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New BBC documentary investigates alleged assault and abuse of women in the music industry
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Premiere: Xen Chron ‘Wrong Dimension’
Mor Elian and Rhyw’s Fever AM returns with its first EP of the year next month, Xen Chron’s ‘Deleted Vapor’.
Serato issue warning over macOS Big Sur
Serato issued another warning against updating to the newest version of Apple’s macOS 11 update, Big Sur. Having initially issued
Tomorrowland shares aftermovie for 2020 virtual festival
Tomorrowland has shared the aftermovie from last year’s virtual festival. Belgian festival Tomorrowland’s NYE event, which took place on the
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Burning Man 2021: “Impossible to say right now” if festival will go ahead
Burning Man has said it is “Impossible to say right now” if the flagship festival will go ahead this year.
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FKA twigs on Shia LaBeouf lawsuit: “I felt like I’d never be believed”
Content warning: this article includes accounts of domestic abuse and may be distressing for some readers. The UK’s 24-hour free-to-call
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Human Traffic 2 director says film is “ready to go”
Human Traffic 2 is reportedly “ready to go”. The sequel to 1999 cult classic Human Traffic, Human Traffic: The Revolution, was
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Scuffed Recordings launches artist development scheme for women and non-binary producers
UK-based label Scuffed Recordings has announce an artist development scheme for women and gender non-conforming artists. Aimed at addressing the
Glastonbury’s Emily Eavis denies festival could go bankrupt after 2021 cancellation
Glastonbury organisers have denied that the festival could go bankrupt. After announcing another forced fallow year for Glastonbury amid the
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LSD 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
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LSD could be used to treat autism and social anxiety, say researchers
Researchers have discovered the mechanism in LSD that contributes to increasing social interactions in users, which could help in developing
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Police turned up for a reported “rave”, but it was just pensioners queueing for a vaccination
Police in Essex recently turned up to what they thought was an illegal rave, only to realise it was actually
New Kendrick Lamar music is on the way according to Top Dawg Entertainment boss
Fans of Kendrick Lamar should expect new music from the rapper soon, Top Dawg Entertainment president Punch has hinted. A
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DJ EZ and Defected 24 hour stream raised £88,000 for charity
Tireless UK garage legend DJ EZ brightened up lockdown last weekend with another 24 hour stream of nonstop heaters, hosted
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Only the aviation industry has been hit harder than the creative sector in Europe
Only Europe’s aviation industry has been hit harder than the EU’s creative sector due to COVID-19. Revenues across music, art,
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Magic mushrooms grow in man’s blood after injection of shroom tea
Magic mushrooms have been found in the blood of a man who injected himself with a homemade shroom tea. The
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Coachella promoter in talks to launch mass vaccination site
Following last year’s initial postponement and then cancellation of Coachella, the festival’s promoter Goldenvoice is now reportedly in talks to
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Police mistake pensioners queueing for COVID vaccine with an “illegal rave”
Police mistook pensioners queueing for COVID vaccine with an “illegal rave” last week. Last Friday (22nd) police attended the Freemasons’ Saxon
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Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis wants to do a smaller version of the festival in September
Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis has said he wants to do a smaller version of the festival in September. Eavis was
EU music industry revenues down 76%, new study finds
EU music industry revenues are down 76% amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study reports. A new study conducted and
