Manchester DJ, radio host, and music producer Stu Allan has died aged 60, following a year-long fight with cancer. News of the legendary DJ's passing...
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Roland’s 909 drum machine is responsible for the rhythm of house and techno, and countless classics of dance and pop. Exactly 35 years after its...
If there’s one instrument that faithfully captures the true spirit and essence of electronic music, it’s the Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer: a machine that has...
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The singer worked with the likes of Primal Scream and New Order
Legendary Madchester vocalist Denise Johnson has died.
On Monday 27th July, a statement issued by Denise Johnson's family announced that the singer had passed away suddenly...
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A 108-page report has slammed local government policy in the Australian state...
The 'War On Festivals' New South Wales authorities have been waging could be axed following a new inquiry.
The Australian state government's prohibitive licensing regulations...
A State Of Trance 2016...
Armin van Buuren has put together a two-hour A State Of Trance 2016 mix. You can listen to it below.
The new radio show is...
Dance festival releases official statement
One of the UK’s foremost dance music festivals, Glade, has been cancelled for 2010. Organisers have cited near-impossible police conditions as the reason behind their...
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Exclusive digital mixtapes from artists including Mr. Scruff, 808 State, Rob Tissera, Mark XTC, Jon Da Silva and Suddi Raval are being sold on USB
A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to raise money for a vital sight-saving operation for Bizarre Inc.'s Cameron Dante.
Artists including Mr. Scruff, 808 State...
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The family will be holding a memorial event for Allan "sometime soon... where we can all celebrate his amazing life"
Capturing club culture across six decades...
Off the back of the hugely successful Lost In Music exhibition in London, Print Space in collaboration with Old Granada Studio will be hosting an...
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Factory Records boss Tony Wilson apparently called it “the most important piece of journalism I’ve read in the last twenty years”...
An anthology of Freaky Dancing, the acid house fanzine that was distributed outside the Haçienda in 1989 and 1990, is to be published later this...
Sektor 909 in Balkan state capital Skopje abruptly closed
Sektor 909, probably the best club in the Balkan state of Macedonia, has been abruptly closed by authorities.
The main nightclub in the capital Skopje...
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Erica Synths have created a 15-modular rig designed for creating heavy techno beats...
This new modular synth is designed for performing heavy techno live. An all-in-one unit with 15 modules in total, Erica Synths create the Techno Drum...
The chill out duo's essential piece of kit!
Legendary chill-out producer Steve Miller (Afterlife) and international DJ/producer Pete Gooding collaborate as No Logo. Steve tells DJ Mag what they Can’t Live Without…
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"Kick out the Tories! Impeach Trump! Reject Farage!"
R3 Soundsystem are uniting the dance music community once again on 3rd December, against Trump, against Boris, and against Farage.
At 7pm the soundsystem will...
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A preliminary autopsy report ruled that Morillo died of "acute ketamine toxicity"
Content warning: This article contains information relating to sexual assault.
Erick Morillo’s death has been ruled as an accidental drug overdose in a preliminary report...
From the Minimoog to the Roland TR-808...
Some of the most important innovations in electronic music came about by mistake. Whether it be the way that Roland's TR-808 and then the TR-909...