Issue #19 : The Virtuoso Issue
For the month of May iCrates will be focussing on individuals, musicians and producers who have raised the bar so dramatically that there is often nothing left to say. These are the men…
Issue #19 : The Virtuoso Issue
For the month of May iCrates will be focussing on individuals, musicians and producers who have raised the bar so dramatically that there is often nothing left to say. These are the men…
“You just have to dig a little deeper”: An interview with Tape Club Records
The UK based Tape Club Records, set up in 2006, encompasses DIY record producing at its most creative and demonstrates a motivation to share an exciting variation of diamond find music, in a…
Issue #18 : The Music Industry Issue
This month iCrates takes on the system itself; the music industry. Focussing on the “independent” music industry – labels, record shops, distributors, musicians and of course fans – we will be taking stock…
Icon and Everyman: Three tracks from three albums by Tom Waits
Tom Waits’ voice is truly a great instrument. Described as “soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with…
Issue #18 : The Music Industry Issue
This month iCrates takes on the system itself; the music industry. Focussing on the “independent” music industry we take stock of the current situation and talk to those involved at all levels of the process to find out the truth about what really goes on behind the records that we buy, borrow or steal.
“It’s all jumbled up into something…” An interview with Ghostpoet
The last year or so has been a self-professed “whirlwind” for 28 year old South Londoner Obaro Ejimiwe, aka Ghostpoet. Huge exposure with the release of his debut album Peanut Butter Blues and…
Issue #17 : The Vocal Issue
Welcome to the iCrates “Vocal Issue”. The irrepressible surge of the spring has begun and we could’t be happier. Last month, we took on a theme where context was king. Resistance music was…
Interview: Grace Petrie and Grassroots Protest Music in the UK
From the student protests to the London Riots the last time the UK experienced such visible and sustained period of civil unrest came during the 1980s; and the potential to provide a soundtrack…
Issue #16 : Resistance Music
“Music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of the people.” These words spoken by the legendary John Coltrane remain as true today as they…
The Aesthetics of Afro-futurism
A spaceship lands on American grassland and a black pharaoh with platform shoes and a farcical colourful robe steps out of the swirled-up dust followed by an equally bizarre entourage. He sits down…
Issue #14: The 1st Anniversary Issue
Welcome to the iCrates 1st Anniversary Issue. In celebration of the magazine’s momentous first year, we’ve put together a special edition packed full of treats, which embraces both past and future, and honours…
