Tresor.West is offering free entry to its parties on Saturdays throughout January as part of the Dortmund venue’s efforts to get back to its roots in the underground. Sister to the legendary Berlin institution, the German venue opened in 2019 inside a historic factory building. Despite initial success, on Friday …
The lawyer of Duane “Keefe D” Davis, the man charged with Tupac Shakur’s murder, has filed a motion for case dismissal on constitutional grounds. Carl Arnold, Davis’ lawyer, argues that the 27-year delay in prosecution and a “failure to honour immunity agreements” violates his client’s constitutional rights. Writing in a …
The lawyer of Duane “Keefe D” Davis, the man charged with Tupac Shakur’s murder, has filed a motion for case dismissal on constitutional grounds. Carl Arnold, Davis’ lawyer, argues that the 27-year delay in prosecution and a “failure to honour immunity agreements” violates his client’s constitutional rights. Writing in a …
KI/KI has released a new single, ‘Getting Ready For The Party’, in collaboration with vocalist Storm Mollison. Listen to it below. Known for her invigorating take on techno, trance and acid, the Dutch star’s new single has been a staple in her recent DJ sets. KI/KI pairs Mollison’s smooth but …
FEMME HOUSE has revealed its free production, DJ, activism and discussion workshop programming for the first half of 2025. Founded by LP Giobbi and HERMIXALOT in 2019, the New York-based non-profit organisation dedicated to creating equitable opportunity and amplifying women, gender-expansive, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ creatives is offering a number of …
Awakenings’ Upclose festival has revealed the complete lineup for 2025. The second edition of the Dutch festival promoter’s smaller-scale event will return on the weekend of 17th and 18th May at Houtrak (Spaarnwoude-park) in Halfweg. The line-up features DJ EZ, Jeff Mills, SPFDJ, Fumi, Benny Rodrigues, KI/KI, Bae Blade, 999999999, …
Chromeo are putting out a limited-edition tape of their new album, ‘Album Contemporary’ alongside a chrome cassette player. The tape player, which boasts updated features such as rechargeable batteries, is available via French cassette company We Are Rewind while the LP comes equipped with two exclusive bonus tracks. It is …
MoMA Ready has dropped a new 20-track collection. Check it out below. The successor to last January’s 12-track ‘BODY 23’, ‘BODY 24’ spans the spectrum of dance music from house to drum & bass across 20 tracks. “A Collection of music for the people that support me. If you’re new here, …
Glastonbury Festival reported profits of £5.9 million in 2024, more than double the £2.9 million in 2023. The Glastonbury numbers are taken from Companies House accounts filed for 2023-2024 tax year ending in May 2024, the Evening Standard reports. The festival donated £5.2 million to charities including Oxfam, Greenpeace and …
Loraine James has released a new EP titled ‘New Year’s Substitution 3’. Listen to the new tracks featuring KMRU, KAVARI, Coby Sey and ML Buch below. It’s the third entry in the London artist’s collaboration series, with the first two ‘New Year’s Substitution’ EPs shared in 2015 and 2020. The …
The family of former Pendulum vocalist Ben Mount, aka Ben Verse, have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help with medical treatment, care and other costs related to his acute leukaemia diagnosis. The drum & bass MC and producer began experiencing health issues in August 2024, when he was hospitalised in …
American experimental electronic and hip-hop musician Dax Pierson has died. California label Dark Entries, who released the Oakland artist’s 2021 album ‘Nerve Bumps (A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction)’ with Ratskin Records, shared the news on social media on Tuesday, 31st December. No immediate cause of death has been disclosed at the …
Little Simz is kicking off 2025 with a new single titled ‘Hello, Hi’. Listen to it below. It seems the London star is giving fans a taster of what more is likely to come this year, having cleared out all public posts to her Instagram account save for the recent …
Carl Cox is celebrating the new year by sharing 10 of his favourite remixes from three decades. The UK legend revisited key and classic edits in his discography released from 1992 to 2019 in an Instagram post in the lead-up to New Year’s Eve 2024. Alongside the selections, Cox shared …
