Something special happened in UK music in the early ‘90s. A new inner-city soundtrack was forming, fusing the last 20 years of Black music and youth culture. Reggae, rare groove, hip-hop, soul, acid ...

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I booted Neon White on Steam the other day after not playing it for a couple years. But I didn’t play it this time. I just loaded into different stages to hear the soundtrack. Angel Matrix’s fantastic ...

For years, the truism ran that drum and bass, despite pockets of true believers across the nation, would, in America, remain a specialty taste within electronic music, never mind pop. But, over the ...

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Los Angeles DJ Machete shares his 10 essential things to know about drum and bass. By Morena Duwe Imagine being pulsed in the chest with a sonic pressure washer while globules of sweat drip off your ...

A low red light picks out clubbers grooving to DJ Undisclosed on Peckham Audio’s subterranean dancefloor, hyped up onstage by bearded drag queen Ash Kenazi and Ayebaitari, who’s just finished her ...

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