Tássia Reis: “During hard times, art ends up playing a different role”
After months of no shows, the Brazilian artist performed live in Rio de Janeiro for Boiler Room x Ballantine’s True Music In The Round series.
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Watch Prettyboy D‑O perform his emotive Afropop track Same Energy
The Nigerian singer-rapper unleashes his charisma for the Lucent: APEX live sessions series.
Socially distanced gigs are the best we’ve got, for now. So what’s it like to play one?
“Covid secure” viewing pens, plastic bubbles and sit down raves. Desperate times call for desperate measures. THE FACE speaks to DJs and musicians who’ve had the strange pleasure of performing to masked punters this year.
An oral history of Notting Hill Carnival’s Disya Jeneration soundsystem
Artist, organiser and one of the first female DJs to play at Carnival, Linett Kamala talks us through 30 years of the institution that’s hosted Gaika, Mark Ronson, Neneh Cherry and Benji B’s Deviation crew.
Muddled memories from muddy fields
With a Glastonbury-shaped hole in our summer, The Face team reminisce on the best sets from the last 50 years.
How holograms are about to change the world
Within 10 years, DJs will be replaced by them, we’ll use them to speak to one another, and they might even take our jobs. What does the near future hold for holograms?