30 years on from its release on the iconic Strictly Rhythm, Barbara Tucker shares the story behind one of house music’s most loved vocal hits, ‘Beautiful People’. Written by Tucker, alongside India and Lem Springsteen, the track was produced by Louie Vega and Kenny Dope. Vega used the vocal loop …
Netflix has debuted the Avicii documentary I’m Tim, as well as footage from the artist’s final Ibiza live show. The film debuted at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and follows the late artist’s success amid hit singles and big gigs, up until his tragic death by suicide in 2018. The late EDM …
A new set of bylaws for Toronto’s nightclubs and nightlife industry will come into effect on 1st January, Toronto City News reports. According to politicians, the new laws are being introduced in an effort to help spread out Toronto’s nightlife industry from just one downtown neighbourhood to a wider area across the …
New South Wales has agreed to pilot a pill-testing service at music festivals in the Australian state, The Guardian reports. Following approval by the local government, the trial system will roll out at events over 12 months during 2025. Festival-goers will now be able to have a sample of their ecstasy pills …
A new film produced by Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye is set to star Barry Keoghan and Jenna Ortega alongside the artist himself. Hurry Up Tomorrow shares its title with – and is inspired by – the artist’s forthcoming album, which is due out in January. The film is described as a …
Lady Gaga’s next album is partly inspired by industrial dance music, she’s revealed in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. The album is currently untitled but has is referred to as ‘LG7’ in the interview, in which Gaga also reveals that she worked with French DJ and producer Gesaffelstein on …
Tomorrowland has released a new film to commemorate what was the festival brand’s 20th anniversary year in 2024. Titled One Year, the 45-minute film immerses viewers in the World’s No.1 Festival’s various events over the past 12 months, including its flagship Belgium weekenders and its Winter edition in the French …
DJ Alfredo, a legend of Ibiza’s club scene known as the “Father of the Balearic beat”, has died. Tributes have been paid across the dance music industry after word of the 71-year-old Argentinian DJ born Alfredo Fiorito’s passing began circulating today, 24th December. The news was confirmed in a statement …
Katy B shares the story behind ‘Katy On A Mission’, the lead single from her 2011 debut album ‘On A Mission’. Released on Rinse, and produced by dubstep legend Benga, Katy shares the inspiration of the lyrics, the making of the video and the impact the song still has almost …
DJ Mag will be taking over Radio 1 Dance Presents for a month-long residency showcasing our artists to watch 2025. Each week from 28th December to 25th January, we’ll present two 30-minute mixes from the most exciting artists of the year ahead hosted by DJ Mag’s Becca Jane Grey. Tune …
This year, DJ Mag has had the pleasure of hosting mixes, HQ sessions and live streams from around the world on our various channels. On Soundcloud, our Recognise series welcomed 16 mixes from the likes of Karen Nyame KG, IMANU, Regal86, DJ Danifox and re:ni, while the On Cue series …
Torino’s Kappa FuturFestival has announced the first phase of its 2025 line-up. The festival will return to its base of Parco Dora next summer from 4th-6th July, and will take in sets from the likes of Carl Cox, Charlotte de Witte, Dixon, Seth Troxler, Nina Kraviz, Artbat, Paco Osuna and …
Ukrainian techno artist Korolova and UK trio Eynka have joined forces to rework the ’90s trance classic ‘Coming On Strong’, by Signum and Scott Mac. The original was a staple of trance DJs’ sets at the turn of the millennium and has gone down as one of the most iconic …
Daft Punk’s legendary Coachella 2006 performance features in a new mini-documentary about Ed Banger founder Pedro Winter, AKA Busy P. The performance is widely considered to be one of the best headline sets that Coachella has seen, and the new documentary, Busy P Says Oui, offers some insight into how …
A new report published by Harper’s Magazine has alleged that Spotify is filling some of its biggest music playlists with work by “ghost artists”, a group of musicians who create large amounts of music to be distributed specifically across the streaming platform. According to journalist Liz Pelly – who will next year …
