I’m sure this has been discussed and dissected many times over, but it occurs to me that capitalist, consumer-driven society encourages individualism, creates division from communities, each other and ourselves — giving rise to fear of one another and extreme ideologies. — It’s a bold statement but I wanted to be dramatic and profound to grab your attention — more of that later. We live in an increasingly secular world, where religion is viewed with suspicion, for good reasons. If someone were to describe themselves as religious, to me it conjures fanaticism…

Kuyokuyo is the alias of Southport-based artist producer, Holly Jenkinson - who caught our eye with her brilliant debut EP, SIGNAL_EXIST. …

This week sees the release of Emotion Wave’s third compilation album in as many years — Mates. This time around we wanted to mix things up a bit, by asking artists and producers to collaborate on music. The thinking behind this was to see what happens when we work outside…

White Mask is the moniker of Blackpool-based electronic producer, Kris Blacow. Kris is a respected and meticulous producer, who’s played Liverpool before at Upitup Record’s legendary rave nights — but appears to have been on hiatus the last few years. …

Ahead of his debut live performance at Emotion Wave 13, we caught up with audio polymath and absolute gent Gordon Chapman-Fox, AKA Dublock… Can you give us a history of Dublock — where did it all begin? I’ve always been into music — or as I’ve been told — sounds…

How do you define the worth of a piece music that an artist has spent many hours creating? Who decides that the countless hours of enjoyment you get from listening to music equate to the infinitesimally small fractions of pennies the artist receives as recompense from streaming platforms? In fact…

We’re very excited to be welcoming downtempo electronic artist Rykard to play for us at Emotion Wave 12 on Saturday 10 March. Here’s a primer for the uninitiated… Can you give us a bit of history on how Rykard came about? Well, I’d been making electronic tunes for a few…

Mike Stanton is a true champion of underground electronic music. For two years now he’s been tirelessly searching out and giving a platform to emerging electronic musicians from around the world, with his much-loved internet radio show, The Jupiter Room. …

In advance of his headlining DJ Food set at Emotion Wave, I asked multi-disciplinary polymath Kevin Foakes a few questions on his illustrious career… In your 25+ years of experience as a DJ/producer/graphic designer/promoter, is there anything which stands out to you that you’re proud of? Plenty of things —…