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Terance James – Down The Pipe / Sounds Of Ali
Terance James – Down The Pipe 07:12 125.99bpm/
Santonics – Home Again EP / OBS Media
Santonics – Ghost Spirit (Original Mix) 06:42 124.01bpm/ Santonics – Impande (Original Mix) 05:33 124.01bpm/ Santonics – Jungle (Original Mix)
VA – Cuts 2 / Neo apparatus
& My Mother Say – Revolution 04:51 106.01bpm/ Blue Chords – Shuffle Cuts 06:09 118.00bpm/ Immersif – Le Villemus Underground
Tony S – Make You Mine / Turtle Wax Recordings
Tony S – Make You Mine 06:24 123.01bpm/
VA – Deep House Chill 004 / HOT-Q
Alex Anders – Deepness 04:31 116.01bpm/ Apprentis – No 04:06 125.01bpm/ Arkam – Tlaloc (Extended Mix) 06:52 126.00bpm/ Bhut’ Paper,Sir
VA – Soul Wax / Sound-Exhibitions-Records
DJ Mister Funk – SoulWax 03:45 120.00bpm/ Dj Moy – Drum&Space 03:21 126.01bpm/ Dj Moy – Etic Durm 03:09 87.01bpm/
VA – Sounds of Baainar Volume 1 / Baainar Records
Bluelle – We Are Africa (Mr Mama Afritalian Remix) 07:37 127.29bpm/ DJ Micks ,Sphelele – Behind My Headphones (Aero Manyelo
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VA – Various Artists EP #2 / Housepit Chi
Bai-ee – Get to Steppin (Original Mix) 05:40 123.01bpm/ Change Request – Distorted Dilemma (Original Mix) 03:09 123.57bpm/ Change Request
Vanderpool’s World – Free / Mindlab Recordings
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” / SOUR APPLE RECORDS
White-Label Will – in d ghetto (Original Mix) 06:34 128.01bpm/
Brush up on your drum ‘n’ bass history with upcoming book
On March 5 2021, Velocity Press will publish Who Say Reload, a new book giving a comprehensive history of D’n’B
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Police mistake pensioners queueing for vaccine for an illegal rave
Police in Essex made a mistake recently when they turned up to what they thought was an illegal rave, but
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Ghost Ship leaseholder pleads guilty to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter
Derick Almena, the master tenant and leaseholder of the Ghost Ship warehouse where a fire killed 36 people in 2016,
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The Flaming Lips threw two live shows with attendees in ‘space bubbles’
Live shows as we know them haven’t happened for a long time, but that didn’t deter band The Flaming Lips
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£15,000-worth of fines handed out at East London rave
£15,000-worth of fines were handed out by police at a rave in East London at the weekend. Police broke up
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Primavera’s non-socially distanced, rapid test event produces no COVID infections
Primavera Sound has held a non-socially distanced event with rapid testing for attendees on arrival that produced no COVID-19 infections.
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Armin van Buuren shares playlist of the 1000 best trance tracks ever
Armin van Buuren has published a playlist featuring the 1000 best trance songs ever made. The Dutch DJ revealed an
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Moog’s Model15 iOS app is coming to Mac desktops
Moog’s Model15 synth – previously only available on iOS – is coming to desktops as a plugin. First released in 2016, Model15
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Four Tet and Madlib share track from forthcoming album, ‘Dirtknock’: Listen
Four Tet and Madlib have unveiled a new track from their forthcoming collaborative album. ‘Dirtknock’ is the third track to
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Unseen Daft Punk show from Alive 2007 tour appears online: Watch
An unseen Daft Punk show has appeared online. A performance from legendary French electronic duo, Daft Punk, at Lollapalooza over
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Tupac Vs. The Notorious B.I.G. VERZUZ battle discussed by producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz
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,
Arca drops video for new single, ‘Madre’: Watch
Arca has released a new track, ‘Madre’. Part of a new four-track single, the nine-minute ‘Madre’ sees Arca collaborating with
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Premiere: C&G Southsystem ‘Dual EP B1 (Honey Dijon Re Rub)’
Italian producer Gaetano Parisio’s Conform Records returns for the fourth instalment of its Re-Touched EP series next month. Inviting Radio
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Ultra 2021 has reportedly been cancelled
