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News
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Sun, 07:03
Midnight Shift and Voitax team up for 15-track compilation featuring collaborations from 30 artists
Jamal Moss and KiNK are among the collaborations on Mothership, out next January.
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Sat, 02:00
Mix Of The Day: Lukid
A thrilling combination of ragga jungle, grime, footwork and plenty more.
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Fri, 21:06
Shawn Rudiman's latest album, 6th Finger, was conceived as a 'vacation from techno'
The Pittsburgh producer introduces ten new aliases on the new wave and EBM-flavoured full-length.
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Fri, 19:47
DJ Danifox releases new single, Estraga Lar
The 19-year-old Príncipe Discos affiliate will release his second EP, Quem é o Palhaço, in February.
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Fri, 11:40
Wewantsounds to reissue Akiko Yano's 1980 album, Gohan Ga Dekitayo
A new version of the Japanese artist's double-LP arrives January 24th.
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Fri, 10:00
Richie Hawtin's Plus 8 to release new compilation, +8138
Out now, the LP highlights the label's next generation, including ANNA, Matrixxman, YUADA and more.
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Fri, 06:35
Hanoi club Savage to move location after opening hours slashed
A midnight curfew was suddenly introduced following complaints from new residents in the area.
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Fri, 05:20
The Orb to release 17th album, Abolition Of The Royal Familia
It arrives on Cooking Vinyl on March 27th, and one of the tracks is a tribute to the late Stephen Hawking.
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Album reviews
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Yamaneko - Spirals Heaven Wide
onLocal Action
Intense, emotive soundscapes that go beyond ambient tropes.
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Eartheater - Trinity
onChemical X
The versatile New York artist turns to watery love songs for the club.
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Burial - Tunes 2011 To 2019
onHyperdub
This compilation of Burial's music in the '10s reflects a unique, enduring talent.
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Vilod - The Clouds Know
onMana
Perlon meets ECM on this enigmatic, detailed LP by Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer.
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Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Two
onNoton
Two masters reflect on a collaboration spanning nearly two decades on this live album.
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Various - Nervous Horizon Vol. 3
onNervous Horizon
Hear how the sounds of Durban, Taipei and Beirut are intensifying UK club music on this excellent compilation.
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Amelie Lens - fabric presents Amelie Lens
onFabric Records
This mix shows the Belgian superstar can do more than drop techno bangers, but it sometimes shows other limits to her full-on style.
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Donato Dozzy - 12H
onPresto!?
Originally a 12-hour installation for a bridge, 12H contains some of Dozzy's gentlest music. That's not always a good thing.
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Doon Kanda - Labyrinth
onHyperdub
The visual artist's first LP is an incomplete but delightfully strange waltz through classical and experimental forms.
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Function - Existenz
onTresor
Dave Sumner revisits his New York roots on this surprisingly expansive album.
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Shed - Oderbruch
onOstgut Ton
One of techno's great contemporary artists returns to form.
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Stenny - Upsurge
onIlian Tape
Stenny's first album draws from the sensuous textures of post-dubstep. But it's still as powerful as you'd hope.
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Hiro Kone - A Fossil Begins To Bray
onDais Records
The concept? It's complicated. But the music—an upfront mix of noise, ambient and technoid forms—is hugely enjoyable.
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33EMYBW - Arthropods
onSVBKVLT
The artist calls this music "limb dance." You'd need eight of them to move to it properly.
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Various - 4 Down
onDeek Recordings
Bullion compiles pop-celebrating covers of Elliot Smith, Fleetwood Mac and Simon & Garfunkel.
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Bella Boo - Once Upon A Passion
onStudio Barnhus
House with bags of personality from one of Studio Barnhus's rising stars.
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Shanti Celeste - Tangerine
onPeach Discs
Don't expect sunny house—Tangerine expertly weaves through electro, Autonomic drum & bass and 140 BPM swingers.
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Ziúr - ATØ
onPlanet Mu
Subtle pop pleasures lurk amid this techno-adjacent club record's progressive manifesto.
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Galcher Lustwerk - Information
onGhostly International
Six years after 100% Galcher, the US artist's drowsy club fantasies still draw you in.
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Rrose - Hymn To Moisture
onEAUX
Menacing, high-definition techno from a singular artist.
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DJ Nigga Fox - Cartas Na Manga
onPrincipe
The Lisbon artist's shadow self directs a seductive take on batida.
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Zonal - Wrecked
onRelapse Records
Justin Broadrick, Kevin Martin and Moor Mother prove a lethal combination on this dubwise take on hip-hop.
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Ka Baird - Respires
onRvng Intl.
