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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...

Deep in the vaults of the San Francisco GLBT Historical Society and Museum Archives, a modest wooden crate glows with the importance of a sacred...

The book will be available in September

The history of modern beatmaking will be explored in a new book.

Set for release in September, the new book, Bedroom Beats & B-Sides, details...

At Portugal’s Semibreve festival, we sat down with Suzanne Ciani, a pioneer of electronic music and modular synthesis, and dance music disruptor Rian Treanor, who...

As electronic music evolves, its web becomes trickier to trace. As historical strands reach outward and merge, creating new sounds, performance styles and scenes, the...

The documentary also features a bespoke score by Overmono, alongside two exclusive cuts: Orbital ‘Chime’ (Special Request Remix) and Dance System 'Better Days feat. Rush...

There's a new documentary on the history of the UK rave scene coming to Amazon Music.

Better Days: The Story of UK Rave is a...

The track knocked Swedish House Mafia's 'One' off the top spot

Tomorrowland has named Avicii's 'Levels' as the biggest track in the festival’s history.

In the second edition of Tomorrowland’s Top 1000 poll, a publicly-voted round-up...

DJ Mag will partner with the Leeds-based music festival and conference

Inner City Electronic has announced the festival acts for its 2020 event, which takes place in multiple venues across Leeds on Saturday 7th March 2020...

Buy tickets today for beats on a boat in Croatia

Come July, you could find yourself setting sail from the Petrcane Marina off the coast of Croatia into the Adriatic Sea. The Electric Elephant festival...

The collective’s first issue documents queer and POC stories in dance music history

Rave Scout Cookies is set to release its first handbook.

A nostalgic package of stories to tell "fellow ravers around a campfire, at your favorite...

Exploring everything from Detroit and Berlin Techno to Israeli psytrance

Rave On: Global Adventures In Electronic Dance Music, a new book written by widely celebrated journalist Matthew Collin, documents the evolution and ever-changing culture of...

The history of Spiral Tribe, the UK’s most notorious travelling sound system

Spiral Tribe were ‘90s Britain’s hardest hardcore techno crew –  a travelling party troupe of anti-authoritarian acid-adventurers, and a scourge of the establishment. With co-founder Mark Harrison in the midst of writing a book on their story, and PRSPCT Recordings recently releasing a collection of classic cuts from live Tribe duo R-Zac, Harold Heath dives into their history, legacy and vow to 'Never Stop'

In the 1970s, a teenage Mark Harrison and his younger brother would hitch-hike to free festivals, the country-wide network of large-scale, outdoor music events which...

London's Southbank Centre will host the one-off performance in January

Fabio & Grooverider are linking up with The Outlook Orchestra for a special one-off performance in January that will see them celebrate the history of...

MOBO Awards announce 2022 nominees, with new Electronic/Dance category

SHERELLE and Nia Archives are among those to get the nod for the awards' first celebration of electronic music talent

This year's MOBO Awards will feature the debut of a new award category, recognising artists from the world of electronic music. Following years of lobbying...

The works of Suzanne Ciani, Delia Derbyshire, Laurie Spiegel, Pauline Oliveros and more are explored in the documentary

A documentary about electronic music's female pioneers is set to premiere next month.

Titled Sisters with Transistors, the documentary is scheduled to premiere at The...

The West London event started in 1966

Notting Hill Carnival has been cancelled due to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. It was due to take place on two days over August...

The Paris-based film is out next month

A new film from new wave band Nouvelle Vague member Marc Collin is set to pay tribute to pioneering female electronic musicians of the '70s...