Is Open Ground the Best-Sounding New Club in the World?A forensic approach to audio from Mark Ernestus and a team of Hard Wax veterans has turned a World War II bunker in the industrial city of Wuppertal into the new gold standard. Michael Lawson reports.
Resident Advisor, Detroit Techno Foundation & Underground Music Academy present an exhibition exploring some of the Detroit electronic music community's most impactful heroes.
As Afro house booms around the world, it risks growing detached from its origins. South African musicologist Shiba Melissa Mazaza spoke with producer Atmos Blaq to highlight the best of the sound and its story.
Millions flying into Tokyo's Narita International Airport each year pass over Kinone Pension, completely unaware that one of the world's most unique dance floors is thrashing below.
In 1981, this South Asian dance colossus rode an Indian disco craze to become the best-selling Asian pop album of the era. It sparked social liberation and even softened geopolitical tensions—not bad for a 15-year-old singer.
The Art of Sound launches with the next frontier in sonic architecture: a new stage at this year's Horst Arts & Music, where the speakers are nowhere to be seen. Until you look up.
Globally touring DJ Kikelomo argues that a closer collaboration between nightlife and science could change perceptions, re-energise the scene and unlock club culture's full potential.
Hard techno, hard rave, hardstyle—whatever you call it, arena slammers have dominated the 2020s. But brand monopolies, spectacle hype and a declining grassroots scene have us wondering: when the euphoric bubble bursts, what will be left?
In the first label-focused entry of the series, Pinch charts 20 years of dubstep and its myriad offshoots via weighty gems from the likes of Skream, Adiel and the inimitable 2562.
Sully is one of the world's best jungle producers, shelling out wrecking-ball anthems largely while holding down a job at the Post Office. In his most in-depth filmed and written interview yet, he reveals his production secrets to Martin Clark.
Few tracks have been as widely sampled as this fluttering '80s classic, which was crucial in the adoption of sampling as a practise. Its impact continues to ripple across dance, pop and hip-hop—and four notes from a Fairlight CMI synth was all it took.
In '90s New York, a new generation of clubbers grew enraptured by Latin house's vibrant rhythms. The decade set the gold standard for the sound—and Louie Vega is its enduring leader. The Nuyorican icon traces its essential records.
Five years on from lockdown, dance music is stuttering on its quest for self-improvement. The mood out there is flat. Renewing our optimism requires a radical shift in thinking, argues Ed Gillett.
In the mid-'90s, a blend of hypnotic grooves and dubwise poetry created a soundworld like no other. Tikiman collaborator and dub techno aficionado Richard Akingbehin spotlights the key records. Just don't call it a revival.
In their first interview for 12 years, Function and Regis pay homage to their late collaborator Silent Servant and outline to Chloe Lula what the future holds for a techno super-project that few ever saw returning.
Dazegxd, gum.mp3 and Swami Sound are the latest East Coast club collective to break out. By splicing jungle, New York garage and hyper-online genres, they're electrifying a new generation. Hattie Lindert spent time inside their world.
The São Paulo artist is transforming the face of Brazilian dance music—and pushing baile funk into the future. Now, the rest of the world is finally catching up.
In late 1999, one of the all-time great DJ mixes hit like a thunderbolt. It capped an era in Midwest rave, and set its maker up to dominate the decade ahead.
For over 30 years, the peerless avant-garde star has enthralled millions through electronic futurism, vulnerable songwriting and a generous matriarchal aura. She invited Kiana Mickles to probe deeper.
In 1996, four UK jungle heavyweights—Dillinja, Jeremy Sylvester, Lemon D and T.Power—were tapped to rework the Tekken OST, accelerating the mutual fascination between games and rave culture.