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Gone To A Rave: Tone Def - From Balearic To Jungle

Gone To A Rave: Tone Def - From Balearic To Jungle

Tone Def founder DJ Yomi takes us through the history of iconic label hardcore & jungle label Tone Def .

Gone To A Rave: Remarc & Dollar Records

As Remarc prepares to bring Dollar records back in 2018, we look at the label's golden age of '94-'95.

The Fire & Fury - Inside The Trump White House : A Review

Wolff's expose of White House chaos is both mind-blowing and utterly predictable

View From The Side: Is New Vinyl Marketplace Reverb The End Of Discogs?

Discogs dominance is finally being seriously challenged - what will this mean..?

Gone To A Rave: Techno Rave - Speedy J Ruling In '91

Looking back at a year of golden techno from the Dutch pioneer...

View From The Side: Steve Aoki Exists To Remind Us Of Everything Good

Steve Aoki's appalling brand partnerships are a blessing in disguise.

View From The Side - Is It Time To Call Time On Record Labels?

With Google now taking on traditional label structures, is the record label finally dead?

The World Of 80'S Irish Synthwave... On Cassette

Geeks rejoice! Our new series filters Discogs to dig out the unsung gems from niche scenes and obscure sounds.

View From The Side: Why Are All The Tories Trying To Get Fired?

Jumping from the car before it goes flying over the bridge.

Review: Eskiboy- Is Wiley's Wild Memoir The Definitive Bible Of Grime?

Somewhere between legendary and bizarre, Wiley's book is like nothing else out there

Young Boss Mixing The Grime With Jazz: Mez Talks

Notts grime MC Mez on his collaborations with Kamaal Williams and further adventures in jazz.

Freedom Beat! Digging Out The The Afrobeat Rarities Of 70'S Burkina Faso

Talking with David 'Mr Bongo' Buttle about his new comp of rare Burkina Faso afrobeat.

View From The Side: The Joyful World Of Brexit Ballads

A weird new protest music has sprung up - Brexiteers intent on singing the FACTS.

View From The Side: Libyan Gold, British Bombs & How to Steal a Country

Libya, Boris, Mi6 and Rambo III. Violence and lies in a decades long game. Tin foil hats ahoy!

Gone To A Rave: Slam! Records Ragga Jungle Classics

Timeless '94 ragga jungle from the much sought after Slam! Records

View From The Side: Can We Ever Separate Art From Artist?

Levon Vincent's new album is a response to social media controversy - did he even need to respond?

Gone To A Rave: An Incomplete History Of Grime Comedy

Comedy has always been essential to grime - despite what the papers might tell you.

Gone To A Rave: Before Pulp Fiction - The Early Classics Of Alex Reece

Spanning acid techno, dark hardcore and proto jungle, we look at Alex Reece's greatest pre-Pulp Fiction work.

View From The Side: Discogs Should Accept Bootlegs Are Dance Culture

Discogs has gone on the offensive to remove bootletgs from the site - but they're part of dance culture

Gone To A Rave: The Wild Bashment Of Opera House

The stripped back dancehall label that laid the foundations for grime and dubstep - listen to their greatest moments.

The Roots Of Azonto: Gafacci Talks

Chatting to the Azonto pioneer about Ghana's uptempo music scene.

View From The Side: Paypal Banning The Alt-Right Is A Wake Up Call To All

Paypal, Patreon & GoFundMe have been closing alt-right accounts. Lots of bigots are crying about it. :'(

Into The Unknown: A Reflection

Barbican's exhibition of 200 years of sci-fi failed to impress...

Gone To A Rave: The Genius Of Bleep Techno

Remembering rare UK bleep techno gems from 89 - 90.

View From The Side: All The Reasons You Should Love Chlorinated Chicken

You, a stupid person; "there’s no reason to fill our country with sh*tty meat"

Video Premiere: Bat-Bike - Trapped In The Net

Stoned, downer folk from South London's finest

View From The Side: Everything I Learned From Joining Hard Brexit Groups

Theyr not a racist your the rasists...

Barry Norman's Forgotten Novel: A Bizarre Dystopian Apartheid Satire

End Product- a freakish sci-fi shockfest of race wars, corrupt British elites and global cannibalism written by the young Barry Norman

View From The Side: Youtube Is Killing The Art Of Mcing

The UK is producing the best rappers it has for years - so why have the live shows got so weak?

View From The Side: Theresa May Has Discovered The Magic Money Tree

Turns out that magic can happen - especially if you're desperate to cling onto power

Label Love #76: Oráculo

Oráculo fly the flag for the new wave of cold wave, bringing synth pop into the 21st Century

The Pioneers: Radiophonic Workshop Talk

Radiophonic Workshop return with their first new music in 30 odd years- we discuss their history as pioneers of British electronica.

View From The Side: Jeremy Corbyn's Rise & Rise Is A Truly British Fable

Britain is built on tales of underdogs triumphing against the odds - Corbyn may just be about to become the latest

View From The Side: Oaps* Are About To Shaft The Country

The skew between under 50 and over 50 voter intention is immense and alarming.

A Decade In The Making: Carl Craig Talks Finally Finishing Versus

Carl Craig has been working on Versus since 2008 - now it's finally being released

View From The Side: Pack Up Your 'Strong And Stable' And P!Ss Off

With the endless repetition of 'strong and stable', Theresa May is treating the electorate with naked contempt

Twenty Years On The Job: Optimo Talk

Keith and Jonnie look back over 20 years of chaos and music.

View From The Side: A Short History Of Fake News

The fake news of the 21st Century has got nothing on the fake news of the 19th Century...

Fit Of Body: The Ransom Note Mix

Folk, hip hop and weirdtronica all in the mix from Fit of Body.

View From The Side: The Pepsi Advert Is Really Not The Problem

A famous-for-being-famous model handing cold cola to a pig.

View From The Side: 23 Great Reasons Why Article 50 Is Great

Reason #5 is a game changer!

The West Against The People: Mary Ocher Talks

The Berlin based artist on immigration, Israel, essay writing, and why we need more swearing in songs.

"I Am The Movement" : J Hus Talks

J Hus on leading the new sound in London, getting out of prison, and why he won't work with 50 Cent.

Jerome Hill & Jason Warlock Go Back To Back At Jerk

Underground heroes Hill & Warlock join forces for a rare 6 hour b2b journey through rave

Track By Track - Ten Years Of I Love Acid

Listen to an exclusive preview of every track on I Love Acid's 20 track compilation

Premiere: Rene Costy - Actuality 1

70s synth disco madness from the king of library music

Premiere: Placid One - B4 You

Deep, melancholic breakbeat musicality from the rising Belgian producer

The Original Sound Of Mali: Mr Bongo Talk

Mr Bongo talk us through their excellent comp of '70s Malian rarities.

England's Dreaming: John Hargrave & The Occult Roots Of Universal Income Pt.2

Telling the story of Britain's esoteric 1930s army of Universal Basic Income activists

Bacalao! The Untold Story Of Valencia's Pioneering 80's-90's Rave Scene

Author Luis Costa introduces us to the 80s Spanish synth pop and rave scene.

View From The Side: Donald Trump Is A Blessing To Us All

From sepia Papa Lazarou face to tiny, twitter tweeting, pussy grabbing paws.

England's Dreaming: John Hargrave & The Occult Roots Of Universal Income

The forgotten history of John Hargrave; pagan cult leader, brick hurling radical & pioneer of universal income,

Premiere: Jumping Back Slash Ft. Hlasko - Khule Naye

Bass heavy South African RnB mutations from Jumping Back Slash.

View From The Side: Theresa May & Brexit Bullsh!T

Swimming through the meaningless dribble of Theresa May's Brexit speech.

Dub Me Crazy! - Mad Professor Talks

The brains behind the world's greatest, weirdest dub albums remembers the early days

Gone To A Rave #60: Evil Eddie Richards- From Camden Palace To Sunrise

Arrests, acid house, biker pubs and mega-raves; the early days of Evil Eddie Richards.

Gone To A Rave #59 - The Rave Map Of Britain

Check out this Google map showing the hardcore and jungle producers and raves from 90 - 95.

Review: Steve Jones - Lonely Boy

The Pistols guitarist bares all in the most filthy rock n roll biography of the year

Ransom Note Records Release 12" From Boyd Jarvis Available Now

Boyd Jarvis's 1983 New York classic The Music Got Me is getting reissued through our label...

The Latest News From Neptune #15: Mc Kekel, Empire Sounds, Kalash & More

Baile funk mutations - French Afrotrap - slow-mo funky - vaguely creepy Nigerian falsettos

Advertising Sh!ts In Your Head: Special Patrol Group Vs The Ad Industry

Reclaiming London with the activist group subverting adverts around the capital..

Tales Of Paradise: Jellybean Benitez Talks

Jellybean Benitez on Paradise Garage, David Mancuso and making it in disco in '70s New York

Limited Ransom Note T'S And Sweatshirts Now On Sale. World Is Saved.

Today is the first day of your new life.

Ask An Expert: Adam Winstock From The Global Drugs Survey Talks Uk Drug Policy

Adam Winstock runs the biggest survey of recreational drug use in the world. Here are his informed respones to UK drug policy.

First Listen: Willy Roy - Don't Give It Up

Slick Lagos funk reissued by Soundway Records.

REVIEW: John Carpenter Live At The Troxy

Somewhere between shameless cornball and wild genius

With The Kids In... The Bus King Theatre

Enjoying the ghoulish puppetry of Bus King Theatre.

Gone To A Rave #58 - Jimmy Ryan & Ruff Kut! Records

Proto jungle, the Pet Shop Boys, industry snakes, Freddy Kruger masks... the untold story of hardcore label Ruff Kut! Records

Watch Bizarre Rituals Halloween Promo Vid (And Grab A Free Download)

Lo-fi video chills from Britain's foremost rural techno cult

The Latest News From Neptune #14: Principe, Kxngs, Scratcha, Jammz, More

Angolan influenced dance from Lisbon, inner city good times and bad from London, grime as electronica, and weirdo RnB from Baltimore

View From The Side: David Cameron Lost A Billion- Where's The Outrage?

While you were going on about refugees, the Tories let slip that they wasted £1bn on nothing.

Stream: Ransom Note Records Debuts New Bawrut Ep Via Boiler Room

Bawrut's back with more acid joy...

Majority Of Europeans In Favour Of Universal Basic Income

A survey conducted by Danish Bank ING has found 54% are in favour of Universal Basic Income

Amazon Patents Voice Controlled, Pocket Sized Drone

Watch the skies!

Taking Jazz Into Afrobeat: Femi Temowo Talks

UK jazz/afrobeat pioneer on his new directions

Pulp Cult: The Lovecraftian Horror Of Henry Kuttner

Chilling audio tales from the pen of 1930s pulp horror master Henry Kuttner...

Private Contracts, False Flags & Total War

An interview with the researcher who just exposed the multi million dollar propaganda program funded by the Pentagon.

View From The Side: Our Home Secretary Backs A Policy From Mein Kampf

The Tory Conference has hit peak Hitler.

