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Asbo Kid: the dynamic duo of former Elastica and EMF members

There's a sense in which 'indie-dance' was a gateway into dance music for a slew of indie kids back in the 1990s. Perhaps not so much via Britpop stalwarts Elastica, but dance-pop five-piece EMF were certainly responsible for converting their fair share of da yoof of the time, especially via their worldwide mega-smash 'Unbelievable' that dropped at the height of the Madchester era in 1990.

The clubs that changed dance music forever<BR>

“Forget ’88 to ’90. Acid house had died by then... this was a new phase,” recalls drum & bass don Fabio on his legendary residency...

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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...

“A journey through the capital of electronic music”...

"The whole German reunification actually took place on the dancefloor" — that's the declaration of a new film which documents self-appointed capital of electronic music...

Courtesy of Need2Soul in London

Chicago deep house legend Ron Trent will be descending on the Shoreditch Studios, London for a full night of Trent this Saturday 9th February...

The electronic music pioneer co-founded Kraftwerk in 1970

Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider has died.

News broke today (6th May) that the influential German musician and co-founder of legendary electronic group Kraftwerk had died, aged...

He was the legendary label's first employee in 1980

Designer for Independent record label 4AD, Vaughan Oliver, has died aged 62.

Oliver's friend and design collaborator, Andrew Shaughnessy, shared the news yesterday (29th) that...

The Real Daft Punk includes 1997 and 2001 interviews...

Daft Punk are the subject of a new book that claims to provide “vital insight into how the duo achieved unparalleled success without compromising artistic...

Waveform Transmission vol. 1

Released on Tresor in 1992, Jeff Mills' debut LP ‘Waveform Transmission Vol. 1’ is a record that stands for repetition and filth, forged from wrought steel and imbued with scuffed-up funk. Here, 30 years after its release, Ben Cardew takes a deep dive into the sound, origins and legacy of an album that birthed a new breed of techno 

Listen to a lot of older techno today and it sounds rather restrained. Brilliant, yes, and futuristic too, yet largely soft and melodic compared to...

In 1997, Moodymann released his debut LP, ‘Silentintroduction’, via Carl Craig’s Planet E imprint. A compilation of some his best early tracks, the album captured...

In the mid-1990s, the very idea of a Moodymann record seemed almost impossibly exciting, arousing a stomach-churning feeling of nervous glee spurred on by the...

Cypress Hill to perform with London Symphony Orchestra, recreating The Simpsons cameo, this summer

The Royal Albert Hall gig is set for 10th July

Cypress Hill are set to perform with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) this summer at London's Royal Albert Hall. Taking place on 10th July, the...

The legendary complex is said to be “wholly unsuitable for the 21st century”...

The BBC is set to close down its iconic Maida Vale Studios as the broadcaster prepares to relocate to East London.

In a staff-wide email...

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