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New documentary, 25 Years Of UK Garage, to be released in December

So Solid Crew, Lisa Maffia, Ms. Dynamite, Majestic, Scott Garcia and more feature in the film, out 5th December

A new documentary traces the history and evolution of UK garage. Watch the trailer below. 25 Years Of UK Garage, out 5th December on digital...

UK breakdancing championships to take place at Kentish Town Forum this month

Beatboxing pioneer Killa Kela will host the dance battle, and there will be a live performance by the Ghetto Funk Collective

The best breakdancers in the UK will converge on London's O2 Forum in Kentish Town later this month. The UK B-Boy Championships will take at...

Only 13% of UK festival headliners in 2022 are women, study finds

BBC Newsbeat's new gender-focused study of UK festival line-ups finds that little has changed since 2017

A new study of UK festivals by BBC Newsbeat has found that only 13% of 2022's headliners are women. A gender-focused analysis of 50 UK...

Castlemorton 1992: photographing the Illegal rave that changed UK dance music forever

2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the biggest and the most infamous illegal rave that ever took place: Castlemorton – a week-long, 20,000-person party deemed so anarchistic that it shook Middle England to its core. Here, photographer Alan Lodge tells his story of capturing a week changed UK dance music forever

It started on a particularly sunny bank holiday weekend, on the 22nd May 1992. A ramshackle convoy of vehicles, which served as the rag-tag homes...

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Who Killed the KLF? has been released after a lengthy copyright dispute

A new documentary exploring enigmatic UK electronic duo The KLF has been released. Directed by filmmaker Chris Atkins, the unauthorised Who Killed The KLF? was...

UK Clubs

The prediction does not take into account the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

According to data analysed by hospitality-focused software companies Stampede and StoreKit, the UK could soon be left with just 5,000 nightclubs. The figures point to...

The 'Nurture' Live Show stops off in London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Dublin and elsewhere

Porter Robinson has announced details of his first UK and EU tour in over five years.

Off the back of playing a 30-date North American...

The Warsaw-based Oramics member releases his first 12” for the queer-focused London imprint.

Avtomat has released his first 12" for queer-focussed London imprint 51-53. The Warsaw-based Oramics member – one of the Polish city's foremost LGBTQ+ producers –...

Something’s happening on the peripheries of jazz, but what do we call it? Alanna Henry delves in to find out

In the UK, new experimental sounds born from the jazz tradition are transforming the live experience. Fusing with mainstream genres like grime, hip-hop and reggae...

The DCMS has issued a report ahead of Britain's "compressed" summer season 

The UK Government is being urged to support drug testing at festivals to increase safety following a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee...

The documentary also features a bespoke score by Overmono, alongside two exclusive cuts: Orbital ‘Chime’ (Special Request Remix) and Dance System 'Better Days feat. Rush...

There's a new documentary on the history of the UK rave scene coming to Amazon Music.

Better Days: The Story of UK Rave is a...

The project has been launched in partnership with Ninja Tune, Paradigm, Percolate and POLY

UK mental health charity Mind has shared a number of resources focused on the electronic music industry.

Partnering with Ninja Tune, booking agencies POLY and...

UK labels are expecting to earn more from vinyl than CDs for the first time in three decades

Vinyl sales contributed £86.5 million to the UK’s recorded music revenue in 2020, a new report from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has revealed. 

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Festivals including Eastern Electrics, Field Day, Creamfields and Boomtown have all sold out in the past week

Festivals scheduled to take place in England this summer are selling out at a rapid rate following the Government’s announcement of its roadmap out of...

It equates to almost two thirds of the industry's work force

170,000 UK music industry jobs ‘will be lost by Christmas’, a study has found.

Following the near-total shutdown of the UK's music industry after the...