Donn Perignon’s “You and I”: Emerging Artist Spotlight

Donn Perignon is carving out his niche with soulful melodies and sharp, assertive energy. Hailing from Grand Junction, Colorado, his latest track, “You and I,” shows his storytelling skills and discusses the importance of connection, ambition, and personal growth. Donn Perignon‘s journey into music began at the tender age of …

Premiere: Kessler ‘The Roots, The Truth’

Amity are gearing up to release a new V/A compilation, ‘RICOCHET’. Have an exclusive first listen to Kessler’s contribution, ‘The Roots, The Truth’ below. On their first release of 2025, the Bristol-based label and collective deliver a bumper showcase of underground bass sounds, from low-end curveballs and dubwise steppers through to burly percussive mutations. Featured …

Premiere: Sean Den ‘Universal Signs’

Sean Den is gearing up to release a new EP, ‘Universal Signs’, on Midnight People. Have an exclusive first listen to the title track below. Following releases on Polari and Stories Recordings, the Irish DJ and producer touches down on revamped London imprint, Midnight People, with three vintage house groovers. Described as a …

New documentary on Latin electronic music released by SoundCloud: Watch

SoundCloud has shared a new documentary focusing on electronic music producers from the Latin diaspora. You can watch the four-minute documentary below. The Latin Experimental Electronic documentary forms part of SoundCloud’s SCENES documentary series. Bianca Oblivion, Nick León, Sinego and 2DEEP are among the artists whose work is highlighted in the …

Selections: DJ Holographic

DJ Holographic’s zodiac-inspired new album is the gift that keeps on giving. The Detroit torchbearer has been unveiling one track per month over the course of the past year, resulting in a fierce and soul-nourishing collection of tracks that resonate with the unique energy of each zodiac sign. Landing in …

Premiere: ASOY ‘3 Boys In Trouble’

Or:la’s Céad label returns this month with a new EP from former SOS collective member Demi under his ASOY alias. Listen to the title track, ‘3 Boys In Trouble’ below.  The first release on the Derry-born, Liverpool-based artist’s imprint since NIKS’ May 2024 EP ‘Milieu’ is a significant one. Or:la …

Recognise 079: MoMA Ready

Fittingly, Stevens’ earliest work was a family affair. “A couple of my cousins were into [producing],” he says, “and we would all make beats together.” What started as a series of hip-hop experiments eventually moved into something more connected to R&B and techno; by the mid-2010s, his music was leaning …

Black electronic music’s “radical resonances” to be explored in New York event series, Living Equipment

An upcoming New York event series called Living Equipment will explore the “radical resonances” of Black electronic music. Running across several Manhattan and Brooklyn venues from 16th March through the 29th, Living Equipment will examine the “migrations and mutations of Black music”, with an emphasis on how geography impacted those …

Disabled Ravers Network seeks submissions for disabled, neurodivergent and Deaf artists for new database

Disabled Ravers Network (DRN) is seeking submissions from disabled, neurodivergent and Deaf artists for a new database. The first-of-its-kind database will shine a light on disabled talent from Manchester and the North of England in a bid to “make the rave accessible.” Electronic music creatives who identify as disabled, neurodivergent …

Oppidan shares new single, ‘lose my head’

Oppidan has released a new single called ‘lose my head’. Listen to it below. The Bristol UKG producer and DJ has been featuring the track in sets throughout recent months, with the official release coming via Promised Land Recordings. It follows singles ‘WHERE’S MY VAPE‘ and ‘Wake And Break‘, as well …

Premiere: Raissa Febriani ‘Whimsy’

Indonesia’s Raissa Febriani is set to release a new EP, ‘Hutan Timur’, later this week on Human Pitch. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Whimsy’ below. Taking inspiration from the sights and sounds of her homeland – in particular the “vast and beautiful forest” of Begudul, Bali – ‘Hutan Timur’ combines the interlocking rhythms of …

Selections: Obeka

Obeka’s fiercely rhythmic music maps a route from the shores of his native Bermuda to the streets of Manchester, the city he’s called home since 2016. Blending feverish percussive sampling and UK rave stylings with nods to gqom, Afrofuturism, dancehall and more, his DJ sets and productions are a feet-stomping …

