Chaka Khan will curate the 50th anniversary edition of Southbank Centre's Meltdown festival this summer. The iconic singer will lead the programme for the ten-day...
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‘Rock Star, Pop Stars and Divas’ on 19th March
There are just a few days until Saturday 19th March when all good Bestival-ites descend upon Camden to take over KOKO and party the night...
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The iconic singer will take the lead of the London contemporary arts festival's 50th anniversary: "We're going to funk it up, rock every crowd, and touch every soul"
We chat to the funk genius
The mastermind behind disco's greatest band Chic, and producer of records for everyone from Madonna to Carly Simon, Duran Duran to David Bowie, without Nile...
The musical icon died yesterday at his home in Minnesota
The electronic music world is mourning the loss of Prince, who died yesterday aged 57.
Tributes to the Purple One, who left a huge mark...
Boy George plays us his most inspiring records
Normally Boy George has an obvious template when writing a record, something’s troubling him, someone’s upset him or he’s got a broken heart. But this time round with his forthcoming album, ‘This Is What I Do’, he’s in a good place
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‘Lives Outgrown’ will feature 10 tracks recorded over the span of a decade
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The legendary complex is said to be “wholly unsuitable for the 21st century”...
The BBC is set to close down its iconic Maida Vale Studios as the broadcaster prepares to relocate to East London.
In a staff-wide email...
Deep Dish man will be performing his much-anticipated live show
The Glade area at Glastonbury has just announced its line-ups — and they’re huge!
Pulling out all the stops, they’ve secured one of the biggest...
DJ Mag talks to electronic music legend Giorgio Moroder about producing this enduring, game-changing disco classic...
One of the most prolific and pioneering electronic music composers of the '70s and '80s, Giorgio Moroder was born in Italy and started playing guitar...
Bowie, Prince, Space, Trump: We look back at an eventful year – to put it mildly – through the prism of the electronic dance music...
For better or worse, 2016 has been a whirlwind year.
The world seems to have crammed about a decade’s worth of news into a mere...
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He made £97 from the mob on one night in Brixton alone
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Manchester duo Rae & Christian spearheaded the soul/funk-hop scene of the late '90s. Their Grand Central label released great music by Aim (including chill-out classic ‘Cold Water Music’), Riton, Boca 45 and more, not to mention their own superb two albums. ‘Northern Sulphuric Soul’ — their fantastic debut opus of sunshine soul grooves and dope beats, which was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize — and follow-up ‘Sleepwalking’ in 2002 featured guests such as Bobby Womack, Jeru the Damaja, The Pharcyde and the Jungle Brothers.
Plus we grab five with the Mobilee Records boss...
Anja Schneider has been involved in dance music in one form or another for a long time. Currently a world famous DJ/producer and label boss...
A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...
We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...
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