Can breathing become music? Would it even sound good? Ka Baird's entrancing LP makes a compelling case.
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808 State - Transmission Suite
onSelf-released
The acid house group's first album in 17 years is a brave attempt at reinvention that too often falls short.
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Various - WXAXRXP Sessions
onWarp Records
30 years of Warp on the radio, ripped legally for the first time.
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Jeff Mills - Sight Sound And Space
onAxis Records
The essential Jeff Mills starter kit.
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Giant Swan - Giant Swan
onKeck
Unconventional techno with a punky edge, this debut LP from the Bristol duo consolidates their excellent run of EPs.
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FKA twigs - MAGDALENE
onYoung Turks
The English artist emerges from life-changing illness and heartbreak with a renewed creative vision.
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Deathprod - Occulting Disk
onSmalltown Supersound
Immersive drone ambient pieces, made to inspire moral reflection.
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Konk - The Magic Force Of Konk 1981-1988
onFuturismo
This essential retrospective highlights the livewire New York band's killer blend of disco, funk, new wave, jazz and Afrobeat.
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Karenn - Grapefruit Regret
onVoam
Ripe for the club.
Single reviews
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Rewind: Paul & Fritz Kalkbrenner - Sky And Sand
onBPitch Control
Ten years on, we revisit the masterstroke that helped define the sound of Berlin.
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Derek Carr - The Matter At Hand
onJust Jack Recordings
Subtle deep house suitable for the dance floor and home.
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Stacey Sexton - Necessary Desire
onAll Centre
Chunky house music, with a twist.
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Ecko Bazz - Kyusa Embela
Clattering, MC-led club tracks loaded with energy.
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DJ Richard - Eraser
onFLEXXSEAL
Gritty club tracks that could start a mosh pit.
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Dro Carey - Act Like You're Home / Hemisphere
onSoothsayer
A top Australian producer returns with two solid tracks.
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SASSY 009 - KILL SASSY 009
onLuft Recordings
Exciting electro pop with an adventurous streak.
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Namasenda - 24/7
onPC Music
Tears on the dance floor from a new PC Music artist.
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mutate3k - Static
onEdited Arts
Gorgeous textures that sound like life inside a computer.
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HAAi - Systems Up, Windows Down
onMute Records
This intense EP highlights the troubling aspects of HAAi's anything-goes sampling.
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Toxe / Crystallmess - Split
onPAN
Strong tracks by maturing producers on a top experimental label.
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Dualist Inquiry - Life Forms EP
onDualism Records
A New Delhi-based pioneer of "rocktronica" revisits his early sound.
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Hercules & Love Affair - Change EP
onSkint
Andy Butler and Second Storey remix three Hercules & Love Affair classics.
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SJ Tequilla - Sanya
onCraigie Knowes
Dreamy, nostalgic house music thick with summer heat.
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Lewis James - The Death Of Habit
onExit Records
Warm, inviting drum & bass on the best Exit release in some time.
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Ekoplekz - Volcanic
onAvon Terror Corps
A rough, fuzzy highlight from a new compilation of Bristol artists.
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Mall Grab & Skin On Skin - Strangers
onLooking For Trouble
Mall Grab goes gabber, sort of.
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Rewind: Choice - Acid Eiffel
onFragile Records
Kirk Degiorgio looks back on a dreamy acid track that changed the course of French electronic music.
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Four Tet - Teenage Birdsong (Avalon Emerson Scrub Jay Remix)
onText Records
This remix might make you nostalgic for your younger days.
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Lee Gamble - Exhaust
onHyperdub
The music is Lee Gamble's best yet. But does the concept get in the way?
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Mode_1 / Duncan Macdonald - Super Sound Tool #1
What's a techno tool? Here are two great examples.
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Ricardo Villalobos & Maher Daniel - Changes EP (Part 1)
onThe Other Side
The king of minimal links up with a faithful student.
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KiNK - Home
onSofia Records
A new side to KiNK, including a career highlight.
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Any Act - Civil Act EP
onSelf-released
A thundering protest techno EP aimed at the Russian government.
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Enchante - Mind In Camden 2
onJolly Discs
A pleasantly confusing transmission from a London label to watch.
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Amnesia Scanner - AS Acá feat. Lalita
onPAN
The exciting first taste of an "avant-EDM" act's next album.
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Leon Vynehall - I, Cavallo
onNinja Tune
Is Leon Vynehall the new Four Tet? Perhaps.
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Various - Club Culture Vol. 2
onDansu Discs
Classy, modern UK garage that's all about groove.
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Burial - Old Tape
onHyperdub
Burial does a breakup song.
