Skrillex Releases More Oz Talent
Just days out from his showcase at Stereosonic, dub-step king-maker Skrillex has taken more Australian talent under his wing. Anna Lunoe and Wordlife will release their latest track ‘Midnight’ via...
View ArticleBerlin's Format:B Locks In Australian Tour
Berlin’s Format:B is set to return to Australia for a series of dates starting this coming weekend. On the 30th of November, the tech-funk powerhouse will play a set at earthcore in Victoria before...
View ArticleDeadmau5 Building New Studio For "Actual Musicians"
Deadmau5 is making a serious splash on some new studio space.The controversial figure is constructing a massive 45,000 square foot complex, which he claims will be a hub for producers and “actual...
View ArticleWin A Delegate Pass To EMC 2014
Next week, Australia’s premier electronic music conference, EMC, rolls into town for 3 jam-packed days. The conference will feature some of your favourite DJs including Steve Aoki, Porter Robinson and...
View ArticleMove D Plays Sydney's Spice Cellar
Multi talented producer Move D is coming to Sydney for one very special evening. The German maestro will be appearing at Spice Cellar on Thursday 4th December, for a unique double header.The evening...
View ArticleMantra Collective Throw Secret Venue Party In December
Everyone's favourite underground heroes Mantra Collective are back at it again. The latest instalment in the MCW series will take place Saturday December 27th, sending off the year as only Mantra knows...
View ArticleWho Are The 50 Most Powerful People In Australian Music?
The Australasian Music Industry Directory (AMID) has ranked what it believes to be the 50 most powerful people in Australian music right now, with Mushroom Group Chairman Michael Gudinski once again...
View ArticleBlack Coffee Continues To Energise The Nation With SA Tour
Local DJ/producer and Soulistic Music founder, Black Coffee continues the nationwide trajectory of his first ever South African tour commemorating 20 years of music freedom when he touches down on home...
View ArticleKeinemusik: Natural Progress
Getting its start five years ago, Keinemusik has used a straightforward, do it yourself approach to running a label that’s begun netting them big results. This year they’ve had two major releases – out...
View ArticleWin 2 Tickets To Ibadan’s 20th Anniversary and the Ibadan Full Back Catalogue
We’re giving away an amazing prize courtesy of Another Party and Jerome Sydenham’s Ibadan Records.One lucky winner will receive two tickets to the Another Party Ibadan Records 20th Anniversary at Pulse...
View ArticleWatch: Amazing ‘Vinyl Record Trick Shots’
For many of us vinyl records are the ultimate medium for listening to music and for owning music. For this group of guys the records are a great Frisbee alternative.They look like they have far too...
View ArticleVideo Premiere: Monsieur Georget – 'Ready Pour Le Tour'
We have the video premiere for Monsieur Georget’s track ‘Ready pour le Tour’, which features on the ‘Baptême de L’air’ release on Bristol-based label Just Jack Recordings.The release is vinyl only and...
View ArticleTrouw Announces 35-hour Blowout Ahead of Closure
Packing as much party into the club's final month as possible, Trouw Amsterdam has revealed plans for a 35-hour extravaganza next month. Called The Last December Weekender, the party begins at 10pm on...
View ArticleBonobo Announced for Final Edition of The Garden Festival
The Garden Festival has announced partners and another headliner for 2015. Gearing up for what will be both its 10th anniversary and the final edition, The Garden Festival has revealed Bonobo will be...
View ArticleSkream: ‘EDM, the whole style of music, I f**king can’t stand it anymore’
The UK’s dubstep-pioneer-turned-house-and-disco-DJ, Skream, has joined the growing number of DJs controversially speaking out against the EDM phenomenon.Speaking to FACT he spoke of his dislike for the...
View ArticleExclusive: Listen To Traumer's B4 Podcast
New and talented B4 signing Traumer exclusively delivers a profound session for the 19th episode of Be for the Podcast.In 98 minutes of deep and dark techno, intense and sincere sounds which carefully...
