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News
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Fri, 13:08
Andrew James Gustav is starting a new label, Marginal Returns
The first release is an EP from longtime Uruguayan producer Two Phase U.
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Fri, 10:55
The Lot Radio cafe closed by New York Department Of Health
The owner is working with city agencies to resolve the issue and reopen. The radio, meanwhile, will keep broadcasting.
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Fri, 09:30
New London station Threads Radio finds a home in The Cause
Threads will launch next Friday, January 25th, and feature a mix of "cutting edge music" and "socially and politically focussed talk-based content."
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Fri, 06:20
Nachtdigital reveals first names for 2019 edition
The German festival will put on three shows from Vril alongside Deena Abdelwahed, Powder, Marie Davidson and Batu.
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Thu, 21:47
Moodymann shares video of confrontation with armed police, police hold press conference on incident
The Detroit artist says Highland Park police falsely accused him of breaking-and-entering on his own property.
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Thu, 14:21
Bandcamp opens record store and headquarters in Oakland
The 5000-square-foot complex, which will also serve as a venue, opens on February 1st.
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Thu, 13:00
Craig Richards tracks from early 2000s to be released on Blkmarket Music along with remixes
Both versions of "Making Ends Meet" were made under the name Scumdolly, one of which was only released on a mix CD.
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Thu, 11:44
Fennesz to release Agora, his first solo album in five years
It's the Austrian sound artist's seventh LP, coming in March on Touch.
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The Feed
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Album reviews
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James Blake - Assume Form
onUniversal Music
The British artist opens up, both personally and sonically, on his fourth album.
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E.R.P. - Afterimage
onForgotten Future US
The electro lifer distills the style into its most elegant form.
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Pom Pom - Untitled ll
onA-TON
The longtime anonymous techno producer shows another side of their sound.
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Silent Servant - Shadows Of Death And Desire
onHospital Productions
The influential techno artist looks to EBM, industrial and post-punk on his second LP.
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Passarani - W.O.W.
onOffen Music
The Tiger & Woods artist turns back to a nostalgic techno sound.
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Loscil - Submers
onKranky
A beloved ambient techno LP from 2002 is reissued on vinyl.
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Sam Kidel - Silicon Ear
onLatency
Google data centers and voice recognition inspire this probing ambient LP.
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Deadbeat - Waking Life
onBLKRTZ
Expertly made dub techno for the dance floor.
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Demdike Stare - Stitch By Stitch
onDDS
A sprawling survey of the Demdike Stare universe.
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Black Noi$e - Illusions
onVanity Press Records
Techno, electro, trap, hip-hop and more from Detroit.
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Various - Happy New Year! We Wish You Happiness!
onTrip
Inventive club sounds from Nina Kraviz's typically excellent label.
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Black Merlin - Kosua
onIsland Of The Gods
The Kosua tribe of Papua New Guinea inspired this epic full-length of moody, evocative ambient.
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Kelman Duran - 13th Month
onApocalipsis
Poignant meditations on trauma through hip-hop, reggaeton and dembow.
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51717 - Paranoia Star
onL.I.E.S.
Opaque industrial dread from the New York producer's debut LP.
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Joseph Shabason - Anne
onWestern Vinyl
Intimate saxophone-led ambient inspired by degenerative illness.
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DJ Bone - Beyond
onSubject Detroit
Uplifting Detroit techno.
Single reviews
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BFC - Evolution
onFragile Records
We revisit Carl Craig's influential 1990 EP.
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Kokoko! - Liboso
onTransgressive Records
Compelling beats from the Democratic Republic Of The Congo.
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SHXCXCHCXSH - Word
onMord
Gritty techno.
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Denis Sulta - Silver Service 002
onSulta Selects
Disco-house for big rooms.
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Moomin - Concrete Grounds
onCloser
A staple of German deep house looks to breakbeats.
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Primary Perception - Retrofitted Future Vol. 2
onSlow Life
Dreamy dance music for busy dance floors.
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Forces - Climate Denial Machine
onBio Future Laboratory
An introduction to "eco-grime."
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Various - From The Dark Volume 3
onCultivated Electronics
Moody tracks on one of electro's top labels.
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Randomer - HS002
onHeadstrong Records
A leading techno producer looks to trance.
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Bergsonist - Heat
onOptimo Music
Abstract techno meets synth pop.
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Michelle - Zocco
onMy Own Jupiter
Melodic acid and techno from a new Uruguayan artist.
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Stef Mendesidis - Klockworks
onKlockworks
Analogue techno endorsed by Ben Klock.
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Lara Sarkissian - Disruption
onClub Chai
Experimental club music to put you in a dreamlike state.
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Prince Of Queens - Merecutek
onNames You Can Trust
A "tropical futurist" take on house and techno.
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Krotone - Bubbles
onJelly Bean Farm
Hybridized UK bass.
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Pistol Pete - Orphan
onIdle Hands
The Bristol label does lo-fi house.
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Rebūke - Along Came Polly
onHot Creations
The '00s tech house revival we didn't need.
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Synkro - Gagaku
onSynkro Musik
A chilled blend of ambient and new age.
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Valentino Mora - Transmagnetic
onSpazio Disponibile
Excellent deep techno on Donato Dozzy and Neel's label.
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Dave Aju - Off Weed Or Sane
onAccidental Jnr
Oddball house cuts from a master of the style.
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O/V/R - The World Remade
onDownwards
James Ruskin and Regis combine for an electrifying techno EP.
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Cinthie - Trust
onAus Music
Colourful house on Will Saul's resurgent label.
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Marco Shuttle - The Moon Chant
onThe Bunker New York
Inspired techno.
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Lighght - The Skin Falls Off The Body
onDream Catalogue
Thrilling experimental club music inspired by the human body.