An Audience With The King: Skepta Talks

Skepta keeps winning

Drive Thru - As In, Literally A Drive Thru - Art Show Opens In London

The multimedia show offering an alternative to Freize opens this weekend

London Celebrates 'Month Of The Dead' With Talks, Ghostly Tales & Shows

Events are to be held across throughout October, covering everything from rogue taxidermy to magic latern shows

Alan Moore To Speak At Rare Live Audience In London

Tickets for An Evening With Alan Moore & Stewart Lee are on sale now

Review: Mark Archer- The Man Behind The Mask

The story of Mark Altern8' Archer brings home just how influential the band were

Gone To A Rave #57 - Techno Drome International

Looking at the under appreciated German label that defined techno in Europe

Discussing 'All The Right Notes'- A New Festival Splicing Music & Theatre

Curator Joe Muggs takes us through unplugged grime superheroes, acid house chatter & swastika buttplugs

Second Storey & Appleblim Return To R&S Records With Gimme 6 Ep

It's called Gimme 6, but they're only, technically, giving you three

No Hats No Hoods Reissue Classic '09 Grime Mixtape

Deep cuts from Skepta, Ghetts, Wiley & more make this as essential as it ever was

Latest News From Neptune #13; Cxcv, Iraymvmt, Awate, Belly Squad & More

Spotlight on the UK, withteh latest afrobeats, rap and grime getting the love

Planet Mu Sub-Label Knives Announce New Lp From J.G. Biberkopf

Field recordings, digital drone, and unsettling space from the Lithuanian producer

Jimmy Cauty To Feature As Modern Panic Exhibition Returns To London

The annual exhibition of arts weirder edges features contributions from the ex-KLF man

Slick Rick Announces First Ever Uk Tour

The golden age rapper is coming home

Stop Everything: Someone Has Made A Doc About Darts

The sport of kings is finally getting some recognition

Charles Burns To Release collated Edition Of 'Last Look'

The Black Hole comic creator has gathered his recent work into a single volume.

Same Language, Different Worlds: Tim Burgess Talks

Collaborating with Peter Gordon, Burgess has created the New York avant-disco album of his career...

Reviewed: Shadow World

The Adam Curtis-like documentary details the reach of the international arms trade

Exclusive: Bleaker X Just Jam

"The Gang Fatale affiliate runs through percussive techno nodding to the past and suggesting unexplored futures.."

Reissue Round Up: Ghanian Afrobeat, New Orleans Funk & Psyche Soul

20th Century rarities from Pat Thomas, Lee Moses, Betty Harris, Aigbe Lebarty & 3 rd Generation Band.

Roland To Reissue 303 & 909 At Affordable Prices

The acid returns.

Watch A Half Hour Documentary On Music House, Home Of Dubplates

A rare insight into a foundation stone of UK rave culture.

Still Spinnin': Jazzy Jeff Talks

The veteran DJ on embracing the future and rappers who mumble...

View From The Side: Fabric R.I.P. - Who's Next In The Purge Of London?

fabric's closure has nothing to do with drug deaths and everything to do with austerity and gentrification.

Drugdealer Streams New Ariel Pink Collaboration

Woozy West Coast pop for weirdos

Watch A Trove Of Rare Soviet Sci-Fi Films Online, Free

Classics from the USSR subtitled into English

Lsd With Rdj : Mike Paradinas Talks

Mike Paradinas recalls creating Expert Knob Twiddlers with Aphex Twin

Oxford Scientists Develop '3d Printable Human Tissue'

Organs are going to be replaceable - or even upgradeable. Homo Sapiens, the clock is ticking..

Gone To A Rave #56: From Trumpton To Casualty - Tv Themes In The Rave

30 years of rave making tunes out of UK TV samples, and not all of them rubbish

With The Kids... In Diggerland

A day spent smashing stuff with a three year old.

Fabric Release Statement: "We'll Be The Gold Standard For Safe Clubbing"

Fabric have released a statement on their future

Public Image Announce More Uk Tour Dates

Metal Box and Album are also to be give deluxe reissues

Mr. Mitch And Yamaneko Form Yaroze Dream Suite, Release Mixtape

Listen to the melodic, mystical grime outliers the duo are creating

Stream The Carter Tutti Remix Of Tim Burgess & Peter Gordon

This new Tim Burgess record may be the best he's released for years...

Gone To A Rave #55: Essentials, South London's Grime Kings

Looking back at the classic grime of Lewisham's finest.

Lost & Found #25: Society

Somewhere between political satire and gross gore fest, Society imagined a world where the rich literally ate the poor..

Echoes From Another Century #1: Afro, Soul & Jazz Reissues

Afrobeat, jazz and soul reissues from Dorothy Ashby, Aleke Kanonu, Harry Mosco, Yoruba Singers, Odion Iruoje and more

Mr Oizo Announces New Album Details- Including Skrillex Collaboration

We're not quite sure what to make of this idea...

Luckyme Announce Details Of 7th Annual Edinburgh Festival Party

Benji B, Eclair Fifi, Piu Piu, S-Type, Inkke, The Blessings and more play

Gone To A Rave #54: Dj Zinc- A Career Spent Shaping In Bass

"I know people who keep playing music that they’re not into and they complain about it. I thought, I’m gonna go out and find something I do like, and if I can’t do that I’m gonna make it..."

Play An Roland-808 Clone In Your Browser

Prepare to lose hours of your life

Numark Release Portable 'Scratch' Turntable

Live out your Grandmaster Flash fantasies wherever you go

View From The Side: Fabric's Temporary Closure Means Nothing Unless We Change Drug Law

Until we shift the conversation around drugs, more clubs will close and more young people will die.

The Bitmap Brothers - Remembering The Music Of Amiga Pioneers

In the late 80s and early 90s, Bitmap Brothers revolutionised game music - here are some of their classics remembered.

The Latest News From Neptune#12: Novelist, Visionist, Gaika, Mike Q, More..

Grime, from the emotional to the neo-classical grime, new forms of vogue, apocalyptic bashment and hip hop for men

Channel 4 To Make New Series Based On Philip K. Dick Sci-Fi Stories

And Bryan 'Breaking Bad' Cranston is producing, and starring in, the series.

Party Collective Reviveher To Launch Record Label

REVIVEHER kick off their new label with a release from Sultan Shakes, and a 16 hour launch party..

Watch Trailer For New Nick Cave Documentary

Once More With Feeling documents a grieving Nick Cave creating his forthcoming album Skeleton Tree

Native Instruments Launch Komplete 11 Suite

NI have unveiled their latest massive VST bundle

England's Dreaming: Going Home To Brexit Britain

A daytrip to Ramsgate is a wonderful thing.

Gone To A Rave: The Scratchmaster! Talking With Dj Sy

The Scratchmaster Sy on his hip hop roots, how happy hardcore lost the darkness, and what it's like still playing 180 bpm bangers...

Exclusive: Invisibl Skratch Piklz To Play First London Show Since 1998

The turntable icons are headlining this years DMC World Championships

Power Vacuum's Bintus Launches Inversions Label And Compilation Ep

Listen to a mixtape of their live, EBM influenced machine music

Frank Ocean Watch: Singer Posts Mystery Video On Website

Where's Frank?

First Listen: Hugh - Direction (Salute Remix)

New shapes in electronic RnB from the former Benin City frontman

Rhythm Section Drops New 12" From Prequel

Languid, jazzy textures from Melbourne's Prequel

Listen To A 60'S Philosopher Predict Bullsh!T Jobs & Universal Income

Alan Watts accurately predicts the problems of automating the workforce, the creation of bullsh!t jobs and the need for universal income

Big Sale Of Circuit Bent Keyboards In South London This Sat

DJ Tendraw is flogging a massive collection of synths, drum machines and circuit bent toys

View From The Side: Why Alex Jones Isn't Funny Anymore

Alex Jones has made a career out of making crazy claims. How is he now heading into the political mainstream?

Exhibition Of Images Taken From Hacked Cctv Opens In Whitechapel

'Backdoored' displays images hacked from unprotected CCTV networks for an exhibition that questions the ethics of surveillance

Just Jam To Premiere New Documentary On The Lisbon Scene

New doc Sons Do Gueta travels into the ghettos around Lisbon, recording the new sound of the city

70'S Nigerian Afrofunk Pioneer Blackman Akeeb Kareem To Play London

Palm wine Beats are putting on a one day festival celebrating classic African tracks

Swindle Announces New 3 Part Ep Of Funk And Latin Mutations

The innovative grime producer has been travelling the world

Listen To Carl Craig Discuss The Music That Shaped His Life

In an hour long podcast, Carl talks of the impact radio had on his youth, name checking the tracks that shaped him

Syllart Records: an interview with The 'Motown Of African Music'

Having released numerous afrofunk classics over the last 30 years, Syllart Records are now looking to push the African rap sound of the future

Artist To Artist: Mutado Pintado & Zsa Zsa Sapien

A chance to find out not just who Zsa Zsa would execute, but what he'd play while doing so.

The Latest News From Neptune #11: Tunji Age, 10th Letter, Wes Period, Abra

Americans quoting grime, Afrobeats in hip hop, RnB taking on Europe, Lil Silva's sick new video, and a braindance rendition of John Carpenter

Synth Wizard John Foxx To Release Feted Ambient Trilogy As Vinyl Box Set

Beatless masterwork Cathedral Oceans I-III is coming out in luxury format

Stream An Unheard Cut From Aphex Twin & Mike Paradinas's 1994 Lp

Listen to a new version of Vodka, taken from the forthcoming expanded reissue of Expert Knob Twiddlers

Watch Fly-On-The-Wall Doc About The Making Of Klf's Videos

Half an hour of candid, bizarre scenes from the mega budget shoots of What Time is Love and Justified & Ancient

New Southern Trains Simulator Lets You To Enjoy Ruining Commuters Days

Southern Rail Tycoon lets you enjoy the pleasure of delaying trains for fun and profit

Watch Factory Floor's Video To New Single Ya

The new Factory Floor record is great. You need to listen.

Video Premiere: Bat-Bike - Sean Lemon

South London punk scuzz from Trashmouth Records. Always recommended.

Gone To A Rave #52: A Treasure Trove Of Rave Flyers (Part 2)

Another massive stash of rare and classic rave flyers from 89 - 93, with classics from Amnesia House, Dreamscape, Fantazia, Raindance & more

Listen To Comedian Robert Popper Prank Call Various Tories

The comedian behind the Timewaster Letters has branched out into winding up Theresa May's office

Crystal Castles Announce New Album, Stream New Single

Crystal Castles return with their first LP and tour since the departure of Alice Glass

Stream Dusky's New Collaboration With Wiley

Listen to the Godfather of Grime spit on Dusky's high gloss industrial techno

Watch "The Best One-Eyed Junkie Piano Genius In New Orleans"

Bayou Maharajah documents the wild life of pianist and singer James Booker

Gone To A Rave #52: A Treasure Trove Of Rave Flyers (Part 1..)

Check out this high-res gallery of rare early 90s rave flyer art- so many classics in there...

Network 21: The Story Of The World's Greatest Pirate Tv Station

Remembering Britain's only pirate TV station, 80s DiY icons Network 21.

