No, Drain Gang aren’t breaking up

No, Drain Gang aren’t breaking up

“Everyone can chill w the narratives there is 0 drama or anything, XOXO” Pierre Mouton On Monday night, Drain Gang fans around the globe were shocked to see that Bladee and Ecco2k had unfollowed each other on Instagram. Thaiboy Digital and other collaborators also unfollowed Ecco2k, leading to speculation of possible beef. Frightened for his…

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#The album that sparked the Drain Gang revolution

#The album that sparked the Drain Gang revolution

Five years ago today, the Auto-Tuned Swedish antiheroes’ breakout collab album Trash Island introduced them to a world beyond their cult following. Left: Thaiboy Digital. Photo by Fredrik Andersson Andersson. Middle: Bladee. Photo by Arcin Sagdic for The FADER. Right: Ecco2k. Photo by Daniel Sannwald.   “The world is a trash island,” Stockholm enigma Bladee…

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#The 8 projects you should stream right now

#The 8 projects you should stream right now

“The 8 projects you should stream right now” New albums from Charli XCX, Rosalía, Blanck Mass, and more. Charli XCX, Crash For her final Atlantic Records album, Charli XCX is leaving everything on the field. Crash, the pop iconoclast’s fifth studio album (not including four mixtapes), is an embrace of her influence and another commendable…

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#Ecco2k and Bladee share new single “Amygdala”

#Ecco2k and Bladee share new single “Amygdala”

“#Ecco2k and Bladee share new single “Amygdala”” Machatok produces the song, which comes with a rave-heavy visual from Anton Tammi. Bladee and Ecco2k are the two most visible artists in Drain Gang, the Stockholm-based collective whose influence in underground scenes like hyperpop and digicore cannot be overstated. They’re still creating exciting work individually, with Bladee…

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#Arctic Monkeys, Lorde, and Nine Inch Nails will headline Primavera Sound L.A. 2022

#Arctic Monkeys, Lorde, and Nine Inch Nails will headline Primavera Sound L.A. 2022

“#Arctic Monkeys, Lorde, and Nine Inch Nails will headline Primavera Sound L.A. 2022” The festival’s inaugural U.S. edition will take place September 19–20 in Los Angeles State Historic Park. Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys), Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor (Lorde), and Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails). Photos by Santiago Bluguermann, Dimitrios Kambouris, and Jose Manuel Ribeiro /…

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#The visceral wonders of Ecco2k

#The visceral wonders of Ecco2k

“#The visceral wonders of Ecco2k” The visceral wonders of Ecco2k On his new project PXE, the Drain Gang co-founder probes further into his crystalline idiosyncrasies. By Salvatore Maicki Hendrik Schneider In 1954, neuroscientist John C. Lilly developed the world’s first sensory deprivation tank so that he could access deeper recesses of the mind. By filling…

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#10 songs you need in your life this week

#10 songs you need in your life this week

“#10 songs you need in your life this week” Tracks we love right now, in no particular order. Pictured L-R: Squirrel Flower (Tonje Thilesen), Mustafa (Samuel Engelking), Tohji and Loota (Anton Reva and Nikita Reva) Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can’t get enough of. Here they are, in no particular…

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#Ecco2k shares new EP PXE

#Ecco2k shares new EP PXE

“#Ecco2k shares new EP PXE” The surprise release follows his beloved 2019 album e. Ecco2k has always been a standout member of Drain Gang for his ambitious and confident sonic experiments beyond the worlds of underground pop and hip-hop, where D.G. staked their claim as a group to watch. Ecco’s debut album e was a…

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