Berlin clubs are to re-open but with strict “no dancing” rules. Sisyphos, Birgit & Bier and Rummels Bay will be opening their outdoor spaces as beer gardens that serve drinks and pizza. Music will be played but dancing will not… Read More
Continuing his string of releases on Local Action, Finn released an hour-long mixtape called ‘2020 Sampler’ this week with the label of new productions. This announces a series of new music that Finn will be releasing on Local Action throughout… Read More
On May 22, Tresor will release ‘The Book of Drexciya Vol. 1’, the first in a graphic novel series covering the evolution of the Afrofuturist mythology surrounding the Detroit techno duo Drexciya. The project started out as a crowdfunding campaign… Read More
Parisian producer and DJ Bambounou has put out a mix of birdsong as an antidote to lockdown stress.It’s made up of clips that Bambounou, aka Jeremy Guindo, has been collecting over the years. Some fragments are taken from recordings made… Read More
On Monday May 18 at 10pm, BBC Four will show ‘The Changin’ Times of Ike White’, a documentary that attempts to track down the elusive funk musician Ike White. In 1976, White released ‘Changin’ Times’, a funk and soul album… Read More
Last Magpie was making waves in the dance music world when he first started releasing music at the beginning of the 2010s. He released EPs with respected labels like Hypercolour and Losing Suki, before taking the decision in 2015 to… Read More
Daniel Miller and Nicolas Bougaïeff are two dance music pioneers in their own right. As the founder of Mute Records, Miller is an esteemed record producer and engineer of the dance music scene in the UK. Canadian Bougaïeff has been… Read More
A new label called Studio 54 Music, officially associated with New York City’s most infamous discotheque, is launching with a debut compilation EP titled ‘Night Magic Vol. 1’. Studio 54 became known for its debaucherous parties and A-list clientele like… Read More
Swing Ting have shared a video for their new single ‘Give Thanks’, which features vocals from Equiknoxx’s Shanique Marie.Read this next: Berserk dancehall: How Equiknoxx caught the world’s attentionThe video was shot during the coronavirus lockdown we’re currently in. It… Read More
Nídia has announced her new album ‘Não Fales Nela Que A Mentes’. The 10-track LP will arrive on Lisbon label Príncipe on May 22. A video for album track ‘Capacidades’ lands alongside the announcement of the record. Read this next:… Read More