Ultra 2021 has reportedly been cancelled. According to a letter obtained by Billboard, organizers of the Ultra Music Festival are preparing
Armin van Buuren drops new trance track to celebrate 1000 episodes of A State of Trance: Listen
Armin van Buuren has dropped a new trance track. Dutch trance legend van Buuren, who recently revealed details of A State
Pa Salieu performs ‘Frontline’ on Fallon: Watch
Pa Salieu made his U.S. tv debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last week. The Coventry rapper, who last
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Ghost Ship defendant pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter
The master tenant of the Oakland warehouse known as the Ghost Ship, which used to host unlicensed DIY parties, has pleaded guilty
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Takashi Kurosawa & Ken Nishimura – Discosis / Dream Factory Music
Takashi Kurosawa,Ken Nishimura – Discosis (original Mix) 05:58 120.01bpm/
The Last Days of Pompeii – Make Me Believe / Fresh Take Records
The Last Days of Pompeii – All My Love 03:52 114.01bpm/ The Last Days of Pompeii – Make Me Believe
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Tom Junior – Never Know / Good For You Records
Tom Junior – Never Know (Original Mix) 06:07 127.00bpm/
Tiefschwarz – Dance Tili You Popo #1 / Souvenir
Phonique,Die Elfen – The Red Dress (Tiefschwarz Remix) 07:19 123.99bpm/ Tiefschwarz – Hey (Original Mix) 09:26 128.00bpm/ Tiefschwarz – Renix
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Trevor Gordon – The System / Gents & Dandy’s
Trevor Gordon – The System 07:06 120.01bpm/ Trevor Gordon – What Is Love 07:05 122.01bpm/
VA – Haute Collection Vol. 4 / Haute Musique
Big Al – Massive (Soultrip Remix) 07:03 118.00bpm/ J. Khobb – Mon Amour (Serhe Remix) 06:16 120.00bpm/ John Gregory –
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VA – Nothing But… Funky Groove, Vol. 15 / Nothing But
Bionic Disco – Dance With You (Disco Down Mix) 07:19 112.13bpm/ C. Da Afro – In love with the sound
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Vasily Umanets – With Tenderness / Bubble ‘N’ Twist Records
Vasily Umanets – With Tenderness (Original Mix) 06:22 123.01bpm/
Vooz Brothers ft Hadara – Come And Get Me / Tropical Heat
Vooz Brothers, Hadara – Come and Get Me feat Harada (Original Mix) 07:28 124bpm/Dmin Vooz Brothers, Hadara – Under Your
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Zoo Brazil – Show Me / Clipp.Art
Zoo Brazil – Show Me 07:03 122.00bpm/ Zoo Brazil – Show Me (Dub Mix) 07:03 122.00bpm/
Take Your Time Romy Black In It Together Records
The much-celebrated Australian producer and DJ, Romy Black is up next for In It Together Records. ‘Take Your Time’ is
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Aurora Fioretti Circus Recordings
After delivering an unstoppable remix for Steve Lawler on Circus Recordings last month, the exceptional Italian dj & producer delivers
Brush up on your D’n’B history with upcoming book
On March 5 2021, Velocity Press will publish Who Say Reload, a new book giving a comprehensive history of D’n’B
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ASTRYD reach a ‘Blind Summit’ on latest single
ASTRYD have released their single ‘Blind Summit’, a contemplative atmospheric track that begins in ambient and ends somewhere between electro
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Unseen Daft Punk concert footage has emerged online
New and unseen footage of Daft Punk playing live in 2007 at Grant Park in Chicago. The video is a
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LYNKS laments ‘Everyone’s Hot (And I’m Not)’ on latest single
South London-based performer, lyricist and producer LYNKS this week released their latest single ‘Everyone’s Hot (And I’m Not)’. It’s taken
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VA – Best Of 2020 / Groovy Riddim Records
Agua Sin Gas,Antoine Clamaran – Good Vibration (Milty Evans, Brian Boncher Side B Remix) 05:55 125.00bpm/ Alex Maiz – This
Tommy Glasses – Tonight / Midnight Riot
Tommy Glasses – Tonight 04:55 121.00bpm/ Tommy Glasses – Tonight (Birdee Remix) 05:05 121.00bpm/
VA – Drivetime Essentials 004 / HOT-Q
Adham Zahran – After All 05:29 123.01bpm/ Allain Faurd – Romance 2020 (Radio Edit) 04:29 122.99bpm/ Balearic Super Crew –
VA – Masterpieces 1 / Pieces Of Life
Adrian Roman – Lambda 06:22 118.00bpm/ G.Zamora – De Todo Se Aprende (Remix) 06:02 118.01bpm/ Rodrik – Hold Me On
