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Music 08.07.2025

We took techno legend Chris Liberator to a virtual rave, here’s what went down

Stay acid forever — With VR experience In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats currently running at London's Barbican Centre, Simon Doherty brought the acid punk figurehead along to see what he thought, and reflect on the health of the rave scene today.

Written by: Simon Doherty

Art 20.09.2017

The UK’s first major Basquiat exhibition opens today

Boom for Real — Basquiat: Boom For Real, hosted at the Barbican, offers the first comprehensive retrospective of the notorious American artist, going from his start as a graffiti artist in New York City all the way to his rise to worldwide notoriety.

Written by: Biju Belinky

Film 12.05.2017

Soda_Jerk remix films of the past to re-invent the future

Moses + Elvis + Judy Garland? — This two-sister collective are sampling everything cinema, blending characters and narratives together to talk politics, death, and everything in between. Oh, and they don't give a shit about copyright law either.

Written by: Biju Belinky

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We took techno legend Chris Liberator to a virtual rave, here’s what went down

The UK’s first major Basquiat exhibition opens today

Soda_Jerk remix films of the past to re-invent the future

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