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Five reasons not to miss Nuits Sonores & European Lab Brussels 2018

Five reasons not to miss Nuits Sonores & European Lab Brussels 2018

With so much to cover, we distil five essential points to keep in mind for Nuits Sonores & European Lab Brussels’ second impressive feast on all things electronica.

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Five reasons not to miss this year’s BOZAR Electronic Arts Festival

Five reasons not to miss this year’s BOZAR Electronic Arts Festival

Out of an already fine selection, we've hand-picked five of our not-to-be-missed events in prep for the opening night tomorrow Thursday.

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Exclusive mix 96: Lefto

Exclusive mix 96: Lefto

The Brussels-based globe-trotter delivers an hour-long set of exclusives and favourites.

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15 things to do in Belgium this weekend

15 things to do in Belgium this weekend

Certified raves in Antwerp, birthday parties in Brussels, and graphic design festivals (finally) in Liège. Do the right thing.

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Exclusive mix 78: Quirky synths and jarring drums with MU.

Exclusive mix 78: Quirky synths and jarring drums with MU.

An hour-long exclusive by the Antwerp-based visual artist and producer.

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Exclusive mix 70: quirky lo-fi by OFFSHORE §

Exclusive mix 70: quirky lo-fi by OFFSHORE §

Formerly known as Beekkant, the Brussels-based producer provides us with just over an hour of eccentric and upbeat electronica.

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Exclusive mix 67: Weird pop and slow house with Strapontin

Exclusive mix 67: Weird pop and slow house with Strapontin

Get locked for over an hour of dreamy pop, slow house and disco debauchery.

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Exclusive mix 64: Dark electronic with Amélie Lens

Exclusive mix 64: Dark electronic with Amélie Lens

Just under an hour of club floor bangers.

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Alex Deforce

Alex Deforce

From rap, jazz, samba and beat music, record label head and local promoter Alex Deforce reveals his favourite Belgian releases.

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Beats In Belgium outtake #5: Hiele

Beats In Belgium outtake #5: Hiele

The young Antwerpen producer on being a perfectionist but not an only-analogue-fetishist.

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Beats In Belgium outtake #3 : Caoutchou Records

Beats In Belgium outtake #3 : Caoutchou Records

Caoutchou Records ensured the Belgian beat scene exists and excels beyond the Soundcloud level.

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Faisal

Faisal

Grab your bathrobe and get ready to snap your fingers at this new Word-exclusive mix courtesy of Faisal.

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Caoutchou Records

Caoutchou Records

To mark their appearance in our Beats in Belgium feature, Ghent-based Caoutchou Records deliver exclusive mix 24.

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DJ SNS

DJ SNS

It's champagne time for the lauded local vinyl fetishists and talent spotters. Listen to their exclusive mix.

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Girls mastermind Christopher Owens’ romantic solo debut

Girls mastermind Christopher Owens’ romantic solo debut

Disco Naïveté's trawled the airwaves for worthy new choons for your listening pleasure and come up with contemporary electronica from Halls, the romantic-guitarred Christopher Owens and the impeccable voice of Lulu James.

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Fat Chance

Fat Chance

Brussels-based record label UNREzT deliver a dark and deadly exclusive mix of hip-hop-tilting electronica, a perfect travel companion for those late-night underground missions on the subway.

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The interview: Mario & Vidis

The interview: Mario & Vidis

Following the release of their double album Changed, we speak with Lithuanian production prodigies Mario & Vidis about their top three records of 2011, their hometown and who they'd book for their last ever party.

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Slove

Slove

Following the release of their excellent debut Le Danse, we speak with Parisian electro-pop two-piece Slove about their various side projects and their love of French music.

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M83’s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming

M83’s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming

The French electronic dreampop band M83 is back after a three year pause: Their new much anticipated album 'Hurry Up, We're Dreaming' is to be released on October 17th. We've had a first listen.

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Rise and shine: producer Dynooo

Dynooo‘s future-forward, Blade-Runner-grade productions have earned him quite the following in Word HQ. With a string of releases to his name, the latest of which surely won a world record for longest ever title (I Feel Like PLaying Sim City Straight From The Floppy And Run A Tornado All Over My Perfectly Functioning Town After […]

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Gone in 12 hours: Art Asylum

There’s something about spontaneous, one-off initiatives that gets our clocks ticking. You see, we’re firm believers in ‘mix-and-we’ll-see’ creative collisions, preferring the unknown to the predictable, the loose-ended to the pre-defined. So it was with much trepidation (and, granted, a raised eyebrow or two) that we stepped into Art Asylum, a 12-hour-only, 20-man-strong get together […]

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Music: a word with Parisian duo Logo

Parisian duo Logo first popped up on our radar with their phenomenal track Junocide, which was released on Kitsuné Maison Compilation, Vol. 8 back in November 2009. Having just released their latest EP, Merit, we caught up with the merry bunch via email 10 days ago to talk recording sessions, summer plans and the best […]

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