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Róisín Murphy - Narcissus
onSkint
A swirling disco banger.
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Uun - Praxis
onDynamic Reflection
Classy, atmospheric techno full of subtle details.
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Theo Parrish - This Is For You feat. Maurissa Rose
onSound Signature
Theo at his most tender.
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Anastasia Kristensen - MAXIMA
onHoundstooth
A daring techno EP that reveals a thoughtful approach to production.
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Zanuski - Free Flow Mon Ami Vol. 1
onNoosphere Network
Rich, percussive house and downtempo from Mumbai.
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Lemna - Retrocausality
onHoro
Deep, abstract techno to hypnotise dance floors.
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Rewind: Skatebård - Conga
onSex Tags Mania
The story of a stunning—once overlooked—house tune from a weird, wonderful label.
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Pinch & Kahn - Crossing The Line feat. Killa's Army
Bristol meets Brixton on this speaker-rattling EP.
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Joy Overmono - Bromley / Still Moving
onXL Recordings
Minimal fuss, maximum impact.
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Hannah Diamond - Love Goes On
onPC Music
A pop-perfect love song in the signature PC Music style.
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A-Future - Zero Point Access
onEON
Another house producer turns to electro.
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Jonnine - Super Natural
onGood Morning Tapes
A HTRK member goes solo with an eerie new EP.
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Kelsey Lu - Why Knock For You (Dixon Retouch)
onColumbia
A knockout remix by the Innervisions boss.
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Aïsha Devi - S.L.F. Versions
onHoundstooth
Equiknoxx, Varg and more contribute to an adventurous remix EP.
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MHYSA - Sanaa Lathan
onHyperdub
A seductive club track enhanced by minimalism.
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Violet / Denham Audio - Frndzne 03
onFrendzone
Useful for DJ emergencies.
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Grimes - So Heavy I Fell Through The Earth
on4AD
The promising first taste of a much-anticipated new album.
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Louie Vega & The Martinez Brothers - Let It Go
onCuttin' Headz
Smooth house that might transport you to summertime in New York City.
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TNGHT - TNGHT II
onWarp Records
The surprise comeback record you didn't know you wanted.
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Yoshinori Hayashi - γ
onSmalltown Supersound
Three belters, one dud.
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Shygirl - BB
onNUXXE
Two exciting artists meet on an inventive hip-hop track.
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Michael David - Rain II (Jex Opolis Remix)
onCascine
Beach party, basement rave—this remix might work at both.
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Rewind: Mari Kvien Brunvoll - Everywhere You Go (Villalobos Mix)
onJazzland Recordings
We revisit one of the decade's key remixes, a spellbinding minimal house track from the master of the sound.
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Neon Chambers - One EP
onDekmantel
Powerful, high-definition techno from Sigha and Kangding Ray.
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Anthony 'Shake' Shakir & Morphosis - BAD MANNERS 3
onBAD MANNERS
Funky, strange and effective remixes of unreleased Marcel Dettmann tunes.
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Leif - Igam-Ogam
onLivity Sound
Deep house that charms with subtlety.
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Andy Stott - It Should Be Us
onModern Love
Deep, spellbinding house and techno from a master of subdued sounds.
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J Sliwa - Eternal Now
onTHRDEYEVSN
The '90s meet the now on this exciting post-club EP.
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Sim Hutchins - Club Love
onLocal Action
Sentimental rave tracks that pair pumping house with a heady concept.
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Aardvarck - Monkey See...
It was made in 2009, but this could be the year's freshest dubstep release.
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Three Oscillators - The Purge
onSelf-released
The electronic sound of Mumbai.
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Polyswitch - Feverish Cuts Vol. 2
onAstrofever Records
Smooth tracks from a producer dubbed "the Moroccan Glenn Underground."
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Denis Sulta - Aye Spoake Te Sumwuhn & They Listenhd
onNinja Tune
The Scottish artist's most ambitious record yet doesn't deliver on its lofty premise.
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New York Trax - Zero RA
onNew York Trax
Raw, unpredictable techno for fans of Stanislav Tolkachev.
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J Chrysalis - A Kind Robin / Latent Space
onBlank Mind
Played by Ben UFO, these are two strong tracks by an emerging artist.
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Sam Smith - I Feel Love (Donna Summer Cover)
onCapitol Records
A transparent, disrespectful cash grab.
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Hanna - I Needed
onMelodies
A valuable reissue of classics from a low-key house US producer.
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Rewind: Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers
onWarner Music (UK)
Andrew Ryce tells the story of a UK garage classic.
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La Fraicheur & Léonard de Léonard - Sang Chaud
onLeonizer Records
Thundering acid techno for peak-time DJ sets.
