Handpicked by Eero Holi

“Arab Spring. Gilets Jaunes. Me Too. Russia. Black Lives Matter. Extinction Rebellion. Hong Kong. The twenty-tens are about to go down in history as a decade of outrage. How accurately this sentiment has been echoed in electronic music is nothing short of astounding. As the protesters have gone head to head with columns of riot police, hard-hitting mahraganat, gqom, kuduro, EBM and saya have swept across the dancefloors – wave after wave – and whipped the crowd into frenzy with steel strings, hand drums and double-reed woodwinds, leaving behind a legacy of arguably the most vehement rhythms ever heard in dance music”.

Tzusing
東方不敗
[L.I.E.S.; 2017]

Dominowe
SiyaThakatha
[Gqom Oh!; 2017]

Sadat El Alamy
الحرب العالمية الثالثة
[CNL Music; 2019]

Buraka Som Sistema
Komba
[Enchufada; 2011]

Elysia Crampton
Elysia Crampton
[Break World Records; 2018]