A limited run of the 1998 documentary featuring Larry Levan, Carl Cox, A-Trak and more will hit four UK theatres next month. A classic documentary on DJing is returning to UK cinemas for a limited run next month. Hang The DJ, directed by Marco and Mauro La Villa, premiered at Toronto International Film [...]
Get Ready for an Unforgettable Weekend at the Gates Hotel Miami Beach! Miami Beach is set to come alive with electrifying beats and unforgettable vibes as Foxtail at the Gates Hotel proudly hosts two spectacular parties that you won’t want to miss! Mark your calendars for March 28 [...]
Jamaica's soundsystem culture laid the foundation many of the most significant developments in electronic music culture around the world. Marcus Barnes traces its influence When the HMT Empire Windrush arrived on British shores in 1948 — Tilbury, Essex to be precise — no one could have predicted the reverberations it would have on Britain’s music culture. Though it wasn’t [...]
The festival's fifth edition happens August 29-31 at Chicago's Union Park. Chicago’s ARC Music Festival has announced a sprawling 2025 lineup featuring nearly 100 artists. The fifth edition of the house-focused festival will feature performances by Jamie xx, Amelie Lens, Adam Beyer, Richie Hawtin, John Summit, Luciano, Fisher, Blond:ish, Eric Prydz (who will play [...]
To celebrate 40 years of house music, we joined Mike Dunn at Chicago's ARC Music Festival and dived into the story behind his house anthem, ‘God Made Me Phunky’ https://youtu.be/-c9T7vWJN0Q?si=B_gRK_48gkSekpmz Mike Dunn shares the story behind the making of his house classic, 'God Made Me Phunky'. Released in 1994, Dunn explains how the track [...]
Peven Everett means business. In a rare interview with Kwame Safo, the Chicago singer and multi-instrumentalist shares his views on the importance of developing musicianship and songwriting, learning from the greats, power being taken away from artists, dealing with industry blacklisting, and much more For many years I've wanted to speak to Peven Everett across [...]
Traxman started to make music with the simple aim of making people dance and have a good time. That hasn’t changed, but since he started out in the '80s, Corky Strong’s masterful productions and DJ sets have marked him out as a house music great. He has been at the forefront of three different [...]
As part of Blackout Mixmag, Dantiez Saunderson – son of techno pioneer Kevin Saunderson – selects 10 artists who are continuing the legacy of Detroit's innovative dance music scene into the new generation Detroit, a city synonymous with innovation in sound, has long been the beating heart of techno music — a genre born [...]
Electronic dance music, or “EDM” as the world has come to know it, has been around for decades. Since 2012, the “umbrella genre” has experienced an economic explosion the likes of which no one could have foreseen in terms of its multi-billion-dollar profitability. Make no mistake, though, that the so-called “EDM boom” was actually [...]
Church On Sunday is set to celebrate Black History Month with a series of events highlighting the Black origins of House Music. Throughout February, the Washington, D.C.-based collective will host DJ performances, discussions, and community activations focused on recognizing the genre’s pioneers and its continued influence. House Music, which has grown into a global phenomenon, [...]