Romp through psychedelic sci-fi in Walrus’ Half-Smoke video
Canadian artist and musician Chad VanGaalen directed the animation, which takes place in a trippy world of blurred colours, weird aliens and food with eyes
Creating Kano’s Hoodies All Summer album artwork
The grime artist’s powerful new album grapples with subjects ranging from knife crime to the Windrush scandal. In a CR exclusive, Kano, photographer Olivia Rose and Untold Studios Creative Director Phil Lee discuss bringing it to life
Max Cooper’s new music video spotlights Mexico City in motion
The video for Max Cooper’s new track Perpetual Motion features gliding drone footage of Mexico City spliced with geometric visualisations, as a way of illustrating the human systems that give life to these spaces
Holly Herndon on Spawn and humanising AI
The electronic composer’s latest album Proto sees her team up with her AI ‘child’, Spawn. Speaking at Sónar+D with Mat Dryhurst, Herndon explains the importance of getting your hands dirty on the topic of AI
Skepta at MIF: A glimpse of the future of gigs?
Grime star Skepta’s contribution to the Manchester International Festival was part gig, part immersive theatre, and offered hints of how technology may change our experience of live events
Music’s many moods become characters in Spotify Premium campaign
Directors Cabeza Patata have created a cast of puppet-like characters that express the many ways music makes us feel, for a new Spotify ad campaign
Beyond The Road: where music and art meet
Music leads the way in an immersive exhibition from James Lavelle of UNKLE and Punchdrunk creatives Colin Nightingale and Stephen Dobbie
Pentagram gives Warner Chappell Music a regal new look
Working with Emily Oberman, the music publisher has ditched its historic Warner Bros shield emblem for a handdrawn WCM monogram that resembles a gold crown
Richie Hawtin marks 25 years of his F.U.S.E alias with new boxset
The boxset from the electronic artist also marks 25 years since the release of his debut album Dimension Intrusion, and features original artwork by his brother (and long-term collaborator), Matthew Hawtin
How Imogen Heap’s Creative Passport will empower musicians
For the past few years, alongside creating a new album and the soundtrack for Harry Potter & The Cursed Child, Imogen Heap has been working on a plan to revolutionise the music industry using blockchain technology. What could it mean for musicians?
Gondry Bros direct weird and wonderful video for the Chemical Brothers
A 70s style dance party turns delightfully weird in this video for track Got To Keep On, directed by Michel and Olivier Gondry
So you want to be a… music supervisor
Being a music supervisor involves much more than finding the perfect track. We spoke to Catherine Grieves – music supervisor on Killing Eve – about the demands of the job and her route into film and TV