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The Natural Born Spitta Speaks

Air guitar contests are generally considered an oddity, so when I entered one last weekend (no, I didn't win) and saw a competitor accompanied by...

Our monthly label showcase, The Sound Of, puts the focus on the imprints we love; outlets that are championing new artists, dropping key releases and...

Like so many stories in dance music, it all started with a record shop: Delirium, in Frankfurt. A “mecca for house and techno heads” as...

We ask the Bromance crew about their significant others

Guzzling beer in front of the footie, smoking spliffs in a garden shed or (as in this case) spinning records to make mentalists go mental is always better with your best buddy to bounce off. Hence, brothers from another mother — those joined in unwritten masculine matrimony — have a bond almost impossible to break.

Record Factory

This latest innovation from Teenage Engineering is designed to be portable, similar to its Pocket Operator range

Teenage Engineering have announced the launch of the PO-80 Record Factory, a compact, USB-powered record cutter that lets you cut your own 5” vinyl at...

Frenzied and futuristic, Aquarian and Deapmash push the frontiers of techno, electro and jungle in their Fresh Kicks mix

As AQXDM, Berlin-based New Yorker Aquarian and Caen’s Deapmash, make music that sounds like its been plucked from another dimension. Drinking deep from the wells...

French DJ/producer and Bass Culture man D'Julz shares his latest musical finds...

Ask any island veteran and they’ll practically all tell you the same thing: Ibiza was at its peak around the turn of the millennium. Whereas...

Night Slugs boss on his new single, his Essential Mix and Club Constructions

Half of the driving forces behind the ever-evolving Night Slugs, the UK label blending futuristic bass and breaks with the legacy of Chicago and...

Exploring the rich raving history of East Anglia

The dance music history of East Anglia is rich, multi-layered and messy  — and little documented. Matt Anniss chats to some of the scene’s longstanding figureheads about the region’s airfield parties, seaside throwdowns and forgotten clubs, discovering a vital but rarely discussed stage in the UK’s rave evolution

It’s just gone midnight and the dancefloor at Mossy’s, a two-floor nightclub above the Harbour Inn in Lowestoft, is heaving with life. Andrew ‘Richie’ Riches...

With their 13-week XOYO residency in London now in full flow, we chat to Belfast-bred duo Bicep about starting trends, busting genre tags and curating...

From on-trend bloggers to trend-setting DJs, the Bicep duo are about as iconic as it gets in underground music. That bold muscular stamp has been...

Waajeed announces new album on Tresor with Underground Resistance remix

'Memoirs Of Hi-Tech Jazz' will be released in November

Detroit-based DJ and producer Waajeed has shared details of a new album, 'Memoirs Of Hi-Tech Jazz', which will be released via Tresor. Due out on...

Dean Blunt "leaks" London Tonight Freestyle with Skepta, Novelist and A$AP Rocky: Listen

The track was shared via Blunt's own YouTube channel

Dean Blunt has unveiled a collaboration with Skepta, Novelist and A$AP Rocky. 'London Tonight Freestyle' was shared online via Blunt's personal YouTube channel with no...

dj-lag-album

Amapiano hitmaker Lady Du also features on the long-awaited full-length

Gqom trailblazer DJ Lag has unleashed his hotly anticipated debut album, ‘Meeting With The King’, via Ice Drop and Black Major. Check it out below...

Accidental Records affiliate Bambooman AKA Kirk Barley delivers over an hour of dreamy, off-kilter rhythms and experimental club sonics as part of our Fresh Kicks series...

musclecars

The LP is described as "a genre-bending album, devoid of any preconceived notions of what contemporary dance music should sound like"

musclecars have announced the release of their debut album. Out on 17th May via BBE Music, ‘Sugar Honey Iced Tea!’ sees the NYC duo explore...