Actress (Darren Cunningham) returns with Dummy Corporation, a long-awaited new EP out 11th November on Ninja Tune. Featuring Detroit influenced lead single “Dream” - an expertly layered, dance-floor ready crawler with a minimal 4x4 beat, hypnotic synth loop and a commanding vocal sample - and mesmerising 19-minute title track “Dummy Corporation”, the release places Actress firmly back in the centre of underground club culture. It marks the acclaimed electronic artist’s first solo music since the release of his 2020 album ‘Karma & Desire’ which saw guest collaborations from Mercu… read more
Actress (Darren Cunningham) returns with Dummy Corporation, a long-awaited new EP out 11th November on Ninja Tune. Featuring Detroit influenced lead … read more
Actress (Darren Cunningham) returns with Dummy Corporation, a long-awaited new EP out 11th November on Ninja Tune. Featuring Detroit influenced lead single “Dream” - an expertly layered,… read more
Actress is the artist alias of Wolverhampton’s Darren Cunningham. If you’re looking for clues to his music, you’re better off starting with "Hazyville", the title of his debut album. The record presents a landscape as blurry as its title, with house and hiphop beats dissolving into a spray of bits and tape hiss. When "Hazyville" came out in 2008, it sounded unlike anything else out there — you could hear echoes of the familiar (Moodymann, Jan Jelinek, ‘80s R&B, wonky), but it was spun into an uncanny kind of dreamstate. Cunningham also runs Werk Discs; the la… read more
Actress is the artist alias of Wolverhampton’s Darren Cunningham. If you’re looking for clues to his music, you’re better off starting with "Hazyville", the title of his debut alb… read more
Actress is the artist alias of Wolverhampton’s Darren Cunningham. If you’re looking for clues to his music, you’re better off starting with "Hazyville", the title of his debut album. The record presents a landscape as blurry … read more