New Ibiza “hyperclub” [UNVRS] has revealed details of its first residency with Elrow. The famed tech-house party series will take over Saturdays at the venue throughout the summer 2025 season, kicking off on 7th June and coming to an end on 4th October. The party will rotate four different themes …
Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja has said that the group turned down an invitation to play at next year’s Coachella festival, citing the event’s environmental impact as the reason. Speaking to NME in a recent interview, he said the festival was a burden on local water supplies due to its desert location. …
Serato has launched a new plugin called Hex FX. Designed as a chained, multi-FX plug that combines classic FX like delay, reverb, chorus, distortion and more, it also allows producers and engineers access to over 45 customisable effects and 100 presets. With one master control knob to dial the FX …
DJ Mag Presents is back for another week of pool parties at Miami Music Week 2025. Returning to the Sagamore Hotel on South Beach from 26th to 30th March, the 5-Day Pool Party series will kick off with DJ Mag Presents’ very own annual showcase. The line-up for that will …
It’s been over a month since Azzecca dropped her long-anticipated single, ‘Who’s That Girl?’, and we’re still not over it. The intergalactic house heater – released on Dutch imprint DGTL – brought a more minimal twist to the Chicagoan’s signature sound, interfusing ethereal vocals with deep, stuttering bass lines and …
Teklife affiliates DJ Lucky and DJ Manny have linked up for a new single and video. You can check out ‘WAR’ below. The clip features The Era, a celebrated Chicago footwork dance crew. The collective – founded by Chief Manny, Litebulb, Steelo, Dempsey, and DJ Jody Breeze – have previously …
From mix releases courtesy of dance music royalty, through archival deep dives and explorations into global scenes, to sprawling collections raising funds for crucial causes, here is DJ Mag’s unranked overview of the compilations that made the past 12 months so memorable for electronic music in all its forms
Time Warp has announced the lineup for its 2025 Mannheim event, which will take place on 5th April 2025. The decade-spanning techno festival will return to its spiritual hometown for the past 31 editions for the single-day event, and has unveiled a long list of names from across the genre …
In 2021, Mills contributed to a compilation album celebrating Tresor’s 30th anniversary, and a retrospective book about the techno venue a year later. More recently, he dropped the ‘Powerland EP‘ under his Millsart alias, a four tracker that followed two brand new albums in March and July — ‘The Trip – …
Björk, Uncle Waffles, and Skepta are among the names confirmed for Apple Music Live: NYE. Combining pre-recorded and live sets, the celebrations will begin at 9PM GMT on the recently launched radio platform Apple Music Club and Apple Music 1. Proceedings open with audio-only streams, including a DJ set from …
The last filmed live show performed by The Specials with the band’s late frontman, Terry Hall, is due to air on TV this week. ‘The Specials: Live From Coventry Cathedral’ captures homecoming leg of a the legendary ska outfit’s mammoth 40th anniversary tour in 2019. Lead singer and chief songwriter …
Streams of drum & bass have increased 94% in the past three years, according to Spotify, The streaming giant’s figures show UK plays of the genre have risen almost two-fold since 2021, with next generation artists such as Nia Archives and Bou helping drive the trend. Skepsis, Charlotte Plank, Hybrid …
It’s Thanksgiving morning, and Maude Vôs is feeling a little nostalgic. The Los Angeles-based sound sculptress is spending the holidays with their family in Salt Lake City, Utah, and, as they sip on their takeaway coffee, they’re relishing in the familiarity of their former home. “It’s funny because I picked …
A compilation of music from the late ‘Goodbye Horses’ hitmaker Diane Luckey aka Q Lazzarus is set to be released by Sacred Bones. ‘Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music From The Motion Picture)’ unearths 21 unreleased tracks collected from between 1985 and 1995. Released in collaboration with …
