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How Maya Jane Coles’ ‘What They Say’ became the backbone of major pop hits

The melodic deep house of Maya Jane Coles’ ‘What They Say’ helped put her on the map, and soon went on to be sampled by...

Even if you’ve never consciously set out to listen to ‘What They Say’ by Maya Jane Coles, you’ve almost certainly heard it before. Over the...

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James Blake announces subscription-style alternative to streaming for artists, Vault

"I'm going to be able to drop way more music"

James Blake has announced his affiliation with a new music platform, Vault. Presented as an alternative to streaming, the platform aims to give fans exclusive...

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Paul van Dyk: 'no compensation or apology' from A State Of Trance event company since near-fatal stage fall

The German trance DJ also claims the ALDA event company “tried to block the insurance to pay for my medical bills”

Paul van Dyk claims he has received none of the court-ordered financial compensation from the ALDA event company following his near-fatal stage fall at A...

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Arcadia will run exclusively on renewable energy for Glastonbury 2023

“It’s been an ongoing experiment, and this year it just felt like we had got there” said Arcadia co-founder, Bert Cole

Arcadia has announced that its area at this year’s Glastonbury will run entirely on recycled energy for the first time. Announcing the move last month...

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Compilation Of The Month: Mind Against ‘fabric presents Mind Against’

Italian duo Mind Against deliver an immersive and precisely-designed mix of contemporary house and techno with a nearly spiritual lilt for fabric presents series

Since relaunching under the ‘fabric presents’ banner, the UK clubbing institution fabric has reached a new high. All three mixes have been celebrations of the...

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Get To Know: Charisse C

Get acquainted with Charisse C, the Southern Africa-born, UK-raised DJ embracing amapiano's unifying power

Southern Africa-born and UK-raised, Charisse C has been collecting the old and new sounds of her Zimbabwean and South African heritage for a while now...

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Former Mixmag editor Dom Phillips missing in Brazilian Amazon

The respected journalist was last seen Friday in one of the country's most remote regions

Concern is growing over the whereabouts of Dom Phillips, a highly respected British journalist and former-editor of Mixmag, and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Araújo Pereira...

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Get to know: Sansibar

Get acquainted with Sansibar, the Helsinki producer fusing vintage rave euphoria with a futuristic edge

“I don’t like this idea of only being able to play one thing or being puritanical to a sound or scene,” says Sunny Seppä, aka...

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Fresh Kicks 156: Kessler

Rotterdam-via-Belfast rave futurist Kessler records a storming mix for the Fresh Kicks series, and speaks to Niamh O’Connor about finding inspiration during lockdown and in...

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10 unmissable acts at Ultra Miami 2024

We spotlight 10 sets at Ultra at the tail-end of Miami Music Week that you definitely cannot skip

Depending on when you last checked it out, Ultra Miami is not what you think. Once the reserve of chart-topping dance stars, EDM bigwigs and...

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How Nicolette's ‘Let No-One Live Rent Free In Your Head’ mapped the future of electronic songwriting

On 1996's ‘Let No-One Live Rent Free In Your Head’, Scottish singer, songwriter and producer Nicolette worked alongside 4Hero’s Dego, Plaid, Alec Empire and Felix to create an album that mixed jungle, trip-hop, industrial techno and avant-pop into a singular work full of sharp, incisive lyricism. Ben Cardew explores the legacy of the album, and its vision for the future of electronic music

In the modern world, it seems sadly inevitable that any female singer who experiments with dance beats will, at some point, be compared to Björk...

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Hardwell announces rescheduled Ultra Miami MainStage set as festival set to re-open after storms

Day one of the festival had to be ended early

Ultra Music Festival (UMF) is set to re-open for day two today, following a forced early closure on Friday, due to severe weather which saw...

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Effy releases debut EP, ‘Not What It Seems’: Listen

"I have tried to encapsulate all of my sounds in one short project," said the London-based DJ and producer

Effy has released her debut EP, 'Not What It Seems'. The UK DJ and producer's four-track EP features the singles 'Run It' with Mall Grab...

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LSDXOXO and Eartheater team up on new single and video, ‘Demons’: Watch

LSDXOXO says the second taste of his upcoming debut album "is an ode to dark, all-consuming love"

LSDXOXO has shared another preview of his upcoming debut album, a track called 'Demons', featuring Eartheater. Watch the video below. 'Demons' follows the pop-punk-inspired April...

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Day N Vegas announces 2022 line-up, headlined by SZA, J. Cole, Travis Scott

Scott had been due to headline the event last year but cancelled after the Astroworld tragedy

Las Vegas festival Day N Vegas has confirmed its return for 2022, with SZA, J. Cole and Travis Scott set to headline this year's event...