Ever since the birth of acid house in the late ‘80s, UK dance music has been defined, legislated against and demonised on the basis of...
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The summer of 2021 has seen a perfect storm of drug-related risks hit the UK dance scene: from an abundance of first-time ravers who turned...
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The relationship between dance music and British politics has often been fraught and confrontational. But in the last five years, promoters and politicians have started...
We talk to three DJs who have subsequently become mental health & wellbeing practitioners in their own individual ways
Counting down the 2010s, we round-up the albums that defined the decade in electronic music
We meet futurist techno maestro Richie Hawtin for our ADE issue...
Electronic music’s explosion owes a great deal to futurist techno maestro Richie Hawtin. Not only has he made and played some of the most forward-thinking...
She's built a rock-solid unit that's celebrating a decade of electronic music brilliance this year...
It’s the 1st May. ‘May Day’ public holiday in Berlin, traditionally the time when the city transforms from the grey, oppressive bleakness of its...
We've switched up our end-of-year coverage this year. Instead of ranked countdowns, we've asked 40 contributors to pick their favourite albums, tracks and compilations from...
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Few countries have been as devastated by Covid-19 as India, with recent studies estimating that the death toll has likely exceeded three million, more than...
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The past few years have seen mental health pushed to the forefront of conversation in electronic music; however, the effects of racism are still not...
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Sexual harassment is a widespread problem that remains prevalent in our supposedly progressive dance music scene. A number of new initiatives have proposed a solution...
In the year since the #MeToo movement, those who were previously unaware have, at last, been waking up to the horrifying pervasiveness of sexual harassment...
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In a few short years, UK drill has changed significantly. After a small number of producers that pioneered the sound left indelible marks on its...
The unmissable parties that you need on your radar!
It’s back. America's most important electronic music gathering is returning to South Beach in Miami. The Winter Music Conference 2013 (and its wider nomenclature Miami Music Week) will be host to the industry's hot shots — the DJs, producers, promoters and label owners pulling the strings of this international emporium we call dance music — their arms (and minds) wide open to another onslaught of Miami madness.
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Known for his work with RÜFÜS DU SOL, Broods, Hayden James and others, Grammy-nominated producer, mixer, and DJ Cassian is proof that if you build...
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As events begin to reschedule dates for 2021, and with some selling out months in advance, the practise of ticket touting is once again an...
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During the early part of the pandemic, DJ and producer ZHU went on a road trip with his bandmates, recording his new album in remote...