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We asked Cypress Hill’s founding member, DJ Muggs, his top 10 tracks
The 46-year-old, born Lawrence Muggerud, has been carving out his unique name as a pioneer of West Coast rap, hard-hop, rap metal and, more recently...
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Speaker Music, AceMo, Gábor Lázár, Rui Ho, Meemo Comma and more also feature on the compilation
Planet Mu will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year with a new compilation.
‘PlanetMµ25’ will be released on 4th December, and features 15 tracks that...
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The singer worked with the likes of Primal Scream and New Order
Legendary Madchester vocalist Denise Johnson has died.
On Monday 27th July, a statement issued by Denise Johnson's family announced that the singer had passed away suddenly...
13: Zombie Nation
Since almost topping the UK charts with his debut ‘Kernkraft 400’ back at the turn of the millennium, Zombie Nation, aka Munich...
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Continuing the legacy of his Lovefingers blog, Andrew Hogge’s ESP Institute is a truly anything-goes imprint, unbound by genre or style. Alongside a mix from its catalogue, he tells Anna Wall about how how his DIY attitude and digger’s mentality has helped him unearth countless new musical gems
Groove Armada
To the uninitiated, Groove Armada's return to making underground house music might appear something of a change in direction. It is, of course, nothing of the sort. Andy Cato and Tom Findlay have found themselves, thanks to a solid decade of commercial success, stuffed clumsily into all manner of pigeon holes; from dance-pop to pop-dance to chill-out to stadium-dance to ragga-dance and any number of other sub genres you might care to mention.
He was the Electrifyin’ Mojo of the indie disco. The bootleg king. The electroclash god. But when each of those scenes imploded, Erol Alkan stepped...
Erol Alkan was 27 when he received his first album offer. Kylie Minogue had just performed his ‘Can’t Get Blue Monday Out of My Head’...
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Sam Divine, Dennis Ferrer, Sonny Fodera...
When Simon Dunmore left his major label A&R job with AM:PM, the dance offshoot of A&M Records, to start his own independent dance label, even...
We investigate the experimental electronic music festival
Unsound Festival is an annual forward thinking celebration of experimental music and art that's based in Poland, with a New York offshoot that's just wrapped...
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In under three years, D. Tiffany’s Planet Euphorique label has placed itself at the forefront of a hybrid sound driven by propulsive electro, emotive breaks...
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Sam Shepherd, aka Floating Points, is returning with a new album — ‘Crush’, out this month — and a vital live show that he’ll be debuting this autumn. Born out...
Today, 1st May, and on the first Friday of June and July, Bandcamp will waive its revenue fee for 24 hours, with 100% of spending...
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The London MC and legendary broadcaster recently collaborated on a one-off musical special of Planet Earth
London MC Dave has spoken about his experience working on the same project as David Attenborough, praising the legendary broadcaster and natural historian for his...