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Legendary New York club director Steve Adelman announces memoir
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New York's Limelight and Tunnel clubs' former director Steve Adelman announces memoir

Adelman ran several iconic venues including Limelight and Tunnel in the 1980s and 1990s

New York club director Steve Adelman has announced details of his new memoir. Having run four of the NYC's biggest clubs - Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium...

Daft Punk announce ‘Homework’ and ‘Alive 1997’ vinyl reissues, release 25th anniversary edition of debut : Listen
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Daft Punk announce ‘Homework’ and ‘Alive 1997’ vinyl reissues, release 25th anniversary edition of debut : Listen

The duo also streamed a never-before-seen set from 1997 last night on Twitch

Daft Punk have announced vinyl reissues of their 1997 debut, ‘Homework’, and live album, ‘Alive 1997’. Both reissues will be released on 15th April, and...

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Coachella set times and streaming announced

The festival's partnership with YouTube will offer a multi-view feature, allowing fans to watch up to four live performances simultaneously

The set times for this year's Coachella have been revealed, along with details about the festival's livestream experience. Partnering with YouTube again, the California festival...

Premiere: Yuto Takei ‘Svalbard’
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Premiere: Yuto Takei ‘Svalbard’

Tokyo’s Yuto Takei finds meaning in ideas of space, time and distance in his otherworldly electronic EP for Belgium’s Maloca Records

Yuto Takei will release a new EP, titled ‘MA’, via Belgium’s Maloca Records this month. Listen to ‘Svalbard’ below. The Tokyo-based composer and DJ’s seven-track...

ADE at night by tomdoms
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Amsterdam Dance Event completes conference programme with Hardwell, Peggy Gou, Joseph Capriati, more

Martin Garrix will host an In Conversation with Joseph Capriati

Amsterdam Dance Event has completed the line-up for this year's event, adding Hardwell, Martin Garrix, Joseph Capriati, Peggy Gou and Richie Hawtin to its conference...

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YouTube creator Brick Technology has made a drum machine out of Lego

Hear Blur’s 'Song 2' and Taylor Swift’s 'Shake It Off' faithfully recreated on the Lego machine

YouTube creator Brick Technology has made a drum machine crafted entirely out of Lego Technic pieces. The fully operational drum sequencer, which draws from a...

Premiere: DJ IC, DJ Jim Mastershine & Idd Aziz ‘Meremeta (Echo Deep Dub Mix)’
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Premiere: DJ IC, DJ Jim Mastershine & Idd Aziz ‘Meremeta (Echo Deep Dub Mix)’

Johannesburg's Echo Deep crafts a rolling, percussive remix of the forthcoming Afro house cut ‘Meremeta’

DJ IC, DJ Jim Mastershine and Idd Aziz will release their new collaborative single, ‘Meremeta’, this month via Sneja Recordings alongside a collection of remixes...

Four Tet teases release of much-hyped 3LW edit: "The sample has been cleared"
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Four Tet teases release of much-hyped 3LW edit: "The sample has been cleared"

The track has been picking up a lot of attention online after appearing in his DJ sets

Four Tet has taken to Instagram to tease the long-awaited release of a new track of his. This week, the UK artist posted a clip...

Tomorrowland announces full line-up for 2022 festival
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Tomorrowland announces full line-up for 2022 festival

Over 700 artists have been confirmed for the three-weekend edition

Tomorrowland has shared the full line-up for its 2022 edition, which will take place over three weekends in July. Over 700 artists have been confirmed...

FLOHIO returns with new single, ‘Make It Bang’
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FLOHIO returns with new single, ‘Make It Bang’: Listen

The new single marks the South London rapper's first release since her 2022 debut album, 'Out Of Heart'

FLOHIO has released a new single ‘Make It Bang’. Check it out below. Produced by Karma Kid, who has previously collaborated with Shygirl, Hak Baker...

Violet announces new album and poetry book, 'Transparências', on Rádio Quântica
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Violet announces new album and poetry book, 'Transparências', on Rádio Quântica

The free, 10-track album is inspired by the works of composers such as Delia Derbyshire and Wendy Carlos

Violet has revealed details of her forthcoming third album, 'Transparencias'. Stream three tracks from the album below. The Lisbon-based DJ and producer will digitally release...

Moonchild Sanelly shares new single and video, ‘Scrambled Eggs’: Watch
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Moonchild Sanelly shares new single and video, ‘Scrambled Eggs’: Watch

The South African rapper once again asks the question, "What came first, the chicken or the egg?"

Moonchild Sanelly's latest single is titled 'Scrambled Eggs'. Watch the video below. The South African artist has collaborated with producer Johan Hugo on the new...

New book explores raving as a radical queer and trans practice in late capitalism
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New book explores raving as a radical queer and trans practice in late capitalism

Author and scholar McKenzie Wark's new book, out in March 2023, asks, "What is an art of life for what feels like the end of a world?"

A new book dives into New York's queer and trans rave scene during late-stage capitalism. Raving, by New York-based Australian author and scholar McKenzie Wark...
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Armin van Buuren's trance evolution and the dark side of success

Hit-maker, label boss, global tastemaker and five-time winner of the Top 100 DJs, Armin van Buuren is a certified legend of electronic music. Having risen...

Armin van Buuren doesn’t really do interviews anymore. He’s reached the upper echelons of his chosen career, and doesn’t really need to. The “trance overlord,”...

REACHING CRITICAL MASS

Kasra on ten years of Critical Records

Back in 2002 on a sofa somewhere in North London, the concept of a new label was being brewed in the mind of a young DJ named Kasra, a hazy vision that became a reality after an intoxicated conversation with some colleagues.