Steven Zhu can’t sit still for long. It’s a characteristic that has always served the artist, better known simply as ZHU, quite well. Since he...
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You won't need reminding that, for five days during October, Holland's capital is a swarming hive of clubbing activity — even more so than during...
From bicep-flexing big-room monoliths to achingly cool cats of underground fame, Amsterdam Dance Event has it all and everything in-between. With the many workshops, panel...
Dirtybird take their low end theory on the road
If there’s been one trend that’s wheedled its way into all corners of electronic music in the last two years, it’s bass. Indecent ladles full of the stuff, speaker stacks positively groaning with the strain of lowdown, filling-rattling subsSan Francisco’s techno overlord Claude VonStroke is incubating a nest full of underground club killers in 2012, set to hatch and dive-bomb clubs Angry Birds-style
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During the early part of the pandemic, DJ and producer ZHU went on a road trip with his bandmates, recording his new album in remote...
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From his foundational work in drum & bass and jungle as part of 4hero and Reinforced Records, to his myriad production aliases and ongoing work...
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After intensive, early lockdowns, China's events industry is gradually returning to pre-pandemic levels, with safety measures in place. Bruce Tantum speaks to a selection of DJs...
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Electronic maverick Squarepusher’s new album finds him breaking his own rules, and drawing from the past for inspiration — but being him, it’s no simple nostalgia exercise. DJ...
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Streaming has come to dominate the music industry, but when it comes to actually earning money from plays, the electronic music community has been somewhat...
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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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The flamboyant electronic sound of San Francisco’s dancefloors soundtracked gay liberation in the '70s and '80s, even as its community faced decimation as a result...
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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...
Swedish DJ/producer Axel Boman's name crops up on all the best festival and club line-ups, DJ set lists and label discographies. His imaginative, freaky tunes...
Axel Boman is “trying out a new look”. He’s wearing an all black turtle-neck jumper and floppy black cricket cap, but he’s not sure it’s...
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From AUDRA festival in Kaunas, Lithuania, Martin Guttridge-Hewitt reports on a long-standing, tight-knit and thriving electronic music scene often overlooked by outsiders
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UK drill videos have played a crucial role in the sound's meteoric rise, with platforms like Mixtape Madness, Link Up TV, SBTV, and Pressplay Media...
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I had to pinch myself twice just to be certain it wasn’t a dream. See, if you love dance music the way I love dance...
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Before headlining international festivals with his immense live techno sets, Reinier Zonneveld cut his teeth on the Dutch underground rave circuit. Megan Venzin catches up with the artist to learn about his approach to performance, and why his fans can always expect the unexpected