The Nigerian city is world-famous for Afrobeats and slick party culture. Now, a growing community of liberally-minded young people are flocking to impromptu venues for hard-hitting house tracks.
After becoming bored by the scene around him, the renowned producer found inspiration for his grizzly new material by taking a step away from the DJ booth.
Rated by THE FACE: a playlist featuring The Dare, Eliza Rose, Slowthai and Shygirl.
Including Skream & Benga’s emotional reunion, Charli XCX’s debauched Party Girl show and experimental techno inside a new indoor club venue.
Guide to modern living: Three albums and a world tour in, the Canadian musician talks falling over, private dancing and unleashing (!) the (!!) beast (!!!).
July, 1983: This is young, urban, male Britain – modern as hell, and how?
Also on the Rated by THE FACE Playlist: Dave, BNYX, Lily Allen and Slew.
Rated by THE FACE: a playlist featuring Yune Pinkú, Bree Runway and Björk.
The trap‘n’b artist – signed to Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack label – talks Astroworld, TikTok and horoscopes over the phone from his hometown Houston.
“All of the people in the alté movement are solely driven by a strong desire to create without limits, that’s all that matters to us.”
The London-based designer talks us through her first-of-its-kind audio-visual experience, taking viewers on a world tour that celebrates the “unremarkably intimate and radically strange”.
The politically-minded musician explains what dozakh means in Farsi and argues for the boycott of Israel.
Founder Graeme Brown's ambition is to reinvent the manufacturing process by having it happen collaboratively, all in one spot, from start-to-finish. And this is just the beginning.
Want to do your part to mitigate the climate crisis, but don't know where to start? Here are some simple ways to live greener this year.
Uprising, the director’s new BBC documentary, explores the events surrounding the deaths, 40 years ago, of 14 young Black people after a South London house party.
Inspired by fantasy, horror and anime, the experimental musician has worked with the likes of Rico Nasty and Kerwin Frost.
Teezee, Fresh L and Boj's debut album Pioneers is a crowning moment for Nigeria‘s altê movement.