View ArticlePremiere: Monte - Canvas EP
Hamburg's Monte returns with a new four track EP on JEUDI. After scoring his first top spot with "True" back in 2008, Monte has been keeping the retro, synth-heavy deep house sound alive and well. He...
View ArticleSign This E-Petition: Protect UK Clubs From Noise Complaints
The e-petition backs the introduction of a mandatory noise complaint waiver for anyone who moves into a property close to a live music venue.The e-petition states:“There are innumerate cases of people...
View ArticleListen: James Blake – ‘200 Press’
James Blake has shared a 2-minute clip of his new track ‘200 Press’ online. The track will be released on his 1-800 Dinosaur imprint, along with two other tracks.The track will also be released as a...
View ArticleWatch: Sh*t People Say At Music Festivals
It's that time of year again for us folks down in the southern hemisphere. Yes, the summer festival season is nigh. And you know what that means - it's time for three months of all the simultaneously...
View ArticleCheck Out The 2014 ARIA Award Winners
Australia's answer to the Grammys were held The Star Casino in Sydney last night, with Sydney duo Peking Duk taking out the award for Best Dance Release, beating out Flume, The Presets, Nicky Night...
View ArticleThe Records That Defined Flamingo
Adelaide's Flamingo burst onto the scene late last year with their deft mix of lush electronica and indie. Heralded by Triple J as ones to watch, chosen as support for Elizabeth Rose and snapped up by...
View ArticleModern Heads - Chapter II
Modern Heads Chapter II Outis Music9/10It’s been several years wait, but Dino Sabatini and Gianluca Meloni have finally teamed up under their Modern Heads alias once again, coming up with the amazing...
View ArticleFresh Blood: Night Talk
As genres continue to collide and crumble, fresh, forward thinking artists continue to crop up, taking advantage of their wide musical pallets to form something new and unexpected. Few labels have...
View ArticleICFTJ Showcase Mix: Culture Shock
Drum 'n bass hero Culture Shock (RAM records, UK) is performing in Cape Town tonight and has made us a mix. In the first of a new series, Pulse Radio Africa explores the featured artist at It Came From...
View ArticleMatador Tells Minus to Play With Me!
Irish live act Matador is set to return to his roots with two releases on Minus over the coming months.Getting his big break with the label back in 2011 with the five-track "Kingswing" EP, Matador...
View ArticleUK Vinyl Sales Hit Highest Point Since 1996
Vinyl record sales have surpassed the one million mark in 2014, with the Christmas period still to come, making it the highest selling year for vinyl records since 1996.Sales are estimated to hit the...
View ArticleDJ Red – Duality EP
DJ Red Duality EP Electric Deluxe9.0/10.0Making her foray into production with two releases on the now defunct Unpolite Records, DJ Red’s talent for sultry, mysterious techno didn’t go unnoticed for...
View ArticleDownload: Das Kapital's Sexorcism Remix Of PH Fat-Lights Out
Das Kapital conjures some sexorcism with this dope remix of PH Fat- Lights Out ft Jung Freud and just cause everyone's in the festive thanks-giving mood you can download it for free from today. Listen...
View ArticleFour Tet, Koreless, Jamie xx, John Talabot Produce Short Film Soundtrack
UK producers Four Tet, Koreless, Jamie xx and Spaniard John Talabot have all teamed up to create the soundtrack for short film Continuum.The film is made by Sofia Mattioli, who has made videos for...
View ArticleKiko & Spencer K - Kenloto EP
Kiko & Spencer K Kenloto EP Celesta Recordings6.5/10Up here we have an exciting first-time release on Celesta Recordings, and from the offset you can tell it’s a great one. Young and exciting...
