O.B.F and Sr. Wilson's two linked EPs, 'Heavy & Loud' and 'Firm & Strong', released on Dubquake Records, are built precisely for the session moment when the bass ceases to be heard and starts to be felt.

Unlike here in Romania, he root of American horror is not Dracula. It the plantation. The original site of blood-draining, of bodies used up and discarded, of spirituals wailed into the fields. America is not the theatrical kind of vampire. It is something much cruder and bloodier, a shape-shifting organism that gorges on Black labor, culture, and spirit, leaving the bones to rot in shallow graves.

The second full-length album from aya, hexed!, is a dense and formally disorienting release that resists conventional critical framing. It can't be categorised by genre or affect; instead, it presents as an unstable system that attempts to function but is continually undermined by the conditions it has created.

On a sunny April Saturday afternoon in the park, Andreea Lăcătuș sat with me for a revealing conversation on the stakes, strategies, and struggles behind Romania’s most politically attuned documentary film festival.

These days, music should not be made for times of peace. It needs to be made for grinding down your molars, cackling maniacally in new media solitude, and what's playing in your head when your phone lights up with its endless scroll of bad news

Jungle music was born from breakbeat hardcore fusing with Jamaican sound system culture on UK soil. Defined by rapid breakbeats, cut-and-paste samples, and chest-rattling bass, it carried the rebel spirit of reggae soundclashes into the European rave era.

The 18th instalment of Black Rhino Residency at Control comes in full force on April 19, mixing the sound pressure of dub with the uptempo energy of jungle music.

As we move on to our residencies at Control, we are happy to announce that Aba Shanti will join our curated events on March 8, 2025, marking his first session in Bucharest.

On May 10 2025, Black Rhino Radio celebrates its 4-year anniversary, and the party comes in great style and fashion. The first artists to be announced is the French dub master O.B.F with the Spanish MC Sr. Willson.

We enter the new year in style as we announce Mala who's joining the first Black Rhino Residency at Control on February 22, 2025.

For the last residency of this year at Control, we return to the sound system culture and invites Numa Crew (IT) and the mighty Mc Killa P (UK) to headline the night. The booking follows the fresh album of the two - Killing Time, released this year on November 15.

For the 14th instalment of Black Rhino Residency in Control, we change the tempo and we dig into the synths and electronica realm, by inviting the legendary Legowelt [NL] to headline the night in Room 1 of the club.