Meeting The Rise Of The Modern Mechanical Orchestra

A new performance, Meeting, is centred around a computer controlled, mechanically played soundtrack - just one of the many new productions dealing with the interplay of humanity and the digital world

Scientists Grow Edible Crops In 'Martian Soil'- Mars Colonies Draw Closer

A Dutch team have grown peas, radishes, rye and tomatoes on soil emulating Martian terrain

DarkStar Link Up With Deejillz (The Square) To Push Grime Forward

Lewisham MC DeeJillz drops a melodic, future looking collabo with the Dark Star duo

Autarkic Signs An Ep With Turbo Records, Turns Up The Techno

TheTel Aviv producer has a new 5 track EP coming in July

The Latest News From Neptune #9: Trim, Kondi Band, Cxcv, Nsg & Ugly God

More future rap, jazz, grime, afrobeats and weirdness, this week tracks come from the Houston, Sierra Leone, Jamaica, Ghana, and London...

Gone To A Rave #51: Paul Ibiza Gets Real

Paul Ibiza settles scores and tells his version of jungle history. It's not always pretty, but it's possibly the best interview GTAR has done yet...

View From The Side: The Echo Chamber Does Not Exist

If the echo chamber does exist, social media has done more to break it than physical life ever will

Culture Clash 2016: A Reflection

Eskimo Dance, UKG Allstars, Taylor Gand and Mixpak battled it out in the O2

View From The Side: We Need Our Country Back

Britain is in the grip of a psychotic episode. What are we going to do about it?

Crisis: Pat Mills Remembering the Comic That Changed The Game

Pat Mills on Third World war, his long out of print 90s protest comic that predicted most of the sh*t we're in now...

Imagination & Technology: Justin Robertson Talks

The Deadstock 33s man on his new art show, the novel he's writing, and the soundscape he's just finished

Afropunk Announces M.I.A., Gaika, Sza For First Uk Festival

Check out the line up for the iconic festival's first ever UK event

Disco Halal Announces New Release From Naduve

Details of the forthcoming EP from Moscoman's Disco Halal

When Marnie Was There - Studio Ghibli's Final Film Evaluated

The final release from the iconic Japanese animation house is now showing in UK cinemas in an English dub. How does it measure up to their high standards?

Watch Women Tell Pm He's "F*Cked Everything Up" In Live Streamed Debate

A fine addition to the Great British tradition of swearing on live TV

Magic, Machines & Money - John Higgs Talks

Author and rebel historian John Higgs talks (amongst other things) replacing himself with AI, and forming a band called Gay Skynet...

Floorplan, God, Trump & Techno: Robert Hood Talks

Robert Hood on working with his daughter lyric, spreading the gospel, and protest techno

Crom Talks Golden Campaign, Influences & Illustrated 2016

The creator of epic online comic Golden Campaign tells us where he's at

Diy: How To Replace Broken Keys On A Juno 6 / 106

A step by step guide to fixing broken keys on Roland's classic Juno 6 / Juno 106

Gone To A Rave #50 - 40 Years Of Rave Mcs

To celebrate our 50th edition of GTAR I've asked readers to come up with the good, the bad and the ugly of rave MCing. They've not disappointed...

Video Premiere: Calypso Rose - Calypso Queen

Effortless summer fire from the Calypso queen

Campaign To Save The Silver Bullet Will Reflect On New London Mayor

Sadiq Khan's office have offered their support to Finsbury Park's under threat Silver Bullet - but is there any depth to the support?

Preacher: A Review

The long awaited adaptation of Grant Ennis's blasphemous comic series is here - how does it weigh up?

The latest News From Neptune #9

New fire from Glasgow, Vancouver, Atlanta (as usual) and Lagos via London. Nothin but future sounds...

Gone To A Rave #49*: Plastician- From 2 Step To Wave

Plastician talks through the Croydon roots of dubstep, and the new scene he's calling Wave

New Vinyl Subscription Service Offers Clone, Rush Hour, Nervous & More

Trax n Wax have pulled in the big names for their monthly vinyl club

8 Tracks Of Words, Spoken Or Otherwise That Inspired The Save! Album

The Paranoid London and SAVE! frontman takes us on a lysergic journey through the tracks going into his new collaboration with Colder

Jerome Hill Remakes 'Perculator' For Super Rhythm Trax

The updated Chicago classic is set to finally get a proper release...

Clerkenwell Design Week 2016 Opens Today

Your chance to look at nice things you probably can't afford

Logos Remixes Uk Funky Don Apple On New Amy Becker Compiled 12"

Logos leads the way on a new 4 track EP offering future club mutations

Chicken Town ...With The Kids

checking out Seven Sisters socially aware chicken spot, with 3 year old in tow.

Gone To A Rave #49: Kenny Ken

Over two decades ruling the jungle, and Ken's still going strong

First Listen: Primal Scream - 100% Of Nothing (Anton Newcombe Mix)

Newcombe turns in a surprise 10 minute space dub odyssey..

Track By Track: K-X-P - Iii Part 2

Stream the latest KrautTechnoRock opus from Finland's finest

Are Soundcloud Preparing To Block Dj Mixes?

Rumours are flying that Soundcloud plan to shut down DJ mixes on the site

British Museum To Exhibit Artefacts From Lost, Sunken Egyptian Cities

"Sacred offerings and ritual objects reveal the cult of Osiris – the god of the underworld who held the promise of eternal life."

Gone To A Rave #48: Dbridge And The Formation Of Bad Company

dBridge on South London roots, forcing Renegade Hardware into existence, and how Bad Company were 'raw as fuck'

Somewhere Between Cute & Wrong: Antonio Lorento Talks

Peep a (NSFW) gallery from an artist whose mix of cutesy and creepy has been winning him plaudits through Europe

Stream Pankow's Remastered 1987 Cover Of Prince's Girls & Boys

A slice of crazy machine music taken from the forthcoming 'Sherwood at the Controls vol.2'

Sleaford Mods Doc Director Crowdfunding New Film On Social Housing

Paul Sng & Lee Skelly are making a film tackling the biggest issue facing the UK today

View From The Side: London Needs To Move On From Boris's Toxic Legacy

Londoners need to move the city forward, not succumb to the politics of idiocy

John Carpenter To Headline Simple Things Festival

The horror maestro to perform tracks from his career at the Bristol festival taking place in October

The Latest News From Neptune #8

All nu fire - baile funk bangers, Gaika's Security mixtape, a new remix of Trap Trap Inna Bando & dusty RnB on Rhythm Section

Losing My Edge #1: The London Eye

Having trouble adjusting to your status as a parent? Desperately clinging on the idea you've still got it? Stuck for things to do with your offspring? Allow us to offer something like a solution.

Simon Hanselmann's Latest Megg & Mogg Book Drops

Hanselmann makes more horrible, hilarious comics for weirdos

Chinese Company Unveils A Voice Activated Autonomous Car

Knight Rider, basically

Gazebo Bring Auntie Flo Collaborator Esa To Canavan's, Peckham

Catch Esa's afro futurism on May 6th..

Gone To A Rave #47: Suddi Raval & Hardcore Uproar

the strange life of a rave classic, a story that goes from police brutality to pissing off Pete Tong, and includes redefining the word 'hardcore' for an entire generation...

Heading To The Dancefloor: Stealing Sheep Talk

Quirk and sparkle galore.

Bizarre Rituals Invite You To "Fist Pump"

Our favourite purveyors rural techno are throwing a rave in the middle of the countryside. What's not to like?

Listen To A Philosopher's Brain Waves Turned Into Music

The results are pleasingly Eno-esque

View From The Side: Is dance music suffering from the weight of history?

Does knowing so much about the music of the past stop us imagining the music of the future?

The Music of the Spheres: Jeff Mills Talks

Mills talks about his new planet themed opus, his love of science fiction, unfinished UR projects, and his secret past as a cub scout

Folk Rituals & Satanic Near Misses- Memotone Talks

Memotone on dark rural folk traditions informing his new album, and the perils of burning a bible...

Michael Howard: A Gallery and more...

Grimy, rebellious, and effortlessly cool - view a gallery of Michael Howard's illustration

8 Tracks: Rob Smith's Bristol's Round Up

One half of pioneers Smith & Mighty lays down the Bristol foundation sounds

England's Dreaming: Circus- A London Institution

Shaved bears! Clown satire! Gin! Roll up to hear the chaotic birth of London's circus...

Uk Proto-House Rediscovered: Tim Brinkhurst Talks

Mr Intl are reissuing Brinkhurst's pioneering mid-80s electronics, Factory Floor & more on the remix- hear the original & read how it came to be...

Autarkic: The Monday Is Ok Mix

Singing in gibberish and Isreali post-punk - Autarkic talks us through his sound ahead of his Disco Halal LP release.

The Latest News From Neptune #7

Quincy Vidal, MHD, Azealia Banks vs Benga & Coki and a load of Namibian tunes you need to hear

A New Fairytale: Catrin Welz-Stein Talks

See a gallery of Welz-Stein's dreamlike fantasy worlds

Hail The Machine Overlords! Gabriel Prokofiev Talks

A new Non-Classical series looks at the role of music in a robot run future ...

Track By Track: Higher Authorities - Neptune

Ade & Hartley from Clinic talk us through their new project.. "We both hate the Beatles"

Thoughts Of A Man Machine: Karl Bartos Talks

The ex-Kraftwerk man on his reissued solo album, the changing face of tech, and the consequences of Brexit

Expo Of Uk's Leading Illustrators To Return To London June 2016

Illustrated 2016 brings together the UKs finest in street art and illustration

Lost Hp Lovecraft Manuscript, Commissioned By Houdini Surfaces

The Cancer of Superstition has been found in a cache of Houdini's widow's papers

Diy Drums, Goth Funk, The Universe: Ed Dmx Talks

"I hated people at school who listened to the Smiths and they all hated me."

World Unknown, Known: Andy Blake Talks

As the monthly World Unknown rave prepares to take a new shape, co-founder Andy Blake looks back over the WU years

Watch Memotone's New 'Rural Horror Techno' Video

Hissy analogue, field recordings and dread menace

Track By Track: Prince Rama - Xtreme Now

Stream Prince Rama's new LP - only the finest in dayglo weirdo pop..

View From The Side: Why Are the Police Banning Music?

What kind of maniac thinks that listening to Sean Paul starts riots?

Andy Warhol Approved 80s Post Punk Act Remixed By Discodromo & Optimo

Indoor Life are receiving a new remix package on Compost

Nonclassical To Present 'Rise Of The Machines'

Performances will include Gabriel Prokofiev's feted "Concerto for Turntables, Percussion, Trumpet and Orchestra"

Pulp Cult #3: Daniel Clowes - Patience - Reviewed

Clowes has completed a mind bending time travel thriller, his longest work to date..

Gallery : Stuart Tolley's Latest Design Book Examines The New Simplicity

Stuart Tolley's new book seeks to define new simplicity in design

Afro-Grime & Displaced People - Afrikan Boy Talks

From working with Skepta to performing in the Calais Jungle, Afrikan Boy talks

New Report Suggests Uk Legalisation Of Cannabis Would Net £1bn In Tax

Could sensible drug policy be on its way?

Zsa Zsa Sapien & Mutado Pintado Crowd Fund Collaborative Lp

The Meatraffle and Paranoid London frontmen need your help to realise a beautiful dream

Remembering Larry Levan: Bob Blank Talks

Bust ups, erratic behaviour, and incredible music- one legend remembers another...

