Category: NEW TRACKS

Her Nice Too will release his debut EP, ‘Simple Guy, Big Town’, next week via Reveries. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Via Regina Elena’ below. After being shelved back in 2018 when the Rome-based DJ and producer decided to focus on other projects, it seemed unlikely that the demos from ‘Simple Guy, Big Town’ …

Portugal’s Neopop festival has announced a final wave of acts performing at its 2024 edition. Taking place from 8th-10th August in Portugal’s Viana do Castelo, additions to this year’s line-up include Reinier Zonneveld, Joseph Capriati, Enrico Sangiuliano, Jennifer Cardini, Klangkuenstler, and Chris Liebing who will go b2b with Luke Slater. The festival will also welcome …

A-Trak is the latest artist in our How I DJ series, giving DJ Mag an exclusive insight into his creative use of scratching, looping, hot cues, FX and much more. Winning the DMC World Championship at the age of 15, A-Trak has often been hailed as one of the most …

Ghoulish will release a new single, ‘Arc Flash’, via Left, Right & Centre later this week. Have an exclusive first listen below. The Manchester-based DJ and producer plunges into deeper, darker percussive zones on his first music since December’s debut EP, ‘Weekends Good Will’. Landing via Left, Right & Centre, ‘Arc Flash’ is a real dancefloor …

Silva Bumpa will release a new EP, ‘What About The DJ?’, on Locked On Records later this week. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Passion’ below. Spurred by his love of northern rave and bassline, and talent for channelling it into bumper-sized productions for labels including ec2a and Hardline, Silva Bumpa has …

K-Lone will release the first instalment of his new double EP project on Aus Music next month. Have an exclusive first listen to the lead single ‘Give It Up’ below. Coming off the back of releases for Vitamin D Records, High Praise and Wisdom Teeth (which he runs alongside childhood friend Facta), Brighton-based K-Lone returns …

A record-breaking number of votes have been recorded in this year’s Top 100 Clubs poll, coming in from 229 territories, with ravers as far flung as Vanuatu, Guadeloupe, Bhutan and Greenland having their say. Almost 40 countries supply venues this year, making it perhaps the most international list yet. The top …

Hï Ibiza has been voted the World’s No. 1 Club in our annual Top 100 Clubs poll for the third year running. Top 100 Clubs is a celebration of the world’s definitive dancefloors, ranked entirely by votes from DJ Mag’s global audience. This year, a record-breaking number of votes have come …

Suzi Analogue has announced a new mixtape, ‘ONEZ’.  Slated for release 31st May, ‘ONEZ’ features appearances from King Britt, Jlin, NAPPYNAPPA, INVT, Blu, and JAIALAI. You can listen to ‘NICE 2 MEET U ft. Jlin’ and ‘Best 16 [BLU version] ft. Blu’ below.  The mixtape is the follow-up to the Miami-based …

Stevie Cox will release her new EP,  ‘Jecht Shot’, later this week via Remmah Records. Have an exclusive first listen to the title track below. Having notched up releases on Duality Trax, EPM and Optimo Music (home to her February debut solo EP, ‘Expansion’) already this year, Glasgow-based DJ and producer keeps …

Bamao Yendé will release a new EP, ‘Polizia Romantico’, later this month. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Tornado 360’ below. On the heels of 2023’s boisterous ‘TXI TXI’ EP, the Paris-based DJ and producer serves up a new hip-swinging suite of bass, garage and afrobeats baked in a romantic R&B glow. Flexing his …

Tongue In The Mind, the new band formed by Juliana Huxtable, Jealous Orgasm and Via App, are set to release their debut EP on PAN. Out on 17th May, the self-titled record takes in four tracks, including the previously released ‘Pretty Canary’, which opens the EP and marked Tongue In …

Japanese hardware manufacturer Akai has partnered with AIR Music Tech to develop a new plug-in inspired by dub sirens. Designed to emulate the classic sound of dancehall and reggae sound systems, the plug-in allows users to create customisable sirens, and control the echo, reverb and feedback associated with the sound. …

