A new book chronicles the albums of Island Records

channel one soundsystem

Listen to our guest Channel One Soundsystem mix

fran lobo

This week: distortion and noise, hold music and femme empowerment

Inside Devon Turnbull’s speaker making workshop

Discovering deep, jazzy, organic house beats with Felipe Gordon

This week: Northern Soul essentials, piano-pop ballads and a bikutsi prodigy

The Records That Made Me: Octo Octa

true forms project archive

Archiving the UK’s biggest South Asian vinyl collection

This week: club-ready ambience, prog-folk fantasies and aquatic compositions

Diving into IKLECTIK’s record stall ahead of RALLY Festival

Albums to look out for this August

From writing for VF to curating a compilation on vinyl