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The two releases include tracks by Ben Klock, Avalon Emerson and more

A new pair of compilations, 'No Photos On The Dance Floor! Berlin Techno 1992–Today', are set to explore the development and history of Berlin techno...

Newer artists are given a platform on the latest collection...

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South Africa’s biggest independent label is taking house music to new heights and changing the lives of local artists in the process. Alongside a mix of tracks from its catalogue, founder Kid Fonque speaks to Kitty Amor about the rise and rise of Stay True Sounds

Over the past six years, three words have come to dominate any conversation about South African electronic music: Stay True Sounds. Recognised as the biggest...

Anthony Naples and DJ Python co-curate new instalment of Air Texture compilation series

It includes tracks by Parris, Huerco S., Aurora Halal and more

Anthony Naples and DJ Python have been enlisted to co-curate the next instalment of the Air Texture compilation series. Spanning 18 tracks, the release includes...

Orlando's totally enormous comp for Crosstown wins the gong for best mix...

Orlando Higginbottom — better known by his ‘stage name’ Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs — is remembering the first mix compilation he ever did.

“When I...

It’s a stacked track list...

Tiësto has announced through his socials that he will be releasing the first compilation album on his deep house label, AFTR:HRS, this Friday, 23rd...

Düsseldorf is a city steeped with a history of artists and clubs that have existed on the bleeding edge of alternative music – from Kraftwerk...

It’s 3am in the morning at a packed out Salon des Amateurs, and Vladmir Ivkovic is playing b2b with Toulouse Low Trax. The Belgrade-born DJ...

To celebrate 15 years of French label Ed Banger, we chart the history of the seminal Busy P-fronted imprint via 15 key records...

Words: ANDREW RAFTER

In the fickle world of dance music where trends come and go like the tide, a label that manages to remain relevant without compromising its initial vision...

Include previously unreleased Daft Punk track!

September is an epoch celebrating month for Soma, the Scottish Glasgow-based label who introduced the world to some of house and techno’s biggest draws...

Featuring live performances from the 2015 edition

Voted Best Festival at 2014’s Best of British Awards, London’s South West Four returned for another knockout year in August.

Now, the organisers (who we...

Toronto-raised house duo Art Department return with their second album, 'Natural Selection', to show that they've got what it takes to evolve and survive in...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “natural selection” as “the process by which plants and animals that can adapt to changes in their environment are able to...

Album Of The Month: DJ Lag ‘Meeting With The King’

DJ Lag’s thrilling debut album is a testament to gqom’s versatility, and its ability to cross-pollinate with the sounds of amapiano and deep house

Lwazi Asanda Gwala, better known as Durban artist DJ Lag, is a pioneer of the gqom genre: a unique South African style that strips out...

The first book was released in February this year

A crowdfunder has been launched for The Book of Drexciya, Vol.2.

In February this year, Gentrified Underground released a 12-track compilation, 'Bubble Chamber', following...

With increasing appetites for old, ‘undiscovered’ music, reissue labels have seen a boom in recent years. Running a reissue label is a tender, laborious process...

In 2014, Matt Sullivan, founder of Light In The Attic Records, travelled to Canada on a wild goose chase. He was searching for Lewis, real...

The Manchester club no longer exists, but its cultural legacy lives on

The Hacienda has been voted one of the UK's top historic sites, despite the fact the warehouse that once housed the Manchester club no longer...