JIALING shares new track, ‘SETMEFREE’: Listen

JIALING has released a new standalone track, ‘SETMEFREE’. Available to listen to below, the new cut follows on from last month’s Bandcamp-released ‘BLIZZARD’ EP, as well as November’s collaborative ‘WOE’ release with Kade Young. Purchase ‘SETMEFREE’ via Bandcamp here. Last July, JIALING released the ‘FREAKY HORNS’ EP through Local Action offshoot …

The technicolour dawn of mellow grime

If there’s a story that encapsulates the viral power of mellow edits, it’s Ryder’s. While the young producer from Hull’s #skeptacore re-fixes don’t neatly fit the mellow grime template, eschewing the grainy, sample-led production style for minimalist ambience and subtle textures, they carry real emotional clout. ‘#skeptacore pt.3’ — featuring …

Wu-Tang Clan announce final tour

Wu-Tang Clan are going on tour for the last time this year. The influential and long-running hip-hop group has announced “the start of their final tour” called Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber, the Guardian reports. The band’s touring line-up will include all surviving members of the band: RZA, GZA, Raekwon, …

Fyre Festival 2 is “real”: dates, location, tickets and event producer announced for disastrous festival’s “second chance”

The infamous Fyre Festival intends to return for its “second chance” edition with dates, location, tickets, production partner and other details revealed. Controversial founder Billy McFarland is taking steps to deliver on his longtime promise by sharing information about the second Fyre Festival, set for 30th May through 2nd June …

Selections: LUXE

“My sound is only ever growing day by day,” said LUXE in her 2022 interview with DJ Mag. “I want to continue exploring the hybridity of club music and how my sound can develop within that.” In the nearly-three years since that conversation, the Brighton-born, London-based multi-instrumentalist, producer, vocalist and …

NVST announces new album on Le Motel’s Maloca Records, shares ‘No Bombs (Inferno Edition)’: Listen

NVST has announced a new album on Belgian DJ Le Motel’s Maloca Records label. You can listen to the first track, ‘No Bombs (Inferno Edition)’ below.  Comprising seven pieces of glitchy, bass-heavy and futuristic electronic music, ‘Dreaming Of Us While Slowly Catching Fire In a Place I Never Belonged’ will …

Jeff Mills jazz fusion project Spiral Deluxe announces new album, ‘The Love Pretender’

Jeff Mills’ jazz fusion project Spiral Deluxe has announced a new album, ‘The Love Pretender’. Out 14th March on Axis Records, the quartet’s new LP — which features an appearance from late French guitarist Sylvain Luc — is themed around “the optimism one can have by simply trusting the process and trusting …

Nazar announces new album, ‘Demilitarize’, on Hyperdub, shares ‘Anticipate’: Listen

Nazar is releasing a new sci-fi and anime-inspired album, ‘Demilitarize’, via Hyperdub on 25th April. You can listen to the first single, ‘Anticipate’, below.  The follow-up to his acclaimed 2020 debut ‘Guerrilla’, ‘Demilitarize’ was written at a time of new romance compounded by serious illness for the Belgium-born Angolan producer, …

Avalon Emerson signs to Dead Oceans for new project, Perpetual Emotion Machine, shares single: Listen

Avalon Emerson’s new project is called Perpetual Emotion Machine. Watch the video for debut single ‘Don’t Be Seen With Me’ below. The American DJ and producer is following up her dream pop band Avalon Emerson & The Charm‘s 2023 self-titled album with her first solo dance release for Indiana-based label …

Premiere: Tour-Maubourg Ensemble ‘Just Believe (Panorama Version)’

Tour-Maubourg will release a new EP, ‘Panorama Sessions Vol. 2’, next month. Listen to ‘Just Believe (Panorama Version)’ below.  The six-track release follows last years ‘The Panorama Sessions’ and, like that EP, finds the Paris-based jazz house producer reinterpreting previously-released tracks with the help of saxophonist Ismael Ndir and drummer …

Chalumeau’s “La Vérité” Speaks to the Truth of Love

Musical duo Chalumeau has released a French-language single, “La Vérité“. Instead of sentimental declarations of love, the duo explores the realm of regret, capturing the bittersweet sting of “l’esprit de l’escalier” – the perfect retort that arrives too late. The song’s lyrics discuss the unspoken truths and missed chances that …

