A highly anticipated collaborative release by two of Australia’s most exciting names in dance finds its home comfortably on Naarm’s Butter Sessions, Nayuka Gorrie writes for Mixmag Australia & NZ. Lately, everyone’s been programming b2bs. Sometimes, they really don’t land – mixing and selections can feel too out of sync; it can feel like a gimmick. Cynically, it’s as though promoters have just thought, “how do we pull from two different crowds and sell the most tickets while paying artists less money?” Sometimes though, it can feel like alchemy. In ecology, two different ecosystems coming together is called ecotone, and they are some of the most ecologically biodiverse places in the world. The right sort of b2b or collaboration can feel like this kind of sonic ecotone. DJ PGZ and Yikes have collaborated on a seven track EP Come Round that feels just like that. East meets West. Read more here.
