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Alongside Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, Wailer was pivotal in bringing reggae to an international audience

Bunny Wailer, the legendary reggae artist and co-founder of The Wailers alongside Bob Marley, has died, aged 73.

Wailer died on Tuesday in hospital in...

A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...

We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...

A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...

We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...

The master answers our questions

When it comes to dancefloor experience, it doesn't get more heritable than François Kevorkian (aka François K)

Betty Davis Dies

RIP to a trailblazing artist

Betty Davis, a pioneer of the late-1960s and 70s funk scene, has died aged 77. According to Rolling Stone, close friend and ethnomusicologist, Danielle Maggio...

The King of Pop has been dethroned... 

Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ is no longer the USA’s top-selling LP of all-time, having been usurped by legendary rockers, The Eagles. 

While the 1982 pop masterpiece...

A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...

We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...

Compiled by co-founder Ian Schrager...

A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...

We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...

A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...

We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...

Pharoah Sanders

The American spiritual jazz luminary passed away "peacefully" in Los Angeles

American spiritual jazz legend Pharoah Sanders has died aged 81. The news was confirmed by Sanders’ label, Luaka Bop, via Twitter on Saturday (24th September)...

The group’s co-founder and keyboard player achieved success with hits such as 1984’s ‘Smalltown Boy’

Steve Bronski, founding member and keyboard player of synth-pop group Bronski Beat, has died, aged 61.

The musician (pictured right), born Steve Forrest in Glasgow...

 A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...

We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...

The Barefoot Boy, Xenon and Fun House legend passed away recently

A fundraiser has been launched for the funeral of influential New York disco DJ Tony Smith. 

News of Smith's passing hit social media on 2nd...

Black and white photo of Creation Rebel sitting on a car

Six albums, and an anthology box set of the group's work, will be issued by the label

Seminal UK dub group Creation Rebel are to be the focus of a new reissue campaign by Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound label. On 29th March...