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The Cadenza label head has been sober for one year... 

Luciano has released a statement about addiction and rehab following the tragic death of Avicii (pictured), who was found on Friday 20th April, in an...

The venue has been open since 2015

Leeds venue The Old Red Bus Station (TORBS) has extended its lease.

After facing potential closure to make way for a multi-storey car park, TORBS...

"We dance, advocate and raise objections by affirming ourselves"

Mars89 has hosted a protest rave in Tokyo.

The Japanese DJ and producer organised the Shibuya Protest Rave in the country's capital on Saturday (26th...

Chris Kaba, 24-year-old rapper of drill group 67, shot dead by police in London

The shooting happened earlier this week in Streatham Hill following a police pursuit

Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old rapper who was a member of the drill group 67, has been named as the man who was shot dead by...

The power of the electronic hive mind in full effect...

Aphex Twin closed out Field Day's new Barn stage this past weekend — and now his legion of dedicated fans have created a playlist of...

A vital document of music in 2002, ‘As Heard...’s headline-grabbing mixes of well-known tracks helped sneak a handful of underground dance classics into more than...

In 2002, when 2 Many DJ’s’ ‘As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2’ hit the shelves in Europe, dance music was in the middle of...

Yuksek sits down for a chinwag

Reims lies just 80 miles northeast of Paris in the French countryside, its biggest claim to fame is it’s one of France’s most notable champagne...

Photo of a large crowd of people protesting against the Criminal Justice Bill

1st May 1994 was the first big London protest against the looming Criminal Justice Bill, the piece of legislation that first proscribed a genre of music — rave music, “wholly or predominantly categorised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats” — in law. Despite widespread demonstrations at what was seen as draconian power-grabs by the UK authorities, the Bill became law later in 1994. Here, Harold Heath looks back at the reaction from the dance music community at the time, and the Act’s lasting impact on the rave scene today

The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act was passed into UK law in November 1994. Infamous for targeting events that played music “wholly or predominantly...

Technics’ category manager clarifies that DJs are still very much at the core of Technics’ products...

Technics caused controversy last month when they suggested that their reissued line of SL-1200 turntables are not marketed at the DJ community. 

In an...

Berlin Atonal will curate the stage at 4GB festival with Laurel Halo, Surgeon, Skee Mask and more...

A disused satellite station is being repurposed this summer to host a rave.

As part of 4GB Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia, the promoters behind the...

Berlin's Rave The Planet Parade announces line-up and floats for 2022

Established by the founders of the original Love Parade, crews from Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, UK and Ukraine are all involved, with over 200 artists. 

Berlin's Rave the Planet Parade has announced the line-up and floats involved in this year's free event, which takes place on Saturday 9th July. A...

The Google Doodle has also been used to mark the start of National Suicide Prevention Week

An Avicii 'Wake Me Up' animation has been shared by Google to celebrate what would have been the late-DJ's 32nd birthday, on 8th September.

The...

This evergreen breakbeat hardcore missive influenced the likes of The Prodigy and the whole of the early UK rave scene. Ben Murphy charts its story...

“I saw that record go from street level and get bigger and bigger, and there was no video for it, no promotion, nothing,” says Renegade Soundwave’s Danny...

Beatport says it will now focus on DJs as its core customer...

There’s been a lot going on at Beatport HQ over the last few months, as troubled parent company SFX Entertainment announced that it was to...

A petition launched in February has made KMD-MF DOOM Way a reality

A street in Long Beach, New York is set to be named after MF DOOM.

It comes six months after a Change.org petition was launched...