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With his new album, ‘Fragments’, on Ninja Tune, English electronic musician and DJ Bonobo has delivered his strongest, most versatile album since 2010's 'Black Sands'...

Sat on a sofa in the Ninja Tune offices, somewhere in Kennington, South London, Simon Green, aka Bonobo, is pondering the question of why his...

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Coachella sunset with the festival's ferris wheel in the background

The new stage will showcase extended three-hour DJ sets from a range of acts

The organisers of Coachella have announced a new dance music stage for this year's festival called Quasar. Revealed on social media earlier this week, the...

Secretsundaze announces live ensemble show at London's Southbank Centre

The show will see a vocalist and live band reimagine key tracks from the long-running party's history

London promoters, DJs, producers and label owners Secretsundaze will celebrate 20 years of parties with a live ensemble show at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall...

From: Brighton, UK

For Fans Of: Break, Alibi, Breakage

Three tunes: ‘If We Ever (Unglued Remix)’, ‘Malware’, ‘Bootstrap Bill’

You don't usually associate fishing with drum & bass. It’s a little too rural and rustic for what historically has been one of the most...

WIN! a VIP trip to Ibiza with Toolroom and Mark Knight!

What’s life really like as a superstar DJ? Well, considering he’s the brains behind one of the globe’s most illustrious labels, Toolroom Records, as...

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Even as pandemic restrictions have lifted, and clubs and festivals have returned, the spectre of coronavirus lingers for many due to the debilitating impact of long Covid. Here, Dhruva Balram speaks to people in the dance music industry about how the effects of long Covid, and a lack of understanding around it, have impacted them, and asks whether it should be recognised as a disability

“My energy levels have never returned to what they were,” says London-based DJ and broadcaster DEBONAIR. “I don’t have the muscle strength and energy that...

From: New York City, NY, USAFor fans of: Fixate, Om Unit, Sam BingaThree tunes: ‘Vault Of Glass’, ‘Dissociate’, ‘Press F’

‘I make a bunch of different kinds of music’ reads the description on Doctor Jeep’s SoundCloud page, and that pretty much hits the nail on...

Snoop Dogg sexual assault lawsuit dismissed by accuser

The lawsuit was originally filed in February

Content warning: this article contains information relating to allegations of sexual assault. A lawsuit filed against Snoop Dogg in February for an alleged sexual assault...

October is Black History Month in the UK. Ria Hylton spotlights a range of electronic music-related events on and offline taking place throughout the month...

Black Artist Database (B.A.D.) will host its first in-person event at Hackney Wick’s Colour Factory. Set for Friday 1st October, B.A.D. Presents... includes a stellar...

 

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp...

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections...

 

DJ Shadow's debut album, 'Endtroducing.....', released via UK label Mo'Wax Records in 1996, presented abstract, instrumental hip hop as a worthy deviation from the...

Mo’Wax was undoubtedly one of the most important British record labels of the 1990s, showcasing a kind of retro futuristic approach to art, where aesthetic...

Salute looking straight at the camera. They are wearing a multi-coloured fluffy sweater and leaning with their hands placed on a pool table

Vienna-born, Manchester-based salute’s DJ sets and productions shine at the intersection of garage, French house and ‘80s synth styles. Ahead of the release of their star-studded debut album on Ninja Tune, they tell Kamila Rymajdo about their musical upbringing, flying the flag for Black artistry, and their joyful sound that, simply, makes people feel good

salute is thinking about their legacy. “I want to make music not just for the sake of making music, I want to do it because...

Italo disco’s eternal evolution

Italo disco is everywhere again. But what does Italo even mean today, and is it at risk of being diluted into a catch-all term for anything with an '80s disco sparkle? Joe Roberts dives into the genre's history, and chats to some of its new devotees and longstanding champions about its ever-evolving sound

It now sounds like a DJ mix of the most widely-known Italo disco classics, but when it was released in 1999, I-F’s ‘Mixed Up In...

On Cue: DJ IC

DJ IC demonstrates Afro house mastery for the On Cue mix series, and speaks to Tice Cin about his evolution through London’s club scene, growing up on the Aylesbury Estate, celebrating togetherness, and championing young talent

London artist DJ IC’s productions brim with lessons learned from his deep engagement with Black British music throughout his life and career. When you hear...