Influences: Riton

David Byrne, LFO and Neu get a look in on Riton's influences..

First Listen: The (Hypothetical) Prophets - Around The World With

1982's weird synthwave classic (think Cabaret Voltaire meets Devo) has been given the full reissue treatment - stream in full here

Strut To Release Comp Of 70s - 80s Hawaiian Soul, Rnb & Funk

Stream a taster from the album here

Night Slugs Offer Free Download, Announce New Club Constructions Ep

Night Slugs Club Construction Volume 7 is coming from DJC - grab a free track download here

Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Stream New Single

Alkan and Norris have taken a new shoegaze direction

Invada Allstars Cover 99 Red Balloons To Support Anti-Trident Protest

Political post punk is back...

Ransom Note Records Launches!!

And our first release is already getting rinsed by Optimo, Erol Alkan, Jackmaster... Woo!

Oval Space Cinema To Show John Carpenter Classic The Thing

Cold War paranoia at it's finest

Chinese Scientists Create "Remarkable" Cyborg Rats - Video

Yep, cyborg rats. Brace yourself hunanity

Premiere: Meatraffle - The Horseshoe

Like a grubby recollection of an 80s new Wave classic...

Premiere: J Choirboy - Fantazia

Massive rave throwback from La Mission Records

View From The Side: It's Time to stop .WAV Snobbery

They masquerade as music lovers, but WAV obsessives are more concerned with oneupmanship than great tunes.

Viz Gets Banned From Facebook

The campaign for Roger Mellie's right to offend begins here

Cavern Of Anti-Matter (Ex Stereolab) Drop New Lp, Get Mixed By Tom Furse

Listen to Horrors synth enthusiast Tom Furse editing COAMs album down to 17 minutes

Al Dobson Jr To Release Debut Lp On Rhythm Section

Dobson's put together a 28 track epic for his debut release.

Born & Bred Team Up With Rinse And Expand To Two Day Festival

London's festival of grime and bass culture returns, expanded in June 2016

We're Living In A Hologram Of The Past: Geneva Jacuzzi Talks

Songs built from animal samples, LA freaks, haunted albums and science fiction - Geneva Jacuzzi's world stays weird..

Lizzy Mercier Descloux Discography To Receive Reissue Treatment

The post punk pioneer's full catalogue is getting a deluxe vinyl repress

Rubble Kings Screening In London With Director And Composer Q&A

Grab free tickets to a screening on Feb 12th

Pulp Cult #2: Nick Drnaso - Beverly

pettiness, sexual frustration, self-deception, spiralling obesity and an ever present sense of failure – how can something so very miserable be so very entertaining?

Museum Of 80'S & 90'S Computer Viruses Goes Online

Hackers back in the day were a lot cuter...

Altern-8 To Sell Original Boiler Suit And Face Mask At Rave Exhibition

The Rave Story is a 3 day celebration and marketplace of UK rave culture

View From The Side: Boris Johnson- Broken Promises & Dodgy Deals

A list of promises Johnson has broken, and dodgy deals he's steamrolled through

England's Dreaming: In pursuit of the Green Man

Examing the roots of Britain's Green Man mythology with Nina Lyon

Gone To A Rave #46: Billy 'Daniel' Bunter (And A Wee Bit Of Slipmatt)

Alien abductions, Slipmatt chain smoking in his sleep, how hardcore DJs ended up writing grime and the history of East London. It's all there...

Label Love #50: R&S Records

In order to dance... talking through the 30 year+ history of one of dance music's greatest labels

80s Punk Icons The Raincoats To Perform With Choreographer Gaby Agis

The Raincoats are reviving the protest-dance of their Shouting Out Loud show

Amazon Rumoured To Enter Music Streaming Industry

The online giant is setting it's sights on Spotify

Bullion Shares Leftfield Pop Track From Forthcoming Album

Melancholic excellence from the DEEK artist

1st Wave Line Up Of Tramlines Festival Announced

The Sheffield shindig will host Paranoid London, Dawn Penn, Young Fathers & more

Wilfred Limonious' Dancehall Artowork Exhibited In Bristol & London

The first ever retrospective of Limonious's iconic reggae artwork

Message From The Zulu Nation: Afrika Bambaataa Talks

Bambaata talks wack mainstream radio, being inspired by Nostradamus and working with John Lydon

The Latest News From Neptune #5

This month we're rounding up French electronica, jazz from Atlanta, London grime, Lisbon techno and LA beat technique...

Watch Flying Lotus' Surrealist Sci-Fi Film

"somewhere between the body horror of Tetsuo The Iron Man, an X-rated episode of Dr Who, and a really gnarly cheese dream."

Chemical Brothers Release Body Morphing Video For Beck Collaboration

High budget trans-humanism from the Chems

'Mother Of Modern Witchcraft' Personal Collection To Go On Show

Exhibits include the 'Book of Shadows' - the hand written foundation of modern Paganism

Sex & Politics: Alex Smoke Talks

"We're living in dark times... There’s this impending sense of doom, a feeling that the world is going to have to go through a very radical change before it can get better again..."

Field Day: Sleaford Mods, Novelist, Bicep & More Announced

Field Day have released the second wave of names joining PJ Harvey, Koze, Skepta and more.

Listen: Fatima Al Qadiri Streams Track From New Lp

Minor key menace from teh Future Brown producer

Electronic Superhighway - Art & The Internet Exhibition To Open Late Jan

A new exhibiton in Whitechapel charts 50 years of artists and the internet

Bbc Reveals Line Up For Bristol 6music Festival

Matthew Herbert, Primal Scream, underworld, Dennis Bovell, Sherwood & Pinch, and more are on the bill

Rabit's 'Industrial Fusion' Out Now On Ninja Tune

Gruesome industrial hell music for people who hate people

Kraftwerk's Karl Bartos To Re-Release 'Lost' Solo Album

Communication is set for it's debut digital release this Feb, stream a track in advance

Reviewed: Hangmen @ Wyndham's Theatre

In Bruges creator Martin McDonagh's return to the stage is a grim, hilarious and triumphant

Influences: Fhloston Paradigm

From space jazz to synth pop with the King Britt alias.

Video Premiere: Meatraffle - Nice Young Couple

A shambling post punk gem from the South London insurgents

Tickets For Liverpool Psyche Festival 2016 Now Onsale

The award winning festival is selling early bird tickets for £50

Gone To A Rave #45: Ray Keith - The Original Terrorist

"Friends have said it sounds a bit like Kerri Chandler" ... DnB legend Ray Keith remembers his soul boy roots, talks jungle classics and reveals a new house direction

Ennio Morricone Shares New Music From Forthcoming Tarantino Film

The master returns...

Run The Jewels' Killer Mike Interviews Bernie Sanders - Video

An insight into the mind of the man who would run America

Ian's Top 8 GRIME TRACKS Of 2015

I’m making no apology that 4 of these tracks come from The Square’s camp, they’ve been on it all year.

Gone To A Rave #44: Ragga Twins, From Unity Sound To Rave Icons

"I get people telling me that their grandparents told them about us..." Flinty Badman and Deman Rocker take us through 30 decades of mic murder

Review: David Lynch & Marek Zebrowski - Polish Night Music

Dark drone from Lynch and Zebrowski

Donald Trump Gets A Grime Remix

Truss me Daddy

Gone To A Rave#43: The Untold Story Of Renk Records & Incredible

OG junglist Steve B tells the untold story of Renk Records, the making of Incredible, and the birth of jungle

Fundraiser Launched To Help Homeless House Legend Colonel Abrams

Abrams is homeless and sick - here's the link to pledge money

Jimmy Edgar Gives Away Free Edit Of Dj Spookie's 'Reload'

Edgar's reworked the ghetto tech banger, previously released via Green Velvet's Relief label

Bullion Anounces Debut Album & Live Shows

Stream the title track off Bullions long awaited debut

Futureshock #4

Low Tape, Marquis Hawkes, Phlowgod and Sahel Sound are this months pilots of tomorrow

View From The Side: David Cameron Will Have His War, No Matter What

Cameron doesn't need reasons for war, just the petty desire to be a player

Italians do it better: Alexander Robotnick Talks

"Italians go to clubs because they want to show themselves off" Robotnick on 30 years in dance music...

Grime Artists As Historical Figures- One Off Exhibition At Tate Britain

Artist Rueben Dangoor has been re-imagining grime legends in classically inspired oil paintings

Octave One To Perform With Philharmonic Orchestra

The Detroit techno duo are playing a one off electronic/ classical show in Zurich this December

The Green Man: Faber Publish Exploration Of Iconic British Folklore

Nina Lyon follows up her history of magic mushrooms with a look at one of the UKs enduring folk Gods

Gabriel García Márquez Doc To Screen In London, starts This Weekend

A new doc follows the life of the author and activist credited with inventing magical realism

Shit Robot's Winter workout RANSOM NOTE MIX

All sorts of new, unheard goodies on the winter mix from Shit Robot, including a new track from Factory Floor..

Video Premiere: Watch Mini Doc On Neana & Gang Fatale

A 14 minute primer on the crew redefining techno, ballroom, club and Nightslugs-style bass

The Latest News From Neptune #4

Future cheddar from Joey B, Jacober, MoStack, Ajukaju and Ty Dolla $ign. And somehow P. Diddy slipped in.

First Listen: Severed Heads - Prototype Pop - Dark Entries

Rattling sugar-rush synth pop from the 80s catalogue of techno pioneers Severed Heads

Premiere: Orchestre G.M.I. - Africa - Analog Africa

Get an exclusive listen of a previously unheard dancefloor killer from 1970s Senegal

Video Premiere: Rework - Hardcore

Synth pop sorrow, grainy sex, nocturnal motorways and regret...

Book Review: Bendik Kaltenborn - Adult Contemporary

The artist behind Todd Terje's record sleeves publishes a new compendium of absurd idiots, weird sex and sly satire

Woman Who Starts 'Close Britain's Borders' Petition Lives In Spain

There's no helping this idiot

Artist To Artist: Headman & Bozzwell

Headman and Bozzwell in a head to head chatabout - electroclash, dinner, and the future of Relish all gets covered..

Video Premiere: Paco Sala - Silverheels

"had John Carpenter had dedicated himself to directing romantic tragedies rather than blood spattered sci-fi horrors, his soundtracks may have turned out something like Silverheels"

Random Facts: Wookie

Schrodinger's Cat, gun nuts, dodgy RnB, and club blags - UKG hero Wookie takes on Random Facts...

Track By Track - Meatraffle - Hifi Classics

" I am fed up with all the bad press drug dealers in London get, it's a really stressful job, keeping one eye on the dope and one eye on the pigs." - ladies and gents, MEATRAFFLE go track by track..

Andrew Claristidge - The 'Dance Epidemix - Danser Ou Mourir' Ransom Note Mix

An hour of the finest neo-electro from one half of the Acid Washed duo

Den Sorte Skole Talk

They've broken records for most samples used on a single album - now the Danish suo talk immigration, integration, and crate diging 'cross the globe

Post Punk Classics & Feminist Fanzines - Making Waves Talk

Camille & Constance from Making Waves collect the greatest post punk videos you've never seen...

