dance music
The £30 Gig That Launched DJ Paulette’s Legendary Career
The trailblazing DJ remembers her 1990s debut at a club in Manchester.
A New History of Rave Music
Ed Gillett's book “Party Lines” challenges myths, tracing the influence of Black culture, queer spaces, and age-old rituals on Britain's dance scene.
How the 90s Rave Scene Brought War-Torn Bosnia Together
“It was very, very crazy for me to hear Prodigy during the middle of the war.”
Joyous Photos from a Queer Techno Festival Paradise
Whole Festival might take place in an abandoned German mining site, but the anarchic music rave is far from bleak.
'Why Don't We All Go Bonkers?' – The Rise and Fall of Happy Hardcore
DJs, producers and the scene's major players tell the full story of dance music's most divisive genre.
Crazy Frog Samples and DJ Fingerblast – Dance Music's Weirdest Scene Wants You to Laugh Along
Away from business techno's po-faced mainstream, pranksters, memesters and DJs alike are conjuring up club-ready chaos.
In a Time of Isolation, Dance Music Offers Community Through Streaming
Amid coronavirus, dance music mainstays like New York club Nowadays and the label Mad Decent are diving headlong into streaming.
Extravagant Photos of the Underground Techno Scene
Spanish photographer Kiev Ro channelled his many years of partying into this photographic portrait of London clubbers on a night out.
Inside London's Illegal Raves
We spoke to photographer Claire McIntyre about her pictures of east London's party people.
This Minimal Violence Mix Will Help You Transcend This Mundane Meatspace
The Vancouver duo celebrates their incredible LP 'InDreams,' with a mix of dark and delirious techno.
The Guide to Getting Into Pet Shop Boys
One part fist-pumping synth-pop, another part celestial balladry – here's everything you need to know about Britain's most enduring duo.