Nas is set to mark the 30th anniversary of his classic debut album ‘Illmatic’ with a tour later this year. Taking him across the UK and Europe through October and November, the tour will see him play the album live in full, with 15 dates scheduled across Finland, Sweden, Denmark, …

A new documentary about Avicii is set to premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Organisers of the New York-based film festival revealed the list of films set to debut at the event this year, with I’m Tim, directed by Henrik Burman, featuring among them. Clocking in at just over …

A new survey has found that Gen Z are listening to more vinyl, CDs and cassettes than any other age group. The study, carried out by the UK’s biggest vinyl packaging firm Key Production, found that 59% of surveyed 18-24-year-olds reported listening to physical music releases. This was a significant …

Faithless have announced their upcoming UK tour, and confirmed that new music is coming “soon”. Returning after an eight-year live hiatus, the legendary English electronic act will embark on a four-date run this June culminating with a homecoming show at London’s Roundhouse. The ‘Champion Sound’ tour will make stops in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Amsterdam, …

Faithless have announced their upcoming tour, and confirmed that new music is coming “soon”. Returning after an eight-year live hiatus, the legendary English electronic act will embark on a four-date run this June culminating with a homecoming show at London’s Roundhouse. The ‘Champion Sound’ tour will make stops in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Amsterdam, and …

Black Decelerant, the duo of Khari Lucas aka Contour and Omari Jazz, have announced their debut collaborative release via RVNG Intl. The pair will release ‘Reflections Vol. 2: Black Decelerant’ on 21st June. The album which represents the second volume RVNG’s ‘Reflections’, a series of contemporary collaborations by the celebrated Brooklyn …

Martin Garrix, Timbaland, Laurent Garnier and Grace Ladoja and among the first speakers to be confirmed for this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). Having welcomed 500,000 global visitors in 2023, the world’s largest club-focused conference and electronic music festival returns to the Dutch capital from 16th to 20th October this …

Portishead’s Beth Gibbons has shared a new single, ‘Reaching Out’, alongside an interactive video. Check it out below.  The new track is lifted from Gibbon’s debut solo album, ‘Lives Outgrown’, which was announced last February and features work recorded over a decade.  It’s said to be Gibbon’s most personal work …

For Landry, that meant moving to New York City after high school to enroll in NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, or as our subject calls it: “the school of do whatever you want.” She took courses in subject areas like fashion, derivative assets, and psychology, and prepared her final thesis …

DJ Mag Presents is heading to Cleveland, Ohio, next month for a hometown show headlined by HoneyLuv. Joined by support from local talent Larichess & Nicnacc, the breakthrough house DJ and producer will play an extended set at the intimate Crobar venue. on 18th May, kicking off at 9PM and running until …

BÉBE YANA is releasing a new remix package, ‘THE RMXS: VOL .1’, later this week. Have an exclusive first listen to Florentino’s remix of ‘64’ below. Landing on Friday via A MASS CULTURE, the project features reworks of the Australian-South Korean singer-songwriter’s 2023 singles, ’64’ and ‘CHEMISTRY’, by five boundary-pushing producers. A former member of …

DJ IC & DJ Jim Mastershine have linked up on a new single, ‘The Convention’, landing later this week. Have an exclusive first listen below. Arriving via independent UK label, All Shades of The Drum Recordings, the project is the latest in a string of collaborative releases from the duo, …

Amaarae has released a remix pack for her breakout song ‘Angels In Tibet’. Kaytranada, Vigro Deep, Juls Baby and Falcons are among the acts who’ve been enlisted to rework the original cut, which appeared on last year’s album ‘Fountain Baby’. The release of the remix pack follows on from the …

DJs who stream on Twitch may soon be required to share their earnings with record labels, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has revealed. Speaking in an interview with the channel TweakMusicTips, Clancy said that the streaming giant is close to signing an agreement that will introduce a new “structure” whereby both DJs and …