Premiere: Ishi Vu - Bipolar Nature - Omena Records

"a saturated dream of space dolphins leaping through shimmering rings of stars"

Grab A Pay-What-You-Want Compilation Of Jersey Club Bangers

8 tracks of hectic ghetto techno, curated by CLUBJERSEY for future dancefloors..

Futureshock! #3

New techno joy from Bicep, Addison Groove, Oneohtrix Point Never and REKchampa...

Track By Track: Phantom Horse - Different Forces

Stream 40 minutes of exceptional krautrock as the Hamburg duo talk through the making of their second album

The Chap tell us The Philosophical Influences Behind 'The Show Must Go'

Karl Marx, Lars Von Treier and Eastenders; the ingredients with which to craft an album from The Chap..

Heavenly Records Sign Texan Acid Rockers Night Beats

Stream a heady slab of psyche from the band's forthcoming LP

Föllakzoid Announce European Winter Tour

The Sacred Bones signed Krautrock act are playing throughout November and Decemeber

Tiga Signs To counter records, Preps 3rd Album & Announces Live Show

Stream the new single and grab tickets to his debut live show

Dennis Bovell Digs Deep In His Archive For New Vinyl-Only Dub Album

Stream a track from the new set by the UK's master of dub

Ireland Moves Towards Decriminalising 'Small Amounts Of Drugs'

Supervised injecting centres are to open in Dublin next year

Non Classical To Release Remix Ep Feat Thom Yorke, Tim Exile & More

Stream the best remixes from Non-Classical's last decade

The Latest News From Neptune #3

Jacob Reddy, Nadia Rose, salute, Lazzy Beats & Harsh Riddims beam in on this month's cosmic round up...

Rip Diane Charlemagne - Voice Of Dnb Classic Inner City Life

From Factory Records to Urban Cookie Colective, Metalheadz to Joey Negro, RIP to a genuine UK legend

Ed Dmx's Fresh Up Records To Finally Re-Issue Catalogue On Mp3

5 years of Boogie, Italo, Disco, and Electro Funk finally making it onto a digital release

Grab A Free Sun Ra Download Courtesy Of Strut

The label is bringing out a new, Giles Peterson curated Sun Ra comp

Blood Orange Returns With '90s New Jack Swing Direction

Watch the video here

Daniel Avery, Emperor Machine, Morgan Hammer & More On New Relish Comp

Headman comes correct with the fourth instalment of Relish Comp...

Fat White Family Announce Second Album

Brace yourself for the filth and the fury

David Lynch To Release 'Polish Night Music' As A Deluxe Double Lp

Listen to a clip from Lynch's mid-00s experimental album

Label Love #47: Harsh Riddims

Murky, wistful and weird, Atlanta's cassette releasing Harsh Riddims are making outsider techno and soul for the waviest of parties...

View From The Side: Tax Credits And The Birth Of Ransom Note

The best way for us to talk about tax credits is to talk about the site itself...

Youth Stand Up! Jd Twitch Talks Africa, Jeremy Corbyn & Glasgow Psyche

The latest Autonomous Africa project Youth Stand Up!, the nature of charity and Scotland's changing political landscape...

Russia Develops Autonomous Robot Army

That headline is genuine, btw

Wet Sounds Brings Immersive Underwater Concert To Kentish Town Pool

Experience the fully submerged Wet Sounds soundsystem this November

Trailer: New Film Shows Malian Musicians Fighting The Sharia Music Ban

'They Will Have to Kill Us First' is part of the Film Africa festival, returning to London in late October

Nina Kraviz's Trip Label To Release 2 New Comps Before 2016

Stream clips from Kraviz's fine sounding new compilations. Techno for the heads...

Stream Floating Points' New Jazz Influenced Cut 'Peroration Six'

Dense jazzy textures on the new stream from Floating Points

Genius Dubs Bbc Reporting Of North Korea Over Uk Trooping Of Colour

And it's near impossible to tell the difference.

Den Sorte Skole Break The Record For Most Samples Used On An Album

1 record, 10,000 samples. And no, they're not selling it on iTunes

Gods' New Single Harks Back To The Glory Days Of Nyc Electroclash

Like your favourite bits of LCD and Liars made all fresh and new again.

Dark Entries Share Video For Patrick Cowley's Lost Porn Soundtracks

Grubby and nostalgic in equal measure

Rionegro - An Electronic Ode To The Music Of South America

Sano Hoyos talks about heading -with Mathias Aguayo and friends- into the Columbia countryside to create a whole new world of sound

Premiere Inn - Round Up 12.10.15

This Week's R$N Premieres. Madegg, Fold, Cardopusher, Unalaska, The Missing Brazilians, Subheim, Posthuman, Never, West Norwood Cassette Library.

Posthuman: The Ransom Note Mix

An hour of acid and techno from the chaps of Posthuman. More peaks than the Himalayas doncha know.

Premiere: Posthuman - It's A House Thing (Mark Archer Mix)

Rave legend Mark Archer ramps up the acid on the latest missive from Posthuman

Watch : Daniele Baldelli's New Video 'Inner Light'

Grab an exclusive watch of the debut video for Baldelli's Cosmic Temple series...

Jd Twitch Remixes The Lead Single From Youth Stand Up

Scotland via Ghana via Belize via JD Twitch's bag of disco magic

Stream Salute's New Collaboration With Awful Records' Abra

UK and USA team up for lush, languid future soul

Premiere: Rework - Hardcore

Italo soundtrack synth pop, as regal and sad as Nosferatu contemplating eternity

England's Dreaming: Water Witches & Raging Rivers

As winter rain rushes in, it's time to remember the spirits stalking the dark folklore of Britain's waterways..

Futureshock! #2

Techno and synth action from Rework, Viortex Trax, Bleaker, Zomby and Mike Broer..

6 Classic Fela Kuti Albums To Get Vinyl Reissue

Fela classics: no good record collector should be without 'em

Daniele Baldelli To Release Run Of Six Cosmic Disco 12"S

The DJ star has been holed up in the studio - check out some previews...

Read: New British Cinema

A detailed overview of the cream of the UK's current directorial crop

Premiere: Bawrut - Ciquita

Carnival ready acid house already lodged in the sets of Optimo and Jackmaster

Haas & Hahn Talk

Favela painters Haas & Hahn talk painting mass art in unlikely places

John Carpenter To Play First Ever Live Show At Atp Iceland

YES!!! Roll on 2016...

Watch: Okzharp To Release Debut 12" Through Hyperdub

Fuse kwaito house, RnB and UK bass pressure and come up with gold

The Latest News From Neptune #2

New explorations in jazz, hip hop, grime and electronics from Finn, Murlo, Awate, Louie Lastic, Rionegro and Young Thug

Invisible Inc Release Poncho Brothers Lost 80s Disco Demos

Shuffling weirdo funk for sleazy dancefloors hidden behind unmarked doors.

Stream exclusive premieres from Kuba Sojka's highly anticpated LP

2 exclusive tracks of peerless, soul drenched techno alongside an interview with Kuba Sojka

Gone To A Rave #41: Kemet & 3rd Party

Two labels who changed the face of jungle, yet have remained strangely unsung...

Men Dressed As Rick James And Superfly Rob Bank - Photos

Can this get any better?

David Bowie To Compose New Song As Theme Tune For Tv Thriller

Bowie's back to soundtrack new show The Last Panthers

Dark Entries To Release A Horde Of Obscure Patrick Cowley Work

Cowley's porn film soundtracks, and some unreleased archive finds - stream excerpts from both

Ethyl & Flori Kick Off New Label With Some Steppers Techno

Stream the first release from Ethyl & Flori

Raindance Film Fest Kicks Off Tomorrow

London's 23rd celebration of independent film starts tomorrow

View From The Side: #Pig Gate

Oink oink....a round up

Robert Hood To Give Keynote Speech At Ade

The UR founder is talking motivation, longevity and the future at this years ADE

Underworld To Give Second Toughest In The Infants A Deluxe Reissue

Details of the reissue of Underworld's classic* second album *like, actually classic

Futureshock!

This month's techno wins, inc. the return of Aphrohead, Belgian thumping from Kill Frenzy, an anniversary for West Norwood Cassette Library, Detroit via Italy from Grienkho & more....

The Cast Of 'The Thick Of It' Make It On To A Spiderman Cover

The strangest super hero team up of all time?

8 Tracks: Tirzah Gives Us Tracks To Stop Summer Finishing

Sun don't go! 8 tracks from Greco-Roman's Tirzah to tease out the last of the summer..

Autechre Post 4 Hour+ Influences Mix That Has Every Good Tune, Ever

Honestly, this shit should be taught in schools.

Bristol's In:Motion Announces Kink, Loefah, Skream & More For Winter

Full line ups for the next few months, and there's a lot in there...

Stream: Numbers Latest 12" - Synth Pop From The Heart Of Glasgow

Euphoric, melancholic & synthetic - a future classic from Sparky...

Stream: Audion Remixes Ghost Culture

Clanking, supple techno at it's finest, along with info on how to grab free Ghost Culture 12"s

Watch: Trevor Jackson Creates Video Megamix For New On U Sound Comp

14 minutes of scratchy visuals and deep dub explorations

Daily Telegraph Tries To Back Down From 'Nutjob' Comments

Break out the popcorn, the show's getting started...

Stream Bok Bok's Remix Of Django Django

Snappy claps, vocal echoes, big globs of bass and brass stabs delivered with staccato abandon...

False Starts And Eternal Sunsets: Molly Nilsson Talks

The synth pop auteur on how her latest album was nearly her last, the allure of internet anonymity, and the loneliness of machines...

Label Love #44: Phonica Records

Talking vinyl politics and future releases with Phonica's Alex Egan

Review: Thool - The Dome

If Maurice Fulton were to slip on some loafers and chance his hand at yacht rock I'm guessing the results wouldn't be a million miles off..

Optimo Draw Scotland, Belize & Ghana Together On New Collaborative Lp

JD Twitch & Autonomous Africa have pulled together young musicians world wide to create something quite unique...

Stream: Chaos In The Cbd Bring Midnight Jazz To The House

Listen to all 5 tracks of the duo's new Rhythm Section release

Danny Boyle Confirms Trainspotting 2 Is Happening

And the original cast are onboard...

Kingston Uni Prof Transforms Himself Into David Bowie For A Year

It's the longest episode of Stars in their Eyes mankind has seen.

Dancing in the dark - Maximum Joy Talk

The cult 80s post punk outfit talk reforming, recording with Dennis Bovell, and dancing as a radical act...

Read: Hip Hop Family Tree #3 1983 - 1984

Ed Piskor's comic book telling of the history of hip hop continues with typical style

Thundercat Announces European Tour

The Flying Lotus and Kendrick Lamar collaborator is touring with The Internet - tickets are going fast...

Corsica Studios To Launch Free Monday Cult Film Club

Blood! Ninjas! Vixens!

Rush Hour To Release Gerd Janson Compiled Musik For Autobahns 2

More ambient electronics designed for imaginary road trips from Bicep, Joy O and more

The Latest News From Neptune: #1

Rounding up the cosmic edges of hip hop, jazz and beats with Okmalumkoolkat, Mykki Blanco, Ash Walker and Salute

On-U Sound Reissue Cult Classic From The Missing Brazilians

Sherwood's freaky early 80s dub electronics classic to get a lavish reissue

Watch Incredible 80'S Footage Of The Women Of No Wave And Post Punk

80 minutes of rare and essential punk funk you've almost certainly never heard...

