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e.m.s. | Dropping The Needle, Letting Go.

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e.m.s. | Dropping The Needle, Letting Go.

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e.m.s. | Dropping the Needle, Letting Go.

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e.m.s. | Dropping the Needle, Letting Go.

For Ems, vinyl’s instinctive nature and added challenge make it so appealing. She likens putting together a set to solving a difficult puzzle, piece by piece. There’s more planning and forethought involved, but once the needle drops, she feels more free.
Where On Earth Is My Red Binder? Pokémon’s Story.

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Where On Earth Is My Red Binder? Pokémon’s Story.

When I was a kid, I had this red ring binder. Inside were plastic sleeves filled with pieces of cardboard. Printed on those bits of cardboard were mythical creatures, some of which are now worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Where that binder is today…God only knows.
Public Policy, Independent Pressings: The Duality of Telfort

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Public Policy, Independent Pressings: The Duality of Telfort

In the bits between, he makes music. What kind…? House mainly. The classic kind, punchy yet smooth as eggs. Press play on his recent track “The Drift”, and you’ll pick up what I’m putting down.
Stacking Bricks with Billus: A Mixtape for Life’s Ebbs & Flows | TROVE 042

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Stacking Bricks with Billus: A Mixtape for Life’s Ebbs & Flows | TROVE 042

Tracks from his brain don’t announce themselves; they just coast. I don’t scuba dive, but whenever I listen to his creations, I imagine myself gliding by an abundance of marine life as they go about their business.
Fables 013 (Mix) | Narainee

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Fables 013 (Mix) | Narainee

I’m caught between two places now: a world that demands efficiency and productivity to afford to survive, stealing more of my time and energy every day. And a world where I let go of all that and follow intuition over logic, where the longer I spend, the more energised I feel.
Baby on Board & The Seriously Unserious Sounds of Will Hofbauer | TROVE 041

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Baby on Board & The Seriously Unserious Sounds of Will Hofbauer | TROVE 041

The keyword of 2026 has been readjustment, as Will and his partner settle into a different rhythm – one that involves caring for a new life. In just the last few weeks, they’ve been treated to the first genuine smiles and, even better, a little sleep of their own. God forbid.
Thirty Years On, Basic Channel’s “Radiance II” Sounds Like It Was Written Yesterday

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Thirty Years On, Basic Channel’s “Radiance II” Sounds Like It Was Written Yesterday

The chords sound as if they’re bouncing off the walls of a room. This sort of effect is now synonymous with dub techno; these fellas made it a thing 30 years ago. Atmosphere established immediately.
Friendship Fuels Denmark’s Underground: Digital Twin’s Hyperlink & Safe Distribution

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Friendship Fuels Denmark’s Underground: Digital Twin’s Hyperlink & Safe Distribution

Collectively, Hyperlink feels like speed skating through space. Zooming between constellations, gliding past meteor debris and the occasional unexplained lifeform. What I find most appealing is the jacked-up attitude it exudes, unrelenting yet super playful.
Party Series Turned Solo Project: The Evolution of Running Hot | TROVE 40

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Party Series Turned Solo Project: The Evolution of Running Hot | TROVE 40

Even six years on, those close to it all feel the DNA of those London parties still courses through Mark’s veins. Whether behind the decks or writing his own hammers, he refuses to be boxed in by genre, forever expressing the same sense of playfulness and exploration that defined Running Hot from the get-go.
Heat, Dust, Water, Sound: Waking Life | Scott Petterson | Photo Study

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Heat, Dust, Water, Sound: Waking Life | Scott Petterson | Photo Study

I shot fewer frames this year and let faces drift or blur out of them entirely. The edges of the party turned out to be more interesting than what was happening in the thick of things – dust hanging in the afternoon light, countless bodies wading in the water between sets. 
Fables 012 (Mix) | Manmade Deejay

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Fables 012 (Mix) | Manmade Deejay

It can sometimes feel as if I’m slightly elsewhere. Not in a bad way, but a lot of my life revolves around arriving and departing. Every now and again, it’s as if I’m never quite arriving and never really leaving, just sort of right between places. 
AI Dominated Indie Week. Humanity Won the Conversation.

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AI Dominated Indie Week. Humanity Won the Conversation.

Somewhere between all the chatter about robots replacing musicians and the mountain of LinkedIn posts promising AI will save the music business. I realised Indie Week wasn’t obsessed with technology; it was actually obsessed with people – the passionate industry pros sitting in the same rooms as I.
Three Hours at Dawn: Amelia Holt on the Magic of Waking Life & her Honey Trap Imprint | TROVE 039

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Three Hours at Dawn: Amelia Holt on the Magic of Waking Life & her Honey Trap Imprint | TROVE 039

From 4–7 on Sunday morning, she took the Floresta stage on a quest, knitting together top-speed selections that carried a surprising delicacy. No records were mirror images of their predecessors, yet somehow they all stuck together like Velcro.
Midland’s “All Crews”: Born to Prolong the Party | Phelt Phinds 080

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Midland’s “All Crews”: Born to Prolong the Party | Phelt Phinds 080

What I love most is the sexy, sleazy energy coursing through it. It’s the kind of music that helps loosen the knots that life in the fast lane causes.
A Genre-Spanning Banquet: Born At Midnite on the Making of their Debut Album, Eternal BAM Nation

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A Genre-Spanning Banquet: Born At Midnite on the Making of their Debut Album, Eternal BAM Nation

For me, the album carries this romanticised college-town energy. Picture a neophyte band playing in the corner of a university bar; the longer their set rolls, the more ears and eyes gravitate towards them.
Extra-Ordinary | Ricardo Vázquez Ortega | Photo Study

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Extra-Ordinary | Ricardo Vázquez Ortega | Photo Study

The result is random, a sort of urban archeology in which arrangements of various elements create rhythms, accents, plays of light and shadow, colour contrasts, detonating compositions in the future through which we move.

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Heat, Dust, Water, Sound: Waking Life | Scott Petterson | Photo Study

I shot fewer frames this year and let faces drift or blur out of them entirely. The edges of the party turned out to be more interesting than what was happening in the thick of things – dust hanging in the afternoon light, countless bodies wading in the water between sets. 
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Extra-Ordinary | Ricardo Vázquez Ortega | Photo Study

The result is random, a sort of urban archeology in which arrangements of various elements create rhythms, accents, plays of light and shadow, colour contrasts, detonating compositions in the future through which we move.
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Siberian Americana | Vlad Tretiak

Vlad’s photographs feel as though they were plucked out of a film-noir director's latest feature. Quiet scenes, sharp as a knife, humming with a stillness so deep it feels deafening.
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Salt Water Diaries | Henny Jenkins

Inspired by the different cultures she’s observed around the world, Henny’s photos are simple in composition and full of feeling, as she slips into the lives of her protagonists; beachgoers - with a youthful, upbeat curiosity.
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Frappe at Noon, Freddo at Dusk | Three weeks in Athens and the Cyclades Islands

Our favourite evenings were simpler still: a rooftop bottle and rusks crowned with tomato, hard cheese and capers, delivered by our neighbour Nora while we sat debriefing about the day. When it’s time to go out and reward yourself with a nice meal (which you should, because it is hard work relaxing so much), book a seat at Cantina.
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A Foreign Pursuit | Freddie Roach

Freddie’s frames honour Tokyo’s workhorses—the true fabric of the city, the people who keep it moving. Chefs bent over sizzling hotplates, chauffeurs darting past, policemen and guards keeping the peace, everyone manning their respective posts. The power of Freddie’s imagery comes from his ability to make the day-to-day pop.
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