Features Archive
Features posted in 2011
December
- What are you doing on New Year's Eve?
- The best of 2011, according to you
- 12 albums for 2011 - Oneohtrix Point Never's 'Replica'
- 12 albums for 2011 - James Ferraro's 'Far Side Virtual'
- 12 albums for 2011 - Kuedo's 'Severant'
- 12 albums for 2011 - Rustie's 'Glass Swords'
- 12 Albums for 2011 - Girls' 'Father, Son, Holy Ghost'
- 12 albums for 2011 - Julia Holter's 'Tragedy'
- 12 Albums for 2011 - Clams Casino's 'Instrumentals Mixtape'
- 12 Albums for 2011 - Kanye West & Jay Z's' 'Watch The Throne'
- The Dummy Guide to Fugazi
- 12 Albums for 2011 - Hype Williams' 'One Nation'
- My Hero: Gilles Peterson on Steve Reid
- 12 albums for 2011 - Nicolas Jaar's 'Space Is Only Noise'
- 12 albums for 2011 - PJ Harvey's 'Let England Shake'
- 12 albums for 2011 – James Blake's 'James Blake'
November
- Static Major: the forgotten genius behind Aaliyah's hits
- Süd Electronic has left an indelible mark on London's club scene
- Technique: Oneohtrix Point Never 'Replica'
- Kwes: "My time in Kinshasa fills my heart with joy each time I think of it."
- Future Islands' Guide to Baltimore
October
- In praise of the short song
- Why Delsin is my favourite techno label
- Live Broadcast: Autre Ne Veut, Harmonizer, Ryan Power, Slava and Co La at CMJ
- My Hero: Apparat on Torsten Pröfrock
- In praise of the Youtube radio rip
- Real Estate interview: "We wanted to sound timeless."
- Cosmin TRG interview: "The most intense."
- Walls interview: "How we try to live our lives."
September
- Rustie interview: "My way."
- Roll The Dice live at Cafe Oto, London
- Patten interview: "Trying to describe dreams."
- Live Broadcast: Ital at Tradition, New York
- How to make a Tim Hecker fan video
- Roll The Dice interview: "In a way, bigger, yet more claustrophobic."
- Borne into the 90s [pt.2]
- Borne into the 90s [pt.1]
- Live broadcast: Soul Clap live at their YOYO 90's Jam, London
- Why Dummy is excited about Bestival
- Jam City interview: "You can do anything you like."
- Steve Jobs's greatest gift to music was the shuffle button
- The Dummy Guide To DFA records
August
- Sleep ∞ Over interview: "Disconnected from reality."
- Pure X interview: "Music is spirituality, it's sexuality."
- My Hero: Goldie on Pat Metheny
- Girls' guide to San Francisco
- Autre Ne Veut interview: "This childhood dream."
- Hudson Mohawke interview: "The sound of a door opening."
- Quick catchup: Battles
- Why you should see Zola Jesus at Field Day
- Why you should see Darkstar at Field Day
- Why you should see Jamie xx at Field Day
- Why you should see Oneohtrix Point Never at Field Day
- Carl Craig interview: "In order to go forward."
July
- Live broadcast: Wolf + Lamb's Gadi live at Fabric, London
- Shabazz Palaces interview: "All rap."
- XXXY interview: "Snowball effect."
- SBTRKT interview: "Each sound is essential."
- Clams Casino interview: "Sony Acid."
- Quick catchup: Washed Out
- Cover Up: Pearson Sound and Appleblim
- Bjork's Biophilia is outstanding
- Live broadcast: Laurel Halo live at Lanzarote, London
- Track-By-Track: 'Brownswood Electr*c 2'
June
- The Dummy Guide to Glastonbury 2011
- Katy B interview: "In denial about being a popstar."
- The Dummy Guide To Sónar 2011
- When Saints Go Machine's Guide To Copenhagen
- Owiny Sigoma Band's Guide To Nairobi
May
- Africa Hitech interview: "There should be no rules."
- Quick catch up: John Roberts
- Deadboy interview: "Raves in mind."
- Planningtorock interview: "It’s all I do. I love it."
- Track-By-Track: '116 & Rising'
- Quick catchup: Perfume Genius
- Friendly Fires interview: "So kinetic."
- Quick Catchup: Gatekeeper
- Ellen Allien's Guide to Berlin
- Gang Gang Dance interview: "Always evolve."
- Holy Other interview: "Moving around."
- Grimes & d'Eon interview: "Everything is gained."
- Comment: Listening to music in Mubarak's Egypt
- How to dance to Chicago footwork
- DELS's guide to Ipswich
April
- Jackmaster's Top 10 Royal Wedding Selections
- Trim interview: "You just gotta be true to yourself."
- Bullion interview: "Just pure feeling."
- Comment: What we can take from Record Store Day – and what we can leave
- Dan Avery has a quick drink with In Flagranti
- Cover up: Kode9 and the Spaceape
March
- Egyptrixx Interview: "The death of music regionalism." [Karen Ka Ying Chan]
- Former Ghosts interview: 'Soft, understated and really beautiful.'
- Live broadcast: Stream Lil Silva live at GETME!
- Film Club #5: The grotesque
- Quick catchup: Mount Kimbie
- Comment: In praise of the chain store
- Fantastic Mr Fox interview: "It’s a very obsessive way of working."
- Nicolas Jaar interview: "Ghosts that appear inside the silence."
- Other people's bookshelves: Daniel Blumberg from Yuck
February
- Glasser interview: "The thing that cannot be controlled."
- Comment: No Being Weird
- Ghostpoet interview: "I needed more space."
- Esben and the Witch interview: 'We have our stamp'.
- Will Saul: 'The labels are a mirror'
- James Ferraro interview: "The city of dream."
- CREEP interview: "Oh my god, so good!"
- Manchester report: Selective Hearing clubnight
January
- When Saints Go Machine interview: "There is no barrier."
- John Roberts interview: 'In and out of harmony over time.'
- A Love Letter to Cassie
- Koreless interview: "Never bangers."
- Technique: Terror Danjah's 'Undeniable'
- Blondes interview Meredith Monk: "Touch is what we’re in danger of losing."
- Gold Panda interview: "I don't know where music fits in. But it does, somewhere."
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