New Oneohtrix Point Never Album Released Via Warp This November

Watch two mysterious video trailers for the electronic auteur's new LP

Video Premiere: Bat Bike - Alone On The A9

"the Velvet Underground, had Reed and Cale had been Special Brew necking vagrants hanging out round Lewisham Paddy Power and howling at the stars"

Read: How 35 Years Of John Peel Shaped Modern Britain

Good Night and Good Riddance - 35 years of Peel shows catalogued and analysed in a geek's dream of a book...

Hot Chip 'Started Right' Remixes Out Today- Stream

Seven Davis Jr and Joe Goddard step up with the mixes...

Nicolas Godin Talks

"You need the machines.." Air's Nicolas Godin talks about the creation of his debut, Bach-inspired solo album...

Roots Manuva New Album To Feature Four Tet, Switch & Sherwood

Rodney Smith's back with his 6th LP...

Everyone In Rave Is Playing The Amsterdam Dance Event

*not actually, neccessarily everyone. But lots of people.

Review: Legwork - Buckshot Ep

4 tracks of slinky techno tools for heads and dancefloors alike

Review: Windows Start Up Sounds Slowed 4000%

One day we'll all be dead.

View From The Side: This Week, Dance Music Beat The Suits

How one man and his company tried to buy up the entire rave market, and why EDM isn't quite as commercial as everyone thinks...

Un Privacy Chief Describes Uk Surveillance Culture As 'Worse Than 1984'

So it turns out Big Brother is indeed watchinng you.

These New Puritans' Jack Barnett To Score Brave New World Play

The first authorised adaptation of Huxley's classsic hits the stage this September

Graeme Park & Nightspot Talk

"One of the reasons that the club scenes are so effective is that a lot of the people in them dropped an E.." Graeme Park on the making of 24 Hour Party People...

Review: Manos Sucias

A finely paced, Spike Lee produced shot of drug smuggling and sudden violence in the Colombian jungle

View From The Side: Let's Eradicate The Evil Of Music Journalism

These vicious, crazed snakes need to be stopped before it's too late for us all.

Reviewed: Native Instruments' - Stems

We had a play with Native Instruments new DJ format - is it worth the hype?

Video: Watch Google's 6 Foot Robot Stomp Through Woodland. Be Afraid.

Did someone say Skynet?

Review: Beppe Loda - Obscure Cuts 2: Italian Arabic Disco

Kasbah ready space jams selected by the Italian master

Review: James Mason - The Dance Of Life

Will unreleased tracks from the disco icon live up to the hype? Turns out the anser is yes...

Stream The Four Tet Endorsed Debut From Tirzah

Weird pop that's genuinely weird, and genuinely good.

Jon Savage Documents 1966 In New Collection Of Essays

The feted music writer is casting his eye over a pivotal year

Review: Higamos Hogamos - Fuzzy Majesty Ep

Krautrock with a baggie swagger from new Glaswegian label Invisible Inc

Visionist To Release Debut Album Through Pan

Visionist is embracing his avant garde side with a debut on PAN

Review: Alan Fitzpatrick - U Said U Ep

Techno, no frills, no messing, just hits

Review: Lum - Urpillay

An ethno-house duffer that's as appealing as the stink of spilt bong water...

Bemuse Londoners With This Pointlessly 'Fake' Oyster Card

Spread mild confusion for no discernable reason.

View From The Side: The Immigration Nightmare

"Few of Britain’s politicians have the basic courage to face up to a spiralling crisis. The country I love is being destroyed."

Label Love #43: Strut Records

Looking at the history of a label who have redefined the art of the compilation

Stream: Deep Persuasion From Blondes

New York duo return with gloopy star-bound techno

Gone To A Rave #39: Graham Mew- The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man - Quite probably the most under rated producer in jungle

King Midas Sound Stream First Track Off New Collaboration Lp

Midas Sound return with trip hop that's all trip

Review: Crookers X Riddim Commission - This Summer

"as predictable as rain in the English summer"

Marshall Jefferson - INFLUENCES

"Asking Marshall Jefferson for his influences - like asking God what was going on before the whole 'let there be light' business.."

GhostPoet Shares Ghost Culture Remix

Insert your own spook related joke here.

Read: Greece - What Is To Be Done?

A new text trying to shine some radical light on a country being pulled apart by wolves...

First Listen: Gwenno - Chwyldro (Andrew Weatherall Remix)

"in which Weatherall reaches down, hoists Gwenno aboard his fine steed, and gallops off over the hills"

Review: Various - Batty Bass In Retrograde

An essential 6 track return from Batty Bass

Lord Sewel: The True Crimes Of An Ordinary Wrong 'Un

It's not the hooter. It's not the brass. Sewel's crime lies somewhere else entirely...

Gone To A Rave #38: Roni Size And The Rise Of Bristol

Roni Size pulling it back to the early days of Bristol - foundation breaks and soundsystem memories...

Dfa Set Up Bandcamp Page, Release Comp Of Recent Acts

Fancy getting hold of cheap WAVs of DFA goodness?

Seven Davis Jnr Debut Album To Drop Tomorrow

The future funk artist drops one of the most anticipated debuts of 2015

The Amiga Is 30 Years Old Today

All hail the computer that produced a million rave bangers...

View From The Side: Britain: No Place For The American Dream

The Tory rush to embrace American neo-liberal ideas is the worst thing that could happen to the UK. Here's why.

Kevin Knapp - The Heft

Pigeonholes: generally useless...

Single Review: Dj Bone - It's All About/ Tipping Point

Jazz, power, and techno music for the spheres

Single Review: Slam & Gary Beck – Pressure Lights

Slam. As clean as a pigs whistle. Whatever that means.

Single Review: Fx Mchn - Dunn

FX Mchn continues the fightback against the evil hordes of identi-kit acid

Single Review: Adra - Fear Is The Mind Killer

"If you’ve been feeling Bicep’s Just (and you should have been) this is a logical next step..."

Biomodd Bring Workshops To Create Living Computers To London

Your chance to build the future from scrap computers and greenery..

Review: Savant - Artificial Dance

Inventive, playful and essential - RVNG compile long lost missives from the 80s post punk underground...

View From The Side: Ricardo Villalobos- When The Mighty Fall...

Villalobos has come in for an internet roasting after this weekends Cocoon performance... is it even fair...?

Adaadat Duo Masters To Release More 'Imaginary Film Music'- Stream

Finely executed synth workouts for fans of Goblin and John carpenter

Reviewed: Aiaiai Modular Headphone

AIAIAI are marketing their latest cans as game changers - how right are they...?

View From The Side: Let's Hear It For The Troublemakers

An ode to the anti-heroes breaking into Wireless Festival over the weekend - there's life in London yet...

Rural Gloucester shire Village Disturbed By Rampant 'Swingers' Festival

And, no, not big band swingers. The other kind. The sexy ones.

Roland 303 Pioneer Charanjit Singh Dies Aged 75

RIP to one of the first musicians to embrace the box that created acid house

Bullion's New Video Is Possibly Best Thing We've Ever Seen

Did we say best? We meant weirdest....

Read: How Music Got Free

Stephen Witt's dissection of the mp3 piracy explosion is a pleasure for music nerds and casual readers alike

Levon Vincent Proteges Terriers Stream Debut Release

Druggy and woozy melodic techno from new kids Terriers

The Greatest House Records Of All Time, On A Poster

We're basically the rave Ikea

Still Banging That 808: Arthur Baker Talks

Loving 808s, working on a New order doc, and getting death threats live on air- Arthur Baker isn't slowing down anytime soon...

Private View: Warmduscher Colouring Book

Steady your nerve and focus your mind: It's an exclusive sneak preview of the Warmduscher colouring book...

Album Review: Abra - Roses

ABRA's debut album - inventive, sensual, danceable and heavy with soul. Stream in full...

Kim Ann Foxman Revisits Her Modern Classic 'Creature'

The much loved house cut finally gets a 12" release

Review: Hot Chip - Why Make Sense

Hot Chip, six albums in and sounding as excellent as ever...

Techno Bombs And Shameless Fibbing: Clouds Talk

Techno boshers and confessions of fake names; Clouds spill the beans...

View From The Side: Dumb Djs And The Performance Of Outrage

With Ten Walls, Boddika and GFOTY causing internet meltdowns, is outrage the best response?

Premiere: Deo & Z-Man & Babyman - Belissma

Live Italo sleaze from Hamburg brothers Deo & Z-Man

Greg Wilson Launches Super Weird Substance Label

Stream 3 cuts from the disco Godfather's new label

View From The Side: Where Are The Women?

It turns out that there are fewer female performers at dance festivals than there are at rock. Who knew?

Happy Daze and the birth of UKG: Matt 'Jam' Lamont Talks

The UKG legend talks about the legendary Happy Daze club, life in Tuff Jam, and the state of 2 step today

Gone To A Rave #32: Mark Archer & Altern-8

Face masks at the ready - Mark Archer on secret porn in the Activ-8 video, the truth behind Vicks vaporub use, and adventures with the old bill.

Album Review: Howling - Sacred Ground

Occasionally lovely vocals and whole swathes of inconspicuous tedium...

Video Premiere: The Caulfield Beats - 90s Love

Spikey acid that's as Madchester as it is Chicago

Touring The Universe: Shabazz Palaces Talks

"calling ourselves afrofuturist sounds a bit pedantic, pretentious and unnecessary.."

Review: Brand Vs Miliband - The Election Special

We learnt more from the reaction to Milibrand than we learnt from the event.

Don Letts - Influences Film Series

Some of the films that moved and made me the man I am today! Don Letts...

Rate My Amen: Redpine & Solo

Redpine & Solo rate some of the greatest uses of the amen known to man...

"Like The Best Sleep Over Ever..." : Nightspot Cinema Talk

Nightspot Cinema bring film to the club and vice versa - here's what they've learnt in a year of great films, random disasters and sold out shows..

Video Premiere: Bat-Bike - We Like Tom Waits (He's Famous)

Trash punk genius straight outta South London. For fans of trampagne, goretex and chubbies.

Drama, disco & Divas : Tom Moulton Talks

Tom Moulton on the creation of Grace Jones' first three albums

Setting The Record Straight: Dave Clarke Talks

Dave Clarke sets the record straight on tech house politicians, Greek economics, Russell Brand, and why Nigel Farage is 'a complete c*nt'

Nottingham's Everywhere Festival Announces 2015 Line Up

MCDE, Cyril Hahn, Joy Orbison, KiNK and a bunch more for the much loved Nottingham knees up

Random Facts With... Mike Paradinas

We celebrated 20 years of Planet Mu by talking to Mr Paradinas about everything from goat simulators to men on tank rampages...

England's Dreaming #14: Scallywag - Uk's Great, Forgotten Satirical Mag

They published Bill Hicks, resurrected Alf Garnett, and broke stories about elite child abusers - 20 years on it looks like Scallywag were more right than wrong..

Stream Andy Butler's Debut Solo Ep

The Hercules and Love Affair man is heading to the club...

