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...
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Killer Mike and Meek Mill were among the artists present for the virtual signing ceremony of the bill into law
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Sprinting through 42 tracks of percussive club heat, Club Yeke founder, DJ, and party-starter par excellence Tash LC ignites the Fresh Kicks mix series
“Kuduro is just so raw,” Tash LC says, describing the Angolan minimal, percussion-heavy dance music genre. “You can’t help but dance and sweat to it...
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Drum & bass futurists Blocks & Escher promised an album four years ago through Goldie’s Metalheadz label. Now it’s finally arrived, but what caused the...
Bust ups. Car park fist fights. Prison sentences. Vicious acrimonious splits resulting in major High Court settlements. Six-day self-finding mushroom binges in the Highlands. Tabloid...
Should dance music be organic and 'real'? Should it fuck, the more synthetic the better says our resident ranter...
Time was, in the '80s and '90s when dance music was so massively marginalised by mainstream culture (yeah, so what’s new?) that trying to get...
When did dance get so damned elitist?
“In the beginning, there was Jack, and Jack had a groove… One day Jack declared, "Let there be HOUSE!" and house music was born. And, you see, no one man owns house because house music is a universal language, spoken and understood by all... Jack is the one that can bring nations of all Jackers together under one house. You may be black, you may be white; you may be Jew or Gentile. It don't make a difference in OUR House.”
Australian-based producer spills beans on debut album
Last week we featured a video exclusive of 'Reset', a track from 'Speed of Life', the forthcoming debut album from Australia-based producer Dirty South...
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As part of our special edition on fighting racism and racial injustice in the dance music industry, we have collated alphabetical lists of collectives, organisations...
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More than a decade of campaigning and lobbying could bring more protection from gentrification and development
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Co-founder Sunil Sharpe hopes the discussion event series Where Is The Night? will reignite momentum in the stalled changes to Ireland's licensing and alcohol sale laws
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Music Venue Trust, the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), UK Music, and LIVE are among the bodies lobbying for more action from government to support the sector
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DJ Lag’s thrilling debut album is a testament to gqom’s versatility, and its ability to cross-pollinate with the sounds of amapiano and deep house
Representing Canada-Vancouver in Las Vegas...
The Miller SoundClash finalists are busy preparing for their trip to Las Vegas for the Grand Final. In the lead up, we'll be profiling each...
Was the famous club's fate already sealed?
What happened at Islington Town Hall on Tuesday night (Sept 6th) was not a hearing, for you cannot hear when you refuse to listen —...
The mainstream media seems to think so – we know different.
Yesterday, following stats released about club closures over the past decade in the UK, BBC Newsbeat produced a report about the current state of clubbing...
Rob Papen’s new virtual drum synth, Punch beats its way into our hearts
Every producer’s Dutch genius Rob Papen has been a bit quiet of late, leaving many of us to wonder if and when he would grace...