Eighty2 – Working Them Hips 06:12 124.00bpm/

Elias Kazais – Jomo (Original Mix) 07:48 121bpm/G#min

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Felipe Avelar – Power of Love (Mike Chenery Re-Rub) 05:34 128.00bpm/

Cody Currie – No Future 05:11 126.00bpm/ Felipe Gordon – I’m on Fire 05:51 121.01bpm/ Felipe Gordon,Cody Currie – Better

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Flowersons – Born 2 House 04:51 124.01bpm/

Spotify has been granted patent to utilise listeners speech for music recommendations. Swedish streaming giant Spotify, which reached a $50 billion

Continue readingSpotify granted patent involving monitoring of users’ speech for music recommendations

There’s a virtual reality live stream party happening in Mario 64 this weekend.  Taking place tonight (Friday, 29th January) at

Continue readingThere’s a Virtual Reality live stream party in Mario 64 this weekend

Musician SOPHIE has died. The groundbreaking artist passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning in Athens. An official

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Musician SOPHIE has reportedly died. Sources close to the artist have shared messages on social media this morning (January 30).

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Big Dada this week announced a shakeup in its structure in that, going forward, it will relaunch as a record

Continue readingBig Dada relaunch as a label run for and by Black, POC and minority ethnic people

QOQEQA is set to release his debut album ‘AxuxA’ on February 19 2021. It will be the first release on

Continue readingQOQEQA set to inaugurate Dengue Dengue Dengue’s imprint Kebrada as first solo release with upcoming debut album

TONI has this week released her latest single ‘No Thoughts, Just Vibes’, a mood to set the tone for the

Continue readingTONI is on a ‘No Thoughts, Just Vibes’ flex on her latest single

The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip Hop+ Women Who Made Hip Hop is a new book celebrating pioneering artists

Continue readingA new book celebrates over 100 women in hip hop

The Berlin Club Commission expects it will take nearly two more years for the city’s nightlife to return back to

Continue readingBerlin nightlife won’t be back to normal until end of 2022, predicts Club Commission

WARNING: This article includes accounts of sexual assault and may be distressing for some readers. Resources for support are listed

Continue readingSeven more people allege sexual assault and harrassment against Derrick May

Porter Robinson has announced the release date for his long-anticipated new album, ‘Nurture’.  Having announced his second album’s title almost

Continue readingPorter Robinson announces new album, ‘Nurture’, release date

Chicago’s DJ Girl will release her new EP, ‘Slsk Trax’ via Planet Euphorique next month.  Making her debut on D.Tiffany’s

Continue readingPremire: DJ Girl ‘The Runaround’

Beastie Boys’ Mike D is auctioning some of the band’s memorabilia for charity. Beastie Boys founder Michael Louis Diamond, better known

Continue readingBeastie Boys’ Mike D to auction band memorabilia for charity

Awakenings Festival has been postponed until September 2021. After being forced to cancel the last year’s edition of the event,

Continue readingAwakenings Festival postponed to September 2021

A podcast about ’90s rave, R.O.A.R, is set to be curated into the British Library Archive. After being launched by

Continue reading‘90s rave podcast, R.O.A.R, to be introduced into British Library

Armin van Buuren has released a new mix album,  ‘A State of Trance 1000 – Celebration Mix’. Released a week

Continue readingArmin van Buuren releases new mix album, ‘A State of Trance 1000 – Celebration Mix’

Silkie has dropped a new album. Serving as his first release since 2018, and his third LP on the label,

Continue readingDeep Medi releases new album from Silkie, ‘Panorama’: Listen

Content warning: This article contains information relating to sexual assault.  A new BBC documentary investigates how allegations of assault and

Continue readingSexual assault in music industry investigated in new BBC documentary: Watch

Berlin clubbing won’t be back to normal until end of 2022, says the city’s Club Commission. Speaking with Deutsche Presse-Agentur, chairwoman

Continue readingBerlin clubbing won’t be back to normal until end of 2022, says Club Commission

LWE (London Warehouse Events) has announced it’s launching a new digital reality event concept called Tobacco Dock Virtual on Easter

Continue readingLWE will merge digital and real life events with Tobacco Dock Virtual

Visa-free touring permits for musicians post-Brexit are set to be debated in a parliamentary hearing.  Last week, culture minister Caroline

Continue readingVisa-free touring permit for musicians post-Brexit to be debated in parliamentary hearing

Astral Plane Recordings new imprint Contagion Discs returns with its second release this week, C Powers’ ‘Which Ad Experience Do

Continue readingPremiere: C Powers ‘FishWash’

Four Four Soul Recordings third release is a remix package of Casa Devi%u2019s %u2018Night Sky%u2019 featuring vocalist %u2018Nicky Prince%u2019 First

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Canadian DJ/producer Veev makes his Nite Grooves premier with an incredible two-track EP titled “Transgressions.” Kicking things off is the

