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Berlin techno added to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list

More than a decade of campaigning and lobbying could bring more protection from gentrification and development 

Berlin techno has been awarded UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) status in what has been described by the city's Clubcommission as "another milestone" for the...

New book, Techno Worlds, explores genre's influence on art, pop culture, more

The book is an extension of the Goethe-Institut's touring exhibition of the same name

A new book exploring the influence of techno music on various elements of popular culture is set to be published next month. The 300-page paperback...

The Haçienda, Factory Records, more memorabilia featured at new British pop culture exhibition

Exhibited at Manchester's John Rylands Research Institute and Library, it will launch next month

Legendary Manchester nightclub the Haçienda, as well as the city's Factory Records label, are set to form part of the focus of a new British...

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Free EP ahead of East London party

Mad House's mutated house spin-off MadTech is teaming up with Pedro123's Crystal Culture label for at Hoxton Arches, East London, this Friday (Friday 15th June).

Winter Bass Festival at Alexandra Palace

On Friday 25th November, Alexandra palace will play host to UKF Bass Culture with huge thirty acts (full line-up to be announced) playing across...

Vintage Culture press shot in a yellow jacket

Vintage Culture has come a long way from a small town in Brazil to playing stadiums, topping dance charts and partying with football royalty. After suffering near-burnout from constant touring, he’s recharged and full of vitality, with a deeper sound he loves with all his heart, hundreds of tunes ready to go, Ibiza and Las Vegas residencies scheduled, and a set lined up at DJ Mag's Miami Pool Party

Lukas Ruiz grew up in Mundo Novo, a tiny municipality with under 20,000 inhabitants, right on Brazil’s border with Paraguay. His mum had always told...

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Where next for UK clubbers?

There’s a lot of debate circulating the UK scene right now. The more serious clubbers among us are thinking twice — taking a step back and taking stock a little — before committing to club nights, especially with occasions as big as New Year’s Eve on its way.

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Sound systems have driven the development of music in the UK, powered by hard work, passion and innovation. But preserving UK sound system culture, its knowledge and history, while also pushing it forward, is no easy task today. Ria Hylton traces its path through ska and reggae at blues dances in West Indian households, to soul, boogie, hip-hop and house in ’80s warehouses and at the Notting Hill Carnival, to nationwide tours and global popularity, and finds out how initiatives like the Sound System Futures Programme are seeking to secure its future 

It’s the Thursday before Notting Hill Carnival and Linett Kamala, board director of Europe’s biggest street party, is weaving through the streets of Kilburn. Her...

UK sound system culture’s past, present and future to be explored at Goldsmiths event

Sound System Outernational's eighth event tackles themes of "continuities and disruptions" this 5th November

The past, present and future of UK sound system culture is the subject of an upcoming event at Goldsmiths. Sound System Outernational, an initiative from...

How The Chemical Brothers' 'Dig Your Own Hole' predicted the post-genre pop future

The Chemical Brothers' second album, 1997's 'Dig Your Own Hole', radiated ambition and adventure, and was their first to hit No.1 in the UK charts thanks to a string of landmark singles. Here, Ben Cardew explores how 'Dig Your Own Hole' altered the Chems' creative trajectory, predicted our post-genre pop future, and catapulted them to new heights

Note: this article was originally published in 2018 The Chemical Brother's second album, 'Dig Your Own Hole', was perhaps not the best electronic album of...

Rukaiya Russell 'Ritmo Sensorial feat. Los Niches & Charly Mucha Rima'

Gilles Peterson's 'Havana Cultura Mix – The Soundclash' (Brownswood) is released on 27th October (pre-order) and we've got a tune from the...