The UK league was definitely dominating at our XLR8R curated program at incu11 with names as Julio Bashmore, Space Dimension Controller and Jackmaster. But between those names stood one young German lad definitely his man with a stunning dj-set: Motor City Drum Ensemble. While his amazing DJ-KiCKS episode turned into one of the greatest mixes of [...]
[Listen/Download] Brand new dj-set of Motor City Drum Ensemble
August 21, 2012
[Go to] Appelsap + three acts you can’t miss
July 20, 2012
Appelsap (appeljuice in Dutch) is a festival that brings fresh music since 2001. In the early days it was mainly hiphop, but the last couple of years they’re mixing things up. With headliners as Danny Brown, French Montana & Schoolboy Q has the organization from Appelsap still got his focus on hiphop. But with the Colors [...]
[Report] PITCH Festival – Day two with Nosaj Thing, Shlohmo, Nathan Fake and many more
July 11, 2012
Last weekend it was the second edition of the electronic two-day festival PITCH. This Monday I gave you the report of day one, which included shows from The Weeknd, Jacques Greene, Azari & III, Jameszoo and more. Today part two including Shlohmo, Nathan Fake, James Holden and again many more. I started this day with one of the [...]
[Report] PITCH Festival – Day one with The Weeknd, SBTRKT, Jameszoo and many more
July 9, 2012
Last Wednesday I’ve posted an article including some tips for the electronic festival PITCH. Last year was a blast and this year the organisation took it to ‘nother level. Six instead of four stages, almost twice the audience, two times bigger area and even more (live) acts. Read here my report of day one of [...]
[Listen] Incubate’s 100 Best Songs Of The Year 2011
December 20, 2011
(photo by Steph Byrne) After we saw the Dutch music/media site 3voor12 put together their Song Of The Year 2011, we thought that’s the only list left we didn’t pay attention to. So we made one. Incubate’s Song Of The Year 2011 is a Youtube playlist with 100 songs. We didn’t make a top 100, [...]
Julio Bashmore (#incu11) at nr. 1 in Mixmag Tunes of 2011
December 16, 2011
Julio Bashmore (Incubate 2011) has landed himself a first spot on Mixmag tunes of the year list 2011! ‘Battle For Middle You’ made him big in dance music, gave him the opportunity to make a BBC1 essential mix and to tour around the world. So it’s no miracle he came in on the first place, if [...]
[Listen] Julio Bashmore (#incu11) essential mix
September 27, 2011
Just 9 days ago, Julio Bashmore put on a set in the Midi Theatre on Incubate 2011, thanks to the curator of XLR8R. Now he follows in the footsteps of acts such as Carl Cox, Hudson Mohawke and Kode9 with his mix for BBC Radio 1′s Essential Mix series. You can stream it here or [...]
Incubate 2011 line-up is… complete!
August 24, 2011
Between 12 and 18 September we’re welcoming thousands of visitors for the seventh edition of Incubate. The Fall, Battles, Glen Hansard and Health are a few of the more than two hundred cutting edge artists that bring music, film, art, debate and dance to Tilburg. Artistic director Vincent Koreman: “I am incredibly proud of this [...]
[Watch] Real Scenes – Bristol feat. Julio Bashmore (#incu11)
July 10, 2011
Check out this cool video by Resident Advisor where they go in-depth on the thriving electronic music scene in Bristol, UK. Featured in this video is Julio Bashmore, who will play at Incubate 2011 as part of our XLR8R curated program. Check out this super cool lineup and show us that you’re attending on Facebook [...]
XLR8R hits Tilburg during Incubate 2011!
June 30, 2011
We’re thrilled to announce the participation of XLR8R at Incubate 2011! XLR8R will bring a weekend full of cutting-edge music. The American publication has been on the forefront of electronic music for many years now and Incubate is glad to welcome them to curate an event in Europe for the very first time. During the Incubate weekend, [...]
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Chris Moss has a mother. And that mother approves of acid house. We can’t help but feel that if Chris Moss’ mother would have been prime-minister instead of Margaret Thatcher, that the Acid House movement would have been -for better or for worse- very different. Here is Chris’ mom, approving of her son playing acid [...]