Or:la will debut on fabric Originals later this month with a new EP, ‘Moonlight Crush’. Spanning three tracks, the record was created functionally to be played at clubs and raves. Lead track ‘A Howl’s A Howl’, which you can listen to below, is said to be inspired by the historic …

A new AI tool which can generate music from text prompts has launched online. Udio, which is currently in its beta testing phase, was developed by former researchers at artificial intelligence company Google DeepMind, who say its designed to make music creation “as easy as possible”. It can generate a …

Eddington Again’s debut album, ‘Naomi9’ on !K7, was named DJ Mag’s album of the month in December 2023. In his review, Paul Clarke documented the evolution of the Berlin-via-LA vocalist and producer’s sound over the years, through their earliest explorations in psychedelic hip-hop as part of the Oddience trio, to …

Amy Dabbs & Coco Bryce are set to return with the second instalment of their collaborative EP series, ‘Slightly Involved Vol. 2’, later this week. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Lust Issues’ below. The project – landing this Friday (12th April) – finds the duo reworking four tracks previously …

A new photo exhibition has begun in New York, commemorating one of the most iconic images in music journalism history.  Running at City Hall’s Rotunda until June, Hip Hop’s Greatest Day takes a behind-the-scenes look at the making of ‘A Great Day In Hip Hop’ — a landmark 1998 image …

Kevin Richard Martin, aka The Bug, and KMRU have teamed up for a new album, ‘Disconnect’. Set for release via Brighton-based imprint Phantom Limb on 14th June, the debut collaborative full-length from UK producer Martin and Kenyan ambient musician KMRU – real name Joseph Kamaru – is described in a press …

I. JORDAN has shared a new single ‘Round N Round’. Listen to it below.  The latest track by the London-based DJ and producer (real name Jordan Tek) is taken from their forthcoming debut album, ‘I AM JORDAN’. Announced in February, the 12-track project is released on 10th May via Ninja Tune …

Charisse C’s debut EP, ‘EVERGREEN’, is out now. Listen to it below.  The Southern African UK-based artist has enlisted a number of collaborators for the four-track EP, released via her label Abantu. Shazmicsoul, Smallkeys, Shingai and Captain Lulaz feature across the record, with DJ Kwamzy collaborating on three of the …

Missy Elliott’s first-ever headline tour — will cover North America this summer. The hip-hop icon will be joined by with Timbaland, Busta Rhymes and Ciara for the 24-city tour, titled Out of This World — The Missy Elliott Experience. The show will debut on 4th July in Vancouver and travel …

musclecars have announced the release of their debut album. Out on 17th May via BBE Music, ‘Sugar Honey Iced Tea!’ sees the NYC duo explore their “wide-reaching sound palette and offer a lens into the Afro-American experience”.  Listen to ‘Running Out Of Time’ and ‘Ha Ya! (Eternal Life)’ below. The …

Skrillex, Varg²™ and Bladee have teamed up for a new single. ‘Is there a place in heaven for boys like me?’ appears on the latest album from Varg²™, the sixth instalment in the Swedish producer’s ‘Nordic Flora’ Series. The 14-track ‘Nordic Flora Series, Part 6: Outlaw Music’ also features contributions from …

UNIIQU3 has released a new EP, ‘Ramen Noodles’. Spanning four tracks, it sees her link up with NYC DJ duo Black Caviar, and expands on the Jersey club sound of past work. It also features UNIIQU3’s vocals, as is the case with much of her past material. Speaking on the …

Girls Don’t Sync have released a collection of edits. Featuring four tracks, the ‘4×4’ EP pulls from different “influences, inspirations and cultures” according to the collective themselves, and takes in cuts that have been a fixture of their DJ sets for some time. The tracks span UK garage, hard house, …

ANNA has been enlisted to mix the 46th instalment of the Global Underground compilation series. Out in June, the two-disc mix features 38 tracks in total, and is themed around the city of Lisbon, which is where the Brazilian DJ and producer put the mix together. The mix features tracks …

