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The Bird’s The Word - Acid house and breaks hero Annie was the first lady to push dance music on Radio 1 — and she’s...
“Working in radio is like phoning up your mate and playing a piece of music down the phone to them,” says Annie Nightingale MBE, radio...
ADE lands in October...
Amsterdam Dance Event announced Rødhåd, Marcel Dettmann, Apollonia and more for Awakenings at the event last month (June), and have now revealed over 700 more...
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SOPHIE, Helena Hauff, Richie Hawtin, Robert Hood and Charlotte de Witte are among the many acts announced for ADE this year...
The first acts to perform at the 2019 Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) have been revealed.
Taking place from 16th to 20th October 2019, ADE will...
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In this excerpt from Ears To The Ground: Adventures in Field Recording and Electronic Music, author and DJ Mag contributing editor Ben Murphy explores the use of found sounds in dance music as a means of examining and expressing cultural heritage in our surroundings
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Billboard has revealed the top charting dance/electronic albums and tracks of the decade.
Compiling 30 charts spanning the last 10 years, Billboard have named both...
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The three part series explores the history of dance music from its origins right up to the modern day...
A new BBC series, Can You Feel It - How Dance Music Conquered The World’, is set to air this Friday 21st September.
The three...
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See how the panel at the PBLA launch party played out…
On February 19, musicians, producers, industry experts and students all descended on Mack Sennett...
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The man also known as Gabriel Mustaqim, DeepHouseSociety and Jeneral Kai leaves a lasting legacy behind
Kuala Lumpur dance music pioneer DJ Gabriel Chong has died, aged 48.
According to an obituary in the Malaysian lifestyle publication UNRESERVED, Chong —...
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Electric Blockaloo has locked a huge line-up including Diplo, La Fleur, Uniiqu3, Nicole Moudaber and more
A virtual festival, Electric Blockaloo, is set to take place in the online game world of Minecraft next month.
Presented by promoters Rave Family, and...
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"Uniting the rave scene" to raise funds for Ukraine
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Ageism in the dance music industry is a subject that is being discussed more and more, particularly its impact on employment. But what about its...
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Artist of the Year will replace the male and female solo artist categories
The BRIT Awards has introduced a number of new categories and removed gendered awards for its 2022 ceremony.
After making adjustments earlier this year, the...
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Point Blank Music School welcomed Radio 1 royalty Pete Tong to their London school recently for a crash course in making music with Native Instruments’...
Sheds light on her raver past, calls for more public education on drugs
Following a slew of drug-related deaths at EDM festivals stateside over the last 12 months, CNN host and TV reporter Lisa Ling has devoted an...
WORLDWIDE APPEAL: Label owner, producer, Radio One and club DJ, dance music ambassador: Gilles has done it all. And he’s still doing it...
“Representing British club culture is an important part of what I’ve always done,” says Radio One DJ Gilles Peterson. “At the moment I play almost...