Music Programme lo Disco Funk have made him The Don of 1980s inspired disco-pop and good times dance offs.
Afrofuturist concept albums, 2018’s Dirty Computer pushed Monáe’s sharp auteurism further up the charts, crowning her an R&B star – as weird as she is sweetly infectious.
Flavian Berger 17:15 – 18:15 // Future Fuzzy Field The French DJ and producer is a sonic adventurer, traversing soundscapes of drowsy electronica and madcap, krautrock-infused psychedelica with equal aplomb. Join him on his travels and let his music excite your brain as much as your limbs.
Jordan Rakei 18:15 – 19:15 // Fuzzy Lop
Foals 19:45 – 20:45 // Hotot
Few indie-rock bands from the aughts remain, but with their stadium-sized ambition and swaggering tunes, UK quartet Foals still sound like they’re ready to conquer the world. Witness their new release, part one of a double concept album. It’s as imperious and hook-laden as anything they’ve ever done.
From NZ and Oz to the UK, this soul-gentleman’s star is rising even faster than his music soars. Since a Grammy-nominated collaboration with Disclosure and signing to indie giant Ninja Tune, Rakei has proved his salt twice over on two hyper-ambitious albums. Spellbinding, their string-strewn harmonies paint a figure as melancholic as he is silky smooth. Khruangbin 15:45 – 16:45 // Hotot
Janelle Monáe 21:45 – 23:00 // Hotot Alongside her android alter-egos, musician and actress Janelle Monáe has consistently boasted the theatricality and pop experimentalism of the ever-iconic Prince, with whom she also collaborated. After two astounding
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An alchemical miracle, Khruangbin’s formula is far more than the sum of its parts. Riffing on the grainy Thai funk records partly inspiring their name, this Houston three-piece’s gospel and soul roots add a slinky vocality to their largely instrumental work. Throw in