Funky Adjacent will release its debut V/A compilation later this week. Have an exclusive first listen to Tinika’s track, ‘DO IT’, below. Featuring nine burgeoning producers across three continents, ‘Funky Adjacent VA1’ joins the dots between UK funky and numerous global percussive genres, with pitstops in bouncy bass and techno. UK representatives SPD, …

Influential hip-hop and dub drummer Keith LeBlanc has died. The news of his passing was confirmed by Adrian Sherwood’s On-U Sound label, with which LeBlanc enjoyed a long and fruitful partnership, working on various projects released by the imprint stretching back to the 1980s. “All of us at On-U Sound …

Tomorrowland is set to mark its 20th anniversary later this year with a special orchestral event. Scheduled for Friday, 18th October, the special Our Story show will take place at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome during this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event. It will see a number of Tomorrowland regulars join up with …

DJ Babatr has announced a new EP, ‘The Journey’, via Marie Montexier’s Berlin-based imprint Paryìa.  The five-track package will be released on vinyl and digitally on 18th April, and includes a collaborative cut with Madrid-based Dj Deep RH. A remix of the title track by Brooklyn-based Ayesha will also be …

Peggy Gou has announced details of her debut album, ‘I Hear You’. Listen to the first single, ‘1+1=11’, below. Set for release on 7th June via XL Recordings, the 10 track LP is described as a culmination of the South Korean DJ and producer’s career to date. “’I Hear You’ is …

General Levy claims to have never received royalties for his jungle classic ‘Incredible’, produced by M-Beat. The iconic UK MC said in a recent interview with DJ Mag, “I’ve never received a royalties statement from London Records or from Renk Records”, referring to the official 1994 release of the enduring …

A “groundbreaking” new crowd safety guide for venues has been published by a team of industry experts. A collaboration between the UK Crowd Management Association, Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), LIVE, and the UK Door Security Association, the best practice guide intends “to enhance crowd management practices in performance spaces …

Ed Banger affiliate So Me is directing an upcoming French film following a fading DJ. The untitled thriller, currently in production, will star award-winning actor Vincent Cassel as Scorpex, an aging DJ whose fame has peaked as he gets recruited by a French intelligence agent (Laura Felpin) to target rising …

The Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo are in a legal dispute over the rights to trademark their joint production project’s name. Attorneys for Chad Hugo filed legal action last week, Billboard reports, accusing Pharrell Williams of “attempting to unilaterally register trademarks for the Neptunes name”, despite previous agreements to …

Tomorrowland has clarified that a festival in Thailand has not been officially confirmed, despite reports to the contrary. In a new statement shared with EDM.com, the Belgian mega-festival has denied previous reports, which cited Thai government spokesperson Chai Wacharonke, that an event had been confirmed to take place in 2026. …

CC:DISCO! is releasing her full ‘Magic (Is In The Tempo)’ EP later this week via her Miami Daddy label. Have an exclusive first listen to the new BASHKKA remix below. The package – arriving tomorrow (29th March) – includes the superlative original collaboration with Canadian DJ, producer, and vocalist Jennifer …

The world’s first electronic tabla — the Table Touch — has gone on sale, created in Mumbai by a research team at Keda Music, led by British producer Kuljit Bhamra MBE. First announced in 2021, the Tabla Touch is now available to order and features built-in sounds from traditional Indian …

Sister Midnight has announced a fundraising party to cover the costs of new radio studio equipment.  Running from 11PM to 4AM on Friday 29th March 2024 at The Carpet Shop, Peckham, the non-profit South East London-based collective locked a line-up headlined by Birmingham’s DJ Kojay, host of the monthly OOONTS …

Allen & Heath’s Xone:92 celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Remaining an industry standard, the mixer has stood the test of time. Here, DJ Mag’s tech editor, Mick Wilson, takes a look at the history, the heritage, and the enduring importance of this well-loved, if polarising, piece of DJ technology

