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A true rap obsessive, DJ Firestarr has built a career on passion, consistency and perseverance. Playing the long game and making opportunities for himself, he...

For British-born DJ Firestarr, it was the US rap scene that birthed his love for music, way back in 1995. His first ever music purchase...

Chicago house legend Paul Johnson has died, aged 50

Paul Leighton Johnson was one of a kind. Even in the face of enormous adversity, the Chicago icon lived life with the same irrepressible spirit...

Chicago-born vocalist and musician KeiyaA’s debut album ‘Forever, Ya Girl’ was self-released last year, and won praise for its multi-layered and tender sound. Christine Ochefu...

When KeiyaA readied the release of her debut album, ‘Forever, Ya Girl’, last March, she was surprised at how quickly it took off. “I put...

In under three years, D. Tiffany’s Planet Euphorique label has placed itself at the forefront of a hybrid sound driven by propulsive electro, emotive breaks...

In the latest edition of our new series exploring the basics of music production, E.M.M.A. explains how to use compression to beef up your drums...

I didn’t give compression much thought in my early days of producing. ‘Do You Even Compress, Bro?’ was met with ‘What’s It Got To Do...

Fresh Kicks 127: Ian DPM

With bass, breaks, techno and percussive heat, Bristol’s Ian DPM sprints the gamut of contemporary UK club sounds for the Fresh Kicks mix series


Ian DPM is really, really busy. The DPM stands for ‘Definite Party Material’, a title shared with the prolific YouTube channel the Bristol DJ has...

Drawing from dub, jazz and field recordings, the debut album from rRoxymore finds her upturning the orthodoxies of dance music to create something fresh

The cover art for rRoxymore’s debut album ‘Face To Phase’ depicts an earthly scene tinged with the surreal. Against a black backdrop, flamingos, tropical fauna...

Sónar has always sought to support talent from its home country, and this year its programme highlighted the incredible creativity of Spain’s electronic music scene in...

Sónar 2019 took place last weekend, from Thursday 18th to Saturday 20th July. The programme featured artists that exist on the bleeding edge of electronic...

Brame & Hamo’s Spray launches eponymous label with a reissue of Dimension 23’s 1997 LA rave anthem, 'I.M.O.K. R.U.O.K.' . Hear Or:la’s crunching breakbeat remix...

Brame & Hamo’s Tiernan McMorrow, aka Spray, has launched an eponymous label with a reissue of Dimension 23’s 1997 track 'I.M.O.K. R.U.O.K.' 

Originally intended to...

DJ/producer Facing Jinx will release his debut LP via his own label Peer Pressure Records later this week. Hear the emotive production and sultry vocal...

Facing Jinx will release his debut LP later this week.

London-based DJ/producer Facing Jinx follows up an EPs on Fokuz Records, and his own Peer...

After making his debut via Scuffed Recordings on a compilation in 2019, London-based producer An Avrin will return to the imprint with a solo EP...

An Avrin will release a four-track EP next month.

After making his debut via Ian DPM's Scuffed Recordings on the label's third compilation last year, London-based...

Floating Points, AKA Sam Shepherd, plays a live-streamed DJ set from our ADE showcase at Amsterdam's Claire nightclub, with support from the city's Brighter Days...

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The beckoning stars of 2016

From soot-soaked techno to day-glo grime — jackin' house grooves to colourful drum & bass jams — the future is looking bright for dance music...

A key artist in UK rap’s second generation, Potter Payper emerged from his most recent stint in prison on a tidal wave of creative energy that...

Potter Payper is lucky to be here. How lucky depends on how deep you probe into the many lives he’s lived. Actually, ‘luck’ probably isn’t...

David Kochs and Dominik Marz will drop a collaborative EP via Huntleys + Palmers' sub-label, Belters, next month. Listen to the intensity build with a heady...

David Kochs and Dominik Marz will drop a new EP on Belters next week.

Launched in 2016, Belters, sub-label of Glasgow-based Huntleys + Palmers, has...