View From The Side: Jeremy Clarkson- The Unlikely Freedom Fighter

400,000 petition signers have mistaken Jeremy Clarkson for some sort of revolutionary.

Loophole Means Ecstasy & Ketamine Are Currently Legal In Ireland

And there's nothing the government can do til Thursday night.

Human Head Transplants '2 Years Away'

Tired of your crap old body? Want to trade up for a new model? Not long to wait now folks...

View From The Side: Ukip Racists Are Made Not Born

Britain has a bigger problem with race than it cares to admit...

Gone To A Rave #29: 2 Steps Into Darkness

Vinyl rips from UK Garage's moody, early noughties rush to the dark side

Gone To A Rave #28: Jungle Classics From E3 Recordings

Download some serious '94 breakbeat classics from East London's forgotten E3 Recordings

Gone To A Rave #27: The Prodigy

The Prodigy go old skool, chatting to Ian about warehouses raves, playing Labyrinth and whether Essex is actually like TOWIE.

View From The Side: David Cameron- 5 Years Of Smash & Grab

Cameron has trained his sights on the school system preparing for another heist on the nation

Gone To A Rave #26: Dj Hype

A serious history lesson from the Godfather of UK Breakbeat

Lego Produce 'Hipster' Range. Complete With Beards.

Is nothing sacred?

The Pioneer Ddj-Wego3 : Reviewed

Checking out Pioneer's latest entry level DJ controller...

Sonar 2015 Extends It's Line Up To Include Skrilex & Duran Duran

Twigs, Flying Lotus, Die Antwoord and more have been added to a heaving bill...

A Short History Of The Future: 50 Years Of Modular Synths

A look at the rise and fall and rise once more of the modular synth

Gone To A Rave #25: Remembering Stevie Hyper D

Paying tribute to the greatest MC Jungle ever saw

King of the 808: Egyptian Lover Talks

Egyptian Lover talks 808s, keeping it vinyl, and why the Irish make the best fans

Gone To A Rave #24: Pirates, Scourge Of The System

Booby trapped hallways! planes falling from the sky! Drug Parties! The weird world of 90s news reports on pirate radio

Track By Track : Donor - Against All

In a rare opening up, techno minimalist Donor takes us through the processes behind his new album

England's Dreaming: St Agnes And The Dumb Cake

Horny ghosts, Roman martyrs and Dumb Cake - unearthing ancient English folk traditions

View From The Side: Paris Shootings And Suspect Narratives

The media are building a disturbing narrative of the Paris shootings with little actual evidence

Black Catalans’ Black Spots Of Barcelona

Want to buy vinyl, chow on tapas, or restock your library with second hand porn? You need the Black Catalans guide to Barcelona..

Gone To A Rave #23: The Ragga Twins

Ragga Twins shock out!!

Ian Mcquaid's Top 8 Reasons For Living In 2014

A top 10 minus 2 things I forgot or couldn't think of. ITS 2014 IN LIST FORM

Label Love #28: Turbo Records

Turbo Recordings cast an eye over a decade and a half of redefining the paradigm

'Nothing' Police Can Do About 'Creepy' Cliff Richard Cut Out

Cliff's rictus grin terrifies Brighton man. The police's hands are tied.

An Interview With Samuel Orange - Transmuting Life Into Art

An interview with theatrical maverick Samuel Orange...

Gone To A Rave #22 - Tumpin' Records

Ultra rare ragga tinged hardcore genius from Si-La and Saxon Soundsystem

Afrikan Sciences - The Future Ain't The Same As It Used To Be 8 Tracks

Get your fill of the past, present and future with these sounds...

Gone To A Rave #21 - CJ Mackintosh

CJ Mackintosh talks us through scratching his way to DMC victory, writing Pump Up The Volume, and smashing the house for 3 decades

Petition To Stop Noise Complaints In Areas Known For Nightlife

Time to bring some common sense to town planning

Gone To A Rave #20: So Solid Crew - Lisa Maffia Remembers

"We were going on to world domination!" Lisa Maffia gets inside her youth spent in the crazy world of So Solid Crew

Gone To A Rave #19: Nasty Crew

A selection of rare 12"s from Grime's greatest collective, Nasty Crew

View From the Side: Bob Geldof, Band Aid & Africa

As Fuse ODG pulls out of Band Aid, when is Geldof going to learn he's not wanted?

Technical Office Party #1: Aiaiai's Tma-1 Headphones

The whole office give the headphones a test run...

View From The Side: Soundcloud And Corporate Culture

Warner's are entering into a financial deal with Soundcloud -its time to re-evaluate what storing songs in the cloud means

psychedelic classic 'The Cosmic Trigger' Comes To London

The first stage adaptation of Robert Anton Wilson's psychedelic classic comes to the capital in November

The History Of The Great British Weekender

"The weekender occupies a special, hedonistic place in British culture. A festival for the working man, weekenders are there to dance away the grit and graft of the week..."

Dillinja - Influences

Dillinja talks us through all that has made up his sound...

Tonka Responds To Claims He Is Evil Graffiti Legend Banksy

The rumours have reached fever pitch

Office Party: Mr G, Psych For Sore Eyes 2 & Pulse Emitter

Mr G's Personal Momentz, Psych For Sore Eyes 2 and Pulse Emitter's Equinox get a going over with from the office ears.

Pat Mahoney Talks: Museum Of Love And Life After Lcd

Pat Mahoney on his forthcoming Museum of Love debut, New York scenes, and moving on from LCD

Tickets For Science Of Psychedelia Lecture Now On Sale

Dr David Luke lectures on the furthest edges of conscious and the cosmos.

Office Party - Peaking Lights, NEW BUILD & Marconi Union

This week we listened to New Build, Peaking Lights and Marconi Union...

Gone To A Rave #14 - Rhythm Section

4 classic 12"s from hardcore titans Rhythm Section

Tony Allen Talks

Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen surveys his career and looks to the future

Office Party: Album Reviews 26.9.14

We've decided we should address some of the 'larger' album releases via a weekly office party. This week Caribou, Sebastian Mullaert(minilogue) & Eitan Reiter & The Juan Maclean go through the rinser.

View From The Side: Lies, Lies, Lies And Jihadi John

Reasons to be cheerful

Gone To A Rave Extra: Boy Better Know

Talking Redbull Culture Clash with grime leaders Boy Better Know

Dieter Meier Talks

The voice of synth pioneers Yello on his new live show and solo album, and why he hates computers

Gone To A Rave #13: Acid Techno

Re-evaluating London's unloved bastard of a genre

The Wytches Talk

Wytches bassist Dan gets in touch from the road

Gone To A Rave #12: Naughty Naughty

Grant Nelson's early jungle mutilations of Voodoo Ray, French Kiss and more

View From The Side: Aphex Twin & Surveillance Culture

What does Syro's promotion say about internet culture?

The Rusted Weight Of History: Vessel Talks

Reshaping techno into hand crafted industrial breakdown, Vessel has moved into a field of his own

Gone To A Rave #11 - Suburban Base

Suburban Base boss Danny Donnelly takes us back to his years running the iconic hardcore and jungle label

Gone To A Rave #10: Production House Part 2

Part 2 of our look at one of the all time greatest hardcore labels

Nick The Record Talks

Nick the Record gives us a share of years of crate digging wisdom

Gone To A Rave #9: Production House - Part 1

Part 1 of a loving look at the Motown of rave record labels

Hercules & Love Affair Talk

Andy Butler talks line up changes, and making meaningful dance

Artist Jake Chapman Claims 'Children Are Not Human'

So taking them to galleries is pointless, right?

Tom Middleton Talks 909

We sat down with Mr Middleton for a brief chat about what he thinks about the Roland 909 and the music that was produced throughout it's history.

Ryan Hemsworth Releases Free Download

Collaborating with Australian/ Sudanese wonderkid UV boi

Sunday Sport Style Guide Leaks

And it turns out that swearing is a very formal business

Gone To A Rave #8 : jamaican Roots

Early Hardcore and Jungle tracks alongside the reggae classics they sampled

Croatian Garden Festival Announces Next Year Is Last

The original UK run Croatian Festival is calling it a day

Gone To A Rave #7: Right Before My Eyes

The 30 year evolution of a pop rave tune that keeps coming back

Michael Gove Gets The Boot (Kinda)

Smirking manchild loses job by being shit at it

Riton Drops Battle Weapon #4

Riton bootlegs his own 'Aloha Surfers' for maximum club action

Englands Dreaming : Shifting Dreams

How cover ups, abuse and scandal are murdering the England of imagination

Man Parrish Talks

The Godfather of electro knows everything that matters

Gone To A Rave #6: Renk Records

Classics from the label that gave the world 'Incredible'

Chvrches & Black Lips To Play Liverpool Music Week

with other acts including Caribou and Evian Christ

Visions Festival Add Veronica Falls

The London Fields Festival announces more line up additions

Single Review : Dr Packer – Doctor’S Orders

space monkeys, funny cocktails and disco re-edits

Single Review : Tiga - Bugatti

the best track Tiga's done for years?

Influences - Jimmy Edgar

The tracks that whip Jimmy Edgar's musical cream...

Tony Allen To Play Village Underground

The Afrobeat innovator returns to London this November

Premiere: The Legendary 1979 Orchestra - Spirala

Melancholic deep house crafted from 70s Romanian jazz

Gone To A Rave #5: Boogie Beat

3 releases from the genius hardcore jungle label Boogie Beat Records

Legowelt Set For July London Gig

Legowelt is bringing his live electro magic to the Corsica Studios

Ceelo Green Returns With Goodie Mob Rapper Gipp

Fatbacked hip hop soul from the Goodie Mob legends

Shadow Child Talks

Get the lowdown on the Shadow Child festival experience

Heavy Rain Predicted For Glastonbury

Glastonbury is set to turn into an Ed Sheeran soundtracked WWI re-enactment

Gone To A Rave #4: total xstacy

This week: Hardcore tracks about Es...

Singles : June 25th

Jamie XX, Head High, Floating Points, Kid Who and My Nu Leng are totally Mexico, yeah?

Andy Coulson Charged With Phone Hacking

Coulson is guilty, Brooks is acquitted, Cameron squirms.

Underworld To Perform Dubnobasswithmyheadman

The classic is also getting a super deluxe 5CD reissue

Aphex Twin Caustic Window Lp Sells For $46,300

What??

Liars Release 'Pro Anti Anti' Video - Watch

Face melting wax head weirdness

Singles Chart To Include Streaming Plays

Streams from Spotify now count towards Chart placement

'Superstar Djs' Show To Air On Channel 4

Annie Mac investigates that most 90s of beasts

Hardfloor Return To Acid Techno - Listen

303s at the ready!

Independent Record Market Announces Dj Line Up

Bullion, Greco Roman, Heavenly Jukebox and more are set to play

Ian Mcquaid's Gone To A Rave* #3

A quick romp through early European acid House

Street Sounds #8

Having lived through the late 90s once already, I’ve no wish to see that shit again.

Englands Dreaming #11: The Free Party Monster

Free parties, repetition, bogeymen and hysteria

Beats In Space Release New Jaako Eino Kalevi Burner

Jaaki's also a part time tram driver. Fancy that.

