"I don't complain, I create." The house DJ talks about her new multi-platform project, Honeyverse, and using music as a way to celebrate the Black queer community. Honey Dijon is a queer house music icon whose reputation precedes her. Originally hailing from Chicago, she grew up going to raves in the 1970s, eventually [...]
Defected has promoted Melvo Baptiste to director of music, Glitterbox, overseeing the label’s recordings schedule, talent and curation across its global repertoire of events into 2024 and beyond. Baptiste steps into his new role after seven years at Defected as part of the A&R team. He has also presented and curated Glitterbox’s radio show. “An authoritative voice [...]
Amsterdam Dance Event continues to be the world's largest and most important DJ and electronic music conference and festival. Consisting of different sub-conferences and sub-events (such as GDE, Amsterdam Dance Event's little brother) ADE continues its global impact on the world's dance music industry, and the GDE events carry a clear message during the ADE: [...]
The new release lands via Ultra Records on Friday MK, real name Marc Kinchen, continues a prolific 2023 with a new single 'Take My Chance' dropping this week.The song, which has featured heavily in the DJ's summer sets, pays homage to '90s piano house and evokes dancefloor euphoria. The Detroit-born producer has amassed over one billion global [...]
With 500,000 attendees anticipated, the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is the world's largest electronic music gathering. Amsterdam Dance Event, also affectionately known as ADE, is the Slush of the electronic music industry. What started out as a weekend gathering of just over 100 individuals back in 1996 has grown in size, scope, and reputation, and [...]
Amsterdam will be ALIVE with the sound of music this week as the Amsterdam Dance Event kicks off on Wednesday. My House Radio will be well represented at ADE, with its Bulldog Palace takeover. If you're attending ADE, be sure to get yourself to the Bulldog Palace for a week of STELLAR music, dancing, and [...]
Listen to live radio broadcasts right from your browser or smartphone With the multitude of online radio stations that are available, picking your favorite should be easy. Below is my hand-picked list of the absolute best online radio stations for a variety of genres. I reviewed dozens of these types of websites to uncover [...]
Credit: Jordan Landwehr Chicago’s ARC Music Festival brings international acts from throughout the various evolutions of house music to the city that gave the genre its name, booking them side by side with rising and veteran local talent. Ben Hindle heads to the Windy City to see how the music and culture survives and [...]
The London-based label Nice 'N' Ripe kickstarted one of the UK's most celebrated sounds. On its 30th anniversary, NME speaks to the key players One September evening in 1993, a 22-year-old Grant Nelson, his cousin Dave Thackaray, and his mate Si Firmin sat in a kebab shop basement amid cables and vinyls, experimenting [...]
ROB BOSKAMP. FOTO MARCEL ANTONISSE/ BIOGRAPHY: DJ Rob Boskamp is probably one of the most well-known names in Dutch DJ-history. He has played every single festival and every single club in Holland and is also a regular in most clubs at the isles of Curacao and Bonaire. His DJ-styles range from soulful, [...]