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Oliver Heldens gets candid about his haters and evolving future house

The electronic world's most jet-lagged artists and their management teams adorned in the predictable head-to-toe black attire descend upon the artist mansion (aka fancy horse...

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Middle Eastern-influenced, percussion-led club belters from DJ Plead as part of our Fresh Kicks mix series

“It’s a blessing to do this” DJ Plead says. He’s sitting by a canal in East London on a bench, hitting his JUUL while in...

Jurassik brings the gully monster breaks

Jurassik, aka Ben Child, first got into dance music in the late '90s via jungle/drum & bass. “Anything with a skippy sampled break, really,” he...

Alternative house producer answers our questions

Besides Prezzo, Stefano Miele (Riva Starr) is probably East London's most popular Italian import – among dance heads at least – it's easy to see...

Last weekend, AVA festival returned to Belfast. Despite venue closures and ongoing restrictions across Northern Ireland, the event went ahead outdoors in a brand new...

Last weekend, after almost 18 months without a show, Belfast’s mighty AVA returned to the city in a brand new location, taking over the Boucher...

DiY sound system

Throughout the ’90s, the DiY Sound System put on countless free events, ran a recording studio and two record labels, and took their hedonistic parties around the world. Here, Harold Heath speaks to co-founder Harry Harrison about his new book, Dreaming in Yellow: The Story of the DiY Sound System, and the collective's trailblazing legacy in the free party movement

The origins of DiY Sound System date back to a mid-‘80s England that was a very different place to how it is in 2022. In...

Shadow Child’s bass-heavy house music is all over the airwaves, dancefloors and beyond.

It’s a cold, wet Wednesday night in London but pumping across airwaves at 108.6FM are the ripping basslines, house beats, jazzy keys and liquid vocals...

Blitz Club impresario of ‘Fade To Grey’ fame dies, aged 55

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Holly Lester serves up a leftfield house remix of Gearmaster’s ‘Sugarworld’ on the Tallinn-based producer’s incoming EP

Gearmaster will release a new EP, ‘30003 (HA07)’, next week. Have an exclusive first listen to Holly Lester’s remix of ‘Sugarworld’ below. The Tallinn-based duo...

John Glacier announces new EP, shares single and video featuring Eeartheater: Watch

The London rapper and poet's post punk-inspired first release for Young Recordings lands next month

John Glacier's new EP, 'Like A Ribbon', is coming next month. Watch the video for 'Money Shows', featuring Eartheater, below. The five-track EP, out 23rd...

Baltimore's deep house dude Karizma has us charmed

Looking for a deep house DJ to charm you onto the dancefloor? Then look no further than Karizma. A dive into his aquatic new mix...

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...

You might expect Abra Cadabra’s debut mixtape to rely on the high-energy style of UK drill that racked up millions of views on 2020 singles...

The out-of-the-box big beat anthem from the Wall Of Sound act Propellerheads

Based in Bath in south-west England, near musical hot-spots Glastonbury and Bristol, Alex Gifford had some quite varied early musical experiences. He played sax with...

Lavurn in a dark room with a hood up holding a shard of metal

As Cassius Select, the Toronto-born DJ and producer Lavurn Lee has spent the past decade crafting mercurial club music packed with bass and breaks. But on his debut album under his given name, he revisits the vocal-led experimental R&B of his earliest releases, revealing a more intimate side to his artistry. Alongside a Recognise mix filled with shadowy ambience and anxious beats, Dhruva Balram learns the story of ‘LAVURN’

“I’ve realised I’m bad at interviews,” says Lavurn Lee over a video call from Berlin. “I’m bad at all the stuff outside of making the...