Ambient is more than a genre. It’s a blank canvas with no rules and no structures. Shaped by geography and generations, it’s open to experimentation with sound, texture and space. That’s why it traces ...

On the pioneering electronic label's 25th anniversary, Planet Mu's founder relays his continued excitement with discovering genuine, groundbreaking work. “I just wanted to do it—I didn’t really think ...

City pop is a genre of Japanese popular music that was popular in the 1980s and featured a “cosmopolitan” image that appealed to those who benefited from the so-called post-war “economic miracle,” an ...

In this special preview of our new Summer 2013 print magazine, we present the cover story—an extensive interview with the divisive pop phenomenon—in full. Photo by Robert Carrithers. Lana Del Rey’s ...