With 15,000 flyers from the golden age of UK rave and acid house in his possession, and countless others from around the world stored on the Phatmedia website he’s run since 1998, collector Dave Nicholson has built an essential archive of dance music’s visual history. His new book on Velocity Press, UK Rave Flyers 1988–1989, [...]
Fatboy Slim shares the story behind one of his most loved classics, 'The Rockafeller Skank'. https://youtu.be/hFyA2x_KPEk?si=_qpV_f9bM32p1__m Released in 1998, it was the lead single from his acclaimed second studio album 'You've Come A Long Way, Baby'. Here, Fatboy Slim recalls how the track was made, sampling the voice of Lord Finesse and [...]
Ron Trent, Todd Terje and many more will play the venue's next season. Ministry Of Sound has detailed the first events of its 2026 programme. The London venue, which celebrates its 35th anniversary next year, will kick 2026 off with a New Year's Day edition of Peach Club's House of Peach, featuring sets [...]
Kevin Saunderson, DJ Stingray 313 b2b Ellen Allien, 999999999, Voices From The Lake, Barry Can't Swim, Nia Archives Movement Detroit has announce the first names to play the festival in 2026. The weekender will run from 23rd to 25th May at Hart Plaza. One of the most important dates in the global techno calendar, 18 [...]
The film is based on a podcast following two Americans as they journey to the notoriously exclusive club A new comedy film centred around an ill-fated attempt to get into Berghain is in the works, Deadline reports. The film – which is currently untitled – is said to be based on an episode of the podcast Search Engine, titled [...]
The new venue will launch in 2026, nine years after the original Ancoats nightclub closed its doors Sankeys is set to make its return to Manchester with a new 500-capacity nightclub, nine years on from the closure of the long-running Ancoats venue. The new space, set to be located in Manchester city centre, will open [...]
A high-energy b2b from two stars of house music's next generation, HoneyLuv & TSHA, recorded live at Ushuaïa Ibiza's fabled Saturday soirée, ANTS. https://youtu.be/LZ2nM5yj2Q4?si=LHC2mSlMV1RJOKX3
Afro house’s newest evolution 3-Step originated in South Africa but is having a powerful and unifying impact across borders. In the first of a three-part series exploring the cultural shift 3-Step is spearheading, Shiba Melissa Mazaza analyses the climate of fear and toxic nationalism that was pervasive during its emergence, and speaks to the [...]
The platform's new all-in-one artist subscription also offers features such as an on-demand vinyl service, artist storefronts and merch SoundCloud will allow artists to keep 100% of the distribution royalties for their music as part of its new "all-in-one" artist subscription. In a statement shared last week (October 30), SoundCloud revealed that it will cease to claim [...]
Flying the flag for Brazil's varied femme underground, Carola has compiled a list of kaleidoscopic rollers spanning house, melodic techno and more Brazil's electronic music scene is known for producing a range of unique, boundary-pushing sonic movements. So its less than surprising that Brazil is also home to incredible women carving a path as [...]