The year was 1977. The disco scene was peaking, bringing with it unprecedented levels of euphoria. A specific set of sociological conditions (post-Stonewall riot, post-onset...
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From grave to rave! Bloc rose to return to its spiritual home for its first festival since its infamously ill-fated attempt in 2012. So how...
It’s the wee small hours of a Monday morning in March. As most of Britain sleeps in preparation for what will probably be another mundane...
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Bill Bernstein dedicated three years of his life to capturing the essence of the ‘70s New York disco scene. Here, Simon Doherty talks to him about some of his most iconic photographs, including images of Studio 54, Larry Levan, Odyssey Disco Club Dancefloor — made famous by Saturday Night Fever in 1977 — and more
Should dance music be organic and 'real'? Should it fuck, the more synthetic the better says our resident ranter...
Time was, in the '80s and '90s when dance music was so massively marginalised by mainstream culture (yeah, so what’s new?) that trying to get...
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“Money can’t buy you love,” sang The Beatles, although most people do want to be loved. This is especially true of a lot of top-flight DJs, narcissists at the best of times, who feel all at sea if they aren’t constantly getting reassurance about how great they are — and popular.
Hot current talent like Swedish House Mafia and Goldfish join established dance giants like Faithless and Basement Jaxx on Pure Pacha's new-look line-up.
Ibiza has always had its cornerstone nights. Think Sunday and you won't look much further than We Love... at Space. Monday you're talking DC10 for...
Delving into the treasure trove of Red Rack'em
Berlin-based Red Rack'em, AKA Danny Berman, might have started his career in the UK as part of the pirate soul movement, creating new tracks...
Clubs
Another month sorted...
These are the Top 30 UK club events in April 2018— a list we compiled despite destractions plucked straight from the pages of John le Carré spy...
We troll him about his hatred of EDM...
Uncompromising, passionate, and very opinionated: Dave Clarke is the man John Peel famously dubbed the Baron of Techno. As one of the consultants for the...
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October is Black History Month in the UK. Ria Hylton spotlights a range of electronic music-related events on and offline taking place throughout the month...
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The prolific gospel-trained vocalist worked with the likes of Masters At Work, Kerri Chandler and En Vogue, and was part of the early Jersey house scene
Nearly $50mil ain’t a bad year...
Calvin Harris tops all EDM earners in the recent ‘Highest-Paid Celebrities’ list produced by Forbes. Diddy tops the list at $130 million, nearly tripling...
It caps off a stellar year for the Leeds-based duo...
Mak & Pasteman capped a busy 2016 by dropping their final release of the year with the ‘Function/Reflect’ EP on their own Materials label last...
EASTER IS UPON US! BUNNY HOP DOWN TO ONE OF THESE...
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THE RAINBOW VENUES FESTIVAL – CHAPTER 11, BIRMINGHAM
SATURDAY 4TH APRIL
LOCO DICE, BEN KLOCK, HECTOR, STEVE LAWLER, ROBERT DIETZ, RICHY AHMED, PATRICK TOPPING...
We chat to infamous breakbeat duo Stanton Warriors about their seminal mix/comp, 'Stanton Sessions Vol 1'
Mark Yardley and Dominic Butler, aka the Stanton Warriors, met at the Fifty First State garage label/studio complex in London in the mid-1990s, although they...
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Junction 2, Inner City Electronic, Glastonbury...
Half the country might be heading to a field this month, and half the country’s cities are hosting weekenders. But that doesn’t mean the top...