Guardian Music — Fans of Toro Y Moi and Washed Out should soak up the sheer synth loveliness of this LA musician's debut albumHometown: Chatsworth, California.The lineup: Will Wiesenfeld (vocals, music).The background: We've had albums-of-the-year lists and ones-that... more info

My Old Kentucky — Director Josef Kraska knows his 120 Minutes. His video for “Strawberry Skies,” Games’ Laurel Halo-guesting That We Can Play track, burrows into the ’80s at 3AM — a space Daniel Lopatin and Joel Ford inhabit regularly, at least in spirit �... more info

Stereogum — Director Josef Kraska knows his 120 Minutes. His video for “Strawberry Skies,” Games’ Laurel Halo-guesting That We Can Play track, burrows into the ’80s at 3AM — a space Daniel Lopatin and Joel Ford inhabit regularly, at least in spirit —... more info

Guardian Music — 4 December: Another day, another playlist – this time giving you a snapshot of the wonderful Warp rosterNot to be outdone by Domino's playlist yesterday, Warp continues our 24 plays of Christmas (basically an audio adventure with a sonic treat each... more info

Guardian Music — Touted as one of dubstep's new breed, this DJ turns beats, basslines and bursts of 8-bit mania into abstract R&BHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Stephen Gomberg (music, production).The background: Yesterday we got told off by a reader for only writin... more info

XLR8R — Who: The Blessings Where: Glasgow, Scotland While Mike Slott and Hudson Mohawke are the biggest names to come out of Glasgow's LuckyMe collective, Dominic Flannigan (a.k.a. Dom Sum) and Martyn Flyn (a.k.a. Fine Art) are the guys who quietly buil... more info

XLR8R — Austrian music, art, and politics get-together Elevate Festival is all set to go down in the town of Schlossberg this fall. The festival will host not only innovative and established musicians and artists, but politically and socially active speakers... more info

Nialler9 — Previously introduced Mancunian band Egyptian Hip Hop have got Hudson Mohawke on the production dials for their newest EP Some Reptiles Developed Wings which will be released on Moshi Moshi on August 20th. Here’s the opening track: Egyptian Hip Hop... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Time Out Live's London Sessions is back with another amazing line-up of cutting-edge talent. Kickstart your weekend early with charismatic Glaswegian producer Hudson Mohawke's awesomely crunky,... more info

Abeano — It’s been over a year since we blogged about Manchester’s Egyptian Hip Hop. Their forthcoming new EP on Moshi Moshi shows how much more intriguing outfit they’ve become in the intervening 12 months. Produced by Warp’s Hudson Mohawke,... more info