A new book, 'MusicQuake: The Most Disruptive Moments In Music', celebrates 50 landmark albums and events that changed the face of modern music, making history...
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The extensive work is an homage to the most controversial records and performances of the past 100 years
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The two groups wanted to collaborate after catching each other's performances at festivals
Ibibio Sound Machine has announced a new album, ‘Electricity’, which will drop via Merge Records on 25th March.
It's the first new full-length from the...
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These are the Top 30 UK club events in April 2018— a list we compiled despite destractions plucked straight from the pages of John le Carré spy...
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It's the latest track to be unveiled from forthcoming album 'As Above, So Below'
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It’s an exciting time to be both a new and old fan of African music, but how does it feel for African artists raised and working in the diaspora? As producers and consumers, these artists have a unique vantage point on this cultural shift. Jessica Kariisa speaks to Nazar, Hagan, Juba and Chief Boima and asks: what does music from “back home” mean today?
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According to the study, Birmingham has the most "versatile taste" in club music
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The 83rd returns after a three year hiatus with a genre-smashing six-tracker, ‘c r u $ h c i t y’
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"What's beautiful about this song is that it brings together four people from across the world that are pushing boundaries," says Aluna
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It's the first single of the year by the winners of the 2023 Mercury Music Prize
UK producer Will Holland shot to fame as Quantic with a blend of lush electronic beats and fiery Afrobeat rhythms. Then a trip to Colombia...
After years making live funk, reggae and cumbia influenced by his experience there, he's returned to the Quantic moniker and to the world of electronic...
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London’s Ibibio Sound Machine are back with their fourth album ‘Electricity’. Produced by Hot Chip, the release is more electronic than ever, but retains their classic Afro funk energy. Ben Murphy speaks to vocalist and songwriter Eno Williams and co-founder/saxophonist Max Grunhard about expanding their sound, mixing English and Ibibio lyrics, and the endless joys of playing live
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Amazondotcom steps up with an hour of maximum-intensity club sounds and animated bass manoeuvres as part of our Fresh Kicks series
On her debut EP, ‘Mirror River’, Los Angeles producer Amazondotcom carved an uncanny niche in club music – familiar enough to dance to, but intoxicatingly...
Thomas Gold has put together an exclusive competition with DJ Mag...
We have teamed up with Thomas Gold to deliver you the ultimate summer competition. During the summer months of 2015 you get the chance to...