View ArticleLeftwing & Kody: 'There was a sense of unknown'
London duo Leftwing & Kody have captured the UK’s thirst for accessible house music, taking skipping garage house beats and bulbous bass lines and delivering it to rooms packed full of the latest...
View ArticleEgg London Announce Christmas Line-ups
Egg London has announced its Christmas line-ups with a host of top house and techno talent on offer.The Christmas Special on 20th December sees Nicole Moudaber, Tobi Neumann, Dana Ruh and Death On The...
View ArticleSurgeon Explains How He Wound Up Supporting Lady Gaga
Underground techno producer Surgeon surprised his fans recently when he played a support set for pop icon Lady Gaga on her recent ArtRave tour. Now in an interview with Bloc Weekend the Birmingham...
View ArticleMusica Copa 2014: A Chat With Paul Stix
Following 2013's successful inaugural event, the music industry's only 5-a-side football comp Musica Copa is back, returning to Marrickville’s KIKOFF centre at Fraser Park on Friday December 5th. Ahead...
View ArticleLost Disco Announces Australia Day Long Weekend Party
Following the epic November shindig at the Greenwood Hotel over the weekend (which will no doubt go do down as one of THE parties of 2014), Sydney party barons Finely Tuned are bringing back the...
View ArticleENTER. at The Warehouse Project: In Review
ENTER. has become a household name amongst techno fans since its inception on the White Isle in 2012. The brainchild of both musical and technological pioneer Richie Hawtin was quickly established as...
View ArticleGaiser: I wouldn’t say that I’ve 'gotten better,' but I’ve further developed...
It may be full of dark, brooding beats, but Jon Gaiser’s newest LP has us seeing the light. The Detroit native describes it with words like “introspective,” “dynamic,” and “emotional,” and it is:...
View ArticleShowcase: Jimmy Chronic
James Cells (AKA Jimmy Chronic) is one of the hardest-working DJs in the South African club scene. Chronic is a DJ, producer, website director, label owner, and events company founder. His unique style...
View ArticlePremiere: X - Press 2 & Sonny Wharton - Watching Octavia (Marco Lys Remix)
Next month, Sonny Wharton and his Whartone Records will release a special 5th anniversary album. Featuring 30 tracks from the likes of Pirupa, Sergio Fernandez, Marco Lys, Digital Impression and more,...
View ArticleOskido's Birthday Goes Large
Oskido, the legendary figure in the South African afro-house music industry, is celebrating his birthday with two massive parties this week featuring the best of the country's afro-house talent. The...
View ArticleSoundPark: Cosa Nostra - Putting Malta on the Map
Not often do you find people in this industry who can withstand the tides of time and flow through trends, find success and refine their sound. It’s even harder to come across success stories of people...
View ArticleAmsterdam Warns of 'Extremely Dangerous Cocaine' After Deaths
Authorities in Amsterdam have issued a warning against taking cocaine to tourists after the recent deaths of two British men.The two British men, aged 20 and 21, died upon taking what they believed to...
View ArticleMagic Door Set For First London Show
Magic Door is set to make its London debut on Friday 12th December at Red Gallery in Shoreditch. The eclectic party started life in Birmingham in 150-capacity venues and has grown to fill 1000-capacity...
View ArticleFutureboogie Celebrate 13th Birthday With LWE
Futureboogie will return to London on 31st January at The Laundry in Hackney to celebrate 13 years in the music business. The Bristol-based party was set up in 2001 and how comprises a record label,...
View ArticleClubbers Warned Over ‘Super Strength’ Ecstasy
Clubbers are being warned about the risk of high purity Ecstasy and the dangers it could potentially cause to users.Tests on drugs confiscated at festivals and clubs over the summer show that Ecstasy...
View ArticleEllen Allien, Octave One and A Guy Called Gerald Set For Koko London
On 27th December The Playground presents Koko, with a host of top underground talent hitting the decks.Room 1 will host BPitch Control boss Ellen Allien and techno head Luke Slater presenting his...
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