Pete Tong has announced a new series of BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix Live events in the USA. The series kicks off at the Exchange Club in LA with headliner Richie Hawtin. Hawtin will play alongside Pete Tong and Lee K, a California local, on Friday 22nd January. Essential Mix has been
Influential UK outfit Massive Attack will return for a 22-date European tour starting in January 2016 in support of their first new material since 2009. The group, who emerged from Bristol bass collective The Wild Bunch and whose core members are Daddy G and 3D, have exterted a huge influence
“Lager lager lager lager lager” etc. Underworld have announced an expanded reissue of Second Toughest in the Infants (1996) following last year’s anniversary reissue of their 1994’s breakthrough LP Dubnobasswithmyheadman. The Super Deluxe version of Second Toughest In The Infants will include four CDs including the remastered original album plus
Berlin based electronic artist Dead Fader aka John Cohen has announced details of his new album Glass Underworld and shared its opening track ‘Mud Underworld’ (see below). The album will be released on October 23rd by Robot Elephant. Dead Fader’s previous two albums Blood Forest and Scorched were released by
Following his ‘Dream A Garden’ LP of earlier this year Jam City returns with an EP of bass-heavy remixes of tracks from the album via the Night Slugs label. ‘Crisis’ and ‘A Walk Down Chapel’ are both given the Earthly treatment; Earthly being the name of Latham’s occasional club night
Beau Wanzer and Corporate Park have teamed up to create a full length collaborative album. Chicago based producer, Wanzer, is best known for his work with Mutant Beat Dance and Streetwalker and more recently, for his occasional appearances on Nation and L.I.E.S. and self-releases on his own label. The LP, which was built out
Seven Davis Jr‘s debut album, Universes, came out little over a month ago but with the wheels still firmly in motion he’s unveiled ‘Try Me (I’ll Funk You)‘; a track lifted from the deluxe vinyl version of the record. The track is joined by an intergalactic rendition from California producer Mono/Poly. ‘Try
Phonox, London’s newest nightclub, has just announced its first lot of bookings. The club will open September 4 with a back-to-back set from Polish duo Ptaki and Julio Bashmore. The Launch Party will take place the following night, however the line up for this remains unknown. Following that, the Friday night slot will see sets from Gilles Peterson, Totally Enormous
Secret Solstice Festival are about to make history by hosting the first ever musical performance in a glacier. “For seventy people, partying in a half kilometre long tunnel under the ice is truly going to be the experience of a lifetime.” said festival director Fred Olafsson. “It almost doesn’t feel
Jay Z played a free show on Saturday exclusively for Tidal subscribers. In addition to using the show to promote his heavily scrutinised streaming service, the rapper took it as an opportunity to voice his opinions on his competitors, YouTube and Spotify, in a freestyle: “I feel like YouTube is
