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Results for: Independent Music Awards 2020

A RARE PLEASURE: The disco house delight of Miguel’s big breakthrough

“If something’s cool then it’s always cool,” Miguel Campbell states. Well, anyone who’s ever found an Eclipse T-shirt buried at the back of their wardrobe...

clubbing with crowds and plants

Emerging technology, BODYHEAT, promises to make clubs more carbon neutral. Sophie Lou Wilson speaks to those behind it, the first club to trial it (SWG3 Glasgow), and others about how it works, as well as its potential and limits

Fifteen minutes’ walk from the site of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, there’s a nightclub. SWG3 is an independent venue that has put on...

Printworks, Egg, Studio 338, Oval Space and The Pickle Factory were denied financial assistance in the first wave of Arts Council grants

The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has issued a statement in response to a number of key London clubs missing out on funding as part...

Snowbombing shapes up for another avalanche of fun

These days, establishing and maintaining a high-end festival brand requires more than just bunging a decent soundsystem in a field and expecting the mindless rabble...

A vital document of music in 2002, ‘As Heard...’s headline-grabbing mixes of well-known tracks helped sneak a handful of underground dance classics into more than...

In 2002, when 2 Many DJ’s’ ‘As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2’ hit the shelves in Europe, dance music was in the middle of...

Homicide investigation launched into rapper Chris Kaba’s death

 The Metropolitan Police officer who killed the member of drill group 67 has since been suspended 

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched a homicide investigation into the death of London rapper Chris Kaba after being shot by an...

Was the famous club's fate already sealed?

What happened at Islington Town Hall on Tuesday night (Sept 6th) was not a hearing, for you cannot hear when you refuse to listen —...

Chris Kaba, 24-year-old rapper of drill group 67, shot dead by police in London

The shooting happened earlier this week in Streatham Hill following a police pursuit

Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old rapper who was a member of the drill group 67, has been named as the man who was shot dead by...

 

When the pandemic hit, Hyperdub-signed Canadian musician and vocalist Jessy Lanza packed up and moved to the sunny West Coast, where she began a...

On a sunny, autumnal afternoon, sitting on a bench in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, producer and vocalist Jessy Lanza is running down the history...

The garage/techno/jazz futurist on his new album 'Seven Lies'

We caught up with this self-taught scholar of dance music who first began DJing jazz in his room to find out what exactly is going on in that brain — and that record collection — of his...

Josh White and Matt Lowe, aka Hybrid Minds, have become one of the biggest acts in drum & bass by sticking to their liquid style and doing...

There are points in an artist’s career where they feel on top of the world. Moments when the years of hard graft at the unforgiving...

9: Tom Lea

Never say we don’t give credit where credit is due. Tom Lea might work for the rival FACT, respected online purveyor of musical broadcasts, but...

From his foundational work in drum & bass and jungle as part of 4hero and Reinforced Records, to his myriad production aliases and ongoing work...

Throughout 2020, like so many others, Dego spent months stuck at home. Unable to commit to his normal routine of studio time, he found himself...

In the UK and elsewhere, there’s now a pathway towards a staggered reopening of clubs and festivals. But how have venues coped in the past...

When UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the government’s “roadmap” out of lockdown on the 22nd February — a series of dates over which COVID-19...

In the U.S. music fans are eagerly awaiting the safe return of clubs and festivals, but there are risks to consider before going back to...

It’s been a heavy year — one many wish to shake off, preferably in an invigorating bath of strobe lights, lazers and amplified sound. Those...