2024’s biggest tracks showcased a scene-wide push and pull between hedonistic dancefloor energy and a pivot toward deeper textures and slower tempos. From ace-in-ya-sleeve heaters and rap gems, bleepy breakbeat rollercoasters and future-facing house and techno cuts, into technicolour trip hop and sub-crushing club tunes, here is DJ Mag’s unranked …
Dj Babatr has unleashed a new EP. Driven by the snappy title track, ‘Chup!’ comprises six hits of typically high-energy fare from the raptor house figurehead and includes a remix of ‘Ignition’ by French producer Abstraxion. Check out ‘Chup!’ via Bandcamp below and pick up a copy here. The new …
In 2024, electronic artists explored the intricacies of identity and cultural history via club-focused LPs, while others stepped away from the dancefloor’s hard and fast hedonism in favour of hazier soundscapes influenced by downtempo, dub and ambient music. Visionary rap, jazz and pop musicians and niche genre pioneers alike reached …
Sheffield club Hope Works will shut its doors in February 2025. Announcing the news today, 16th December, the team behind the beloved underground venue and home of No Bounds festival said that founder and Creative Director Liam O’Shea, aka Lo Shea, had made the difficult decision to close in order …
Plans are in place to open a new venue, Night Club 101, on the former site of New York’s historic Pyramid Club. As Pitchfork reports, Billy Jones and Tom Moore, the core duo behind Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right venue, are working in partnership with Knitting Factory Entertainment to revive the iconic …
Prospects of new music from OutKast are less likely than ever, according to André 3000. The artist – who has recently been exploring the world of ambient jazz, as heard on his solo flute album ‘New Blue Sun‘ – sat down for an interview with Rolling Stone recently, in which he explained that …
Choopsie has released her new ‘Drift’ EP via HE.SHE.THEY. Listen to ‘Melt’ below. The LA-based DJ and producer follows releases for Shall Not Fade, Dirtybird, Silver Bear Recordings and more with a new suite of transcendent club material, crafted from strands of UKG, house, trance, techno and breakbeat. The four-track ‘Drift’ EP – …
Berlin queer collective Herrensauna have released a new compilation via their own label. ‘V/A Vol. 3’ is the third in a series of various artists compilations, which aim to cover artists whose music frequently appears in the sets of the DJs that make up the collective. The 12-track set features …
KETTAMA and Interplanetary Criminal have shared a new collaborative track, titled ‘Yosemite’. Out now on Steel City Dance Discs, the tracks marks the first time the two producers have joined up on record. It emerged from an impromptu studio session between them in Los Angeles where they brought together their …
Miami’s annual Winter Music Conference has confirmed its return for 2025. Marking its first edition since 2019, the 35th anniversary celebration of the event is scheduled to take place from 26th-28th March at Eden Roc Miami Beach, and it will encompass a series of talks, panels, workshops and other events …
Armin van Buuren has released the 21st edition of his annual A State Of Trance Year Mix series. Clocking in at almost two hours, the mix covers the tracks that defined 2024 for van Buuren as a DJ, taking in cuts by the likes of Adam Beyer, recent DJ Mag …
Deep Dish have reimagined one of their best-loved tracks, 2005’s ‘Say Hello’. Part of a string of releases from them marking their return after a decade away, the ‘Goes Peak’ version of the classic track gives it a chugging techno arc that is suited to peak-time dancefloors. Its release follows …
“It’s for the dancefloor; it’s fun, with groovy basslines, nice chords, fairly simple, not super intricate, but it’s changed so much it’s quite hard to describe!” Over Zoom, a beaming Josh Baker is attempting to define the distinctive production sound that won him our Breakthrough Producer award. He specialises in …
DJ Mag’s Best of British awards 2024 take place tonight (12th December) at The Steel Yard in London. You can follow the live countdown below for updates from the event, as well as announcements of the winners in each category from 22:20 BST. This year marks the 18th edition of …
Jayda G has released the Anna Lunoe remix of ‘Feeling Alive’ on Ninja Tune. You can listen to the track below. The Grammy-nominated Canadian house music DJ and producer’s latest single has made a huge impact at festivals and clubs across the globe this year. The new version — redone …
