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.

Gorgon Sound is the collaborative alchemy of Joe McGann (Kahn) and Sam Barrett (Neek) dedicated solely to reggae-dub investigations.

On a spring night in Bucharest, Control Club vibrates before a single word is spoken. Gathered at the city's sound system faithful for the eighteenth installment of the Black Rhino Residency.

By the time End Beginnings landed last week, the myth of Sandwell District was already half fossil, half flare. This is not a mere return but the reanimation of a fractured, aged, yet unmistakably alive sonic body. And if that body walks with a limp, it's one earned through a decade of silence, estrangement, and, most recently, grief.

Canadian composer Tim Hecker has meticulously arranged static storms into intricate cathedrals from digital decay for two decades. His albums like Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again (2001), Harmony in Ultraviolet (2006), and Ravedeath, 1972 (2011) established him as a formidable presence at the intersection of noise, melody, and melancholy.

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.