The great electronic albums of the 1970s get plenty of kudos – but what of their predecessors? Casual accounts of the history of electronic music tend to point back to familiar sources: Suicide ...

Taking inspiration from the synthesizer-driven funk of George Clinton, G-Funk brought an electrifying new sound to gangster rap, welding squealing leads and squelching basses to West Coast street ...

Birthed in Chicago’s blighted South Side in the early 2010s and popularized by artists like King Louie and Chief Keef, drill music – an aggressive descendent of trap – has all but faded from ...

From Drake and Zayn to Kanye and James Blake, 2016 has been littered with albums marred by ridiculous run-times, each spanning over 17 tracks. Are artists getting more ambitious, or is there a ...

How prehistoric biota inspired the SVBKVLT artist’s captivating new album, Holes of Sinian. This feature was originally published in Fact’s F/W 2023 issue, which is available to buy here.

Digital album leaks have been happening for more than 20 years, but it’s been a long time since they were this prominent in the news. Leaks became a regular occurrence for the label around eight ...

Jigga historians, take note: he’s spelling his name with an umlaut again. On the website of Jay-fronted streaming menace Tidal, Jay Z has suddenly become Jaÿ-Z – and only a few years after he ...

FACT’s John Twells traveled to Latvian capital Riga to check out the second edition of Erica Synths’ Kontaktor festival, a community-focused celebration of techno and technology. When I arrive ...

In the four years I’ve been compiling FACT’s best house and techno tracks, I can’t recall a 12-month period that’s been so full of innovative, diverse and – most importantly – fun ...

Earlier this week, SBTV unearthed a piece of music from Wolverine: Adamantium Rage, a platform game from 1994. The track, by producer Dylan Beale, was released eight years before Musical Mob’s ...

Primary Optics is a series that dives into the ideas and technology behind some of the world’s most innovative audiovisual shows and artists. Earlier this year, FACT travelled to Berlin to ...

Jamie xx has revealed the full details of his forthcoming debut album, In Colour. Check out the artwork and tracklist (now in order) below, and watch the video for ‘Loud Places’ which sees ...