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More than three hundred sources, in sixteen languages: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

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Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.

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Zim: Young Gemini collaborates with Fifi Cooper on new single ‘What’s Happening’

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Zimbabwean rapper Young Gemini has collaborated with South African artist Fifi Cooper on a new single, ‘What’s Happening’, taken from her forthcoming EP, 5 YEARS.

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