“We look quite fit, actually.” When I meet Mary Higgins and Ell Potter, they have just been emailed production photos from the latest run of their show HOTTER at the Soho Theatre. “Of course we do!” They apologise profusely for ignoring me as they scroll through the images, transfixed by the screen. I don’t hold…
Integrative multidisciplinary artist and resolute prolific polymath – Eleanor Hardwick aka Moonbow – talks us through the songs that influenced the new record 8, alongside how practicing Tarot and remixologist documentarian Adam Curtis, helped shape its concept. Released on Rye Wax’s West Friends (operated by FYI Chris and Tom Unlikely), BNND WDTH is the first…
When Shunaji finished her breakout single, ‘Nighthawks’, she didn’t want to release it. “I was really self-conscious,” she tells me in the café of London’s Horniman Museum, an echoey glasshouse in Forest Hill. Having worked for two years as an acclaimed producer, emcee, and songwriter, the 25-year old artist had never sung on any of…
Interviewed by Daniel Lubin On a rainy afternoon, I met West London multi-talent GG Skips. DJ, producer, promoter, and manager, founding the Slow Dance label and collective, and producing eclectic, electronic tracks as ‘Glows’, Skips covers all ground and has carved out a substantial space in London’s musical ecosystem. Over a cup of warm tea…
In amidst all the family, we have a lot of new faces joining us this year at Brainchild that we want to introduce you to. We’ve gone truly international, with artists joining us from all over, including Brazil, New York, Ireland and Israel via Berlin, as well as some Londoners joining us for the very…
Ride all the way to Brainchild Festival from London in 5h with our team 🚴♀️
Leafcutter John is a force to be reckoned with in the world of electronic music. His first recordings reached the offices of Planet Mu Records in 1999 where its founder and Aphex Twin collaborator Mike Paradinas encouraged John’s more experimental efforts. During this time, he acquired his artist name, suggested by a friend who compared…
Everything ends. Some endings are impossible to accept, we feel short-changed or unable to let go. Some things fade away into insignificance. And some endings are spectacular, full of pain, passion and finality… but often things drag on, and we’re relieved when they’re finally over. We’ve been contemplating endings right across the festival programme this…
So excited to share with you the 22 amazing art pieces we’ve got coming to Brainchild. From kaleidoscopic forests to mutant plants to a tribute to the ugliest fish of the sea, there’s lots of weird, wonderful and wacky installations that offer shade, chill-out time, fun, participation or time for reflection. We also asked our…
This short film by Vittoria Paglino, offers a view into the space that weaves in and between time spent at Brainchild. It captures the slow moments, the temporary nature of the festival and offers an insight into the intense feelings of community between groups of people sharing the experience. Each year, we offer photographers and…