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Drums of Death's time for greatness definitely nigh

Realising that Drums Of Death is not really under a voodoo curse, but actually a good-humoured chap from Scotland, is the grownup equivalent of acknowledging...

As a show of solidarity to support the artists and labels impacted through the cornavirus pandemic, we've launched a weekly roundup of the most vital...

The pandemic of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has had a devastating impact on our scene, leading to the cancellation of countless club nights and festivals...

The Prodigy pose by a graffiti stairwell in a black-and-white press image

The video runs chronologically through The Prodigy's three-decade-long career

Every sample used in The Prodigy's album discography has been detailed in a new YouTube video. Check it out below. Created by YouTuber Eightminutesupsidedown, the...

Nous’klaer Audio logo on a light blue background

Rotterdam label Nous’klaer Audio has become a vital source for original and forward-thinking dance music and more. Alongside a mix of upcoming tracks on its catalogue, Ben Murphy speaks with label founder Sjoerd Oberman about how the label avoids being pigeonholed and elevates local talent

In the last 10 years, Dutch label Nous’klaer Audio has released a steady stream of highly original dance records, railing against rigid genre orthodoxy, and...

Photo of Elpac wearing a beige hat and eating a chip

Bristol’s Elpac debuts on local label Amity with four slabs of hard drum heat, featuring MC-on-the-rise Grove

Elpac has a new EP on the way, featuring Grove, titled ‘An Ode To Brentry Road’. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Hard Body’ below...

Collage of various vintage hifi ads including Sony, Technics and Nagra

Jonny Trunk has been collaborating on a series of graphic design-led books with FUEL publishing for almost 20 years. The latest — titled Audio Erotica — sees the London-based writer, broadcaster, DJ, and Trunk Records label boss collate some of strangest and most significant period hi-fi brochures of the last 75 years. We spoke to Trunk to find out more about these hard-to-find vintage brochures

Audio Erotica is a book exploring vintage hi-fi adverts authored by Jonny Trunk and printed by East London-based graphic design and publishing company, FUEL. Across...

Syncopated club rhythms, radiant vocals and frenzied breaks from Paris-based purveyor of international club sounds, Jaymie Silk

Jaymie Silk’s Fresh Kicks mix whirls with colour and ferocity. Syncopated club rhythms, with flourishes of gqom, UK techno and Jersey club, dart through broad...

Paramida

Check out the dizzying first single, 'Space Time', now

Paramida has announced a new EP, ‘Moonrise VII', which is due to arrive via her own Love On The Rocks label on 25th August. Promising...

Björk announces new podcast exploring creation of her albums

Each episode of Sonic Symbolism will explore a different record from her discography

Björk is launching a new podcast series which will go deep on the creation of all of her albums. Each episode of 'Björk: Sonic Symbolism'...

A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...

We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...

Posthumous Notorious B.I.G. single 'G.O.A.T' released to mark rapper's 50th birthday

The track features Ty Dolla $ign and Nigerian singer Bella Alubo

Ahead of what would have been his 50th birthday this Saturday, 21st May, Notorious B.I.G.'s estate has posthumously released a single called 'G.O.A.T.'. It's the...

A fistful of parties to get you out the house this August...

Setting up a massive outdoor soundsystem in the middle of a city and getting away with it is no easy feat these days, especially in the UK, so when FACE/Below pulled off Circoloco in the Arena on a stretch of industrial wasteland in the heart of Birmingham last Easter, they had us impressed to say the least.

The seminal tracks that changed dance music forever

Layo & Bushwacka! were a popular tech house duo before Millennium time, but after they released ‘Love Story’ in 2002 they totally went supernova. They met at the legendary central London nightclub The End, where Bushwacka!, aka Matthew Benjamin, was a resident DJ and Layo Paskin was co-owner (with Mr C). 



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We look at some of the best records shops and clothing and book stores to check out during the industry’s annual Amsterdam Dance Event

From October 19th to the 23rd, annual Dutch music conference Amsterdam Dance Event will present 1,000 events at over 200 venues, bringing hundreds of international...

Sully, Nikki Nair and Fracture release 65 breakbeats sample pack in aid of homelessness charity

The release is available via Astrophonica and was made in collaboration with LABS instruments

Sully, Nikki Nair and Fracture have teamed up to release a sample pack comprising 65 breakbeats in aid of UK homelessness charity Shelter. The release...