Sistermatic, the pioneering queer Black woman-led sound system crew, are set to return for their first party in almost 30 years next month. On Friday...
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Teaming up with Nite Dykez, it will be the crew’s first party in almost 30 years
An iconic 1970s soundsystem lives on inside a Coney Island attraction. Vivian Host catches up with sound engineer Dan Prosseda about the magical speaker stacks of the Eldorado Auto Skooter bumper cars
Soul II Soul helped give Black British music and UK club sounds a truly unique identity. Collective founder Jazzie B talks about their ground-breaking debut, ‘Fairplay’, and traces his journey from London soundsystem culture to global star with Ben Osborne
New Dublin label, Woozy, lays out its UK soundsystem indebted ethos with a bass-heavy debut comp. Hear the psychedelic d&b of Glimmerman’s ‘Chainlink’ now
Dublin party Woozy has launched its label with seven cuts of dub-inspired bass weight and percussive heat, set for release on 4th September.
Drawing on...
He was 88 years old
British sound system culture pioneer Count Shelly has died.
Count Shelly, real name Ephraim Barrett, has passed away aged 88, a relative confirmed.
Barrett moved...
Because: why not?
Fixtures company Kohler have debuted an all-new showerhead, fitted with a wireless speaker.
Entitled the Moxie 2.0 and Moxie 2.5, the new models of...
This weekend's party will be the final one using the system
Mister Saturday Night have placed the soundsystem they use for Mister Sunday parties up for sale on eBay.
It's been placed online with a starting...
Joe Muggs and Brian David Stevens' Bass, Mids, Tops is out on 13th December
The release date for a new book that delves into the history of UK soundsystem culture has been announced.
Written by dance music writer Joe...
Deal or no deal...
This Saturday, numerous DJs — including Artwork, Horse Meat Disco and Gideön — will be performing on a mobile soundsystem to protest against Brexit.
Like...
It’s part of a new exhibition in the gallery’s vast main hall...
Steve Goodman, otherwise known as Hyperdub label boss Kode9, has been tapped up to provide sound design for a new exhibition at the Tate Modern’s...
The iconic Club Heaven was vital to Detroit's LGBT scene as well as in the growth of house and techno...
A Detroit-based non-profit is seeking to rebuild one of the city's most famous sound systems from the ‘80s.
The Detroit Sound Conservatory, a non-profit...
Half the money will go towards Amanda Moss' cancer treatment...
Fabric has sold its legendary Room Two soundsystem on eBay for £11,700, it has been announced today.
The unnamed new owner beat out 95...
Current bidding is at £9,700...
Fabric is selling its Room Two soundsystem on eBay with half the proceeds being donated to Corsica co-founder Amana Moss, who is raising funds for...
To celebrate 25 years of the DiY collective, here are some memories from the early 90s
The late 1980s, early '90s were a halcyon time for music. Free parties, electronic music, protest and what later became known as the “second summer...
Pioneer's new club speakers the GS-Wave and XY series
Pioneer continues to march forward
The audiophile speaks out
DJ Harvey is one of the UK originators of the dance music scene. From his beginnings in Cambridge punk band Ersatz, he discovered hip-hop and DJing on a fateful trip to New York City, and later alighted upon an eclectic mishmash DJ style inspired by the B-Boy everything-in-the-pot approach of the NYC scene's first DJs. Later becoming a leading light for house music in the UK, his night Moist at London's Gardening Club cemented his reputation as a true original, where his mammoth sets became the stuff of legend, and where he also invited the legendary likes of Larry Levan as guests.
Zombie Soundsystem hit London's Fire
Taking place at London's Fire, Vauxhall on Saturday 9th February, the annual Bloody Valentine event is the only place to be at the soppiest...
Exquisite post-dubstep riddims from Moody Boyz man
Tony Thorpe is an enigma. A colossus. An under-appreciated underground dance music legend, he now runs the Studio Rockers dubstep label and is about to release his latest raft of productions — the Globe Stepping project.