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Arriving hot on the heels of his critically acclaimed Mercury music prize-winning "Konnichiwa" LP, Grime superstar Skepta rocked his debut headline festival slot for S7 Airlines at Afisha Picnic in 2016 (Moscow's largest out-door) to a capacity crowd and a ton of energy.
Rolling into Nizhny Novgorod this July 7-9th, Alfa Future People Festival, Russia's biggest electronic music event is promising an eclectic mix of superstar Dj/producer's along with 2 new stages showcasing the best in local and international talent. Moodymann, A-trak, Dubfire, Fritz Kalkbrenner, Denzel Curry, Jungle (dj set), Tiga and araabMUZIK are just some of the acts touching down to rock the crowd of 50,000.
Resident Advisor featured Fango's forth-coming remix for DJ Hell's superb "Car Car Car" from his new album Zukunftsmusik on International Deejay Gigolo Records -
Omar Souleyman will be dropping a new album "To Syria, with Love" this forth-coming June 2nd, on Diplo's Mad Decent label. Watch this space for further info's.
Italian producer/Dj Fango will be dropping a new mix for Red Bull Music Academy Radio this Thursday, tune in at the below times!
Kicking off in May of this year, President Bongo who made his name with Icelandic stars GUS GUS will launch his latest and possibly greatest project to date, "Les Aventures de President Bongo". Over the course of seven years he will release 24 LP's (yes 24!) of some of todays most innovative and inspiring artists. Watch this space for updates and meanwhile here's a taste via acclaimed KEXP Radio!
St Petersburg's own Kito Jempere releases his AMPA EP today via Hell Yeah Recordings. Our friends at Deep House Amsterdam blasted out the below premiere.
Fango's club killer "Rectum" from his popular Viscera EP series was featured in Mixmag's annual Top 100 tracks of the year. Check it out below.
Making their Russian debut, Dengue Dengue Dengue bring the Peruvian flavours from Lima to Moscow tomorrow night!
Mixmag shines a spotlight on Fango by publishing one of his much loved eclectic mixes combined with a write-up of how its been for the mysterious Italian producer/dj!
Noema joins us this Wednesday for a special one-off show for Gucci in central Moscow!
Considered one of disco's pioneering godfathers, Nicky Siano joined us for a one-off party this past weekend in Moscow. Here he is explaining how it all begun for him back in New York's 70's
Mr Oizo drops his new LP "All Wet" with a beyond unique Oizo style video!!
Earl Sweatshirt (Odd Future) with support from beat maker extraordinaire Just Blaze made their premiere Russian appearances along side the freshest local talent to rock Moscow this past mid August for the first Tuborg Green Jams Festival! Check the shots below and yes thats right...a skatepark was built specially for the show inside the venue!
Odd Future member Earl Sweatshirt performs for the first time in Moscow tonight sharing the bill with beats producer extraordinaire Just Blaze (production for Jay Z, Eminem etc.) along side the best local talent for the brand new and unique Tuborg Green Jam Festival!
Afisha Picnic, Moscow's favourite festival kicks off today with a big warm outdoor vibe. The UK's biggest grime star Skepta headlines the Summer stage tonight and is joined by a solid line-up beforehand to get the party started. Big props to the Unity crew!
President Bongo and his full live band hits the road this June. Kicking things off in St Petersburg Russia, Bongo will be show-casing his latest album "Serengeti" in all its glory.
Coming up on June 4th Moscow is the annual Bosco Fresh Festival with a big local & international line-up. You can check the below artists on the dance stage we have collaborated on with the festival.
Nightmares On Wax (dj set) brings the good vibes to Moscow this Thursday night for Grabr.io
