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Unsound announces first names for 2024 festival

Featuring Kode9's history of Hyperdub, Surusinghe b2b TSVI, Cystallmess and more

Unsound has announced the first wave of artists set to play its 2024 festival in Kraków. Running from 29th September through 6th October, the festival's...

The Loop announces drug testing and harm reduction online training courses
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The Loop announces drug testing and harm reduction online training courses

The crucial UK drug checking non-profit is hosting a series of educational sessions beginning tonight

The Loop has announced a series of drug testing and harm reduction training courses. The drug checking charity and research group will be running 11...

‘90s London rave adverts gathered on new compilation, 'Pause for the Cause'
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‘90s London rave adverts gathered on new compilation, 'Pause for the Cause'

Death Is Not The End gathers the "audio equivalent of the rave flyer"

Death Is Not The End is releasing a compilation of London rave ads from '90s pirate radio broadcasts. 'Pause for the Cause: London Rave Adverts...

Blank Mind announes 90s breakbeat hardcore compilation
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'90s breakbeat hardcore explored in new Blank Mind compilation

The compilation will feature eight tracks that were released between 1991 and 1994

A new compilation on UK label Blank Mind shines a light on '90s breakbeat hardcore tracks. Slated for release on 25th March, ‘Lost Paradise: Blissed...

Errol and Alex Rita's Touching Bass label shares two new singles from ‘Soon Come’ compilation: Listen
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Errol and Alex Rita's Touching Bass label shares two new singles from ‘Soon Come’ compilation: Listen

'Miss U' by Ego Ella May and Blck Spvde's 'Save A Lil Seat feat. DJ Harrison' are available now. 

Two new tracks have been shared from 'Soon Come', a 22-track compilation due for release on Errol and Alex Rita's Touching Bass label in July...

Newcastle United goalkeeper Loris Karius reportedly denied Berghain
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Newcastle United goalkeeper Loris Karius reportedly denied Berghain entry over fiancée’s “bright yellow coat”

“I’ve never been dumped like that before,” his fiancée said.

Louis Karuis, goalkeeper for Newcastle United, and his fiancée Diletta Leotta were reportedly denied entry to Berghain recently. As Bild reports, the German footballer and...

Premiere: Current Value ‘Weight’
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Premiere: Current Value ‘Weight’

Prolific drum & bass producer Current Value returns with a strobing, surprising and genuinely exhilarating 14-track album, ‘Platinum Scatter’

Current Value will release his new album, ‘Platinum Scatter’ via Prague’s YUKU label this month. Listen to ‘Weight’ below. The prolific German drum & bass...

London is getting a new 25,000-square-ft club, HERE
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London is getting a new 25,000-square-ft club, HERE

The 2,000-capacity venue will host live concerts and club nights

A new venue is opening in Central London this September called HERE. The club will be situated four stories beneath Soho's Denmark Street, and have...

Album of the Month: Huerco S. ‘Plonk’
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Album of the Month: Huerco S. ‘Plonk’

Huerco S. returns to Incienso with a landmark album of strange, cascading beats inspired by trap, drill and a childhood love of cars

You probably think of Huerco S. as an ambient artist, reluctant poster child of the mid-2010s ambient resurgence. His 2016 album ‘For Those Of You...

Daft Punk is dead, long live Daft Punk: the limits of a brand beyond the band
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Daft Punk is dead, long live Daft Punk: the limits of a brand beyond the band

Daft Punk split up three years ago, but thanks to a near-constant stream of archival video releases, album reissues, merch drops and more, the robots feel more present than ever. But what are the limits to one of dance music's most iconic acts' prolific post-split existence? Will it start to wear thin? And what does it all say about the brand-focused and content-driven ecosystem we find ourselves in today? Ben Cardew dives in

Daft Punk died twice. On 9th September 1999, according to legend, a studio accident killed off the real-life Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, leaving...

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Michael Bibi: 'DJs play some of their best sets at after parties'

DJ Mag Ibiza catches up with Solid Grooves founder Michael Bibi about the party's Thursday residency at DC-10

Solid Grooves has taken over Thursdays at DC-10 this summer, bringing the likes of Butch, DJ W!ld, Lauren Lo Sung, Oliver Huntemann, Magda and Seth...
During the coronavirus pandemic, here’s how you can support nightclubs and music venues
Illegal rave Cornwall
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Thousands attend illegal rave at former airfield in Cornwall

The gathering was organised to celebrate the 30th anniversary of notorious UK free party Castlemorton

Thousands of people travelled from all over the UK last weekend for an illegal rave in an old airfield that lasted three days. According to...

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Are plugin subscriptions good for producers?

As subscription models have begun to make their way into our DAWs, we look at the three different models for using plugins — outright ownership, continual rent, and rent-to-own. Here, Declan McGlynn asks: are subscription models better for producers? And are we heading towards an even heavier onslaught of abundance over efficiency? 

Subscriptions are everywhere, whether we like them or not. In fact, a report ominously titled The End of Ownership in 2020 said that 78% of...

Threads Radio evicted from studio, announces temporary remote programming
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Threads Radio evicted from studio, announces temporary remote programming

The radio station is looking into options for a new studio

Tottenham-based online radio station Threads Radio has been evicted from its studio. The eviction means that the station has been forced to cease all live...