Ammar Kalia

On an overcast Wednesday in May, a room full of people at South London venue Ormside Projects break into a sweaty moshpit, moved by thunderous bass frequencies and bursts of screams emanating from the stage. A heavy, thrashing sound fills the air: guts shake with low-end vibrations and wailing distortion rattles teeth. Speakers clip and briefly cut out, while the mixing desk groans under the weight of its redline limit. It's so loud you can barely hear your own thoughts. The

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“When we started the label 10 years ago, we felt like we might run out of material,” says Jannis Stürtz, the man behind the popular...

Various Artists – Pasé Bél Tan: Francophonies and Creolities in Louisiana O ver the past decade, European archival label Flee has been...

‘P unjabi Disco is the holy grail of British Asian music,” DJ and label boss Raghav Mani says. “It’s a miracle this record exists. For...

I t’s a muggy midweek afternoon when a trail of people draped in black and white keffiyeh scarves, Palestine flags and Free Palestine...

I n May 2020, a month into the first Covid lockdown in Miami, Florida, 20-year-old student Cameron Mofid found his obsessive-compulsive...

On a muggy summer day, Adam Buxton is talking me through the songs on his debut album, Buckle Up. “There’s one on there called Standing...