Interview
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For many, Global Underground is more than just a series of DJ mixes, it’s a succession of pitstops along the road of life. Many of us remember what we were doing when we first heard Sasha’s epic San Francisco or Ibiza mixes, or soundtracked our after-hours sessions with contributions from locations as diverse as New […]
Hip hop recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, and the genre owes a great deal to producers like Man Parrish, whose electro beats helped soundtrack the New York scene of the early 80s. With tracks such as Hip Hop Be Bop (Don’t Stop) and Boogie Down Bronx, Parrish was an early pioneer of the urban sound […]
Computer Madness is one of the most distinctive tracks of the late 80s Chicago house scene. Kicking off with a rattling drum furore, before a haunting, hypnotising melody emerges from the speakers, it sounded unlike anything else around at the time, and its release in 1989, on the Work That Mutha Fucker EP (alongside three […]
Dr. Dre’s son is out to carve a niche of his own! DJ Tyler Young has chosen to tread the unfamiliar path of EDM towards this regard. He went seeking the alternative career choice in his late 20s. In a tete-a-tete with TMZ, Young claims that the hip-hop legend has complete approval of his son’s […]
Madrid-born Wally Lopez has established himself as one of the best-loved (and most travelled) Spanish DJs and producers of the past couple of decades, with residencies at the likes of Space and Pacha in Ibiza, as well as London’s Ministry of Sound and The End, as well as through his The Factoria (part of the […]
HiFi Sean has announced a series of remixes of Patrick Cowley‘s Primitive World, set to be released on KooKoo Records on 22 September. The five-track EP, which includes a HiFi Sean Mix, HiFi Sean Dub, Hifi Sean Bonus Beats remix version, as well as an acapella and the original track, sees HiFi Sean, aka Sean […]
Featured image: Courtesy of John Summit In skiing, the signs pointing to double black diamond runs are emblazoned with a blunt warning: “Experts Only.†Beyond them lies extreme and often unpredictable terrain. What may look manageable from the chairlift can be rife with hazards: steep gradients, unmarked rocks and trees, and no fall zones, denoting […]
Irvine Welsh has been a cultural figurehead for more than three decades – having surged into the public consciousness with his debut novel, Trainspotting, in 1993, so began a literary career that has encompassed eleven novels, various collections of short stories, plays, screenplays, directorial roles, and a number of musical endeavours, including singles with Primal Scream and […]
If electronic music had a global ambassador, it would arguably be Danny Tenaglia – the Brooklyn native has lived and breathed all things dance-related since he started to pick up his first vinyls as a ten-year-old. As the 62-year-old has stated in the past, the legendary nightclub Paradise Garage had a profound impact on him, shaping […]
Hailing from Derry in Northern Ireland, Future Skeletons has been producing tracks – as well as being a regular on the clubbing scene – since the early 90s. Recently, he teamed up with electronica maestro Carl Finlow to produce a series of four EPs, as well as an album, Abandon Hope, which blends a myriad […]
As a producer, songwriter, DJ and vocalist, Roland Clark is probably one of the busiest artists in dance music. The New York native came to prominence with house cuts such as Who Keeps Changing Your Mind, under the alias South Street Player, as well as I Get Deep, released in 2000, while over the years […]
Eddie ‘Flashin’ Fowlkes has been a mainstay of the Detroit techno scene since its inception in the mid-80s. Part of the Deep Space DJ collective – alongside Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Art Payne, Keith Martin and others – Fowlkes took the nascent electronic scene by storm with 1986’s Goodbye Kiss on Metroplex Records, one of the tracks that […]
Born in Switzerland, and raised in Chile, Luciano, aka Lucien Nicolet, has been electrifying dancefloors for two decades now with his blend of minimal techno and Latin rhythms. While he counts releases on labels such as Perlon, Peacefrog, M_nus, Transmat, Playhouse, Klang Electronic, Metroplex, and Novamute under his belt, he’s best known for his work […]
Since bursting onto the scene as a teenager with the progressive classic Horizons at the tail end of the Millennium, James Holden has long sought to keep things interesting. The Border Community label founder evolved his sound over the course of the decade that followed, remixing the likes of Madonna, New Order and Radiohead (not […]
Pioneer of dynamite vibes in the City of Derry, part of production duo Opus Klien (alongside Dave Lievense) and now an internationally-acclaimed promoter with Jika Jika and Amadán Promotions, Stephen Porter‘s heart still lies with playing records, whether it be at the smallest Bogside club or supporting his idols in the colossal Telegraph Building in […]
Hailing from Adelaide, Australia, and now based in Berlin, Juliet Fox has crafted a reputation for her upfront techno sound on labels such as Drumcode, Filth On Acid and Kraftek, as well as her own Tregambe label, which she founded in 2020. Earlier this month, she had the pleasure of opening the main stage at […]