Armin van Buuren, Ben Hemsley and Lucy Pullin share new trance single, ‘Is It Beautiful?’: Listen

Armin van Buuren, Ben Hemsley and Lucy Pullin have teamed up for a new single called ‘Is It Beautiful?’. Listen to the trance track below. The world’s No. 1 trance DJ and 2023’s DJ Mag Best of British Best Producer‘s first-ever joint production features the key trance vocalist and Simon Patterson-collaborator …

UK Artist Touring Fund launched by Musicians’ Union and Music Managers Forum

A new UK Artist Touring Fund (UKATF) has been launched by the Musicians’ Union, Featured Artists Coalition and Music Managers Forum.  Applications are now open for support which will focus on “reconciling” shortfalls in touring budgets, overcoming the increasing significant financial obstacles artists face when considering whether to go on …

Barker announces new album, ‘Stochastic Drift’, on Smalltown Supersound

Barker has announced his next album, ‘Stochastic Drift’, which will arrive via Smalltown Supersound on 4th April. ‘Reframing’, the LP’s first single, is named after a psychological technique for “reinterpreting a situation in a positive way” and is available to stream below. Barker explained that the “challenge for this record” was …

Prince documentary on Netflix officially scrapped as estate plots new project with streaming service

A controversial planned Prince documentary for Netflix has been officially scrapped. Production of the six-part Prince series was originally greenlit in 2018, but subsequently stalled over disagreements between the Prince estate and the documentary’s director Ezra Edelman, who also directed O.J.: Made in America, over what they described as “dramatic” factual inaccuracies and “sensationalized” versions of events in his life.  …

Wu-Tang Clan announce new album, ‘Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman’, with Mathematics

Wu-Tang Clan are releasing a new album with long-time producer Mathematics. ‘Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman’ features appearances from all nine surviving Wu-Tang members: Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Cappadonna, U-God, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck, GZA and RZA, Variety reports. The group’s first full-length album following 2017’s ‘The Saga Continues’ also features …

Training AI systems on copyrighted music “unfair and unworkable” for artists, composer Max Richter tells MPs

Max Richter has spoken out against a UK government proposal that would update the law to allow AI systems to be trained using copyrighted music.  Last December, the UK government published a consultation on its proposals “to change the way in which UK copyright applies to the development of artificial …

Selections: Baalti

In this series, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Baalti spotlight some of the projects that inspired their forthcoming EP, ‘Mela’, from heart-in-mouth house and hypnotic qawwali, to adventurous electro, leftfield club and more

Premiere: Kiara Scuro ‘Zeki’s Dream’

Kiara Scuro are readying the release of their debut EP, ‘Night Crush’, on Faux Poly later this week. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Zeki’s Dream’ below. On the back of a formidable run of singles and remixes for labels like Armada Music and Ritmo Fatale, the London-based DJ and production duo – …

Houghton 2025 line-up: first names announced

Houghton festival has revealed the first names on its 2025 line-up. Craig Richards’ four-day Norfolk event will return to Houghton Hall from 7th August through the 10th. The initial line-up announcement features festival favourites like Ricardo Villalobos, SHERELLE, Ben UFO, Carista, dBridge, Mala, Joy Orbison, Batu, Helena Hauff, Zip, Palms …

Vybz Kartel releases ‘Viking (Vybz Is King)’ 10th anniversary edition with seven new tracks: Listen

Vybz Kartel is marking the 10th anniversary of his album ‘Viking (Vybz Is King)’ with a reissue featuring seven additional new tracks. Out today (Friday, 31st January), the reissue arrives in the run-up to the 2025 Grammy Awards, for which the legendary dancehall artist has received his first nomination. It …

Anthony “Shake” Shakir benefit event and fundraiser launched by Detroit’s Interdimensional Transmissions

Detroit label and promoter Interdimensional Transmissions is putting on a fundraising event in support of esteemed techno DJ and producer Anthony “Shake” Shakir. Set to take place at Tangent in Detroit on Saturday, 1st March, the line-up will bring together a number of key figures from Detroit’s techno scene, including …