Simian Mobile Disco To Release Entirely Analogue Album

New album 'Whorl' was recorded on just 2 modular synths

Scuba Announces Phenix 2 On Hotflush

Scuba's back with dense, acidic basement techno.

15 Year Old Dies At Croydon Illegal Rave

A cocktail of drugs and alcohol has been blamed

Aphex Twin's Lost Album Now Streaming On Youtube

The ultra rare Caustic Window album is now online..

808 State Remaster Classic Albums For Cassette

808 State plan to reissue 1989's 'Ninety' and 1991's 'Ex:El'

Scanner Puts Together Definitive Industrial Mix - Listen

As good a starter in industrial and early techno as you could want

Man Attacked At Parklife Festival Dies

Tragic news from Manchester

WATCH: Horse Meat Disco Film A Typical Night

The new comp comes out on Monday

Ian Mcquaid's Gone To A Rave* #2

*in his bedroom

Mr C To Auction Ebeneezer Goode Cod Piece

Where do we sign up?

Street Sounds #7

Rejjie Snow, Joey Onabolu, Zebra Katz and JMC get ready for summer

Rbma Stream Live From Sonar - Listen

Stream all sorts from Sonar here

Special Disco Mention #35: Rik Mayall

"And punks and skins and Rastas will all gather round and hold their hands in sorrow"

Off The Page Literary Festival Returns September

"a literary festival concerned with sound, a music festival without music"

Jamie Xx & Four Tet For Field Day Paris

Also joined by Floating Points

Dusky Announce Huge Autumn/ Winter Tour

Dusky head out across the UK, USA, EU and Australia

Cassette Store Day Set For Round Two

For anyone who remembers why a mixtape is called a mixtape

Plastikman - First Album In 10 Years Out Today

Sick dubstep drops, banging EDM breakdowns and five cameos from Pitbull

Sbtrkt streams New Sampha Collaboration

SBTRKT shows em how it's done...

New Residents Announced For Fabric & Xoyo

Dan Avery is taking on Fabric, whilst Jackmaster goes to XOYO

The Hydra To Open London Venue

The Hydra are launching with a triple headed August Bank Holiday party

Bar Dedicated To Retro Arcade Games To Open

Relive your childhood with classic arcade cabinets

Ian Mcquaid's Gone To A Rave*

*In his bedroom. "For the last 5 years I've been meaning to archive my bloated, ever growing collection of rave records"

Street Sounds #6

grime veterans, new school remixes and (whisper it) an appearance from an X Factor winner

Special Disco Mention #34: Alexander Shulgin

We bid farewell to the Godfather of Ecstasy

Cia Admit To Using Modern Art 'As A Weapon'

CIA agents have admitted to bankrolling the American Abstract Expressionist movement

Caribou Announces New Album & Track Stream

Stream the first track from Caribou's forthcoming album

Beats In Space Premiere New House Of Spirits Cut

Listen to BiS's new, Tim Sweeney produced disco project

Tessela Readies New Ep For R&S - Listen

3 cuts of rhythm madness are set to drop in July

Watch Trailer For New Ralph Steadman Doc

Drunkard, acid casualty and maniac - Britain's greatest satirical cartoonist

Street Sounds #5

Getting ready for the grime revival with a look at some classics

Boxed Drop Free Album Of Emotional, Instrumental Grime

mournful experiments in inner city electronica from the Boxed collective

Special Disco Mention #33: Maya Angelou

Paying tribute to the passing of an author, activist and icon

Stuart Patterson To Open Record Shop In East London

Love Vinyl is set to open on June 14th

Mumbai Pizza Outlet Delivers Food By Drone

The future is gonna get you

Pixies Record Exclusive Session For Spotify

Watch a 6 track acoustic performance from Pixies

Talking Heads Celebrate 30 Years Of Stop Making Sense

Talking heads celebrate the anniversary of Stop Making Sense with a digital release

Special Disco Mention #32: Mcdonalds

McDonalds have made their new mascot scarier than Ronald. And they said it couldn't be done.

Street Sounds #4

Skrillex's new label in good music shocker, more dumb Vine music, and the return of Mase

A Certain Ratio

"We wore Oxfam clothes, because we were skint"

Stream Mao's Latest Shot Of Soulful Electronics

Glitching, soulful electronics from the highly tipped Brighton duo

The Knife Announce Mini Album To Come June

The Knife plan a mini album of live reworkings

Shackleton Denied Us Visa

Did an old tune title get Shackleton barred entry to the US?

St Etienne To Release 25th Anniversary Book

Preview images from St Etienne's forthcoming photo book

Damian Lazarus Launches New Project With James Ford

Lazarus and Ford combine to make music for crusties in denial

Music Industry Attacks Piracy - Again

as if the force with which you slam the stable door makes any difference...

Sony Finally Release Jean Michel Jarre Back Cat On Itunes

The Godfather of EDM is getting the digital reissue treatment

Street Sounds #3

Afrobeats, bashment, shuffly garage and mournful trap get noted

Beatport Speaks Out Against Chart Riggers

Beatport are denouncing chart riggers and cheats

Michael Jackson's Ghost Spotted In Bromley

Squirrels on crack

Andy Warhol's Lost Amiga Artwork Emerges

Watch footage of Andy Warhol's early, Amiga created digital art

Special Disco Mention #31: Jay Z

Ruminating on just what Jay Z's existence means for the world

Dawn Gold- New Lp On Mad Decent - Stream

Mad Decent take a left turn into folktronica

New Michael Jackson Album On Spotify Now

Stream new material from the one and only King of Pop

Luke Vibert Live Mix - RANSOM NOTE LINE OUT #1

Listen to our exclusive live mix from Luke Vibert

Hr Giger, Godfather Of Rave Artwork, Dies AGED 74

Iconic artist HR Giger has died aged 74

Stately Ambience & Industrial Grot On The New Pan 12"

PAN's latest comes from American producer MESH

Carl Craig Takes 'Somewhere' Party To Barcelona

Carl Craig is set to play Barcelona in June with May and Larkin

Four Tet Remix Makes Lana Del Rey Not Terrible

“Where is the fucking chorus? I didn't like it Lana :( A remix by skrillex would sound better”

Bobmo Releases Tribute To 90s Rave Videos

If you were raving in the 90s, this may leave you with the sensation of fleeting mortality...

New Exhibition Promises The 'Autotuned Sobs Of Lady Gaga'

The art provocateurs over at Auto Italia have announced an evening of surreal performance and digital mischief

Science Makes Strong Case For Vampires

Vampirism works. Kinda. Be afraid.

Special Disco Mention #30: Jeremey Paxman

We pay tribute to the retiring Jeremy Paxman, a giant among gnats

East End Film Festival Gets set For 13th Year

Preliminary details for the 13th East End Film Festival

Street Sounds #2

Theo Parrish, Young Dolph, iMarkkeyz and LAX & Wizkid get the nod this week

Róisín Murphy Takes Deep Italo Disco Direction - Stream

Roisin Murphy has prepared a new EP of covers paying homage to Italian pop and disco..

Labour Election Pledge: Cap Rent Increases

For all those Ransom Note readers living in London (excluding all 5 of you who own your own gaff)...

8 Tracks to riot to: Ben Sims

We asked Ben Sims to reflect in videos on a Great British May Day pastime: rioting

Street Sounds#1

Missives from the intersection of rave, hip hop, dancehall and the infinite cosmos

Madtech's Dief & Baker Sign To This Is Music

This Is Music have signed the chunky throwback house of Dief & Baker, new EP to follow

Special Disco Mention #29: Money

In which we note the slow, unlamented death of physical money

K. Leimer Talks

Ambient visionary K.Leimer takes us through his archive of unreleased gold

Factory Floor Plan Uk Tour

Factory Floor head back out on UK tour this May following extensive US dates ...

Le Tigre / Bikini Kill Doc To Show In London

Info on the screening of The Punk Singer, the acclaimed Katherine Hanna doc

England's Dreaming #10

This week's England's Dreaming features an interview from the archives with Corsica studios honchos Adrian and Amanda ...

england's dreaming #9: An Irish Interlude

Ian gives up battering out Jigs and Reels on the bodhran to appreciate one of the greatest folk singers of the modern age, Luke Kelly...

england's dreaming #8: a mesmerist speaks

Ian meets with Lee Gerard-Barlow: 'intense bohemian plucked from another age', mesmerist and former frontman of Gloop...

England's Dreaming #7

After last week's cancellation of Just Jam, Ian looks at the parallels of Punk and Grime - both demonized by a genuinely terrified mainstream...

England's Dreaming #6

Unless something is done about the rampant efforts by the English police to strangle a whole, vital element of British culture, we do ourselves a huge disservice. Ian ponders the cancellation Of Just Jam at The Barbican...

England's dreaming #5

"...rave videos used to focus on the crowd, and now they focus on the DJ. To my mentality, this shift speaks volumes of the petty individualism were being sold as aspirational modern life, and has done much to denigrate the role of dancing in modern day club events."

england's dreaming #4: valentine dyall

Mr McQuaid's series continues with a focus on a strange, forgotten figure by the name of Valentine Dyall....

england's dreaming #3: hauntings

Ian's series marches deeper into the occult with a look into vintage ghost documentaries...

england's Dreaming #2: tales from the crypt

For the second in the series, Ian delves deep into the cheap and nasty world of forgotten UK horror...

england's dreaming #1: The Occult

'Theres no history, just legends and lies. On this funny little island we tell all sorts of tall tales, and Im going to use this column to tell some of my own.... '

Gary Caos remixes Ray Charles

Hit The Road Jack (Gary Caos Mix) Yep, this is just what it looks like, a meeting of two genius song writers. Ray brings the bassline, Gary brings a bag of s**t house music.

Jamie Woon

Lady Luck (Hudson Mohawke Mix) 'Hudson delivers an epic wall of woozing synths and brickbat crunked up percussion...'

Shades of Rhythm - Lone remix

Sweet Sensation 2011 (Lone Remix) Lone continues to fuse the ticks and tricks of golden age rave with thick noughties frequency hogging synths to great effect.

Jacques Greene 'The Look' EP

The Look EP - 'I've come late to this release... so apologies to anyone who's already on this belter.'

2010 a best of

Ransom Note's music wordsmith-in-chief Mr Mcquaid rounds up the year for all the family!

Bad Autopsy – - Ginmixer

(Jam City mixes) 'Having decided that adjectives & Americanisms are for mugs, Im not going to use either in this review. '

Black Van - moments of excellence

'Like a cross between Inner Space and Animal Hospital & would give my life a whole new purpose.'

Hypno – Go Shorty

'Howd he get to hear juke, dubstep and classic rave at the age of 17 in Iceland?'

Max Romeo - protest to the m1 remix

Protest to the M1 (Deville/ Pacheko mixes)

'All The eastern girls' - flux pavilion remix

All Eastern Girls (Flux Pavillion mix) 'It seems that dubstep mixes of indie tracks are here to stay...'

The Glass - 'four four letter'

Four Four Letter 'Solid. Dependable. Trustworthy. Yup, The Glass have wheeled put an indie disco Volvo.'

Chemical Brothers 'swoon' remix

Swoon (Lindstrom & Prinz Thomas Mix) 'gloriously morphed into a hazy summer mirage of heat & longing'