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Once focused on the techno of Detroit, Joris Voorn’s latter-day productions have conquered his native Holland, Ibiza and the world. While some have accused him...

From a devotee of Detroit to becoming the leading light of the Dutch underground scene, Joris Voorn’s ascent has been as methodical and measured as...

Live Nation, Ticketmaster parent company, sued by United States

US Attorney General Merrick Garland accused the events company and promoter of "unlawful, anticompetitive conduct to exercise its monopolistic control over the live events industry in the United States"
 

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing Ticketmaster parent company Live Nation to break up the alleged monopoly. The live events company and...

Grassroots music venues: MPs call for arena gig ticket levy to support independent spaces

“It is time that the government brought together everyone with a stake in the industry’s success," said MP Dame Caroline Dinenage

MPs have called for an arena gig ticket levy to help support grassroots venues. On Friday (10th May), a government report by the Department of...

Simon Dunmore steps down as CEO of Defected Records as label is acquired

Former Managing Director Wez Saunders has bought out the seminal UK label's founder for an undisclosed sum

Simon Dunmore has stepped down as CEO of Defected Records following a management buyout. Defected's former Managing Director and now-CEO Wez Saunders, who joined the...

Selections: Murder He Wrote

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Murder He Wrote spotlights future-facing funky, breaks, grime and bass

If you’ve had your ear to the ground in the past few years, you’ll have felt the pulse of Murder He Wrote’s music. The Manchester-based...

Gilles Peterson & Brownswood Music announce Future Bubblers for 2022

The 10 new, unsigned artists and their mentors have been revealed

Gilles Peterson and Brownswood Music have revealed this year's Future Bubblers. Following on from last year's outing, which featured the likes of electronic producer Nowsm...

Club events fundraising for Ukraine

Fundraising events will be held in London, Brighton, Manchester, Dublin and Berlin in the next few weeks

A number of club events raising money for organisations supporting humanitarian efforts in Ukraine amid Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of the country are set...

Photo of RIOT CODE wearing a blank tank top in a dark room, with a large beam of light shining around him from the back

Over the past three years, the name RIOT CODE has become synonymous with a strain of hard, fast techno, landing on labels like Noise Manifesto, HOMAGE and NineTimesNine and hammered out at parties like Teletech. Formerly a duo, the Derry-based project is now an individual venture for Oliver Grant, who’s ready to lift the trademark mask and take things to the next level. Alongside a storming Recognise mix that capture’s RIOT CODE’s past, present and future sounds, he speaks to Olivia Stock about going solo, navigating the techno scene as a trans artist, and what the future holds

It’s New Year’s Eve 2023 in Belfast’s Bone Yard, and Oliver Grant is overthinking. After spending the previous two weeks restlessly rifling through his collection...

Born in Jamaica around half a century ago, dancehall music has found fans, artists and chart-topping success all around the globe in the decades since...

Dancehall music has been the driving force in my career. As a DJ, I’ve played most if not all genres of music on radio and...

BRAYLEN DION & EMILY WANG

Detroit-born, Atlanta-based Ash Lauryn is a digger in the truest sense, repping a soulful, classic house sound in her sets and helping preserve and bring back to the fore the Black roots of electronic music through her Underground & Black project. She speaks to Ria Hylton about discovering her passion and making the most of opportunities

On 1st July, Ash Lauryn performed an all-night-long set at East London’s NT’s Loft. Her mix, dripping in the soulful, cavernous grooves of an old-skool...

New grassroots club, Are Your Affiliated, to open in North Shields

It follows a series of previous pop-up events in the local King Street Social Club by the club's new operators

A new club, Are You Affiliated, is set to open in North Shields. It will be housed on the first floor of King Street Social...

Sustainable vinyl demand increases

Heavyweight pressings were also called into question, signalling a potential shift in priorities

A new survey of vinyl collectors has revealed two-thirds would buy more records if they were more sustainably produced. Meanwhile, 77% would pay a premium...

Jeff Mills’ black hole-themed vinyl album spins in reverse

The Detroit techno legend said concept is “uniquely reflected by the idea of traveling through a black hole to exit on the other side"

Jeff Mills has released a black hole-themed vinyl album that spins in reverse. Featuring eight tracks across four sides, ‘The Trip: Enter The Black Hole’...

SWU.FM Closure

The platform launched in 2020, and hosted Love Saves The Day, Conducta, Addison Groove, LCY, DJ Die and We Out Here, among others

Bristol's independent electronic music station, SWU.FM, has announced it will cease operations and close as a result of rising costs and soaring energy bills. The...

Travis Scott pledges almost $5million to event safety initiative following Astroworld crisis

"I will always honour the victims of the Astroworld tragedy who remain in my heart forever," he's said of the initiative

Travis Scott has announced a new initiative, Project HEAL, following last November's Astroworld crowd crush tragedy. Described as a "multi-tier, longterm series of community-focused philanthropy...