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Anyone who’s run a record label knows how much of the A&R process happens before you even press play. Producers send long biographies, folders with twenty unfinished tracks, broken download links, and emails that could have gone to fifty other…
Many producers talk about taste like it’s a fixed thing you either have or don’t, which is usually where the conversation gets boring. Devstar (@devstar_dj) comes at it from a better angle. He is less interested in taste as an external standard and…
Most producers know the feeling of working on a track so long that you eventually lose any real perspective on whether your changes are helping. Bringing someone else into the process can be one of the easiest ways out, though it also means…
RARÓG’s return to Antimodus Records is built from an unusually broad set of references for a techno release. The Polish producer draws from techno, ambient, IDM, drone, EBM and metal, while Dark Sun itself takes visual inspiration from the work of…
Fall is a pretty great time for outdoor music, especially once the summer heat starts letting up and you can spend an afternoon at a festival or outdoor concert without feeling like you’re slowly cooking in the sun. The tradeoff, of course, is that…
Some records sound like they were built in a studio with the blinds closed. Enigmalion does not. That’s what I like about Enigmalion, and he’s got some music that’s dropping in just a few days (the 21st, to be exact), and I wanted to share some…
Losoul (@losoul_is) has been exploring the edges of minimal house since the mid-90s, and his new album Broken English Dubs finds him returning to an approach where relatively few sounds can still contain an enormous amount of detail. Arriving…
Amsterdam Dance Event has always been one of those rare opportunities for producers to spend a few days surrounded by people who are just as interested in the equipment used to make electronic music as they are in the artists performing it. Between…
A lot of DJ lighting looks good once it is up. The problem is everything that happens before that. You get to the venue. The room is half-flipped. The planner wants you out of sight. The catering staff needs the corner you were told you could use at…
The Dutch DJ and producer will be joined by ALANDRIA for the free-to-attend event at Kwartier, Amsterdam on Saturday, October 23
The Lower Kirkgate road has been closed since 2024
Because we're all babes on a budget
Special trips will be given to vulnerable children in Yorkshire
While Albert Johanneson is widely remembered as a Leeds United trailblazer, South African winger Gerry Francis paid his own way to Elland Road in the late 1950s to become the club's true first Black player - and local artist Robert Endeacott is…
Spearheaded by Makbas Records, the plant will work with MENA-based and international artists to help circumvent rising global shipping costs
Workers had been due to walk out for over a week
The impetus behind the labels is to offer greater "transparency" for listeners
The latest cut from the Manchester-based producer's forthcoming mixtape 'infinite passion'
BBE have worked with Hackney Council to implement noise limiters and acoustic curtains
More than 30,000 drivers join calls for a fuel duty cut and permanent freeze as campaigners urge the Chancellor to act in the October 28 Budget.
Martin Lewis explains changes to Disabled Persons Railcard eligibility, including how Blue Badge holders could save a third on train fares.
Chancellor John Healey is reportedly preparing to announce plans requiring online marketplaces to collect VAT on sites such as eBay.
Clocks will go back across the UK this weekend on Sunday, October 25 at 2am, marking the end of British Summer Time and an extra hour in bed.
Simian Mobile Disco are set to play the Leytonstone venue's launch party on Friday
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