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MY MUSIC MOMENT - Daniel Wang

Daniel Wang is the head of the label Balihu Records. He is also one of the most in-demand disco DJs in the world, playing in a style that recalls the greats of the genre and showing a deep respect for how disco music should be presented. Daniel w...

TODAY WE LIKE: YouTube shuts down for the night

Well, you know you're getting old when you have to explain to the intern that, yes, there was a time when the TV didn’t run for 24 hours solid. In this rather entertaining (and possibly confusing to our younger readers) video, some clever wag nam...

Moodymann speaks (and gets his hair done)

The Red Bull Music Academy sure has a knack for getting respected artists onto it's comfy sofa and opening up for the audience. However, they have taken the proverbial biscuit here as Kenny Dixon Jr, aka Moodymann, steps up to the televised platf...

Mark E - Selected Works 2005 - 2009

At the risk of laboring a point that has been made for ever, there is only good music and bad music. Whatever style, or type of music floats your boat, there will be good and there will be bad. There will be songs that are universally accepted as...

ONES TO WATCH - Elektro Guzzi

Vienna, techno and a vaguely Italian sounding name. Three geeky looking guys and bass lines so fat, they practically jump out the speakers, grab you by the throat and demand you move your hips. Something is amiss surely?According to their MySpace...

Out soon: Slices issue 1-10 featuring Carl Craig

We are very excited to announce details of the next Slices DVD, featuring a unique selection of interviews, features, videos and tech talk. This edition - the first of the new decade - sees us cozying up with techno's biggest superstar and all ro...

Riva Starr - If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade

Released through Jesse Roses' Made To Play label the debut album of Riva Starr is an exercise in functional music for the 21st century, with the obligatory curve ball or two along the way. Hailing from Naples Riva Starr, aka Stefano Miele, has un...

Get Ur Freak On - An interview with Freaks

Freaks, one of the most innovative, daring and funky electronic acts to emerge from the British house music scene in the last 20 years, are back with a new album. Created over 15 years ago by DJs Luke Solomon and Justin Harris, Freaks were withou...

Stefan Goldmann to score ballet

Macro Recordings boss, producer par excellence and now ballet score composer Stefan Goldmann certainly likes to get involved in some interesting projects. Having recently contributed to the Tape Worm cassette series, as well as releasing unheard...

Plastikman returns

Richie Hawtin is to resurrect perhaps his most well loved alias Plastikman for a number of live shows this year. Not seen since the Mutek Festival in 2004, Hawtin intends to unleash "a live electronic performance that takes his mastery of technol...

Freaks reveal their best and worst of times

Freaks reveal their best of times

Freaks, the live house band formed by Luke Solomon, Justin Harris and ably assisted by the unique vocals of Stella Attar, are set to return with a new album - Best of timesFormed over ten years ago, Freaks were one of the first live 'dance' acts...

Flying Lotus reveals more about new album

Enigmatic, whippersnapper producer Flying Lotus has revealed more details of his forthcoming album in an interview with Pitchfork. Discussing the astral influences on Cosmogramma, his dream collaborations and his love for Lil' Wayne, Steve Elliso...

Hot Chip's humorous interview

Wrap your eyes around this rather humorous Hot Chip 'iNterview'. Conducted at Berlin's famous Weekend Club via video link, Helen Feng - 'Queen of the Beijing rock scene' was the lucky lady tasked with asking some questions, both serious and irre...

Four Tet reveals album preview

Due to be released on the 25th of January, a sneak preview of the latest Four Tet album has been released online. Hosted on Soundcloud, the 48 minute preview of There Is Love In You is obviously official, and considering that it was only made ava...

Antipop Consortium captured live in Paris

Check out this totally amazing video of Antipop Consortium performing live in Paris. Tearing their way through a 25 song set list, the politically aware trio play one of their most technically intense sets yet, fusing spoken word samples, heavy e...