Part music video, part interactive sleeve design, Lava is a new app that uses audio recognition to trigger stunning artworks in AR to accompany individual songs. The potential for its use are vast, according to its creators at W+K’s Dept of New Realities
Nightclubbing will delve into the visual history of famous clubs around the world, ranging from Birmingham’s post-industrial dance music temple House of God to Bollywood’s Western-influenced 70s disco Studio 29
Sónar is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, while its creative conference offshoot Sónar+D is now in its sixth year. As part of our creativity in music series, we visit the festival to see whether its work hard, play hard culture is worth the hype
Ellie Ramsden’s photo series championing the unsung women at the forefront and behind the scenes of grime music is being turned into a book. We speak to the photographer about crowdfunding for the project, and giving women in grime a platform to share their experiences
1920s gangster epic Peaky Blinders is known for its dark and dramatic soundtrack, which features music from Nick Cave, PJ Harvey and Jack White. We talk to music supervisor Amelia Hartley about its distinctive sound and why we’re hearing more commercial music in TV drama
Leonie Cooper is responsible for bringing ticketing app Dice’s voice to life through written and video content. As part of our creativity in music series, she talks about ditching traditional music journalism for an in-house role and giving ticketing companies a better name
Semera Khan has commissioned music videos for the Rolling Stones, Lana Del Rey and HAIM. We talk to her about the changing nature of music videos, dealing with the unexpected and working with artists to develop an idea
Over the last three years, BRICK has gone from a DIY zine to a new player on the music mag scene. As part of our creativity in music series, founder Hayley Louisa Brown tells us about making a magazine for herself and the importance of celebrating female talent
As part of our music special on the website this week, CR’s Eliza Williams speaks to designer Rick Banks about his new book Clubbed, which is a visual history of UK club culture since the 1980s
The latest edition of Nick Luscombe’s Musicity project sees seven artists release new pieces of music inspired by some of the capital’s most famous buildings, including White Cube gallery and Southwark Cathedral
Designer Malcolm Garrett sits down with Brian Eno to discuss creative process, collaboration, the role of imagination and whether Eno thinks like a designer
As a part of music week on CR, we speak to photographer Janette Beckman about making album art for the likes of Salt-N-Pepa, LL Cool J and other iconic hip-hop artists in the 80s