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Dub Pistols

Mixing up a heady brew of ska, dub, hip-hop, electronic music and punk, the Dub Pistols, AKA unashamed London party heads Barry Ashworth and...

The MSG Sphere would hold 21,500 people... 

Plans have been submitted for the UK's largest concert arena, MSG Sphere.

If built, the structure would stand 90-metres high and occupy land in Stratford...

Two Shell share new track, ‘gimmi it’

The new track follows the duo's recent collaborative single with FKA Twigs, 'Talk To Me'

Two Shell have dropped a new track, ‘gimmi it’. Check it out below. The new release comes on the heels of their collaborative single with...

Premiere: NIKS ‘Stomp the Grid (feat. Or:la)’

NIKS and Or:la link up on a bass-soaked club snapper with a marching percussive bite

NIKS will release her debut EP, 'Milieu', this month on Or:la's Céad label. After spending the past couple of years honing her skills at a...

Eliza Rose

Sound of the summer

Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal's 'B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)' has hit number two in the UK singles chart. The track began building momentum earlier...

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...

From the ongoing refinement of house and disco, to techno's domination of the mainstream, the return of electro, ebm and new wave, and the resurgence...

50. Joe
‘Tail Lift’
Hessle Audio

49. The Black Madonna
‘He Is The Voice I Hear’
We Still Believe

48. Medlar
‘Shake It’
For Discos...

The club nights are part of a series of trial events taking place in the city to test safety of mass gatherings

6,000 clubbers will return to the dancefloor in Liverpool this month, to participate in a covid-secure event trial.

In February, it was announced that the...

From: Vienna, Austria Via DRC

For Fans Of: Frederic Robinson, BOP, Mystic State

Three Tracks: ‘Run Ames (Feat Robert Manos)’, ‘Yore Dub’, ‘Krieg’

Kimyan Law defies simple description in more ways than one. An exiled child of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s long-running, ever-intractable civil war, his...

Mao Ra Sun provide a groove infused journey through the soul with this exclusive mix

Mao Ra Sun are a Brightonian duo centered around soulful, bassy electronic music. Having released their debut single 'Ways Of Seeing' earlier this year to...

Full steam ahead with LA Bass queen Reid Speed

When you think “bass music” in the US of A, Play Me records stands as one of the top influential labels in recent years, catering...

Electronic music's subcultures have been documented by a host of photographers and archivists in the last four decades, and some excellent photobooks have been released...

During the 1980s, renowned photographer, broadcaster and DJ Normski was immersed in London’s hip-hop culture, his lense capturing a critical moment before the genre went...

Madrid's techno merchant Regal delivers a blistering hour of ferocious rhythm, sizzling acid and raw energy. We chat to the Involve Records founder about techno...

Regal is up front about most things. As a musician, the Madrid-based DJ/producer – real name Gabriel Cassina – has spent the past six years...

Original acid house smiley face designer hangs yellow plaques on old rave venues

The gesture comes on the 30th anniversary of the Criminal Justice Bill which sought to deal with illegal raves in the '90s

George Georgiou, the artist known for creating the iconic yellow smiley face flyers that became synonymous with '90s rave music and acid house, has hung...

Legal bill preventing use of rap lyrics in court comes into effect in California

Killer Mike and Meek Mill were among the artists present for the virtual signing ceremony of the bill into law

A legal bill preventing the use of rap lyrics as evidence in court has come into effect in California. The California state legislature's Assembly Bill...