Serbia’s EXIT Festival has confirmed more artists for the dance stages at its 2024 edition. Returning to Novi Sad’s Petrovaradin Fortress from the 10th to 14th July, EXIT will welcome the likes of Maceo Plex, Carlita, I Hate Models, Patrick Mason, and Black Coffee to the coveted Dance Arena. Over on the festival’s …

Queer underground nightlife and club culture around the world it set to be explored in a new print publication. No One Magazine launches next month, with each instalment focusing on a specific place and its scene.  The first edition centres on Amsterdam, with 12 stories looking at collectives, artists, activities, …

London dubstep star SICARIA has unveiled a new remix package of her ‘Blood, Sweat & Self’ EP.  Landing on her freshly-minted imprint, Club Confi:DANCE, the four-tracker opens with a new interpretation of ‘Still Swinging’ by British-Lebanese multi-genre talent Saliah.  Meanwhile, DJ Mag Best of North America 2023 Awards Breakthrough DJ …

London’s Barbican will host an “orchestral celebration of bass music” to celebrate 15 years of the UKF platform.  OrchestRAVE will take place on Saturday 20th July 2024, and feature the Guildhall Session Orchestra alongside drum & bass selector Raiser. Tickets are priced at £34.50, and available to buy now. On …

Defqon.1 has unveiled the full line-up for its 2024 edition. Returning to Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands from 27th-30th June, the world’s biggest harder styles festival will welcome over 350 artists across the long weekend. Headline acts this time come in the form of genre heavyweights Angerfist, Ran-D, Showtek, Brennan Heart, Sound Rush, and Sefa, who will …

LYZZA has announced a new EP, ‘SUBSTATE’ and shared its first single. Slated for release on May 24th via her own imprint, CLUB LYZZA, the new EP follows up on LYZZA’s ‘MOSQUITO’ mixtape which debuted on Ninja Tune’s sister label, Big Dada, back in 2022. Lyrically, the the Brazilian-born, Amsterdam-based artist’s …

UK imprint Organic Analogue Records is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a new compilation, ‘10 Years of Dancing’. Check it out below.  The new 31-track release features a wide range of artists – including Gacha Bakradze, Doc Sleep, Aleks, Dungeon Acid, Daylight Rain, DMX Krew, HVL and more – spanning …

A new book exploring the interaction of electronic music and the earth through the use of field recordings will be published later this year.  Ears To The Ground: Adventures in Field Recording and Electronic Music will examine the relationship between electronic music artists and landscapes in the UK, Ireland and …

Playtime Engineering — the musical instrument company that designs products to introduce electronic music production to children — has returned with a new crowd-funded product on Kickstarter called Blipblox MyTracks. The new colourful kit resembles an MPC with 16 pads, 48 built-in instrument sounds, FX like reverb and delay, two …

Spotify has announced it is adding video learning content to its streaming platform, including music instrument learning courses, music performance lessons, and music production tutorials. The Swedish streaming giant has partnered with some leading education platforms including the BBC’s Maestro platform and PlayVirtuoso, a UK-based video learning website that includes …

Roland and Universal Music Group (UMG) have announced a new partnership and published a joint manifesto titled Principles for Music Creation with AI. The collaboration outlines some core values around how the companies approach AI in music creation. They also added that they plan to “advocate their adoption across the music …

Ultra Music Festival was forced to shut down early on Friday (22nd March) due to severe weather in Miami.  The festival – which is taking place in Miami’s Bayfront Park from Friday 22nd March to Sunday 24th – went ahead with its first day yesterday amid warnings of thunderstorms, heavy …

A fundraising campaign has been launched via GoFundMe to help support medical care for Balearic pioneer and Ibiza mainstay DJ Alfredo. The 71-year-old, real name Alfredo Fiorito, suffered a stroke in 2021 and has been cared for in a retirement home since, where he receives continued medical attention. The fundraiser …

