musclecars have announced the release of their debut album. Out on 17th May via BBE Music, ‘Sugar Honey Iced Tea!’ sees the NYC duo explore...
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A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...
We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...
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FOR FANS OF: Mike Servito, Horse Meat Disco, Eli Escobar
“I can't speak for everyone, but here I see our queer community becoming stronger and more radical in the face of this harrowing moment in...
Andy Butlers musical box of delights
Since the “EDM” beast started to roam, much like the all-consuming blob in that ‘50s B-movie, house music has undergone reconstruction — a re-branding process...
Detroit techno father gives away original track and 'rip off' that copies it
Kevin Saunderson is today giving away his 1987 track 'The Sound', recorded as Reese & Santiago, in response to it being copied...
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The LP is described as "a genre-bending album, devoid of any preconceived notions of what contemporary dance music should sound like"
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Dubbed ‘the first lady of Detroit’, Kelli Hand stood as an oft-unsung champion of the sounds that have defined the city's landscape for almost three...
Kelli Hand, also known as K-Hand — one of the most important pioneers of Detroit techno — has died. Her passing was confirmed by friends...
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ARMAND VAN HELDEN & A-TRAK had quite possibly the biggest club record of 2009 with 'aNYway' under their DUCK SAUCE alias. Now the two smash...
The Garage, Leeds
Larry Levan's NY mecca might be gone (not forgotten), but The Garage is already the place on Leeds' lips less than 10 months in...
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When the South Bronx dance-punk outfit ESG released their Martin Hannett-produced debut EP in 1981, they had no idea how pivotal their stripped-back, funk-fueled sound would be on the evolution of hip-hop and house music: ‘UFO’ has been sampled over 500 times; ‘Moody’ was a staple in Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage sets. Four decades later, ahead of their set at Melting Pot & Optimo’s Queen’s Park Spring Weekender, Daniel Dylan Wray tells their story
Resident DJs are RETURNING to clubland apparently. As if they ever left...
All this guff about the return of the resident... pah! Are you kidding me? Big clubs drafting in an already established marquee DJ for a...
The problem? Too many DJs...
Slowly and surreptitiously over the course of the last decades, a plague has infested and infected club land. It’s a disease that has eaten away at the core art of the DJ and at the very dynamics of almost any club night you care to attend.
20 YEARS AND COUNTING: Ministry has been at the forefront of UK clubbing for 20 years, and is still at the top of its game...
When London’s Ministry Of Sound celebrated its 20th birthday last year, the set that Dennis Ferrer did — on the Saturday night of the...
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The legendary imprint is the latest in a string of acquisitions by the label's investment arm
A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...
We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...
Danny Tenaglia gives us his Lucky 7
NYC marathon man of the decks, Danny Tenaglia’s career spans over three decades. From the early days of progressive and tribal to his more recent...