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2019 saw dancefloors embracing fast, syncopated and experimental rhythms, with jungle breaks and sounds from the Global South invigorating DJs and producers across the genre...
Techno titans Tale Of Us and Maceo Plex close out the main stage of Junction 2 2019...
Junction 2 festival took over London's Boston Manor Park earlier this month for one of the capital's biggest weekends in techno.
While Friday saw the...
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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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The London artist shared a video of police in his home earlier this year
Wretch 32 has shared his experience of police brutality against his 62-year-old father at his London home.
The rapper, real name Jermaine Scott Sinclair, shared a...
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With increasing appetites for old, ‘undiscovered’ music, reissue labels have seen a boom in recent years. Running a reissue label is a tender, laborious process...
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According to music discovery and recognition app, Shazam - these are the biggest dance tracks in Croatia, captured during the heart of the summer festival...
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The worlds of computer gaming and electronic music are merging like never before, with virtual raves, AI-generated musicians and concerts inside massive multiplayers like Fortnite...
Diplo is going disco...
Both Mark Ronson and Diplo are no strangers to working with countless other artists — so it’ll come as no surprise that the two super...
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Sound systems have driven the development of music in the UK, powered by hard work, passion and innovation. But preserving UK sound system culture, its knowledge and history, while also pushing it forward, is no easy task today. Ria Hylton traces its path through ska and reggae at blues dances in West Indian households, to soul, boogie, hip-hop and house in ’80s warehouses and at the Notting Hill Carnival, to nationwide tours and global popularity, and finds out how initiatives like the Sound System Futures Programme are seeking to secure its future
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Jamz Supernova is spearheading the next generation of radio DJs with her residencies on BBC Radio 1Xtra and Selector Radio. While equally at home behind...
Fortune Favours The Brave: Obsession is the key
Keith Reilly owns around 500,000 pieces of vinyl. They live on palettes in a warehouse. He knows it's a problem, that he's helpless to stop...
Khan promises to look at the unfair use of form 696...
London's Mayor has spoken out against the Metropolitan Police's use of risk assessment Form 696, which many musicians and artists feel is being used unfairly...
DJ also attacks failed drug policing...
Howie B has condemned the Police for their handling of fabric, both in the current case involving the deaths of two 18-year-olds from drug overdose...
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The exhibition will open at the British Library in 2024
The British Library and the University of Westminster have announced a new exhibition exploring the history of Black British music.
The partnership have teamed up...
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James Murphy and 2ManyDJs' travelling audiophile soundsystem hits London’s inaugural All Points East festival for a weekend of slow burning grooves...
“Despacio is happiness” reads a huge sign that looms overhead as you walk into the travelling audiophile soundsystem at the inaugural All Points East (APE)...