Five Key Performances: Dekmantel 2022For the first time since 2019, the Amsterdam festival impressed with a host of dance music legends, and some inspiring surprise favourites.
Draconian licensing laws have prevented Irish nightlife from reaching its full potential. Cautious optimism arose last winter when lawmakers promised to overhaul the antiquated system, but is this enough to bolster the local scene?
From queer camping extravaganzas to multiple festivals making triumphant returns for the first time since 2019, these are our picks for ending summer on a high note.
DJ Screw's slow, psychedelic DJ and production style has majorly influenced electronic music, R&B and pop. Houston-based artist Rabit and author Lance Scott Walker trace the roots of this pervasive sound.
We visit the seaside resort in Dhërmi that's home to Kala, ION and more to see how a recent influx of dance music events over the past five years is impacting the village.
With clubs located in subterranean basements and railroad archways, Glasgow's "late-night offerings are as varied as they are electrifying." The first chapter of Out of Space explores how the city’s manufacturing history formed the bedrock of its robust electronic music scene.
A self-proclaimed "unhinged, hostile girl" and practicing astrologer, Manuka Honey is bringing otherworldly experimentation into her Latinx-infused club music.
Ruggero Pietromarchi, co-founder of Terraforma, and Joachem Daelman, co-founder of Horst, converse on their careful curation of music-listening environments.
Atop an Arctic fjeld in northern Finland during midsummer, the second edition of the Finnish music festival fused sound and scenery for a stunning, surreal experience.
Cloud DJing will soon be the industry standard. But is this new technological development leading artists towards a paradise of convenience—or a data-hungry dystopia?
Imagine a party where lineups are crowdsourced. Amid concerns of corporations diluting the ethos of underground movements, Decentralized Autonomous Organisations aim to give artists and nightlife audiences control over their culture. But just how feasible is that?
The pioneers of UK dance music take over a 19th-century castle, plus abundant possibilities to rave by the beach. Our guide to the best summer festivals right here.
Custom light shows, bright, bouncy beats and a crowd that came committed to livening up the dance floor—this year's fully IRL edition marked an exuberant return for the iconic Barcelona festival.
Innovative technologies alone won't stop the climate crisis, but they're a core component in averting disaster. In the electronic music space, a growing number of companies are working towards a green transformation.
We examine what lies behind this recent spike in popularity, and how artists—such as Folamour, Floating Points and Max Cooper—are responding to these new demands.
The Berlin-via-New York artist built a name for himself making risqué club edits on SoundCloud. Now, after more than a decade in the game, he has his sights set on polishing his debut album—a risky departure from his current sound.
As clubbing becomes increasingly digitised, artists and collectives are harnessing the power of virtual world-building to create bonds between global subcultures.
Artists are struggling to engage with their audiences online, but the virality of the short-form video platform is coming at an opportune time for the genre—challenging how music is packaged, shared and listened to.
From alien forms and futuristic soundscapes by object blue to OG innovations from Midwest techno aficionado DVS1, here are the artists featured in our technology-themed mix series.