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House pioneer returning to UK to play Proud2, London

American House legend Todd Terry is set to return to London for the second time this year with a show at the ever emerging Proud2...

Tech-funk main man makes album with Oscar-winning film composer

Elite Force is totally at the top of his game right now. He’s been riding the success of his ‘Revamped’ album over the past year...

Electronic funk fiend, hip-hop beat maker and all round innovator Ge-Ology plays his first UK show on 6th February at London's Gramaphone, for 1 Xtra...

Known for his work with a host of artists including rappers Mos Def and Talib Kweli, and his own, tripped out electro-hop beats, Ge-Ology...

IKLECTIK launches crowdfunder for new ART LAB space following venue closure

The London grassroots music and arts venue was forced to close this past weekend as all Old Paradise Yard small businesses were evicted to make way for planned new offices

London grassroots music and arts venue IKLECTIK is fundraising to support a new space following its forced closure and eviction due to planned property development...

SongCatcher

Users can also whistle and sing parts of a song for recognition in Deezer's SongCatcher app

Deezer has launched an in-app feature that allows users to hum, sing or whistle parts of a song in order to identify earworms stuck in...

An 86-year-old gran watches bagpipe rendition of Faithless 'Insomnia' by grandson’s band

"I don't think rave music and bagpipes is her thing. I think she just goes to offer her support"

A video of an 86-year-old gran stoically watching her grandson's band perform a bagpipe rendition of 'Insomnia' by Faithless has emerged online. Marjorie Lawrie was...

DJ Voices mixes latest edition of Finn and Local Action's Mixtape Club series

"I wanted to make something that I imagined I would listen to while driving, something literally transportive..."

Up next in Finn and Local Action's Mixtape Club series is the New York-based DJ Voices with a mix called 'Avoiding Bad Thoughts'. The Nowadays...

Cakes Da Killa by Ebru Yildiz

Blending hip-hop, house and influences from New York’s ballroom scene, Cakes Da Killa has been opening up the conversation around LGBTQ+ artists in rap. He speaks to Nathan Evans about developing his style, the appropriation of queer and ballroom culture, and finding inspiration in the Harlem Renaissance for his new album ‘Svengali’

In 2014, Cakes Da Killa’s uniquely sharp and agile club rap earned him an interview on New York’s premier hip-hop station, Hot 97. He never...

The Sound Of: Critical Music

As the underground drum & bass label celebrates its 20th anniversary, Critical Music founder Kasra records a breakneck mix of tracks from its catalogue, and chats to Jake Hirst about the imprint’s history and constant evolution

“I started the label as a hobby and didn’t know where it would take me. So when I look back and think about everything we’ve...

Twenty years after it first lit up dancefloors around the world, Rui Da Silva and Cassandra Fox's No. 1 hit ‘Touch Me’ is transcending generations...

The UK chart’s first No. 1 single of 1981 was the saccharine ‘There’s No One Quite Like Grandma’; in 1991, it was Iron Maiden’s turbo-charged...

From back-to-back travel and navigating unknown places, to the thrill of peak time raving and the low of the next day, touring DJs lead lives...

I was booked to play at Beat Hotel in Glastonbury. I was really, really excited; I’d played Glastonbury before, but it was for smaller, little...

Throwing Snow’s prolific release log in 2018 has seen him veer from pummelling UK bass and half-time d&b to electrified techno and breaks. As the...

Ross Tones’ output strides a fine line between introspective and energised, often leaning hard on one side or the other, like a tightrope walker keeping...

Embarrassing bangers & regrettable records inside...

We all remember the first music we bought, right? Whether it was wax, cassette tape, CD or er... MP3, there's little doubt that your first...

On the eve of the label's 100th release, we talk to Romboy about turning his back on the mainstream and returning to his roots, his...

Marc Romboy is one of the most prolific and diverse DJ/producers around. From his early '90s house beginnings through a spell in pop music and...

Huxley talks longevity, collaborations and steering clear of the pop-dance route...

The last few years have seen seismic shifts in dance music culture. Large swathes of the scene seem to have abandoned their heady underground ideals...