Erika De Casier has shared a music video for her recent single, ‘Ex-Girlfriend’, featuring Shygirl. Watch it below.  Directed by Isa Castro-Cota and Tiff Pritchett, the clip references a 1996 Kate Moss and Nick Knight fashion short, ‘The More Visible They Make Me, The More Invisible I Become’, which was …

Cypress Hill are set to perform with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) this summer at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Taking place on 10th July, the performance will bring a joke made on The Simpsons way back in 1996 to life, in which the legendary hip-hop outfit inadvertently invited the LSO …

Robert Hood has new music on the way via his M-Plant label. The four-track ‘Alpha Key’ EP is set for release on 12th April, and marks Hood’s first solo release since 2022’s ‘Hectic / Amazon Dust’ record. It follows on from Hood collaborating with Femi Kuti on the jazz project …

Ahadadream has joined forces with Priya Ragu and Skrillex for a new single, ‘TAKA’. Listen to it below. Out now via More Time, the song was nearly two years in the making with Ahadadream and Skrillex having initially sketched out ideas for it over Zoom amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A …

Darren Ellis, the influential jungle artist known as Daz, Undercover Agent and Splash, has died.  The news was announced earlier today, Thursday 21st March 2024, with a GoFundMe set up by friends to help with funeral costs. The producer and DJ “departed in his sleep yesterday after battling health issues …

This is the story of General Levy and M-Beat’s unstoppable hit, ‘Incredible’, on the year of its 30th anniversary. Originally released in 1994, Levy’s vocals — which he laid down in just one take — have transcended generations to become some of the most recognisable lyrics within dance music. Here, …

Mixcloud has added a new feature for Mixcloud Pro subscribers that allows radio shows, labels, magazines, and any other profiles who regularly post mixes to collaborate on uploads by adding hosts. Similar to Instagram’s collab feature, once the tag is accepted, the mix will appear on both profiles, reducing the …

Dr. Dre has been given a Hollywood Walk of Fame star.  The legendary hip-hop producer and rapper officially received the 2,775th star on the boulevard yesterday, 19th March. The recognition sees him follow in the footsteps of other esteemed artists like Ice Cube, 2Pac and Snoop Dogg who have previously …

Opus, a film of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s final performances, will arrive in cinemas in UK and Ireland at the end of the month.   The late revered composer’s final concert film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival last September, is directed by his son Neo Sora and produced by his wife …

Berlin-based club night and queer platform Hoe__mies are releasing a new V/A compilation dedicated to supporting the relief efforts in Gaza. Hear YAZZUS’ contribution, ‘Juiri’s Ultra Combo’, below. Comprising 17 tracks, ‘Hoe__mies 4 Palestine’ spotlights artists based between Barcelona, Melbourne, Lisbon, Berlin, Paris, London and beyond, bonded by a love for …

We might be biased but the best fun you can have at Miami Music Week this year is with us. We’re back at one of our favourite spots in the city, the Sagamore, which is right on the oceanfront, renowned for its stunning period architecture and luxury pool. For this …

Nemzzz has released his debut mixtape. Out now, the 15-track deluxe edition of the LP, titled ‘DO NOT DISTURB’, features guest contributions from Lil Yachty on ‘It’s Us,’ JayG on ‘Venice’ and German rapper Luciano on ‘ETA’. Headie One also steps up for ‘I Know You Care’ with K-trap appearing …

Aslice — the platform founded by DVS1 to promote more equitable payments for producers — has partnered with a collection of clubs, promoters and festivals from around the world on a new initiative called Support The Sound. The collective aims to raise awareness of the disparity between rising DJ fees …

Boys Noize and Rico Nasty have teamed up for a new single. You can listen to ‘Arintintin’ below.  The track was teased earlier this month, and is set to appear on the forthcoming joint EP, ‘HARDCORE DR3AMZ’. The full package is slated to land Friday 29th March.  In February, US …