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Veev
Nite Grooves

Ahead of his debut album, True Life, landing on Super Tuff on February 5th, Vaughan recruits Tilman (Shall Not Fade,

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Super Tuff Records

GLITS060D8 | 2021-01-29   Finally Ready Dimitri From Paris TSOP – The Sound Of Paris – Remix Pts I &

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Glitterbox Recordings

Freaks Harry Romero Remix (5:49) Freaks Ant LaRock Remix (4:41) Freaks Tommie Sunshine & On Deck Remix (7:45) X-Bop next

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If there is one common theme, a common thread, that ties all of the music of Afefe Iku together, it

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Afefe Iku
Yoruba Records

Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis has said that a “smaller” edition of the festival could take place in September. After announcing another

Continue readingGlastonbury founder Michael Eavis says “smaller” festival could take place in September

Marshall Jefferson and Byron Stingily are bringing back their beloved house project Ten City with a new release for the

Continue readingMarshall Jefferson and Byron Stingily bring back Ten City after 25 years

The UK’s Performance Rights Organisation PRS has introduced a new license cost for ticketed online events. The license, which is

Continue readingPRS introduce new license and tarriff for live-streamed events

Following the continued explosion of electronic music culture in China’s major cities, DJ Mag — the world’s leading global electronic

Continue readingDJ Mag launches first DJ Mag China Awards

Minimal Violence are set to release a new EP via Tresor Records. After releasing ‘Phase One’ of their ‘DESTROY —> [physical]

Continue readingMinimal Violence return to Tresor Records with new EP

WARNING: This article includes accounts and imagery of sexual and domestic violence and may be distressing for some readers. Resources

Continue readingNew BBC documentary investigates alleged assault and abuse of women in the music industry

Mor Elian and Rhyw’s Fever AM returns with its first EP of the year next month, Xen Chron’s ‘Deleted Vapor’.

Continue readingPremiere: Xen Chron ‘Wrong Dimension’

Serato issued another warning against updating to the newest version of Apple’s macOS 11 update, Big Sur. Having initially issued

Continue readingSerato issue warning over macOS Big Sur

Tomorrowland has shared the aftermovie from last year’s virtual festival. Belgian festival Tomorrowland’s NYE event, which took place on the

Continue readingTomorrowland shares aftermovie for 2020 virtual festival

Burning Man has said it is “Impossible to say right now” if the flagship festival will go ahead this year.

Continue readingBurning Man 2021: “Impossible to say right now” if festival will go ahead

Content warning: this article includes accounts of domestic abuse and may be distressing for some readers. The UK’s 24-hour free-to-call

Continue readingFKA twigs on Shia LaBeouf lawsuit: “I felt like I’d never be believed”

Human Traffic 2 is reportedly “ready to go”. The sequel to 1999 cult classic Human Traffic, Human Traffic: The Revolution, was

Continue readingHuman Traffic 2 director says film is “ready to go”

UK-based label Scuffed Recordings has announce an artist development scheme for women and gender non-conforming artists. Aimed at addressing the

Continue readingScuffed Recordings launches artist development scheme for women and non-binary producers

Glastonbury organisers have denied that the festival could go bankrupt. After announcing another forced fallow year for Glastonbury amid the

Continue readingGlastonbury’s Emily Eavis denies festival could go bankrupt after 2021 cancellation

Researchers have discovered the mechanism in LSD that contributes to increasing social interactions in users, which could help in developing

Continue readingLSD could be used to treat social disorders, say researchers

Researchers have discovered the mechanism in LSD that contributes to increasing social interactions in users, which could help in developing

Continue readingLSD could be used to treat autism and social anxiety, say researchers

Police in Essex recently turned up to what they thought was an illegal rave, only to realise it was actually

Continue readingPolice turned up for a reported “rave”, but it was just pensioners queueing for a vaccination

Fans of Kendrick Lamar should expect new music from the rapper soon, Top Dawg Entertainment president Punch has hinted. A

Continue readingNew Kendrick Lamar music is on the way according to Top Dawg Entertainment boss

Tireless UK garage legend DJ EZ brightened up lockdown last weekend with another 24 hour stream of nonstop heaters, hosted

Continue readingDJ EZ and Defected 24 hour stream raised £88,000 for charity

Only Europe’s aviation industry has been hit harder than the EU’s creative sector due to COVID-19. Revenues across music, art,

Continue readingOnly the aviation industry has been hit harder than the creative sector in Europe

Magic mushrooms have been found in the blood of a man who injected himself with a homemade shroom tea. The

Continue readingMagic mushrooms grow in man’s blood after injection of shroom tea

Following last year’s initial postponement and then cancellation of Coachella, the festival’s promoter Goldenvoice is now reportedly in talks to

Continue readingCoachella promoter in talks to launch mass vaccination site

Police mistook pensioners queueing for COVID vaccine with an “illegal rave” last week. Last Friday (22nd) police attended the Freemasons’ Saxon

Continue readingPolice mistake pensioners queueing for COVID vaccine with an “illegal rave”

Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis has said he wants to do a smaller version of the festival in September. Eavis was

Continue readingGlastonbury founder Michael Eavis wants to do a smaller version of the festival in September

EU music industry revenues are down 76% amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study reports. A new study conducted and

Continue readingEU music industry revenues down 76%, new study finds

Terance James – Down The Pipe 07:12 125.99bpm/

Santonics – Ghost Spirit (Original Mix) 06:42 124.01bpm/ Santonics – Impande (Original Mix) 05:33 124.01bpm/ Santonics – Jungle (Original Mix)

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& My Mother Say – Revolution 04:51 106.01bpm/ Blue Chords – Shuffle Cuts 06:09 118.00bpm/ Immersif – Le Villemus Underground

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Tony S – Make You Mine 06:24 123.01bpm/

Alex Anders – Deepness 04:31 116.01bpm/ Apprentis – No 04:06 125.01bpm/ Arkam – Tlaloc (Extended Mix) 06:52 126.00bpm/ Bhut’ Paper,Sir

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DJ Mister Funk – SoulWax 03:45 120.00bpm/ Dj Moy – Drum&Space 03:21 126.01bpm/ Dj Moy – Etic Durm 03:09 87.01bpm/

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Bluelle – We Are Africa (Mr Mama Afritalian Remix) 07:37 127.29bpm/ DJ Micks ,Sphelele – Behind My Headphones (Aero Manyelo

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Bai-ee – Get to Steppin (Original Mix) 05:40 123.01bpm/ Change Request – Distorted Dilemma (Original Mix) 03:09 123.57bpm/ Change Request

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Vanderpool’s World – Free (Dub Mix) 07:16 120.00bpm/ Vanderpool’s World – Free (Original Mix) 07:16 120.00bpm/ Vanderpool’s World – Free

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White-Label Will – in d ghetto (Original Mix) 06:34 128.01bpm/

On March 5 2021, Velocity Press will publish Who Say Reload, a new book giving a comprehensive history of D’n’B

Continue readingBrush up on your drum ‘n’ bass history with upcoming book

Police in Essex made a mistake recently when they turned up to what they thought was an illegal rave, but

Continue readingPolice mistake pensioners queueing for vaccine for an illegal rave

Derick Almena, the master tenant and leaseholder of the Ghost Ship warehouse where a fire killed 36 people in 2016,

Continue readingGhost Ship leaseholder pleads guilty to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter

Live shows as we know them haven’t happened for a long time, but that didn’t deter band The Flaming Lips

Continue readingThe Flaming Lips threw two live shows with attendees in ‘space bubbles’

£15,000-worth of fines were handed out by police at a rave in East London at the weekend. Police broke up

Continue reading£15,000-worth of fines handed out at East London rave

Primavera Sound has held a non-socially distanced event with rapid testing for attendees on arrival that produced no COVID-19 infections.

Continue readingPrimavera’s non-socially distanced, rapid test event produces no COVID infections

Armin van Buuren has published a playlist featuring the 1000 best trance songs ever made. The Dutch DJ revealed an

Continue readingArmin van Buuren shares playlist of the 1000 best trance tracks ever

Moog’s Model15 synth – previously only available on iOS – is coming to desktops as a plugin. First released in 2016, Model15

Continue readingMoog’s Model15 iOS app is coming to Mac desktops

Four Tet and Madlib have unveiled a new track from their forthcoming collaborative album. ‘Dirtknock’ is the third track to

Continue readingFour Tet and Madlib share track from forthcoming album, ‘Dirtknock’: Listen

An unseen Daft Punk show has appeared online. A performance from legendary French electronic duo, Daft Punk, at Lollapalooza over

Continue readingUnseen Daft Punk show from Alive 2007 tour appears online: Watch

  Swizz Beatz and Timbaland have discussed their interest in doing a Tupac Vs. The Notorious B.I.G. VERZUZ battle. The pair appeared on ESPN2’s Jalen And Jacoby show on Friday,

Continue readingTupac Vs. The Notorious B.I.G. VERZUZ battle discussed by producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz

Arca has released a new track, ‘Madre’. Part of a new four-track single, the nine-minute ‘Madre’ sees Arca collaborating with

Continue readingArca drops video for new single, ‘Madre’: Watch

Italian producer Gaetano Parisio’s Conform Records returns for the fourth instalment of its Re-Touched EP series next month. Inviting Radio

Continue readingPremiere: C&G Southsystem ‘Dual EP B1 (Honey Dijon Re Rub)’

Ultra 2021 has reportedly been cancelled. According to a letter obtained by Billboard, organizers of the Ultra Music Festival are preparing

Continue readingUltra 2021 has reportedly been cancelled

Armin van Buuren has dropped a new trance track. Dutch trance legend van Buuren, who recently revealed details of A State

Continue readingArmin van Buuren drops new trance track to celebrate 1000 episodes of A State of Trance: Listen