Dancehall music has been the driving force in my career. As a DJ, I’ve played most if not all genres of music on radio and...
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Born in Jamaica around half a century ago, dancehall music has found fans, artists and chart-topping success all around the globe in the decades since...
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From its '90s beginnings in Yorkshire clubs to becoming a nationwide dance music phenomenon and chart success, the bassline sound has survived and thrived against the odds. Here, to accompany his DJ Mag feature documenting the genre's history, Matt Annis charts the sonic evolution of the sound from its origins to today
After a trip to South Africa, an engagement with politics and a need to explore new musical avenues, these Bears have teeth.
“If someone said to you ‘Jesus is drinking in a pub in Elephant and Castle’ you’d go and have a look wouldn’t you?” Well, bearded...
Raised on soundsystem culture, deep bass and inventive, cross genre music, Night Slugs co-owners and DJ/producers L-Vis 1990 and Bok Bok have created a label...
February, early 2014, Peckham. The Night Slugs crew have announced that they will be holding a Boiler Room label showcase in a secret Peckham location...
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Every era of British dance music has its myths and over-simplified narratives — hell, even little known local scenes have urban legends. Below, Matt Anniss...
Beautiful madness from the UK trio...
Ivy Lab close out the week with a wonky rework of Dutch singer-songwriter Sofie Letitre.
Having just scooped Best Breakthrough Label for their 20/20 LDN...
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Printworks, Bangface, Junk, Motion, House of God, Maximum Pressure; tickets, please...
The year is gathering momentum like a runaway techno cut, so it's already time for the top 30 UK club events in March 2018.
Amazingly festival...
Something wicked this way comes
No Bounds Festival kicks off on Friday 13th October, spanning the full weekend through to Sunday 15th across various spaces in Sheffield, bringing a unique...
Better than an office Christmas party...
So another year is as good as done, lying sprawled out on the floor like the hedonistic version of Fatal Attraction's deranged mistress; spent, but...
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An attempt to "work against the quick turnover rate of the track-based streaming economy"...
Planet Mu is preparing to release a new album from Speaker Music, AKA DeForrest Brown Jr., a name many will recognise from his theories, editorial...
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Since beatboxing first arrived on British shores from the US in the ’80s, the passion and innovation of UK acts have taken the art to unimaginable heights. Jak Hutchcraft charts the development of the scene, speaking to boundary breakers and educators, and finds it in ruder health than ever
Time to get busy.
These are the top 30 UK club events in October 2017, so forget about nuclear war for a second... London sees Fabric pull together a...
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It features contributions from Goldie, Mantra, Double O and more
A new documentary celebrates 25 years of the much-loved drum & bass labels A-Ko Recordings and AKO Beatz.
The short film, 'AKO Beatz...25 Years In...
We've switched up our end-of-year coverage this year. Instead of ranked countdowns, we've asked 40 contributors to pick their favourite albums, tracks and compilations from...
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Bangers are the order of the day on young Nigerian pop star Rema’s debut album, ‘Rave & Roses’