MusicInsiderDarkstar: A Good Year For The RosesThe West Yorkshire band explain how they left the riots to record the year's most haunting, colourful album in this Dazed filmShareLink copied ✔️February 8, 2013MusicInsiderTextCharlie Robin JonesFilmAlexandros Pissourios After writing their devasting, melancholic first album minutes from London's murder mile, Darkstar moved back home to rural West Yorkshire. There they worked with Richard Formby, and discovered a new, colourful, precision take on British electronic psychedilia. 'News From Nowhere', which you can listen below, has been heralded as an instant classic across the board. The week before release, James Buttery, James Young and Aiden Whalley went down to Alexandros Pissourios's studio in Hackney Wick to record the above film for Dazed Digital, and we hope you enjoy it. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREInside Erika de Casier’s shimmering R&B universe ‘Rap saved my life’: A hazy conversation with MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt InstagramIntroducing Instagram’s 2025 Rings winners7 essential albums by the SoulquariansIs AI really the future of music?Vanmoof8 Dazed Clubbers on the magic and joy of living in BerlinThe KPop Demon Hunters directors on fan theories and a potential sequelplaybody: The club night bringing connection back to the dancefloorAn interview with IC3PEAK, the band Putin couldn’t silenceFrost Children answer the dA-Zed quizThe 5 best features from PinkPantheress’ new remix albumMoses Ideka is making pagan synth-folk from the heart of south London