A film documenting the cultural origins of bleep techno in 1980s Sheffield, Leeds and Bradford will have its London premiere at the ICA this week. Created by Sheffield-based filmmaker Jashan Walton, Ultra Violet Neon Planet uses a mixture of interviews and archival footage to explore the “transatlantic connection between South …
Lagos is set to host its first-ever vinyl festival this month. Egwú Vinyl Festival debuts on Monday, 23rd December at Bature Brewery on Victoria Island and promises vinyl DJ sets and performance by Kikelomo, Kem Kem, Yinka Bernie, Dibs, headliner Sir Shina Peters and more. According to a press release, the festival …
Make A Dance have been added to the line-up for DJ Mag’s Best of British awards party 2024. The DJ duo behind M.A.D. Records – which is nominated in the breakthrough label category at this year’s awards – will join us at London’s The Steel Yard this Thursday 12th December. …
Birmingham is getting a new club. Helmed by the same people behind Digbeth venue Mama Roux’s, Colette aims to go “back to basics” of underground club culture, focusing on what they deem the essentials: “quality sound, intimacy, and a curated, culture-first experience”. The club will be located next door to …
Tbilisi venue Left Bank is fundraising to ensure its survival amid ongoing political unrest in Georgia. Tens of thousands of Georgians have taken part in protests over the past two weeks in the response to the government’s decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union. Parliamentary elections took place in October, but …
TOKiMONSTA has released a new single, ‘For You’, with Kaelin Ellis. ‘For You’ is the latest to be taken from the LA-based producer’s forthcoming album, ‘Eternal Reverie’, which is due for release next year. The new single follows ‘Switch It’, featuring Cakes Da Killa and Gawd, which was released in …
Boudica Music Conference will return to FOLD on Saturday 24th January 2025. Established as a platform for female, trans+ and non-binary people working within electronic music, the multidisciplinary all-day gathering is divided into panels, workshops and a club event. Speakers are set to include Nadine Noor of PXSSY Palace, Hannah …
DJ Mag has launched a new playlist series on Spotify and Apple Music. Check it out below. Featuring ten unique playlists, as well as revised versions of longstanding DJ Mag playlists, the series will be updated weekly and monthly with the best tracks from electronic music’s past and present. The initial …
DJ Mag has partnered with Barry Can’t Swim to share a special recording of his sold-out Saturday night show at O2 Academy Brixton in November. The Scottish DJ and producer sold out three dates at the iconic London venue last month, with 15,000 fans making their way to Brixton over …
Moonchild Sanelly has shared a new single, ‘To Kill A Single Girl (Tequila)’. It’s the fourth track to be unveiled from the South African artist’s forthcoming album, ‘Full Moon’, which will be released by Transgressive on Friday, 10th January. Billed as a break-up song with tequila and alcohol more widely, …
Wookie has released a new track, ‘Salt & Pepper’. The song, which you can listen to below, features vocals by Tom Dunne and combines the skipping UK garage rhythms of classic Wookie material with airy synth melodies. ‘Salt & Pepper’ is the first taste of a wider forthcoming project from …
AVA London has announced the first round of music and conference programming for its 2025 event in March. Taking place from 20th to 22nd March, the event’s line-up will be split across four London venues: HERE at Outernet, EartH, The Standard and The British Library. The music programming will take …
Cinthie will release a new EP, ‘Rave Baby’, later this week via Aus Music. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘I Warned You Baby’ below. Landing tomorrow (6th December), the project is the third in a run of four releases from different artists to celebrate the 200th outing of Will Saul’s …
Sónar Lisboa has shared the full line-up for its 2025 festival, which will run from 11th to 13th April at Pavilhão Carlos Lopes, Parque Eduardo VII, in the centre of the Portuguese capital. New additions to the bill include Underworld (live) and Richie Hartin‘s DEX EFX XOX show. DJ Caring b2b …
