Throughout the ’80s, the iconic Ibiza nightclub Ku (now Privilege) held a regular party known as Noche Española, in which trendy party goers would dance...
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DJ Trujillo curates a superb time capsule of early Balearic dance music for Soundway Records, from languid pop and sensual wave music, to velvety house anthems
Tragic passing of Peter Harris
Peter Harris – the man behind seminal rave/house music label Kickin' Music - has tragically died after a long battle with cancer. He passed away...
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The legendary synth has been honoured
The Roland TR-808 has been inducted into the NAMM TECnology Hall of Fame.
Manufactured between 1980 and 1983, the legendary drum machine has contributed to music...
The Belleville Three
Dance music is a hot place to be place right now. What began as an underground counter-culture has grown, over the last 25 years, into...
Universal, Sony and Warner are all in talks...
Prince's famous vault — that is rumoured to contain four decades worth of unreleased music and recordings — is up for sale for $35 million...
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DJ Mag’s Solid Gold series revisits and examines the ongoing influence of seminal albums throughout history. Here, DJ Mag's Digital Tech Editor Declan McGlynn examines how Prince's...
As the chorus for ‘Purple Rain’ rang out of First Avenue in downtown Minneapolis on a humid August evening in 1983, no one sang along...
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The Rockin' House Records boss, and first producer to add guitars and live instruments to the studio mix, leaves a huge legacy behind
Chicago house music legend Rodney Bakerr has died.
Baker, who produced and DJ'd with an additional "r" on his surname, suffered a heart attack last...
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Electronic Music Books
Despite the ever-growing gadget list for on-screen reading devices, few things beat an old-fashioned book to have and to hold. Every year...
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Lewis was known best for his multi-synth custom rig, the LEO, as well as working on the iconic Yamaha DX7 and TR-808
Hip-hop dons give away all their back cat for free
Hip-hop legends De La Soul are giving away all their back catalogue for free today — for 25 hours only. The generous gesture to their...
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Is wealth and privilege damaging British dance music, and if so, what should we do about it?
WORDS: Matt AnnissPICS: Nicola Nodland & Jillian Edelstein
Since acid house swept the UK 30 years ago and united a generation, British dance has proudly proclaimed its egalitarian credentials. Many believe that the loved up, misty-eyed utopianism...
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A reunion, of sorts, and Beijing...
Ultra Music Festival has acquired Miami's Winter Music Conference (WMC), and will expand its reach to include China, according to a press conference held in...
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In these trying times, we look to get creative on a budget with nine free tools for making music
The dance world reacts to the trance legend's passing...
Robert Miles, the Swiss-born Italian musician born Robert Concina, has died aged 47.
The trance legend, best known for producing iconic '90s track 'Children'...
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They're working on "a melting pot of UK and Detroit sounds!"
Kevin Saunderson and Idris Elba have been working on new Inner City music together, according to a new Facebook post.
Saunderson published a photo...