Last weekend, after almost 18 months without a show, Belfast’s mighty AVA returned to the city in a brand new location, taking over the Boucher...
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Last weekend, AVA festival returned to Belfast. Despite venue closures and ongoing restrictions across Northern Ireland, the event went ahead outdoors in a brand new...
Dedicated to his parents and featuring many d&b friends, it's a family affair...
“In Brazil, we have a lot of passion,” urges DJ Marky, via a Skype call from his South American homeland. The veteran DJ is...
Boom Jinx shares his heart and soul in a bare-it-all interview
Boom Jinx has created a crown jewel. It’s been nine years in the making and along the way, the enigmatic artist has managed to ga...
The audiophile speaks out
DJ Harvey is one of the UK originators of the dance music scene. From his beginnings in Cambridge punk band Ersatz, he discovered hip-hop and DJing on a fateful trip to New York City, and later alighted upon an eclectic mishmash DJ style inspired by the B-Boy everything-in-the-pot approach of the NYC scene's first DJs. Later becoming a leading light for house music in the UK, his night Moist at London's Gardening Club cemented his reputation as a true original, where his mammoth sets became the stuff of legend, and where he also invited the legendary likes of Larry Levan as guests.
The seminal tracks that changed dance music forever
Loco Dice 'Seeing Through Shadows' (m_nus)
In the mid-noughties, techno was at a crossroads. Sidelined by the glamour of electroclash, the booming bass riddims of...
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...
From disco through to freestyle, Miami bass, hip-hop, tribal, tech and Latin house, Miami has always had a rich and vibrant club scene. Prior to...
"In Miami, dance music has always been about the drums, whatever style of music it is," grins DJ Oscar G, one half of Murk, co-owner...
A catch up with the elusive, enigmatic producer...
Zomby has been breaking boundaries and transgressing borders on a almost monthly basis with a succession of beats that are impossible to pin down. Is...
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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From stomping techno and jazzy breaks to experimental reggaetón and melodic house, here's February 2022's list of upcoming talent you should be keeping track of
We throw a few curveball questions at Nicky Romero
Nicky Romero is like a machine. Like some sort of super-human replicant, he's motored his way super-fast into the upper echelons of the EDM scene...
We speak to the outspoken 'House Gangster'
Outspoken 'House Gangster' DJ Sneak was part of the second wave of Chicago house DJs alongside Derrick Carter, Green Velvet and Paul Johnson. Now based in Toronto, Canada, he says he misses his old friends and places to go out to eat and drink, but catches up with most of them in Miami at the WMC anyway.
With Dalston Superstore, plus Severino mix & interview
Celebrating a decade of love (and boxes), Lovebox return to East London's Victoria Park between the 15th and 17th of June for another massive weekend...
Carl Cox reveals how he marries his old skool values with up-to-the-minute DJing technology...
Carl Cox is one of the true grand masters of dance music. Back in the day, who wasn’t amazed to see Carl spin on three...
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For 30 years, Dave Beer has presided over Back To Basics: the Leeds club event that has grown into a global institution thanks to its...
With guest reviewer ThermalBear
Will the new V2 upgrades to Allen & Heath's DB4 and DB2 mixers warm up the fingers of our guest reviewer, or will they leave him with a severe case of frostbite?