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GHOSTPOET: ENIGMA OF SOUND

“I would say it’s an experimental journey through sound. With mumbling over the top,” says Ghostpoet, describing his esoteric brand of music to Brainer over the phone. A pretty flippant thing to say you might think – typically self-deprecating – but try and put the London-based artist’s music into words. Difficult, right? ...

ACQUAINT YOURSELF: POMRAD

Hailing from Antwerp, Belgium, 23 year old instrumentallist and producer Pomrad is all about complex musical constructs featuring bombastic synth play, heavy, heavy drums and a more-than-healthy dose of swagger. The result? Some of the most exciting sounds Brainer has heard in a while. A keyboard player trained in the jazz tradition, the musical wunderkind has just released his second record - the This Day EP - on London label Earnest Endeavours. Brainer caught up with the producer to find...

Nosaj Thing: Home Is Where The Heat Is

Nearly four years since his idiosyncratic debut album Drift was released, Nosaj Thing - aka Jason Chung - is back in the game with his follow-up record: Home. Highly anticipated by fans and critics alike, Home has revealed a side to the producer that was only hinted at in his previous works. Still brooding, still ethereal, Home is above all an honest record, completely assured in its introspective stylings. Brainer sat down with the ever-gracious LA producer (who'd only had...

One Year After the Tsunami: The Road to Recovery

“I DON'T THINK I'D BEEN SO EMOTIONALLY SHOCKED BY IMAGES OF DISASTER BEFORE," SAYS SAM SEAGER, RECALLING HIS REACTION TO THE GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI OF MARCH 2011 THAT DEVASTATED THE PACIFIC COAST OF TOHOKU, NORTHERN JAPAN. “When I woke to see footage of the awful destruction that had occurred across a huge swathe of northern Japan, I experienced quite profound feelings of sadness, sympathy and disbelief.”...

Brainer Mix Vol.4: Deft

Since the release of Before Vol.1 around about this time last year, Croydon-based producer Deft has been a constant on our speakers here at Brainer. With a keen ear for melody on the one hand, and a proclivity for earth-shattering beats and basslines on the other, Deft - real name Yip Wong - has been diligently honing his craft for the last 5 years. (You might have heard his official remix for Gang Colours' 'Fancy Restaurant' on Brownswood Recordings alongside...

Brainer Mix Vol. 3: B. Bravo

Adam Mori, aka B. Bravo, first caught our ears back in September just before he released his first EP for London's Earnest Endeavours label. Titled Kiss 'n' Tell, the 5-track record won Brainer over with its g-funk stylings and electronic swagger. So much so in fact, that we asked the San Francisco native to put together the third instalment of our Brainer Mix Series. We caught up with Mori to talk music, funk and California. To listen to and download...

11 Minutes With… Mayer Hawthorne

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