DJ Mag has partnered with White Claw to offer 2 VIP passes to our Best of British Awards, featuring The World’s Smallest House Party. Winners will be invited to our annual celebration of UK electronic talent on the 12th December, accompanied by an overnight stay in London, White Claw drinks vouchers on the night …
Oscar Farrell will release his debut single later this week. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Why Won’t You Tell Me’ below. Landing tomorrow on Dirty Hit’s electronic sub-label dh2, the release follows a string of big-league remixes from the English producer, including a contribution to DJ Seinfeld’s ‘MIRRORS (REMIXED)’ project and a recent rework of Kelly …
Kneecap have won their case against the UK government over Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch’s decision to block their arts funding earlier this year. Belfast’s high court found the government acted illegally in refusing to issue a £14,250 arts grant to the Irish rap trio, according to reports by the …
Dj Babatr will release a new single, ‘La Machina’, next week alongside remixes from Hodge and Orieta Chrem. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘La Machina (Hodge Remix)’ below. The project is set to land on Sacrilejio – a Peruvian label dedicated to exploring latin club and global club sounds …
eoin dj is gearing up to release a new EP on Spray’s Punctuality imprint, ‘Ode To Beachball’. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘On Lilac Skies’ below. On the label’s fourth and final release of the year – landing 4th December – the Galway-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer channels the chart-topping trance euphoria of Nalin & …
A new book set to be published in 2025 will explore Spotify’s origins and influence on the music industry. Written by music journalist Liz Pelly, Mood Machine: The Rise Of Spotify And The Costs Of The Perfect Playlist has been pieced together using more than 100 interviews with music industry …
Mu540 has released his new EP, ‘4×4’. Spanning seven tracks, the new record sees the Brazilian DJ, producer and regular Mochackk collaborator fuse baile funk, UK garage and house music, and collaborate with Brazilian vocalist such as MC GW, MC Laranjinha and Cave. The track titles, features and visual imagery …
Sally C and Eliza Rose have joined forces to release their new collaborative EP, ‘DR Pleasure’. Out now via Sally C’s Big Saldo’s Chunkers label, the four-track release marks the first collaboration on record between the duo. It takes in three original tracks and a remix of the title cut …
DJ Koze has announced a new album, ‘Music Can Hear Us’. Set for release via the DJ and producer’s own Pampa Records label on 4th April, it’s preceded by lead single ‘Pure Love’, which features vocals from Gorillaz’ Damon Albarn and can be listened to below. In a statement about …
A new children’s book has been published devoted to Chicago footwork. Elvin Discovers Chicago Footwork centres around a dancing elephant named Elvin and explores both the music genre and the dancing at the centre of the scene. It’s the creation of a partnership between ChicagoFootworkDotCom, Jones Corner Store and Creative …
Leading Chicago footwork figure Traxman has a new album on the way via Planet Mu. Marking his first full-length release with the UK label in a decade, ‘Da Mind Of Traxman Vol. 3’ follows 2014’s ‘Da Mind Of Traxman Vol. 2’, though the producer has been DJing regularly and releasing …
Crazy P have released their latest album, ‘Any Signs Of Love’. Marking the UK project’s ninth studio record, its release today (Friday, 29th November) follows the untimely passing of lead singer Danielle Moore in August of this year. It’s their first full-length album in five years. In a collective statement …
Pendulum have announced a one-off date at Milton Keynes Bowl on Saturday 9th August 2025. Pre-sale for the resurgent drum & bass outfit’s “biggest ever live show” begins on Thursday 5th December at 10AM GMT. Ticket sales then start at 10AM GMT the following morning, Friday 6th December. The announcement comes in …
A new online journal, Forward / Scratch, is documenting music and nightlife as tools of political resistance, with a specific focus on their role in the struggle for Palestinian liberation. Launched with support from DJs Against Apartheid and Ravers For Palestine, the publication describes itself as “the resistance music journal”. “We …
