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• Sammy Virji - Same Day Cleaning

  19-09-2025 00:00
  In 2023, the UK producer Sammy Virji experienced his first real flash of success. During his viral DJ set at the
  
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• Paul St. Hilaire - w/ The Producers

  26-09-2025 00:00
  Few voices in electronic music carry as much weight as Paul St. Hilaire's. The Dominica-born artist firs..
  
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• The Great Regression

  25-09-2025 12:30
  We've all seen it: Keinemusik's dead crowds, Ibiza VIP platforms, Euro-washed Afro house. 2020s mainstream clubbing is an algorithm-smoothed spectacle that rewards mediocrity. Yet it's booming. Rachel Grace Almeida searches for why.
  
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• Maara - Revenge From The Penthouse

  24-09-2025 14:55
  Maara-Louisa Dunbar's new Ancient Records label has become a safe house for her signature sapphic techno. The Berlin-based artist's catalogue is rife with progg..
  
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• Remembering JD Twitch

  23-09-2025 14:30
  The Optimo cofounder was a visionary force. Michael Lawson spoke to eight artists—from Glasgow peers to heroes like Liquid Liquid and Severed Heads—to reflect on his humility, effervescence and indefatigable creative spirit.
  
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• A History of '70s Disco in Ten Tracks

  18-09-2025 10:00
  Barbara Tucker is among the most important house and soul vocalists living today. With the spirit of Studio 54 back, she runs down her essential feel-good jams, from Loleatta Holloway to the Bee Gees.
  
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• Joanne Robertson - Blurrr

  18-09-2025 00:00
  When Joanne Robertson guests on albums, it often sounds as if she's been conjured, summoned. Since the early 2010s, her distinct vocal register—high-pitched and..
  
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• What Makes Draaimolen So Special?

  11-09-2025 15:30
  As the essential Dutch festival faces an uncertain future, Katie Thomas spoke to founder Milo Van Buijtene, Blawan & Pariah, Eris Drew & Octo Octa and more about its uncompromising spirit.
  
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• Acopia - Blush Response

  11-09-2025 00:00
  On their last two albums, Acopia perfected their recipe for dreamy, downtempo electronic pop. The Naarm (Melbourne) trio, made up of Kate Durman, Lachlan McGeeh..
  
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• The Art of Production: Verraco

  09-09-2025 14:00
  The Colombian electronic futurist is one of his generation's most daring sound designers. Chloe Lula digs into the meticulous techniques he uses to break sonic boundaries.
  
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• Skepta & Fred.. Again.. - Skepta .. Fred

  09-09-2025 09:00
  Skepta has had a fruitful 2025. Although the British legend still hasn't released his long-awaited album
  
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• Top Ten Festivals 2025: October

  04-09-2025 12:00
  Each month, we highlight ten of the best festivals happening around the world.
  
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• Best Music 2025: August

  03-09-2025 13:30
  The best albums, EPs and mixes of 2025 so far.
  
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• How to Survive as an Independent Festival

  02-09-2025 14:30
  Running small festivals has never been harder. We profiled resilient, brilliant events in the UK, Australia, Mexico and Germany to find out how they persevere against the odds.
  
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• james K - Friend

  02-09-2025 00:00
  james K has the kind of voice that rises from the ground like steam. As a singer, she follows in the tradition of trip-hop vocalists like Beth Gibbons, Tracey T..
  
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• Rewind: Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence (Tiësto Remix)

  30-08-2025 08:00
  The ultimate trance anthem? Released in 2000, this unlikely epic accelerated the Dutch DJ to superstardom and defined a golden era in Ibiza. Katie Thomas tells its story.
  
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• Blood Orange - Essex Honey

  29-08-2025 00:00
  Dev Hynes' music can wig you out in subtle ways. Best known for his work under the Blood Orange moniker, his version of pop resembles a crisp, compressed memory..
  
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• 26 Releases Our Staff Couldn't Stop Playing This Summer

  28-08-2025 14:30
  Our staff selected the albums, singles and mixes that they couldn't stop listening to this summer. Any genre goes.
  
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• Nourished By Time - The Passionate Ones

  22-08-2025 00:00
  Existentialism gets a bad rep for being overly pessimistic, but its fundamental promise of autonomy is actually quite positive. Sure, life can be meaningless; m..
  
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• The Art of Production: james K

  21-08-2025 14:30
  Ahead of her long-awaited new album, the breakout New York artist revealed the unconventional techniques behind the songs entrancing dance floors and chillout rooms alike.
  
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• The Art of DJing: Gene On Earth

  19-08-2025 14:00
  In his most candid interview yet, the revered Californian digger offers a rare glimpse into his meticulous selection process—and the recent autism diagnosis that changed his entire approach.
  
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• Kaytranada - AIN'T NO DAMN WAY!

  15-08-2025 16:15
  A decade after emerging from a fledgling SoundCloud dance scene, Kaytranada has achieved the holy grail of press-rele..
  
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• Valesuchi - Futuro Cercano

  14-08-2025 14:00
  The last few years have been a resounding celebration of club music from Latin America and its diaspora. The rise of
  
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• Amaarae - BLACK STAR

  12-08-2025 00:00
  During the chorus of "Starkilla," one of the clubbiest tracks on the 13-track rave bender that is Black Star, Amaarae chirps: "Ketamine. Coke. And Mol..
  
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• Film: Inside Floating Points' Sunflower Sound System

  08-08-2025 11:00
  Follow Floating Points and his Sunflower Sound System on the road to GALA, Glastonbury and Dekmantel this summer in our latest film.
  
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• DJ K - Radio Libertadora !

  08-08-2025 00:00
  Funk never left the favelas it originated in, but it has slipped in and out of global consciousness. Now, it's so back, and it's everywhere. A sound once..
  
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• Sofia Kourtesis - Volver

  01-08-2025 05:00
  In Pedro Almodóvar's melodrama Volver, a woman returns from the dead and stows he..
  
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• Melbourne’s Gateway Festival confirms 2025 programme with tINI, Lena Willikens

  29-07-2025 09:00
  Z@p, GE-OLOGY and more will also perform at Heide Museum of Modern Art on December 6th.
  
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• Mix Of The Day: Claudio Coccoluto

  29-07-2025 07:00
  Late '90s Balearic and proggy house from an Italian master.
  
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• The Loop launches new fundraiser to establish mobile drug testing lab

  28-07-2025 21:10
  The charity is looking to raise £25,000 to support its Test & Know campaign.
  
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