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Replacing a cassette loop at Pushca

“My first-ever DJ gig was in 1979, but my first house gig was for Pushca — the rave thing in the ‘90s. It was somewhere in west London. I went to one of the raves and they had this chill-out room that was playing a cassette tape that was just going round and round and round.

Soap bar, mosquitos and brillo pads...

“It was Ibiza, 1998, and I had spent several days ligging behind the decks with the world’s best DJs desperately trying to figure out how they did it, but no-one showed the least bit of interest in letting me have a bash on the wheels of steel until Edinburgh’s Voodoo Club offered me a gig out of the blue. I took a flight there.

DJs look back to their early days

“My first gig was in 1994 at a squatted Salvation Army building opposite Hackney Town Hall on Mare Street. The building was called The Spiky Thing With Curves due to some of the sculptures on display, alongside a cafe and several rooms for bands and DJs. I had a selection of acid house/early hardcore vinyl, mostly acquired from the local Record & Tape Exchange.

David Sidley, the now solo act known as Whyt Noyz storming the techno nation recalls his first big gig...

“This gig was one that both Duncan [Murray] and I did together when WHYT NOYZ was once a duo and it is a feeling we...

Embarrassing bangers & regrettable records inside...

We all remember the first music we bought, right? Whether it was wax, cassette tape, CD or er... MP3, there's little doubt that your first...

The Off-White founder and Louis Vuitton artistic director had been battling cancer for several years

Virgil Abloh, the influential fashion designer, DJ, and Off-White founder, has died, aged 41.

Abloh, who was the artistic director of the fashion house Louis...

Warsaw label GASP Records returns with its seventh release, Marco Lazovic’s ‘Aerowalk’. ‘Violin Feelings’ is an emotive and atmospheric cut of breaks and mournful melodies...

Since launching in 2016, Warsaw-based label GASP Records have produced an impressive catalog of versatile and vibrant records ranging from cavernous deep house to staggering...

The new Origin synthesizer is capable of emulating classic synths, such as the Arp, Moog, Prophet VS and CS80.

French soft-synth guru's Arturia are busy developing their most ambitious product to date.


The Origin is due to arrive in autumn, is a knob laden...

DJ, producer and Pomme Frite label head Alex Virgo is back with another helping of french touch-inspired house music on his new EP, 'Funk Dat'...

London-based DJ and producer Alex Virgo will release a three-track EP later this month.

Launching his Pomme Frite label earlier this year with the 'Let...

The series will focus on Spotify co-founders Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon

The story behind Spotify is set to be explored in a new streaming series.

Announced yesterday (11th), an untitled project focusing on Swedish Spotify co-founders Daniel...

You can listen to ‘Fierce For The Night’ ahead of its release via Ostgut Ton on Friday 27th May...

Virginia’s first full-length album on Ostgut Ton, ‘Fierce For The Night’, lands tomorrow (Friday 27th May). You can stream it in full ahead of its...

Toronto-raised house duo Art Department return with their second album, 'Natural Selection', to show that they've got what it takes to evolve and survive in...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “natural selection” as “the process by which plants and animals that can adapt to changes in their environment are able to...

Photo of Sammy Virji and Hamdi

The stellar UKG-flavoured refit arrives on the heels of Virji’s latest single, ‘Moonlight’

Hamdi returns to Deadbeats today with the coveted ‘Counting Remix’ EP. Check out Sammy Virji’s remix below. Out today (9th February), the remix package features...

KIM ANH ‘HOUSE OF VIRGO’

New York’s Kim Anh launches her CAN U NOT TALK label with four cuts of sumptuous vocal house and breakbeats. Hear the thumping ‘House of Vertigo’ now

New York-based DJ, producer and vocalist Kim Anh will launch her new label, CAN U NOT TALK, this week with the release of her ‘After...

The new mono has a limited run of 2,500...

Moog Music have announced a new synth called Sirin – based on the architecture and layout of their Taurus synth. Sirin – which focuses on...