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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Award-winning DJ and producer Nkosinathi Maphumulo, popularly known as Black Coffee, is set to make history on October 7, 2023, when he becomes the first South African act to headline Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show will feature a 12-piece orchestra, surprise guests, and a 360-degree stage setup, according to Billboard. Black Coffee will [...]
Epic Games used, neglected and finally divested themselves of Bandcamp in barely more than a year... And it’s gone. In shocking news, Bandcamp has been sold to its third owner since February 2022. In a memo shared on its website on Thursday, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney announced significant job cuts at the company [...]
Our October recommendations include a LGBTQIA+-focused gathering in São Paulo and experimental programming in Kraków, Braga and Mexico City. Unsound Kraków, Poland October 1 - October 8 Renowned for spotlighting experimentation and leftfield scenes, Unsound turns 21 this year. With this year's theme of "DADA," the long-running Kraków festival includes an Artificially Intelligent Artistic Director (AIAD) [...]
The short film from Defected Records explores the artist's rise to Afro House stardom Afro house DJ and previous Mixmag Cover star Kitty Amor's rise to worldwide stardom is chronicled in Defected Records' new short-film, 'Who's Kitty Amor'. Kitty Amor's story as a selector starts in Nottingham, where she studied for university. Specifically Stealth, the club famed for its £1 entry [...]
Soul Central is most famously known for their version of ‘Strings Of Life’ which became a worldwide anthem and one of the most prominent songs in clubland. Soul Central is most famously known for their version of ‘Strings Of Life’ which became a worldwide anthem and one of the most prominent songs in clubland. [...]
