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Add to playlist: the nervy breakbeats and acid delirium of Silverwingkiller and the week’s best new tracks
EntertainmentMusicMusic News•July 17, 2026 at 12:00 PMNational

Add to playlist: the nervy breakbeats and acid delirium of Silverwingkiller and the week’s best new tracks

By Katie Hawthorne, Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Alexis Petridis•The Guardian Music

The industrial dance duo make music for this summer’s heatwave: filled with dread and jangling with pent-up energyFrom Manchester, via Peterborough and ShanghaiRecommended if you like Crystal Castles, Mandy, Indiana, acid houseUp next Festival dates including East London Block Party, Brighton Psych Fest and End of the RoadSalford’s Silverwingkiller sound how this summer’s heatwave feels: delirious, dread-filled and jangling with pent-up energy. Named after the Chinese title for Blade Runner, they build pummelling industrial dance music from nervy breakbeats, the acid sounds of the Roland TB-303 synthesiser and the shared sense of creative freedom that James Baca and Yushang Ni discovered on moving to Greater Manchester, from Peterborough and Shanghai respectively. Continue reading...

The industrial dance duo make music for this summer’s heatwave: filled with dread and jangling with pent-up energy

From Manchester, via Peterborough and Shanghai
Recommended if you like Crystal Castles, Mandy, Indiana, acid house
Up next Festival dates including East London Block Party, Brighton Psych Fest and End of the Road

Salford’s Silverwingkiller sound how this summer’s heatwave feels: delirious, dread-filled and jangling with pent-up energy. Named after the Chinese title for Blade Runner, they build pummelling industrial dance music from nervy breakbeats, the acid sounds of the Roland TB-303 synthesiser and the shared sense of creative freedom that James Baca and Yushang Ni discovered on moving to Greater Manchester, from Peterborough and Shanghai respectively.

Continue reading...

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