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ALBUM REVIEW (+ Interview): Eki Shola – Essential (2020)

Following the release of her new album Essential, the singer and multi-instrumentalist decrypts the project for Sidney Franklyn. Essential (2020), the new album by Eki Shola. The myth of the ‘tortured artist’ is a trope so familiar to our collective consciousness that...

Introducing: Milly on Air

Alejandra Cabrera Abasolo spoke to the presenter and DJ about her show, her music library and her inspirations. Milly's headshot for the DJ collective Sisu. Milly Chowles has always had a passion for music and community radio, which is displayed in her monthly shows...

Cedrik Fermont: Syrphe, Life in Noise, and Sociocultural Explorations of the Avant-Garde Climate

For this third edition of her Biodegradable Soundsystem editorial series, Eleanor Bickers caught up with the trailblazing noise and industrial curator C-drík in Kortrijk, Belgium. Photograph taken by Stephan Vercaemer. Cedrik Fermont is a multifaceted artist of...

SC.Undercover – “Morals”

Alejandra Cabrera Abasolo writes the press release for the young singer's new single https://soundcloud.com/scundercover/morals Birmingham-born artist SC.Undercover has released his new single "Morals" following directly his last track "Darkness Before Life". In these...

Elephant Disco Wants You to “Get Righteous”

Yasmine Akim discovers the fuel to the nu-disco trio's fire, as they unveil the new music video for their debut single. Elephant Disco photographed by Youyang Yu. Released on May 27th this year, “Get Righteous” is the debut single from Elephant Disco. Written and...

Introducing: the mermaid café

Coinciding with the release of their debut single, Sidney Franklyn takes a peek into the delicate little world carved out by the experimental pop duo. Joanna Ward and Ruari Paterson-Achenbach performing at the 2019 Queens' Arts Festival. Photograph by Evelina Gumileva...

Definition Hardcore: Channelling Nineties Discourse

Following last month's German trance feature, Biodegradable Soundsystem's second edition sees Eleanor Bickers map the shifting tides of digital hardcore. Molly Macindoe, A New Year’s Eve, Mill Mead Road, Tottenham Hale, London (1997) Photograph © Molly Macindoe, 1997....

ALBUM REVIEW: Balm – Mauve (2020)

Sidney Franklyn gets to grips with the ambient duo’s sensory debut. Cover art by Roman Serra (@rserrarserra) Mauve, the debut album from Amsterdam-based ambient duo Balm, is an exercise in restraint. Every moving part faultlessly enacts its own appointed function;...

“It’s never going to stop until everything’s broken down and rebuilt again” – Voicing the Black Lives Matter Protesters

Over the weekend, many UK cities held anti-racism protests following the killing of George Floyd – a 46-year-old unarmed black man – whilst under arrest by members of the Minneapolis Police Department. Regrettably, the brutal nature of Floyd’s death at the hands of a...