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Do psychedelics have the power to heal us?

Psychedelics have become more popular in the UK in recent years, with some people using them recreationally to address mental illnesses. These drugs are illegal, but...

A young life is punctuated by firsts: your first kiss, your first taste of alcohol, moments when you feel recklessly alive. Producer and DJ Lauren...

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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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Ezra Collective release new single, ‘Ajala’: Listen

It's the first single of the year by the winners of the 2023 Mercury Music Prize

Ezra Collective have returned with a new single, 'Ajala'. Stream it below. It marks the first single of the year from the winners of the...

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Premiere: Stevie Cox ‘Jecht Shot’

Stevie Cox returns to Remmah Records with a double helping of melodic d&b inspired by Japanese-style role-playing games

Stevie Cox will release her new EP, ‘Jecht Shot’, later this week via Remmah Records. Have an exclusive first listen to the title track below...

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Faithless confirm new music is on the way

Sister Bliss and Rollo made the announcement on social media, direct from their studio

Faithless have confirmed they have new music and more live shows on the way. The UK dance music icons made the announcement on social media...

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E1 club founder resigns as director amid allegations of serving with IDF in Gaza

E1 has issued an official statement in response

Yuval Hen, the founder of London club E1, has resigned from his position as director amid allegations of having served with the Israeli Defence Force...

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Premiere: Earl Grey ‘Atanas Aconite’

Superbly produced and genuinely spooky drum & bass experiments from Manchester on Rua Sound

Earl Grey is up next on Galway-based jungle/drum & bass label Rua Sound with the ‘Death Rattle’ EP. After closing 2023 out with a suite...

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New publication, SEEN, aims to "counter the London-centric narrative” of music journalism

Swing Ting's Balraj Samrai, See My World's Tunde Adekoya and journalist Kamila Rymajdo launch their new Manchester-based print magazine this weekend at the Bound Art Book Fair

A new publication aims to challenge the status quo of UK-based music journalism. SEEN is based in Manchester and run by three experienced music industry...

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Watch the controversial new documentary on enigmatic UK electronic duo, The KLF

Who Killed the KLF? has been released after a lengthy copyright dispute

A new documentary exploring enigmatic UK electronic duo The KLF has been released. Directed by filmmaker Chris Atkins, the unauthorised Who Killed The KLF? was...

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Man on solo camping trip accidentally joins illegal rave, has “unbelievable weekend"

"I had no choice really, as my tent was right near the speakers so I got stuck in," said Oliver Broome

A man on a solo camping trip on the Yorkshire Moors has revealed how he had an "unbelievable weekend" after accidentally joining an illegal rave...

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Premiere: Sally ‘Zawgy Al Azeez ‘(Dar Disku & Eternal Love Edit)’

London and Bahrain-based duo Dar Disku and Milan’s Eternal Love team up for a fresh dancefloor flip of Sally’s ‘90s “Cairo calypso” bop, ‘Zawgy Al Azeez’

London and Bahrain-based collective and label Dar Disku will release their fifth collection of reissued rarities and dancefloor edits of records from the MENA region...

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Málaga's Sophie Festival: sophisticated club sounds for Spain's southern coast 

With a stellar line-up, great sound and an inclusive atmosphere, Sophie Festival is aiming to turn Málaga into an electronic music destination. Mick Wilson takes a trip to Spain’s sixth largest city to find out more

Day has turned into night and the dancefloor is teeming with worked-up ravers, cheering on the DJ as he drops another floor-filler. The crowd is...

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Selections: Nightwave

In our new regular feature, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their...

Record stores and clubs around the world are shut, and opportunities to find new music out in the wild have been ripped from under our...

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Get To Know: BRUX

Get acquainted with BRUX, the Sydney-born, Brooklyn-based DJ and producer with a taste for chaos, and noisy, energetic dance music

“I struggle with this,” admits the DJ and producer Elizabeth Maniscalco when asked how she describes the music she makes as BRUX. “It brings me...

REACHING CRITICAL MASS

Kasra on ten years of Critical Records

Back in 2002 on a sofa somewhere in North London, the concept of a new label was being brewed in the mind of a young DJ named Kasra, a hazy vision that became a reality after an intoxicated conversation with some colleagues.