Bloc – The Return

After a sad and disastrous end to what was a hugely successful run of festivals, Bloc are back with a series of ten events for 2013. Like John Travolta after Pulp Fiction and Micky Rourke with Sin City, Bloc are taking it back, and not simply for personal redemption but for the loyal fans who […]

Valhalla hits the mark over the Christmas period…

Amsterdam at Christmas always has a special and attraction to it. Throw in a festival and you have a true Christmas soiree to go to. Held in an exhibition centre not to dissimilar to that of NEC in Birmingham, the RAI centre just on the outskirts of the historic city. If I was to say […]

Beat Dimension NYE Warehouse Party

Ewer Street Warehouse Ewer Street, London SE1 December 31st 9pm-6am The ONLY place to see in the New Year in true techno style; Beat Dimension hit all the right notes, with a whomping lineup that brings together Blawan, Mike Dehnert, Cosmin TRG and Untold, plus Appleblim who’ll be taking the party through midnight. Exploring the […]

One big boat and loads of beats: 30 must-dos at BLOC Weekend

We give the lowdown on the best of BLOC in London next weekend, with Snoop Dogg, Oneman, Doom, Will Saul, Nicolas Jaar, Hyperdub,Gary Numan and loads more.

Bloc release first wave of confirmed acts for 2012.

Bloc resumes its position at the forefront of electronic music with the first announcements of the programme for the sixth annual Bloc festival. As we previously reported, Bloc has a new home for 2012 in the shape of the London Pleasure Gardens. Set by the water’s edge, overlooked by the monolithic post-industrial derelict buildings of […]

CHOICE CUT – Cosmin TRG ‘Stimulat’

The talk of modern Bucharest unveils his debut album, Stimulat, and shows how to make contemporary bass music sound like timeless techno.

One massive session – Freerotation 2011 in review

Take the likes of Surgeon, Cosmin TRG, Ben UFO, Pangaea, Pearson Sound, Peverelist, Roberto Q Ingram, and Vince Watson. Send them to a house in the country for three days. Turn the music up. Welcome to Freerotation.

Sonar festival gets underway – Catch the coverage.

Sonar, the acclaimed music and multimedia arts festival opened today in Barcelona. Sonar is renowned for presenting some of the most ground breaking music and visual artists and projects in the world, and ranks as the ultimate thinkers music festival. With acts such as Aphex Twin, Four Tet, Cut Copy, Underworld, M.I.A and James Murphy […]

Various Artists ‘Modeselektion Vol 1’

This is a compilation made up of artists concerned with a more intelligent side to bass culture, excited by depth as much as shattered subs and broken bins.