With Kate Bush's 1985 hit 'Running Up That Hill' currently enjoying a resurgence thanks to its use in the latest season of Stranger Things, she...
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She's now the oldest female artist to reach No.1 on the UK's Official Singles Chart
A guide to dance music's pre-rave past
A guide to dance music's past
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...
Hurry up June!
Manchester’s Parklife Festival has announced names for this year's edition, which is set to kick off on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th June at Heaton...
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Tributes have been paid across the world of dance music for the pioneering New York producer
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Charting the Manchester label's 15 years, and ongoing legacy...
Factory Records is celebrating its 40th anniversary with an exhibition and two huge vinyl compilations.
The seminal Manchester label— which gave us bands like Joy...
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Kirk formed the influential industrial group in 1973
Richard H. Kirk, the electronic musician best known as founder of pioneering industrial group Cabaret Voltaire has died, aged 65.
The news was confirmed in...
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The designer first went to Glastonbury in 1970
Glastonbury Pyramid Stage designer Bill Harkin has died, aged 83.
In a tribute to Harkin from Glastonbury co-founder Michael Eavis, he shared that Harkin had...
Premiere of new video from massive '1977' album
Kölsch’s recent ‘1977’ album continued Kompakt’s masterful touch for releasing epically, emotional house and techno, the likes of piano dazzler ‘Der Alte’ and analogue techno...
DJ Mag talks to electronic music legend Giorgio Moroder about producing this enduring, game-changing disco classic...
One of the most prolific and pioneering electronic music composers of the '70s and '80s, Giorgio Moroder was born in Italy and started playing guitar...
Third date added due overwhelming demand...
After Kraftwerk's 2017 live UK tour sold out in just one day recently, and now the German electronic pioneers have added a third London date...
In the Smiley house, the sun is always shining.
Smiley is an icon that's been around since 1971. They recently upped their ante with a fashion empire, although the ethos behind the brand has...
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Three jazz tracks from 1978 will launch the imprint
Gilles Peterson is starting a new label, Arc Records. Set to launch in the new year, it will focus on "curiosities and gems from the...
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Bill Bernstein dedicated three years of his life to capturing the essence of the ‘70s New York disco scene. Here, Simon Doherty talks to him about some of his most iconic photographs, including images of Studio 54, Larry Levan, Odyssey Disco Club Dancefloor — made famous by Saturday Night Fever in 1977 — and more
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Black Midi, Slowthai and Idles are all in the running
The shortlist of albums for this year's prestigious Mercury music prize album has been revealed.
The winner of the Mercury prize, now in its 28th...