Max Cooper has announced that he’ll be taking his LIVE 3D / AV shows on the road this October and will perform special dates in Brighton, Manchester and Glasgow, with an extra Brighton show recently added due to demand. Tickets are on sale now and available via gigsandtours.com and ticketmaster.co.uk. Max Cooper has carved a unique space as an audio-visual artist with a science PhD and an international reputation as a leading electronic musician. His work carries an emotional resonance and sensory immersion, often focusing on humanity’s place in the world.  He merges elect ..read more

Acclaimed electropop icon Róisín Murphy has released “The House (System Olympia Remix)” alongside the announcement of her upcoming remix album Hit Parade Remixes, out May 24. Reimagining her landmark album Hit Parade, Hit Parade Remixes dials up the vibrant, kaleidoscopic euphoria of Róisín’s eccentric artistry to dizzying new heights with the help of a cutting-edge cast of producers and DJs including Moodymann, System Olympia, Hernan Cattaneo and more. “I’ve known System Olympia for a couple of years having reached out directly to her because I fell in love with her music,” shares Róisín. “We ..read more

New for 2024, DEX EFX X0X will debut exclusively across two shows at global stature festivals Movement Festival Detroit and Sónar Barcelona. As two of the most important events in the dance music calendar; Movement Festival and Sónar each hold significant historical precedence where Richie Hawtin has premiered new show concepts over the last three decades and experimented with unique ways of performing, including Plastikman Live’ (2010) and his CLOSE concept (2017). Anchored within the immersive fluidity in digital manipulation that Hawtin’s DJ performances have become synonym ..read more

Hot off the back of the huge 50th release on Dirtbox and a massive return to the label, we come back thick and fast with very little time to spare and introduce a relatively new name to the label in Noize Komplaint, a true collaboration of the minds with a faction of US DNB Producers coming together to create a brand new sound. Formed in 2015, Mike Thomas, Dave Hauser, Greg Oerlemans, and Brett Baker, have already showcased their collective minds and talents with other industry labels such as L Double’s Flex Records, where they unleashed “Rock Solid”. Formed in 2016, Boomslang Recordings ..read more

The hero of the documentary Era of Dance and the ideologist of revolutionary rave culture events during the 80s and 90s Indulis Bilzens passed away in Frankfurt following an illness. Last weekend in Frankfurt people from different generations who were close connected to Bilzens, said Adios to the Master (as many called him). Indulis Bilzens. Born in Riga on April 27, 1940 – a refugee of WW2- graduating from the Latvian Gymnasium in Munster, Cambridge College and Technical University of Stuttgart  after which he dedicated decades to creating and strengthen the movement of independent media ..read more

Desert Hearts Festival has long been defined by a feeling of belonging and solidarity on its universally celebrated dancefloor. It’s a place where self-discoveries are realized, lifelong family is found, and the boundary between artist and reveller evaporates with ease. This year, Desert Hearts has sought a return to its roots, teaming up with its longtime allies at Walter Productions to reinvigorate their foundational ethos at the beautiful Playa Ponderosa in Northern Arizona, July 4-8. In tune with this mission, Desert Hearts has enlisted artists close to the beating ..read more

From Friday 27 to Sunday 29th of September, Anastasia Kristensen, Altin Gün, Cassy, Colin Benders, Douglas Firs, Shakedown Tim & The Rhythm Revue and Willem, among others will be a part of proceedings for the second edition of Haarlem Vinyl Festival. Spread across the idyllic city of Haarlem, just 20 minutes outside of Amsterdam, Haarlem Vinyl Festival expects to welcome a total of at least 25,000 visitors to the second edition of the world’s first multi-day vinyl festival. Vinyl enthusiasts from all over the world will return to Haarlem for the second edition of the Haarlem Vinyl Festival ..read more

Budakid is back on Exploited with an impassioned 2-tracker. A regular at the Gardens Of Babylon events, Budakid has honed a distinctive shade of heartstring House and Indie Dance which has touched labels such as Permanent Vacation and Berlin’s Watergate. Here, he delivers 2 travel tickets for 2 disparate trips. ‘Infinity’ is a journey in the truest sense of the word. Through an effervescent bass sequence, clever filter control and kinetic drum work, Budakid generates consistent motion from start to finish. Euphoric melodies are layered as the track gathers lucency before a wide-open ..read more

What happens on the cosmic journey toward the black hole?  What is on the other side of the black hole? Jeff Mills is set to explore these questions through a performance that appeals to the auditory and visual senses. Since the beginning of humanity, man has always wondered about what lies beyond the Stars. The relevance to what and who we are, but also what we will eventually become and where we need to go. And to exercise our minds for such possibilities, the storytelling of impossible adventures can help us understand how we might manage and exist in such alternative existen ..read more

‘Rebel With A Cause’ is the remarkable story of Darcus Beese: legendary music-industry executive, OBE and a man Music Week described as “one of the great A&R people of his or any generation”. It is the inspirational story of how a teenage Londoner (and apprentice hairdresser) worked his way up from being the ‘tea boy’ to becoming the President of one of the UK’s biggest and most successful record labels – Island Records. From signing and nurturing some of the greatest artists of the twenty-first century including Amy Winehouse, Mumford & Sons, Dizzee Rascal, Florence and the Machine an ..read more