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Acronym & Korridor - Untitled
onVAAGNER
Ethereal ambient resurrected from cassette.
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Laurel Halo & Hodge - Tru / Opal / The Light Within You
onLivity Sound
Melody-infused techno.
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Slim Media Player - Quicksand
onPacific Rhythm
A new Vancouver talent arrives.
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Anthony Linell - Sculpting Energy
onNorthern Electronics
Deep, hypnotic techno.
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Nathan Micay - Never Rhythm Game / Team Player
onESP Institute
The artist otherwise known as Bwana closes out the year with another solid EP.
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Event reviews
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EPIZODE Festival 2018
Raving in Vietnam with Ricardo Villalobos's kids—Carlos Hawthorn visits a dance music event on the rise.
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Xama 2019
São Paulo crews Gop Tun and Selvagem throw a festival in paradise.
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Last Dance NYE in Sydney
MCDE, Moxie and Mall Grab see out 2018 on the Wollongong coast.
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Future Terror NYE in Tokyo
New Year's Eve is family time in Japan, but not for DJ Nobu and co.
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Denis Sulta at The Usher Hall
The Glaswegian star helms the first-ever rave at one of Scotland's most prestigious venues.
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Mala in Dublin
The dubstep king returns to Ireland.
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Dance Affliction at Macao
Yet more proof why the Milan venue is such a vital space for electronic music.
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Magnetic Fields 2018: Five key performances
A festival experience like no other.
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Features
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Honcho Campout: A weekend with America's queer techno underground
Andrew Ryce heads to the Pennsylvania woods to report on a thriving scene that many dance music fans probably don't even know exists.
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The cult of rotary mixers
There are more rotaries on the market than ever before, and many top DJs swear by them. So what, if anything, makes them special? Stephen Titmus investigates.
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Caterina Barbieri: Ecstatic computation
The Italian composer distills her creative process with Maya-Roisin Slater.
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Where were you in '92? An interview with French hardcore legend Manu Le Malin
The DJ and producer spoke to Holly Dicker about overcoming his personal demons to reconnect with the music he loves.
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RA Films
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RA Live: Lemna and Naoto Tsujita at MUTEK.JP
An engrossing audiovisual collaboration captured live in Tokyo.
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RA Live: Bicep at Printworks 2018
90 minutes of spine-tingling euphoria.
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ORIGINS: Martyn
A near-death experience changed Martyn's life—and his music. The Dutch artist tells his story as our ORIGINS film series returns.
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Sebastian Mullaert's Circle Of Live
From Rostanga, Sweden to Baskerville Hall in Wales, we tell the story of the first performance from Sebastian Mullaert's live collective.
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1 attending
Compressor W/ DJ Trace (UK) at Ry Lounge
TBA - Virginia
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3 attending
Saeed Younan (Younan Music)
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Photos
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All
A/L Live Performance - 4th Anniversary of Deep House Tehran at Iranshahr Gallery
Nesa Azadikhah
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Melbourne
Piknic MEL #6 - Session Victim (Live), Sunshine at Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Jess Middleton
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Glasgow
Maximum Pressure x NYD 2019 at SWG3
Kierian Patton
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Tokyo
Womb presents New Year Countdown to 2019 Supported by Cocalero at WOMB
Ryuya Amao, Tomokazu Furuya
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Portland
Synchronous with Sleeparchive, Murat, Claude Young at TBA - Portland
Pocho's Cosas
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New Tracks
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Fri, 18 Jan 2019
Plaintive violin-driven ambience for the Nils Frahm set.
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Fri, 18 Jan 2019
The first single from Jamison Isaak's sixth album, BIOLUMINESCENCE, reveals its approach: live instrumentation suffused with synth work and sounds recorded from nature, from field recordings to rocks splashing in water.
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Fri, 18 Jan 2019
A beautifully relaxed post-club jam with soulful vocals from Spacek that nails the louche lounge vibe of the classic Back To Mine series, which relaunches this month.
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Fri, 18 Jan 2019
Noise In My Head's Michael Kucyk liked Joe Tossini's 1989 private-press lounge record so much he started a whole label to reissue it. "Wild Dream," recorded with an Atlantic City backing band, feels like a lost classic, oddly reminiscent of the karaoke scene from Buffalo 66.
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Fri, 18 Jan 2019
The Buttons resident goes rogue on the title track from his new EP.
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Fri, 18 Jan 2019
Samuel Kerridge indulges in a bit of the old ultra violence.
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Thu, 17 Jan 2019
Electro-tinged synth wave that strips the London-based group's sound down to its bare bones, sounding like a cross between Miss Kittin and Glass Candy.
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Thu, 17 Jan 2019
Cute smol beats from Ulldeter, an electronic pop project from Barcelona singer and producer Aleix Clavera.
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RA Podcast
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RA.659 Nazira
Fierce club sounds from Kazakhstan.
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RA.658 Huerco S
Eerie ambience from a master of the form.
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RA.657 Honey Dijon
One of 2018's standout DJs steps out of her comfort zone.
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RA.656 Nathan Micay
Mystical rhythms.
RA Exchange
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EX.441 Lauren Goshinski
A look inside the fine art of directing music and arts festivals.
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EX.440 tINI
One of Germany's top DJ exports gives her deepest interview to date.
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EX.439 Suzanne Ciani
A sitting with the diva of the diode.
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EX.438 Art Of DJing w/ Elena Colombi + John Talabot
We return to Dekmantel Festival for a live version of one of our favourite feature series.
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DJ Charts
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Cio D'Or
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Jay Lumen
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CCL
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Spencer Parker
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DJ Rolando 06 Jan 2019
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20 Jan 2019