“DJ, cut the beat.” The room falls silent — an unforgivable sin anywhere else, but this is no nightclub. This is a ball. The competitors...
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In South Africa's burgeoning ballroom scene, pioneering figures and DJs are finding their own ‘Ha’ in the country's past, and in the contemporary sounds of gqom, amapiano, and Afrobeats. Tazmé Pillay learns more
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A ferocious Jersey club cut by the NJ queen and Bronx Dominican duo
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Blending hip-hop, house and influences from New York’s ballroom scene, Cakes Da Killa has been opening up the conversation around LGBTQ+ artists in rap. He speaks to Nathan Evans about developing his style, the appropriation of queer and ballroom culture, and finding inspiration in the Harlem Renaissance for his new album ‘Svengali’
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A brief burst of percussive ballroom goodness from Philadelphia vogue innovator DJ Delish as part of our Fresh Kicks series
“I would describe it as a good laugh that turns into a good cry that turns back into a good laugh!
Summing up her sound...
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Philadelphia’s DJ Delish steps up on New York’s Sweat Equity with the ‘XP’ EP. Hear the ruminative and deliciously rhythmic, ‘Identity’ now...
DJ Delish will release her debut solo 12”, ‘XP’, via New York’s Sweat Equity label on 19th July.
A mainstay of Philadelphia and the East...
House, ballroom & Dance Mania all make the cut in Moscow-born DJ's podcast
Moscow-born but now London-based, if Lokiboi is a Russian oligarch he's ventured down a more interesting path than buying himself a football club. Instead, with...
Free track from 'Statement EP' on Body Work
Mancunian DJ and producer CVNT make what he calls ‘VOGUE GRYME FUTUR HOUZE’, which for the uninitiated is a mixture of New York ballroom, US house music and various strains of UK bass.
London club night celebrates launch of new label
London's House of Trax night has been building its reputation as the place to catch house music's filthiest off-shoots.
Led by residents Fools & Rushmore...