Afro house is steeped in the percussive materials of South Africa’s townships. For decades, its polyrhythms played out on traditional African instruments — bongos, congas...
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The Afro house sound is an ever-growing presence in UK dance music, with new labels, club-nights and a dedicated radio station springing up. Alongside a mix from Mr Silk, Ria Hylton explores the sound’s history, and speaks to some of the scene’s key players about forging strong connections with their growing audiences, and their aim to nurture a unique UK Afro house identity
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For recording mixes at home, learning to DJ, live streaming or scratching the itch of playing your favourite tunes back to back, affordable controllers have...
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With its high-energy beats, infectious dance routines and community ethos, Jersey club has become a global phenomenon. Tice Cin reports from New Jersey on some of the people pushing the sound forwards, the special moments they create, and their hopes for the future of the music
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They warn that more than 1 billion people are at risk of permanent hearing damage...
The UN have issued urgent volume guidelines for audio devices.
With 900 million 12 to 35-year-olds at risk of irreversible hearing loss from exposure to...
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Techno would not exist as it does today without Kevin Saunderson. Some of the Detroit techno architect’s most revolutionary work has been released under the...
The electronic music industry is urging people to go to iTunes or Spotify to stream or buy ‘Children (Dream Version)’...
Robert Miles sadly passed away at the age of 47 last week, and to commemorate his death, the electronic music industry are trying to get...
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Fisher has leapt from being a virtual unknown to a star on the international stage. The Aussie DJ/producer’s rapid rise has come largely due to...
Paul Nicholas Fisher is a straight up Strayan. True blue, down to earth, no messing about. He loves his music, he loves to surf, he...
Avian accomplices Armand Van Helden and A-Trak are Duck Sauce — the fun-loving duo behind house mega-hit ‘Barbra Streisand’, as well as countless underground club smashes...
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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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After four-plus decades of DJing and with a incredible list of releases — much of it produced with longtime partner Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez as Masters At Work — the pioneering Louie Vega would seem to have little to prove. Yet he’s working harder than ever, with the same energy he had as a young kid coming up in the Bronx. In the run-up to his date at DJ Mag’s Miami Pool Party 2024 at the Sagamore Hotel on March 20th, Vega took some time out of his hectic schedule to talk about how he got to where he is today
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The arrests came as multiple illegal gatherings took place
Three people were arrested on suspicion of planning an illegal rave over the weekend.
Three men, aged between 21 and 28-years old, were arrested on...
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Without bluster or overblown hype, Black Coffee has doggedly worked himself into the position of being not just South Africa’s foremost electronic music artist, but...
Far from the crowds of Ibiza’s resorts and the kaleidoscopic whirl of its clubs, on a tranquil outcrop overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, a man surveys...
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"I'm really sorry to disappoint you," Mike Skinner said in a post on Instagram
Mike Skinner has revealed that all of The Streets' gigs for 2022 have been cancelled.
Having returned to playing live over the summer, amid the release...
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It's part of an early opening planned on the white isle
The BPM festival has announced a three-day Ibiza event for 2021.
Following the shuttering of Ibiza clubs this year due to coronavirus, things are looking...