Wata Igarashi’s ‘Agartha’ on Kompakt was one of DJ Mag’s favourite albums of 2023. As Claire Francis put it in her write-up, the Japanese DJ and producer surpassed the already high expectations on his long-awaited debut, “crafting a truly unique musical statement that incorporates krautrock and jazz, and winds up …

Seminal UK dub group Creation Rebel are to be the focus of a new reissue campaign by Adrian Sherwood’s On-U Sound label. On 29th March, six of the group’s classic albums, originally released between 1978 and 2023, will receive fresh vinyl pressings courtesy of the imprint. The reissues will cover …

Oscar #Worldpeace has shared details of his new album, ‘Mum, Pray For Your Son’. Due out on 19th April, the new record is described as a first-person document of the Tottenham-born artist’s past few years as a son, husband and father. It draws on elements of ’90s hip-hop and ’00s …

DJ and producer Bklava has released a new song, ‘Free’. Centred around breaks and a lead piano riff, the new cut appears on forthcoming mixtape ‘c u l8r’, which was originally announced last month. Spanning 14 tracks, it will be released via Bklava’s own Spin Suga imprint on 7th June. …

A few days after the interview, it’s time for Vega’s photo shoot. Though he’s barely left the studio since then, he’s buzzing when he arrives at the Brooklyn studio with Anané, who’s serving as his stylist for the day. “Oh man,” he says, “so much has been happening. I’ll send …

Demi Riquísimo will release a new EP, ‘Windows 95 Anthem’, today via Higher Ground. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘The Force’ below. The Detroit-born, London-based DJ and producer continues to make waves with his headsy fusion of Italo disco, house and vintage acid, delivering two new nocturnal heaters for …

Ms. Mada has been announced as the final artist performing at DJ Mag’s 2024 Miami Pool Party. The Filipino-born, Miami-raised artist joins an already stacked line-up, featuring Dutch duo ANOTR, alongside Italian techno veteran Joseph Capriati, Parisian house star Chloé Caillet, South African-Guinean DJ AQUTIE, and Masters at Work’s own Louie Vega.  The DJ Mag Miami Pool Party …

A GoFundMe has been launched for Tish Bailey, the uncredited vocalist on DJ Deeon’s 1996 Dance Mania classic, ‘Freak Like Me’. Bailey reportedly never received a fee or royalties for her vocal contribution, according to the GoFundMe organiser Sarah Farina. “Tish Bailey, a 54-year-old mother, grandmother, care-giver and community contributor is running …

NikNak is releasing her next album, ‘Ireti’, in May. Listen to the single ‘You Were Supposed To Be Good’, featuring Grifton Forbes Amos and Cassie Kinoshi, below. The London-born, Leeds-based turntablist, DJ and producer takes influence from Afrofuturism and dystopian sci-fi through the genres of jazz, jungle, trip-hop and experimental. …

Tale Of Us’ Anyma will release his second solo album, ‘Genesys Part II’, later this month.  Matteo Milleri announced the follow up to his solo project’s debut LP, 2023’s ‘Genesys‘, on Instagram yesterday, 11th March. In the comments, he shared the two-part tracklist, with 21 tracks total. The first half …

London-based rappers KAM-BU and Jeshi have linked up on a new single, ‘In The Wind’. Built around a disorientating, dark instrumental by producer FREDWAVE, the track features vocals first from Jeshi, before KAM-BU steps up. It marks KAM-BU’s follow-up to 2023 UK rave-referencing project ‘BUILT 2 LAST’.  You can watch …

London’s Independent Label Market has shared details of its next edition, taking place in May. The market will be located at Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross, and will run from 11am-6.30pm on Saturday, 11th May. Among the labels setting up shop throughout the day will be AD 93, Ninja …

A new 32-track compilation of Korean electronic music, , has been released for International Women’s Day. Curated by Seoul-based imprint and party collective, The Internatiiional, the compilation “serves as an indicator for the art of time”, and features tracks from label affiliate Yetsuby and fellow Salamanda member uman therma, alongside Heejin Jang, Kimgundi, Eumfy, Yuzo and …