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Is nothing original anymore?

There are so many nonsensical phrases that people love blindly bandying about. You know the ones, the proverbial drivel that people throw around in states of cod-philosophical self-approbation, even if it actually makes about as much sense as Joey Barton’s Twitter feed.

SHALT launches new label, REMADE, to “push more experimental sounds and structures in club environments”. Hear the rumbling groove and swooping bass of its opening...

SHALT has launched a new label, REMADE, in the hope of pushing “more experimental sounds and structures in club environments”.

The label’s debut EP, ‘Body...

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections...

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections...

Radiohead is confirmed for the Friday night...

Glastonbury organisers have confirmed that French duo Daft Punk will not headline the UK festival next year. The news comes after Radiohead were announced as...

Owners of Amsterdam nightspots Bloemenbar Nachtcafé and Disco Dolly to take over venue next year

Amsterdam nightclub Studio 80 will see a change of owners in January of 2016.

Duncan Stutterheim, who founded ID&T (which is now owned by SFX...

Vintage '90s images taken from old free party events

In the summer of 1989, DiY collective — one of the first house sound systems in the UK — emerged onto the rave scene. In this excerpt taken from founding member Harry Harrison's book, Dreaming in Yellow, he discusses DiY's role within that movement, and the importance of free parties during the '90s rave scene

Much has been written and debated over the years about just why the concept of a ‘free’ party was so important. Much more than simply...

The drum & bass and grime MC was battling skin cancer... 

Stormin, the drum & bass and grime MC, has passed away through illness.

An original member of pioneering grime outfit N.A.S.T.Y Crew alongside Kano, D...

This month's essential label

Who's behind it?
German techno DJ/producer Oliver Huntemann's label is Ideal Audio. Over to Oliver to take up the story. 
“The label’s first release was...

The Swede takes on the Surrey brothers

  In the run-up to Disclosure dropping their eagerly-awaited second LP ‘Caracal’, Jonas Rathsman has turned his hand to ‘Omen’ with Sam Smith on vocals...

Armin celebrates his fifth Top 100 win in Vegas at Marquee

For the first time in 2012, the Top 100 DJs. Awards took its big-roomed bombast across the Atlantic to the US, spanning multiple time zones and multiple parties, whilst championing the people’s choice for No.1.

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Drum & bass veterans speak out on Metalheadz original's passing...

Mark Goodings of pioneering Metalheadz duo Hidden Agenda has died.

Together with his brother Jason, Goodings was part of the label's first wave of acts...


Anyone who’s encountered Stephan Bodzin’s...

We chat to Positiva's main man

The boss of long-running dance label Positiva, Jason Ellis, has been responsible for signing some of the UK's biggest dance hits, across the genre divide...

Fresh Kicks 178: Amy Dabbs

Amy Dabbs records a mix of uplifting, festival-ready house for the Fresh Kicks series, and speaks to Kamila Rymajdo about overcoming uncertainty to seize her moment as a DJ and producer

London-born Amy Dabbs grew up around music. On the way to school, her dad — a Northern soul DJ from Blackpool — would play Motown...