Island Of The Gods Records

The new Bali-based imprint from LN-CC co-founder Dan Mitchell releases a hypnotic single from Zsou recorded in the Javan jungles

After a fair amount of time monitoring LN-CC‘s seriously obscure music collection in the digital realm, we knew we needed to meet the people behind such a curious inventory. So we traveled to East London’s Dalston neighborhood, rang the buzzer of an unassuming door and went down a long set of stairs in order to enter the slightly labyrinthian structure that is the Gary Card-designed …

Pig&Rig’s Portable Party

This British duo will bring a hog roast and a custom-built sound system to your next event

One of the best summer activities is the backyard party—playing music until it echoes down the street, the smell of meat and veggies smoking on the grill, refreshing drinks and merrymaking until the sun goes down. Offering all this in single package is newcomer Pig&Rig—a London- and Norwich-based company started by two artistic friends that brings a custom-built soundsystem and a roasting oven—complete with a …

Sonzeira: Aquarela do Brasil (Mark E Remix)

From Georgia to Giorgio with Caribou in between, the songs we tweeted this week

Recognized by the BBC as the “Best Singer of the Millennium,” legendary Brazilian chanteuse Elza Soares is an essential contributor to Gilles Peterson’s new concept album Brasil Bam Bam Bam. Peterson tapped some of the country’s leading artists to represent the nation’s different music styles under the group name Sonzeira. Soares features on the classic Brazilian track “Aquarela do Brasil”—a song she’s actually never recorded …