Fact Mix 831: Clemency

A “disorientating and frenetic” mix from the co-founder of Manchester’s Mutualism party and label. Clemency’s music is a blend of heads-down club music and experimental sonics, a reflection of both her teenage background in improvised live electronics and her current role in Manchester’s club scene. Her debut EP, References, released on Finn’s...

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Alva Noto delves into the sonic and acoustic codes of his new album in ‘HYbr:ID oval p dance’

Taken from his new album, HYbr:ID Vol. 1, the first of a new series of releases exploring the artists varied compositional techniques. Back in 2019 Alva Noto, the musical moniker of artist Carsten Nicolai, contributed the score to Oval, a choreographic piece directed by Richard Siegal and performed by the Staatsballett Berlin at the Berlin...

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LUX: Es Devlin – ‘BLUESKYWHITE’

How the climate crisis inspired the visual storyteller’s immersive new work. Es Devlin began her artistic career as a set designer for theatre. In the 30 years that have followed, her practice has evolved to encompass the creation of stage sculptures for musicians including Kanye West and Beyonce, as well as immersive installations such as 2016’s...

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Fact Mix 830: Crystallmess

Crystallmess barrels through breakneck jungle, footwork bootlegs and fiendish edits at “godspeed” in her killer Fact mix. “If God exists, what’s his/her/their speed? What is godspeed?” asks multidisciplinary artist Christelle Oyiri for her ferocious contribution to Fact’s mix series under her beloved Crystallmess moniker. “In my opinion...

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Domingæ channels interdimensional frequencies in Æ (Part III) Asæse

Musician, filmmaker and Föllakzoid founder Domingæ shares the third and final part of her album and audiovisual triptych, Æ. “When music is channeled, a technological inter-dimensional platform is also created,” asserts Domingæ. “This gathers the knowledge of our current times by articulating them with all the ancestral information stored in...

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Fact launches new issue featuring CURL, anaiis, Gabriel Moses, LUX and object blue

The magazine is available to buy now, and coincides with the opening of Fact and 180 Studios’ new group show, LUX. Fact is pleased to announce the Fall/Winter 2021 issue of its relaunched print magazine. The issue spans five covers featuring London’s CURL collective, French-Senegalese artist anaiis, director and photographer Gabriel Moses, experimental...

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FRKTL conjures organic textures in impossible spaces with Azimuth

Artist Sarah Badr combines tactile sound design with pulsating 3D models in a synaesthetic journey through a visceral digital environment in six parts. In Azimuth, audiovisual artist Sarah Badr channels a tension between organic and synthetic forms, digitally rendering pulsating alien objects and shimmering surfaces that change and transform...

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Fact Mix 829: DJ Manny

A mix of ‘romantic’ footwork from the Brooklyn-based Teklife producer. Born in 1990 in Chicago and raised in Harvey, IL, DJ Manny has been at the heart of the US footwork scene from a young age. He attended his first party with his brother before he was 10 years old, and went on to throw his own parties and produce his own tracks with the...

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Fact Residency: Actual Objects

Though their heady blend of computational philosophy, object-oriented ontology and multidisciplinary architectural theory does seem like a particularly sexy way to think prophetically, Actual Objects are dedicated to parsing the multi-platform blizzard of the here and now. As is evidenced by the work Actual Objects have showcased during their...

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Actual Objects Presents: Voice To Skull

Artist, musician and Actual Objects collaborator Theo Karon leads an affecting investigation into what kinds of meaning it is possible to make in collaboration with artificial intelligence. Machine learning is central to the creative practice of Actual Objects, to such an extent that the application of the technology, as well as a sustained engagement...

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