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Denham Audio - Bashment Juice
onTrapped Audio
Mean breakbeats that move like a bulldozer.
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Caos - Mandra Varna
onDRED Records
Big on melody, these trance-tinged tunes will brighten your next DJ set.
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Event reviews
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Five Years Room 4 Resistance in Berlin
The beloved queer party turns five with AYA, Gigsta and Loraine James.
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MUTEK MX 2019: Five Key Performances
Matt McDermott travels to Mexico City for one of Latin America's oldest and best-loved electronic festivals.
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Floating Points live at Funkhaus Berlin
Sam Shepherd bangs it out with his Buchla.
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Inner City live at Shoom London
Danny Rampling's seminal acid house party returns with a heavy hit of nostalgia.
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Shi Fu Miz Festival 2019
These are turbulent times in Hong Kong—but how have the protests affected the nightlife scene? Michael Pote-Hunt investigates.
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Club To Club Festival 2019: Five key performances
Ambient, free jazz and Slikback at the long-running Turin favourite.
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Amsterdam Dance Event 2019: Five key performances
From mega-raves to cosy club nights, ADE has it all. Matt Unicomb highlights some of this year's best sets.
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15 Years Of Hyperdub at Village Underground
Kode9 and the gang come correct.
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Features
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Strawberry Fields In Pictures
Bush doofs—raves or festivals in the scorching outdoors—are a very Australian tradition. We take a close look at one of the country's favourites.
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Breaking Through: E-Saggila
Sitting at the crossroads of techno, noise, gabber and breakcore, Rita Mikhael's music is fearless, confrontational and utterly thrilling. Max Mertens hears the Iraq-born, Toronto-based artist's story.
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November's Best Music
Here are the albums, mixes and EPs we were feeling this November.
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The Art Of DJing: Craig Richards
As fabric's resident DJ, Richards played the London club every Saturday for 18 years. Ray Philp hears a few things he learned along the way, from warm-ups to back-to-backs to the importance of playing for yourself.
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RA Films
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Real Scenes: Melbourne
A distinct scene is flourishing in a city that no longer considers itself inferior to established dance music hubs like London and Berlin.
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Real Scenes: Sydney
In Australia's most populous city, we find the party scene quietly flourishing beyond the reach of so-called "lockout laws."
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Giant Steps: To Houghton And Back
Extreme weather, a cancelled festival and, finally, a party: we follow a London soundsystem's eventful trip to the Norfolk countryside and back.
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The Rise Of Listening Bars: Brilliant Corners
These films, produced by Resident Advisor in partnership with Asahi Super Dry Beer, explore the new wave of listening bars in Europe.
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RA Podcast
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RA.706 Beatrice Dillon
Ultra-modern rhythms in a timeless mould.
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RA.705 India Jordan
Floor-fillers full of "big, melodic, emotional synths."
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RA.704 Esa
Wandering the world with open ears.
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RA.703 B.Traits
Two hours of ambient, techno and jungle.
RA Exchange
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EX.487 Speaker Music
DeForrest Brown, Jr. unpacks his new record for Planet Mu.
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EX.486 The Hour: A Sonic Pulse, Gabber Eleganza
The deaf experience of electronic music and Gabber Eleganza feature on this month's episode.
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EX.485 K-HAND
A sitting with one of Detroit's most crucial producers.
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EX.484 fabric
Judy Griffith and Andy Blackett reflect on two decades at the top of London clubbing.
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DJ Charts
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D'Julz06 Dec 2019
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Machine Woman06 Dec 2019
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Ryan Crosson06 Dec 2019
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wAFF04 Dec 2019
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Manfredas03 Dec 2019
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Marco Bailey01 Dec 2019
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Fri 20Fri 20
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7 attending
Lift: Amplified - Matt Donatello, Rometti, DJ Plateau
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3 attending
//.28// feat. Nick Klein, Gabberbitch69, Donation
TBA - Richmond
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Photos
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London
Afterlife at Printworks
Jake Davis @ Hungry Visuals
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Barcelona
**Sold Out** Hivernacle #2: Agoria, SRVD Live, Octave One Live, HEX Showcase, Kwartz at Plaza Mayor de El Poble Espanyol
Hivernacle Pop Up Club
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Kuala Lumpur
Circoloco - Kuala Lumpur at The Rex KL
Alex Jukes
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Chicago
Defected Chicago with Riva Starr / Ferreck Dawn / John Simmons at smartbar
teddy mac
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London
Volt with Ugandan Methods (Live), Phase Fatale, Antonio de Angelis & Polanski at E1 London
Volt Events by Kiev R�
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