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New book on Saint Etienne tells band’s story and explores the nature of memory

Journalist Ramzy Alwakeel's upcoming book features new interviews with band members Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs and Sarah Cracknell

A new book examines Saint Etienne's history and the way the UK band played with the concept of memory. How We Used Saint Etienne to...

It wasn’t their song and they didn’t play any instruments, but Saint Etienne’s Balearic classic ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’ caught the tailwind of...

In a period when the divide between the UK’s club scene and indie kids was as wide as it was bitter, Saint Etienne managed to...

London's Wireless festival

Basement Jaxx, The Streets, Paul Oakenfold, Jack Penate and Q-Tip are among the headlining acts that will be performing at the Wireless 2009 festival in...

Soulwax and Daniel Avery also appear on the EP... 

Canaidan producer Marie Davidson has dropped a previously unreleased track called ‘Chasing The Light’. 

The track channels early ‘90s-era trance (minus the cheese, of course)...

Sly & Lovechild, Mark Lanegan Band, Saint Etienne, Gwenno, and The Orielles all feature

Andrew Weatherall's remixes for Heavenly Recordings have been compiled on a new album, which will land on Friday 28th January. 

Comprising two parts — 'Heavenly...

Listen well for less?

Sainsbury’s, the British supermarket giant, has announced that it is launching a record label.

The retailer’s imprint, called Own Label, will be a standalone imprint...

Help save a beloved London venue...

Music-lovers are being called to join a funding campaign to save legendary London music hangout, the Social - which is fighting the site becoming a...

Erol's entry in the 'Fabric Live' series is a belter...

 The idea of Erol Alkan — purveyor of psyched-out dancefloor treats and singularity surfing techno — mixing a 'Fabric Live' mix now seems so...

Genius is an over-used term, but it is undeniably apt when applied to Andrew Weatherall. DJ Mag’s editor-in-chief, Carl Loben, pays tribute to one of...

One of the most respected, important and influential DJ/producers in our scene, Andrew Weatherall, has passed away. The tragic news was confirmed by his management...

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Manchester duo Rae & Christian spearheaded the soul/funk-hop scene of the late '90s. Their Grand Central label released great music by Aim (including chill-out classic ‘Cold Water Music’), Riton, Boca 45 and more, not to mention their own superb two albums. 
‘Northern Sulphuric Soul’ — their fantastic debut opus of sunshine soul grooves and dope beats, which was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize — and follow-up ‘Sleepwalking’ in 2002 featured guests such as Bobby Womack, Jeru the Damaja, The Pharcyde and the Jungle Brothers.

Funk machine Alex Metric is one of 2008's hottest prospects.

Blending electro-funk, breaks, house and a distinctive soulful croon, his production style favours the glitched-up, ultra-processed cut 'n' paste vibe of the Ed Banger gang...

DJ Leisureware standing in an alley looking at the sky, wearing a raincoat and alien print tshirt

Leisureware “puts the lairy in Balearic” in his blissed-out, two-hour Fresh Kicks mix, and chats to Eoin Murray about “low intervention” DJing and The Occasional Feel-Good party and Soho Radio show

“Much like makers of trendy natural wine, I’ve adopted the ‘low intervention’ principle,” says William Smith, more appropriately known as the London-based DJ Leisureware. “While...

On Cue: Chrissy

San Francisco’s Chrissy sprints from house, Hi-NRG and EBM into UKG and breakbeat hardcore in his ecstatic On Cue mix, and speaks to Marke Bieschke about reviving rave’s original mission on his Hooversound album, ‘Physical Release’

Does rave need a do-over? Three decades on, some of the movement’s most ardent believers have become its fiercest critics. 
“Our scene has failed to...

Running the musical gamut from minimal techno to abstract hip-hop, dubstep to Baile funk, via ska, electro pop, house and Balearica, Sonar truly has something...

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Can Matt Edwards, aka Radio Slave, really do no wrong? Not content with simply knocking out the funkiest techno and most mind-twisting house with...

The centre of the clubbing universe, for such a little minx Ibiza certainly packs a lot of entertainment into its 571 square kilometers. Clubs, cave...


1. You can't leave Ibiza without losing your marbles at least once in Space and there's no better time or place than with We Love...