VA – Equilibrium / De La Groove
Art Of Tones – Freaky Music 05:49 122bpm/Bmin Don Carlos – Kissin’ (Club Mix) 05:30 128bpm/Gmin Peppe Citarella, Davide Fiorese
VA – Nang Presents The Array Volume 11 / Nang
Disco Doubles – Don’t Hurt Me 06:46 125.01bpm/ DJ Rocca,Dimitri From Paris – Stone Town (One Era Remix) 06:18 115.01bpm/
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X Gets The Crest – Make Believe / Sundries Digital
X Gets The Crest – I Thourght U (Wanted To Dance) 05:53 125.00bpm/ X Gets The Crest – Make Believe
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ZebraCak3 – Rumba Supercali / Made In Miami
ZebraCak3 – Rumba Supercali 07:23 105.01bpm/
Xinobi & Lazarusman – Energy. Power. Vibe. / Discotexas
Xinobi,Lazarusman – Energy. Power. Vibe. 06:59 123.01bpm/ Xinobi,Lazarusman – Relentless 05:04 121.01bpm/
VA – Glenn Underground: It’s Been A Long Time Top Ten
Emmaculate – Feel Alright 07:46 124.00bpm/ Glenn Underground – Travel (Main) 06:48 120bpm/Gmin Lee Wilson, Reelsoul – Groove Like Louie
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Warehouse Project’s Sacha Lord: “10pm curfew actually helped to spread the virus”
A number of nightlife industry leaders are calling for fans to submit evidence to the parliamentary inquiry into the impact
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UK house music legend Phil Asher has died
UK house music legend Phil Asher has died aged 50. According to friends of the DJ, he passed away in
Ryuichi Sakamoto has been diagnosed with cancer for the second time
Ryuichi Sakamoto has revealed he has been diagnosed with cancer for the second time. In 2014 the Japanese composer was
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Pet Shop Boys are releasing a ‘Live In Rio’ DVD and CD
Pet Shop Boys are putting out a DVD and 2-CD release of ther ‘Discovery: Live In Rio 1994’ on April
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Grove wants you to know that ‘Ur Boyfriend’s Wack’
Bristol-based producer and vocalist Grove this week released their latest single ‘Ur Boyfriend’s Wack’. The track is a heady mixture
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Louisahhh gets ‘Numb, Undone’ on newest single
Paris-based producer and DJ Louisahhh this week released her latest single ‘Numb, Undone’. ‘Numb, Undone’ is a battering, distorted cry
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Armin van Buuren announces A State of Trance festival 2021
Armin van Buuren has announced A State of Trance (ASOT) festival 2021. Last year, live on the 5-hour long, 1000th episode
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Night Time Industry leaders call on music fans and workers for COVID-19 inquiry survey
Night Time Industry leaders have called on music fans and industry workers to complete a COVID-19 inquiry survey. Following the
London DJ Phil Asher has died
UK house DJ Phil Asher has reportedly died, aged 50. The sad news was shared on social media on Friday
Glastonbury 2021 officially cancelled
Glastonbury 2021 has officially been cancelled due to coronavirus. After confirming that they would update Glasto lovers with news after
Sven Väth announces Cocoon Recordings 20th anniversary compilation
Sven Väth has announced a Cocoon Recordings 20th anniversary compilation. After celebrating its two-decade legacy on the White Isle back
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£800 fine introduced for people going to house parties
The UK government is introducing an £800 fine for anyone attending a house party of more than 15 people. Home
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Unum, first festival with rapid COVID-testing, will “100%” happen this summer
Unum, the first festival with rapid COVID-19 testing, has announced its headliners. The festival is set to take place in
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UK partygoers claimed to police they had ‘not heard of the pandemic’
Partygoers at an illegal party in Hampshire last weekend claimed to police they were “unaware of the global pandemic, as
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Musicians “shamefully failed” by Brexit deal, letter signed by artists states
A number of electronic artists have signed a an open letter criticising the Brexit deal and its impact on live
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Premiere: BufoBufo ‘It’s Changing’
BufoBufo will release his new EP, ‘Endless Rhythm’, via FINA Records this month. Set for release on 25th January, four-track