Andrew Akanbi has been throwing parties for over a decade. His event series, GROOVY GROOVY, has a simple yet expansive ethos. Ticking each phrase off...
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Moving effortlessly through a range of tempos and flavours, the NYC-based, Lagos-raised DJ Akanbi demonstrates his party-starting sound with a live recording from New Year’s Day at Nowadays, and speaks to Michael McKinney about the evolution of his GROOVY GROOVY events, and taking the dancefloor somewhere new with his anything-goes approach
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It's time to wipe the slate clean, sort of. The champagne is on ice, the days have been booked off work. All you need to...
While 2019 refuses to go quiet into that good night — check this month’s top UK club picks for proof — some of us have...
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Test Pressing Festival, Terminal V, Bitch, Please!
The cloven hoof of festival season is already here, as is proven by London's top pick, Hackney’s experimental and boundary-pushing Test Pressing. Everything from kraut...
The seminal tracks that altered dance forever!
In the mid-‘90s, drum & bass was the most futuristic, kick-ass, innovative UK-derived music around. After a gestation period in the underground, breakbeat science exploded into the mainstream, although that led to assorted TV ads and theme tunes and suchlike co-opting a d&b element to them. But because the scene itself was controlled by the DJs — Bryan Gee, Fab & Groove, Goldie, Hype etc — it was able to be steered back underground, so that by the end of the 20th century d&b was largely associated with the dark tech-step sound of No U-Turn et al.
We count down UMF's most memorable moments...
Miami’s legendary Ultra Music Festival kicks off next weekend. Now in its 18th year the festival has grown into one of the US’ most iconic...
Catz 'N Dogz, Hauswerks, Groove Armada & more!
DGTL’s first foray into Spain’s electronic heartland of Barcelona was a huge success last weekend. The intimate two-day city centre festival, housed at the city’s...
Second album out now on Drumcode
Italian DJ/producer Joseph Capriati is the next techno DJ to break into the big league. He's about to release his second artist album, 'Self Portrait'...
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We’ve got dance music royalty giving us their Take 10 this month...
Andy Cato (the taller, fair-haired one) and Tom Findlay, who together comprise Groove Armada, have been one of the most successful dance music duos of...
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On Cue is our flagship mix series, celebrating the pivotal DJs and producers whose influence has shaped the world of electronic music, both in their...
London-born DJ and producer Ross, better known as Rossko, had his first brush with authentic, UK rave sounds younger than most. He was 11 years...
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R&S off-shoot Meda Fury continue their mission to uncover house music's most prodigious talents, this time shining their light on...
Acid house don Eddie Richards takes 10...
Eddie Richards is one of acid house's principal pioneers. A hugely important figure, he started out DJing in the early 1980s when he and a...
7 inspiring records selected by the bass don
Daniel Pearce, the man that is Eats Everything, otherwise known as Dan, is on his way to DJ at a friend's wedding. It's going to...
Already a staple sound of Ibiza at DC-10 and Parisian clubs like Concrete and Rex, French house is now truly going global...
It’s August 2013 and the trio of Dan Ghenacia, Dyed Soundorom and Shonky are coming to the close of an eight-hour showcase of their trademark...
The Crosstown Rebels man opens up about his path to dancefloor domination, rising from the figurative dead, his belief in the Crosstown “family”, the Rebel...
Damian Lazarus is the leader of Crosstown Rebels — not just a label, but a globe-trotting party and network of like minded artists. Celebrating 10 fiercely independent years of always innovative house and techno in 2013, the Lazarus man opens up about his path to dancefloor domination
"We came, we raved, and we fucking love you"...
Swedish House Mafia changed the game.
They were the first EDM supergroup to truly transcend the confines of the dance music world. Since the group...