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When Porter Robinson released his debut EP Spitfire on Skrillex’s label Owsla in 2011, he was heralded as a dubstep artist looking beyond the high-intensity trappings of the genre with a compositional skill that matched his ambitions. His debut album Worlds, released in 2014, fulfilled that promise. There was a strong sense of sci-fi fantasy lore to each of the songs, as if they were movie themes made in the furthest reaches of our solar system. It seemed like Porter Robinson knew exactly what he was doing and how to do it, which is why what came next was so surprising: he got stuck.

Nearly seven years after releasing Worlds, Porter Robinson is back with his sophomore project Nurture. It’s a beautiful album, filled with little moments of joy and wonder, and it serves as an introduction to Porter Robinson the pop artist. Just before the album’s release, The FADER’s Jordan Darville spoke with Robinson about how he got himself on the road to Nurture by meeting his heroes in Japan, making the writing process a key part of the album’s sound, and how the global pandemic affected the record.

The FADER Interview: Porter Robinson

Marie Ulven, the 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Norway better known as girl in red, writes music that sounds as volatile, passionate, and dramatic as the final scene from a great romance film. Her early songs about queer identity — singles like 2017’s “we fell in love in october” and 2018’s “i wanna be your girlfriend” — amassed hundreds of millions of streams, and they turned  Ulven into a Gen-Z it-girl, with the phrase “do you listen to girl in red?” becoming code for young queer girls to ask other girls if they like girls. In April, girl in red released her debut album if i could make it go quiet. Ulven retains her diaristic lyricism on the album, refusing to sand down the rough edges of heartbreak or mental health struggles. At the same time, girl in red pushes into the future, maximizing each element of her sound, whether it’s blinding guitar pop bombast or tender, aching balladry. A few days before the release of the album, The FADER’s Jordan Darville caught up with Ulven to talk about how working on her mental health makes her a better songwriter, what she learned about love from creating if i could make it go quiet, and the music she’s been working on since.

The FADER Interview: girl in red

It’s been almost a decade since Kero Kero Bonito — the trio of Sarah Midori Perry, Gus Lobban and Jamie Bulled — released their first single on Soundcloud. They picked up a cult following online in their early years, with fans locking into the band’s incisive and almost cartoonish proto-hyperpop vision. And since then they’ve built a large and committed fanbase while imagining new musical and thematic parameters — without veering from their core principles. Their latest EP Civilisation II (the sequel to 2019’s Civilisation I) pulls together ambitious dream pop, analog mythology, and urgent observations on humanity into three of their sharpest songs yet. Ahead of its release, The FADER’s Salvatore Maicki caught up with the band remotely to discuss how the project came together, the thrill of revisiting that early aesthetic to soundtrack the video game Bugsnax, and the challenges of realizing pop potential.

The FADER Interview: Kero Kero Bonito

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Rostam Batmanglij sits down with The FADER's Salvatore Maicki to talk about the the techniques and conversations that shaped his new album, Changephobia, into his loosest and liveliest yet.

The FADER Interview: Rostam

Flying Lotus tells The FADER's David Renshaw about adapting his sound for his new Netflix series Yasuke, his deep love of anime, and how LaKieth Stanfield came to be an honorary member of the Brainfeeder crew.

The FADER Interview: Flying Lotus

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Jyoty & Stimulus - 14 April 2022

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Unsold Music#004 is an upbeat, high-energy mix of underground house and reggae featuring tracks from DJ Swisha, R-Ash, Beenie Man, and more. 

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Unsold Music #004 - August 2022

SMARTBOMB OAKLAND returns with a special guest takeover mix by Frisco's own Baghead. Fresh off the heels of his latest album, "Growth Mindset", Baghead blesses a 2 hour mix blending original music, tunes from the ever flourishing bay area community and classic tracks that inspire him.

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SMARTBOMB OAKLAND w/ Baghead - September 2022

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