Papa Nugs and Ho Gosh have linked up on a new EP for London label Suckerpunch Recordings, ‘Dance Floor Renovations 002’. Listen to ‘132 In A Ford Escort’ below. On the second edition of Suckerpunch’s edit/’90s homage series, label co-founder Papa Nugs goes head to head with elusive producer Ho Gosh on four cuts of sample-laden club …
One of UK rave’s unsung heroes, Kenny ‘Sting’ King, is being celebrated in a new book by Rollo Jackson and Andrew Bravin. STEP IN TIME: Conversations with Kenny ‘Sting’ King is a largely first-hand chronicle of King’s time as a promoter in the ’90s with the Telepathy and Life Utopia raves, among …
CC:DISCO!’s second EP of the year, ‘Touch The Vibe’, is out now. Listen to it below. The Lisbon-via-Melbourne DJ and producer has shared five new tracks via her label Miami Daddy. The title cut features a collaboration with Toronto artist Jennifer Loveless contributing spoken word vocals. ‘Touch The Vibe’ follows …
HiTech have dropped a new music video for the single ‘SHADOWREALM’, featuring Detroit rapper Zelooperz. Watch the video, directed by Cy Abdelnour, aka IGoByCy, below. ‘SHADOWREALM’, out now on Loma Vista Recordings, is the latest single from the Detroit ghettotech trio of King Milo, Milf Melly and 47Chops. It follows …
Ferry Corsten has released his sixth studio album, ‘Connect’. Out now via Flashover Recordings, a subsidiary of Armada Music, the 15-track record fuses various electronic styles of music, including trance, progressive house and breakbeat. It features collaborations with Marsh, 22Bullets, Silva City (the collaborative project of Alan Fitzpatrick and Reset …
A new book is set to celebrate 30 years since the founding of the label Metalheadz. ‘THE BOOK OF GOLDIKUS: VOL. 1 METALHEADZ / THE RUFIGE FILES’ is split across more than 400 pages and tells the story of the drum & bass label founded by Goldie, DJ Storm and …
Sakura Tsuruta will release her new EP, ‘GEMZ’, next week via All My Thoughts. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Obsidian’ below. Set for release on 26th November, the project follows the Japanese DJ and producer’s sprawling debut album, ‘C / O’, originally released in 2022 and reissued in 2023. This time …
DJ Mag Presents is heading to Dallas in January 2025, for a party headlined by Carlita. The Turkish-Italian DJ and producer – who released her debut album, ‘Sentimental’, on Ninja Tune earlier this month – will play at Dallas’ It’ll Do Club on Friday, 10th January. Kicking off at 9pm, the event …
KUKII, fka Lafawndah, has shared her debut single and video. The Paris-raised artist — who is of Iranian, Egyptian and English descent — will release her debut EP as KUKII on 20th February. The project, a collaboration with artists Cecile Believe, Happa and Nightfeelings, is described as “the embodiment of an …
Moth Club has launched an online petition opposing the planning application for new flats in the area. The beloved East London venue is contesting two separate proposals from Hackney Council to develop a block of flats on nearby Morning Lane. “These proposals have been deliberately split into two applications to …
T.Williams has announced a new EP, ‘La Cliqué’, on Local Talk. Listen to the first single below. Set for release on 13th December, the project follows the West London DJ and producer’s debut album, ‘Raves Of Future Past’, released earlier this year. In an announcement post on Instagram, T.Williams described the new EP …
PAWSA is organising an all-day outdoor London show in summer 2025. PAWSA In The Park will take place on Friday 8th August 2025 at Gunnersbury Park with more acts and special guests also scheduled to play. You can sign up for pre-sale access by 12PM on Tuesday 26th November from …
Tommy Bones is readying a new double AA release on Vega Records, ‘Shouldna/Dub Style’. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Dub Style’ below. Over thirty years after his first professional DJ gig in New York City, the house veteran continues to find rich, sonic inspiration in the city that raised him, …
Ell Murphy returns to Berlin-London label Greco Roman this week with a new single, ‘Need It’. Have an exclusive first listen to the track below. The South London-based DJ, producer and vocalist rounds out an abundant year of releases – which included the four-track ‘Pressure’ EP on her Jucey Tunes imprint and …