Playground magazine

Just as Kraftwerk's chronological overview at the MoMA finishes, New York becomes the epicentre of electronic activity once again, thanks to Unsound - a festival that started in Krakow, Poland, ten years ago. This year's the third time the event has an American leg - celebrated in the heart of Brooklyn - occupying art galleries, bars and small venues; providing the most cutting-edge dance and experimental music and audio-visual arts of the moment to the Big Apple's avant-garde crowd.

A visit to Unsound NY 2012 is mandatory for curious ears. While the masses, trend spotters and celebs are at Coachella, the future is in New York. Unsound is, without a doubt, one of this house's favourite spring time festivals - and for those who are going and/or want to know more, we wanted to list the ten performances we feel you really need to see and hear between the 18th and 22nd April. To get a first idea of what's on offer, check out the Soundcloud page for the sampler the event put online, featuring 35 of the performing artists.