ‘Don’t Give Up’ [Aus Music]
Renowned artist Mark Hawkins returns to Will Saul's Aus Music label under his real name and delivers a four tracker, Don't Give Up, that is as deep as music can get.
ART:CAST #102 & INTERVIEW Ghostwhip
For the moment he's the primary source for experimental lofi music, probably the term that best covers Ghosthwhip's musical influences, which go from Detroit Techno to Chicago House to some Dirty South Hip-Hop back to Death Metal over to Electronica.
EXCLUSIVE M. Vaughan ‘Timshel (Jonny Oso Remix)’ [Super Tuff Records]
As people are waiting for M. Vaughan to drop his debut album True Life in early 2021, the artist teases us with remixes of his works from a pile of producers from NYC to the Dominican Republic.
EXCLUSIVE Nowheretobefound ‘Existence’ [PETS Recordings]
Having made a name for himself in the Drum 'n' Bass community, Polish artist Adrian Rybka now leaves his footprints in the shimmering House/Techno-scene.
EXCLUSIVE Dominik Marz & Yannick Labbé ‘Dune’ [Feines Tier]
Cologne based label Feines Tier kicks off 2021 with a collaborative five tracker from Dominik Marz and Yannick Labbé namely referring to Frank Herbert's Dune (cycle).
ART:CAST #101 & INTERVIEW Matisa
Fashion-icon? Music-nerd? Both! Matisa has always combined her passion for fashion with that of music leading into releases on Optimo and Biologic.
TOP50 of 2020
As 2020 comes to an end the Torture the Artist team sat down together to compile the end of the year chart that represents, of course, a personal preferences and what the site and its members musically stand for.
ART:CAST SPECIAL & INTERVIEW Justin Cudmore
Brooklyn-based House expert Justin Cudmore is picking up pace again, after his Train Dance release on Phonica White in fall, and delivers a full hour of well- and wisely chosen music surely making one dance on the train and the floor and around.
STAKES IS HIGH – a playlist by Torture the Artist for December 2020
Stakes is High is Torture the Artist’s monthly Spotify playlist with music appreciated, favored or causing some buzz in and around world wide dance floors – but basically at home at the moment.
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