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Carl Cox is a man who knows his disco. Despite making his name playing techno over the last three decades, the legendary selector has always had a penchant for ‘70s sounds, spinning disco, funk and soul sets annually at Burning Man and even famously jamming out a live Stevie Wonder cover in Ibiza. Last Saturday (17th November) Coxy
Massive Attack have announced a new tour to celebrate 21 years since they released ‘Mezzanine’. XX1, which will tour through Europe in February and March 2019, will use “custom audio reconstructed from the original samples and influences.” The Bristolian trip hop group will visit their hometown, London, Glasgow and Manchester as part of the tour, which Robert
Underworld have announced a series of intimate club shows in November and December this year. Karl Hyde and Rick Smith will visit Amsterdam twice and play at East London venue Village Underground three times. Explaining the band’s decision behind these more intimate venues, Smith said: “In 2017 we reconnected with a personal joy of performing in small venues
Back in July, Beatport introduced a new Hype Charts feature to its website to “strengthen its commitment to developing independent music and labels”, give smaller labels “greater visibility” and make it easier to identify unique and upcoming music from all over the world. With approximately 25,000 new releases added to the store each week, these Hype Charts
It is not too much of an exaggeration to say that dance music entered a brave new world on February 26, 2001, when Daft Punk released their second album. ‘Discovery’ is one of the most important dance music releases of this, or any era; a record that anticipated the digital music age, the pivotal importance
Is technology helping or hurting DJs? A new documentary by Telekom Electronic Beats looks to answer this question. Taking the form of a round table discussion, heavyweights such as Richie Hawtin, Laurent Garnier, Ellen Allien, Steffi and Rebekah share their thoughts on a subject that has long been hotly debated. As technology continues to progress
Orbital are back. Hooray! One of the most important electronic bands of the last 30 years have split a couple of times over the years, but the Hartnoll brothers have put their differences aside to reunite once again. And now they’re rocking the Racecourse in Brighton on a windy summer evening, running through some of
Skrillex is set to return with new music as soon as October, according to OWSLA associated audio engineer Randy Urbanski. Skrillex’s label celebrated its seventh birthday last week, and Urbanski posted a series of Instagram stories to mark the occasion. A caption on one of the posts, which accompanied a picture of Skrillex performing at
In the lead up to his all-night headline show at Wembley Arena (the first of its kind) and following his glorious return to London’s SW4 festival, drum & bass boss Andy C opens up about his passion for DJing, giving new artists a platform — and his love of the beautiful game… Andy C is famous for his
