Kayleigh Flannery is a English Literature Student at the University of Leeds, pursuing her love for Yoga Instructing whilst studying. She's been involved in BabyStep right from the off, always being the first to offer advice and support. Last year Kayleigh held the first ever BabyStep Event, aptly named 'BabyStep Does Yoga'. It was a massive deal for us, to actually see the BabyStep community finally come together for the first time, it really gave us the confidence to start

Reading and Leeds festival, one of the most popular festival weekender has been cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis. Organisers of the festival said: “We were hopeful we could deliver the ultimate festival to you in August … however it has become clear it is just not possible.” Ticket holders can opt for a refund or roll their ticket over to 2021’s event. The festival had been due to host headliners Stormzy, Rage Against the Machine and Liam Gallagher over the August ban

There is perhaps no link between music genres as demonstrable as the one between 90s hip hop and the world of soul, funk, and jazz. With the eruption of sampling in the early 80s, artist were able to slice and dice elements of existing music in order to craft whole new genres and styles. By re-contexualising elements of soul, funk, jazz, and related drum breaks, hip hop artists of this era had an entire world of musical possibility at their fingertips. In this article, I will

With proceeds going toward getting PPE to frontline NHS staff. R&S Records is releasing a new charity compilation, called In Order To Care, this May – in support of the NHS during the Coronavirus pandemic. Compiled by Raj Chaudhuri, In Order To Care features 41 new tracks from UK-based and British artists, including Loraine James, Nkisi, Peach, Special Request, 96 Back, Barker, JAY, Anz, FAUZIA and James Massiah. Its music spans from electro and techno, to jungle, UK funky an

Jon Hopkins has recently shared a new release, “Singing Bowl (Ascension)”, the first in a new series of ‘Meditations’ which is available to stream now. To create this piece, Hopkins recorded a range of vibrations created by a 100 year-old singing bowl found in an antique shop in Delhi. He then fed these into a laptop running a simple, generative system that triggered the hits and drones at random. This would allow synchronicity to play a central part in the composition proces

Getting to hole up with your friends for two months without interruption sounds like every seven-year old’s dream, but I can’t imagine many of us would have envisioned a future where it would actually become a post-childhood reality. Yet for two thirds of Walt Disco and their equally musical housemates (Ali of Lucy and the Best Boys and Anna of the Medicine Cabinet), it’s the unexpected reality they’ve found themselves in over the last eight weeks. With synth player Dave’s be

The Priestley Building is imposing. No structures peer over it, few trees frame it, it rears up from its foreground to hold and supersede the skyline. Approaching it, mid-lockdown, you are made to feel small by its confident lines and the deserted University campus. Windows no longer flash with reflections, yet there is still a palpable energy to the architecture. Neither the silence, the copper sunshine or the immaculate ‘Sustainability Garden’ can make the Priestley Buildin

The track My Brain was released April 24th this year and there is yet to be better song to listen to during lockdown. The song is about the everyday perturbations that are intensified by the technology we surround ourselves with. “And I hate this fucking phone, makes me feel stoned. Everyone so involved.” Especially in the contemporary climate of isolation, it is almost impossible not to pin yourself against various Instagram and Facebook posts about the “grind” and how

Songs For The National Health Service is a one-off collection of exclusive, unreleased tracks by different bands and artists, with all profits funding specialised PPE for hospitals that haven’t been provided with it. Foals, The Vaccines, The Big Moon, Sports Team, Wolf Alice, Baxter Dury, The Wombats, The Magic Gang, Nilüfer Yanya, Spector, Swim Deep, The Orielles, Pixx, Jessica Winter, Oscar Lang and Alfie Templeman have all kindly donated tracks exclusively for this compila

Henrietta Smith-Rolla, known to many as Afrodeutsche is a British born Ghanaian/Russian/German composer, producer and DJ based in Manchester. Her productions cross a wide range of styles including classical solo piano, techno, house and electro, being profoundly influenced by the Drexciyan sound. Last year saw her support Aphex Twin in London, whilst playing at both Dekmantel and Sónar Barcelona, two festivals right at the forefront of electronic music. Her recent material i