Dance Mutha · Mike Dunn Presents MD III – Tracks From The Beginning Vol 1 (Clips) Mike Dunn is a pivotal house artist who brought his own famously raw and stripped-back style combined with infectious hip-hop elements. He is behind plenty of well-known anthems, most famously ‘Dance You Mutha’ and ‘God Made Me Phunky’, and founded Dance Mutha in 1988. It released music by MD Connection, Gershon Jackson and I-ROC-T, while Dunn also co-founded seminal acid labels Warehouse Records and Muzique Records which played a key role in the development of Chicago and acid house. Dunn has continued to produ ..read more

The original ‘Bless This Acid House’ album was released in May 2023 and was overflowing with extraordinary collaborations with original house music icons such as Marshall Jefferson, Robert Owens, Irvine Welsh and the late Sleazy D. Made with a variety of music-making analogue hardware machines, it was designed to transport you back to a time when house music was fresh, raw and underground. A year on, this new release ‘Bless This Acid House Remixed’ does exactly what it says on the tin. Thirteen on-point, contemporary remixes of the original album tracks reworked by some of the most respected ..read more

The Story of one of the UK’s biggest and oldest Club brands, from the old-skool raves to the mega clubs. Streetrave have produced an in-house documentary of the last 20 years involvment at the very forefront of the clubbing world telling the true story of how it all started and continuing to the present day. This film contains exclusive video footage from STREETrave at the legendary Ayr Pavilion, Prestwick International Airport and The Arches, Glasgow to name but a few. They also speak to some of the DJs and friends who helped along the way including Carl Cox, John Digweed, Jon Mancini, Graeme ..read more

BreakThru List Volume Two by Fixed By Funk Back in 2022, Funk D’Void launched the Breakthru List compilation as a means of promoting the talented crop of artists on his Twitch feedback stream. The Breakthru List 2 sees the return of the carefully curated compilation and showcases once again the diverse talent that graces his show each week. This time round, the legendary Barcelona-based DJ and producer is donating the profits to the ADHD foundation, which means that by grabbing a copy you will be doing your bit for a good cause. Elysian Underground kicks off the compilation with a track that t ..read more

Following the widespread global success of their Beatport chart-topping collaboration ‘Sleepless’ alongside Sean Doron back in November, long-time studio partners and Scenarios label mates Maga and Emanuel Satie now look further afield, as they land on Frau Blau with their nostalgic new acid house offering ‘Love Accelerator’. Out now via the long-standing Tel Aviv-based imprint, Love Accelerator marks Maga and Satie’s first release of 2024 and is the first track on Frau Blau’s ‘Friends V’ VA compilation. A delectable slice of raw, intricately textured house music, Maga and Emanuel’s expert tr ..read more

LOVE ON THE ROCKS · HÖR – Love On The Rocks – Paramida – September 19 This week is rising artist Paramida, taken from her HÖR – Love On The Rocks recording. Having moved to Berlin in 2010 and has since made an impact to the local club scene with a distinctive and sensualizing approach to music. Her varied sets represent something hopeful, something unusual, something unlikely. A beacon of pleasure and surprise. Blending proto-house to trance, percussive gems with high-energy techno, Italian dream house and irresistible new beat – Paramida is truly committed to digging. The Panorama Bar reside ..read more

From the beginning of the modern pop era in the 1950s, youth culture has found a means of expressing itself by way of attachment to contemporary musical styles, often being regarded by the mainstream as subversive, rebellious and reactionary. From the rock n roll Teddy Boys of the ‘50s, through the mods of the ‘60s via the punks of the ‘70s, and the New Romantics of the early ‘80s; each decade has seen a movement whose legacy has provided a revealing look at the times that spawned them and the social, cultural and fashionable trends that stemmed from them. In the late 1980s, a subculture emerg ..read more

In the first of our Book of the Week, we got ourselves a copy of the Secret DJ: Book Two. If you are not familiar with The Secret DJ, he is an activist, artist and author of two bestselling books about club culture / electronic music and a long running monthly column in Mixmag, who through his unique narrative, perspective and reputation has built a hugely engaged and loyal community online, where every post or tweet is the start of a conversation.  Both ‘The Secret DJ’ and ‘The Secret DJ: Book Two’ have sold several thousand copies and topped Amazon’s charts in e ..read more

Original acid house crew Clockwork Orange are set for an anticipated takeover at Manchester’s Albert Hall on October 21st and now the line-up has been revealed. Playing the eight-hour day into night party will be Altern8 (LIVE), Andy Andy Manston, Danny Clockwork, Darren Emerson, Keith Mac, Sarah G, Seb Fontaine, Smoking Jo and Tall Paul. Get your tickets now at skiddle.com.  There are no more authentic and pioneering acid house parties than Clockwork Orange. It started back in London in 1993 as a small in-the-know party and then went on to explode onto the wider scene. It’s thrown partie ..read more

Steve Mac has been on fire in recent times. After spending time tweaking his hardware-packed studio, The Bunker, in order to give tracks supreme clarity of sound, he’s been creating a wealth of new music, as well as mixing down tracks by other artists on Jack Said What, the label he co-launched just over a year ago. Steve released his ‘Bless This Acid House’ album in April 2023, an acclaimed opus that includes collabs with Robert Owens, Marshall Jefferson and others. From the slamming techno of ‘The 313’ to soulful house single ‘One Day’ with Robert Owens, which was rightly immediately acclaim ..read more