London queer party Adonis has been confirmed as the special guest at this weekend's 24-hour marathon event celebrating 30 years of dance institution Trade, at...
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The Sunday takeover promises "harder dance" with "no speed limits"
Radio Slave, Skream, Benga, Luke Solomon, Ben Watt and James Preistly confirmed for this years Best of British Awards Party - hosted by Jimi Mistry!
Home to some of the best clubs, DJs and producers on the planet and renowned for its unquestionable hunger for dance music and club culture...
The on-the-road diary of the world's top DJs treading the globe!
Layo & Bushwaka The DJ/production partnership of Layo Paskin and Matthew Benjamin has come a long way since delivering their first album 'Lowlife' on End Recordings in 1999
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Lifting the vocals from Jah Screechy’s reggae standard 'Walk & Skank’, SL2’s‘On A Ragga Tip’ surfed the hardcore rave wave at the turn of the 1990s before crossing over to bring breakbeats and bass into the pop charts. The track has transcended genres and styles to stand alone as an enduring dance classic. Joe Roberts calls up Slipmatt, aka Matt Nelson — the ’S’ in SL2 — to learn its story
Out 16th March via Trunkfunk Records
‘Love Lesson’ is the new single from NIBC’s tireless Trunkfunk imprint. Celebrating 15 years in the record biz in 2015, 'Love Lesson' is backed up...
Brooklyn's underground electronic duo Blondes are back with a new album, laced with dark techno tones and hypnotic psychedelic edges. With all eyes on NYC...
When various music circles started buzzing in early 2010 about a Brooklyn duo that fused elements of the American jam-band aesthetic with ecstatic trance, we approached with due caution. Fast-forward over the past three years and, what could have potentially gone so wrong has gone so right.
With the biggest house/tech line-ups imaginable and a weekly back room Lovebox residency from Groove Armada, the arrival of Pete Tong's Wonderland at Eden has...
If you think San Antonio and clubbing means over-spilling trance breakdowns or obvious electro-house wiggles then check your prejudices in at the airport this season...
DJ Weekly podcast by Local Talk's Kyodai
Taking their name from the Japanese word for brothers, Kyodai are just that, although the duo are Spanish and live in Berlin.
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The dance music history of East Anglia is rich, multi-layered and messy — and little documented. Matt Anniss chats to some of the scene’s longstanding figureheads about the region’s airfield parties, seaside throwdowns and forgotten clubs, discovering a vital but rarely discussed stage in the UK’s rave evolution
New world order
Glastonbury isn't a festival, it's a settlement. Twice the size of Bath, it's more like a refugee camp for society's arty and most liberal than...
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Unstoppable UK producer/DJ and label head Agrippa delivers and hour of raw power, explosive rhythm and fiery UK techno. We catch up with Par Avion's...
Since breaking through in 2015, Agrippa has been nothing if not prolific. With a percussive, ensnaring catalog of releases under his belt already, as well...
Can London trio Dark Sky make the tricky transition to an album and live band shows? You bet they can...
Triangles have enjoyed a good innings in the last few years. Alt-J won the Mercury. And the Illuminati continued their insidious global rule via all...
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Is wealth and privilege damaging British dance music, and if so, what should we do about it?
WORDS: Matt AnnissPICS: Nicola Nodland & Jillian Edelstein
Since acid house swept the UK 30 years ago and united a generation, British dance has proudly proclaimed its egalitarian credentials. Many believe that the loved up, misty-eyed utopianism...
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Wellies at the ready, it’s time for a festival (or three)! The summer has returned, or at least as much as it ever does in...
SULTA SELECTS FLY OPEN AIR
WHILE his penchant for dropping the odd cheesy banger has divided fans online, Denis Sulta is unarguably a top DJ...
Golden boy Jackmaster steals show
Working with a hangover the day after Best of British Awards Party is always difficult, so rising with the knowledge that Fabric, our venue last...