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Brighton's rising drum & bass star joins Blocks & Escher's Narratives imprint...

Ilk makes his debut on Blocks & Escher's Narratives label later this month with sublime track 'The Sound Of Falling'.

Released as part of a...

Sick basslines aplenty

Breakbeat and bass music badman ILS is a master of baleful bassline building. Here he hips us on how he transformed Prof Green's 'Remedy' into a low-end beast...

Newly-founded label MELD launch their imprint with a V/A compilation later this month. Among the label's talent roster is newcomer, Willy, who provides a dynamic...

Scottish collective MELD will launch their label on the 20th August with the 'Various Artists: Volume 1' compilation.

Founded in 2017, the collective, podcast, party...

Free tune ahead of EP

Rising London-based duo Silk 86 have offered a free download in lieu of their latest EP, 'The Pleasure Venture'.

Following the promising 'Clear Waters EP'...

Former GLR producer returns on Distinctive

Initially releasing on LTJ Bukem’s drum & bass label Good Looking in the mid-90s, ILs — aka beatsmith Ilian Walker — went on to release...

House DJ Paolo Mojo has cancelled all his upcoming gigs after experiencing severe stomach problems.

House DJ Paolo Mojo has cancelled all his upcoming gigs after experiencing severe stomach problems.

On Monday 23rd October, Paolo was taken to hospital and...

An outbreak of bovine tuberculosis (TB) has hit Birmingham clubland. Six people have been found to be infected with the disease.

One man has died, and five others have contracted bovine tuberculosis (TB) after an outbreak of the disease in Birmingham.

Three are thought to have...

Syncopated club rhythms, radiant vocals and frenzied breaks from Paris-based purveyor of international club sounds, Jaymie Silk

Jaymie Silk’s Fresh Kicks mix whirls with colour and ferocity. Syncopated club rhythms, with flourishes of gqom, UK techno and Jersey club, dart through broad...

Our monthly label showcase, The Sound Of, puts the focus on the imprints we love; outlets that are championing new artists, dropping key releases and...

“100% Silk has always been about feeling over functionality,” says Britt Brown, who founded the Los Angeles label in 2011 with Amanda Brown. “The music...

We get to know Brighton's scratch king


Scratch DJ JFB is ill with the skillz “A lot of turntablists win competitions but never get DJ bookings because a lot of them don’t understand how to rock a party,” says mild-mannered Brighton-based British turntablist JFB, born to a French mum and a Hungarian dad.

With mental health and wellbeing one of the principal keynote topics at the International Music Summit (IMS) in Ibiza at the end of this month...

Flying high in the music industry can seem idyllic, but is there a price to pay? Coupled with the perceived glamour is a 24/7 lifestyle...

Where UK house is at right now...

Like all good British partnerships, Silk 86 formed in the pub. Hailing from Nottingham and London respectively, Thomas L and Finnian Casey discussed their potential...

Stream the remix of 'Blue Magic'

London-based producer and DJ, S.K.T is fast becoming the go-to name for major labels craving that underground credibility. Not that newly-signed iLL BLU require any more...

Jaymie Silk glides from gabber and melodic techno into R&B and electronic ballads on his new album, ‘Young, Broke and Fabulous’. Hear the emotional dancefloor...

Jaymie Silk will release his new album ‘Young, Broke and Fabulous’ on 27th April via Belgium’s Pelican Fly label.

Across nine tracks recorded while living...

The seminal tracks that altered dance forever!

In the mid-‘90s, drum & bass was the most futuristic, kick-ass, innovative UK-derived music around. After a gestation period in the underground, breakbeat science exploded into the mainstream, although that led to assorted TV ads and theme tunes and suchlike co-opting a d&b element to them. But because the scene itself was controlled by the DJs — Bryan Gee, Fab & Groove, Goldie, Hype etc — it was able to be steered back underground, so that by the end of the 20th century d&b was largely associated with the dark tech-step sound of No U-Turn et al.