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Asbo Kid: the dynamic duo of former Elastica and EMF members

There's a sense in which 'indie-dance' was a gateway into dance music for a slew of indie kids back in the 1990s. Perhaps not so much via Britpop stalwarts Elastica, but dance-pop five-piece EMF were certainly responsible for converting their fair share of da yoof of the time, especially via their worldwide mega-smash 'Unbelievable' that dropped at the height of the Madchester era in 1990.

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Mixed by Doorly & Nicola Bear

Resident DJs Doorly and Nicola Bear release 'Ibiza Rocks 2011' (out today on Ministry of Sound), a two disc compilation that captures the...

We go underground with the Geordie techno upstarts

The product of a good few months planning and a decent slab of sickening anticipation, the still relatively new Newcastle night Jaunt> finally offered up...

Edinburgh's world beating dance fest

Think dance music and Scotland and many will think of Glasgow, The Arches, and labels like Soma. But that may be about to change with...

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Photo taken of the crowd at Kyiv's Strichka Festival. One dancer is waving a blue fan above their head

The Ukrainian festival will take place at Strincka Factory on 18th and 19th May

Kyiv's Strichka Festival has unveiled the line-up for its tenth-anniversary edition. The Ukrainian festival will take place at Strincka Factory on 18th and 19th May...

Photo scan of DJ Yirvin DJing

Parisian duo Siu Mata & Amor Satyr put a full-pelt percussive spin on Venezuelan hard fusion pioneer Dj Yirvin’s ‘Ya Yahoo’

A new anthology album featuring tracks from pioneering Venezuelan artist Dj Yirvin will be released on the ACA label this week. Listen to a remix...

Abacusynth

It can be used to "explore the building blocks of audio synthesis", with a free Ableton Live plugin now available 

A university student has designed a new synthesiser for their thesis, inspired by the mathematical abacus. Dubbed Abacusynth, the project is the work of Elias...

DJ Kay Slay dies, aged 55

The legendary New York figure had been hospitalised with Covid-19 in December and was said to be still recovering from the virus

Revered New York hip-hop figure and radio DJ Keith Grayson, AKA DJ Kay Slay, died at the age of 55 on Sunday, 17th April. A...

DJ Mag heads to the Italian birthplace of Marco Carola and Joseph Capriati to pick up the local thread, with Luigi Madonna and his crew

"For us it was... where everything started from. It was in the middle of mountains, so you have that view from the stage. The first time they did a...

The young Spanish DJ on Ibiza, wakeboarding and not copying Justin Bieber's hair

There's keen, and then there's Danny Avila. Still just a fresh faced 17-years-old, he actually started his journey into clubland aged 12 thanks to...

The cover of New Order's Technique on a light blue background

Released on 30th January 1989, New Order’s fifth album is a sun-flushed pinnacle of dance rock, directly inspired by the hedonistic energy of Ibiza’s burgeoning club scene of the time. 35 years on, with the help of the album’s engineer Michael Johnson, Ben Cardew reflects on its legacy, and its influence on the acid house era

If you want to understand British music’s generational leap from punk to acid house, there is no better lead than New Order’s ‘Technique’. Released on...

Study

The study participants experienced a feeling of "unity" the most at 99 BPM

Listening to electronic music alters your state of consciousness, according to a new study. The research – which was led by Raquel Aparicio Terrés at...

djay pro vision pro

Algoriddim has launched a new version of its popular djay software made specifically for Apple's new Pro VR headset

Algoriddim has announced a new version of its music mixing programme, djay, which makes it possible to spin in virtual reality using Apple’s new Vision...