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Five on Friday with Arsenopoulos

Music PremieresOctober 2, 2026October 2, 2026

Arsenopoulos has spent the best part of two decades quietly building his own sound. Based in Larissa and working between his home city and Thessaloniki, the Greek DJ first found…

Five on Friday with Horrace/live

Music PremieresSeptember 25, 2026September 25, 2026

Dublin’s Horrace/live has built his reputation on a simple principle: nothing is pre-recorded. A live techno artist working entirely from hardware, he builds every set in the moment, with no…

Five on Friday with Mr Yip

Music PremieresSeptember 18, 2026September 18, 2026

Not every DJ story starts in a club. Daniel Yip’s began above his father’s Chinese takeaway in Gloucester in 2001, on a pair of belt-drive turntables, and the digging has…

Five on Friday with Ricky Cox

Music PremieresSeptember 11, 2026September 11, 2026

DJ, promoter and founder of The Balearic Boutique, Ricky Cox has been behind the decks since 1994 and collecting records a lot longer, with a musical journey stretching from underground UK…

Five on Friday with Gez Dewar aka Random House Project

Music PremieresSeptember 4, 2026September 4, 2026

There are producers who make records, and then there are producers who quietly shape the furniture of an era without most people realising it. Gez Dewar — better known these…

Five on Friday with Ruf Dug

Music PremieresAugust 28, 2026August 28, 2026

There are few DJs who genuinely resist categorisation without making a point of it. Ruf Dug is one of them. The Manchester-based selector, producer, label runner and broadcaster has spent…

Five on Friday with Fresh Lov3

Music PremieresAugust 21, 2026August 21, 2026

Some artists make music. Others build worlds around it. Fresh Lov3 belongs firmly in the second camp — a producer and AV architect whose work refuses to separate the sonic…

Capeesh review: Oolong, babyschön and Ruf Dug hold the room

UKAugust 17, 2026August 17, 2026

In a city increasingly given over to polished line-ups and phone-screen dancefloors, Capeesh feels like something of an anomaly. Run by friends Hamish and Harry, the latter better known behind…

Five on Friday with Knayohmi

Music PremieresAugust 14, 2026August 16, 2026

This week we’ve got Knayohmi heading up our Five on Friday series in conjunction with The Red Telephone. Knayohmi is a house DJ splitting her time between Croydon and Colwyn…

Five on Friday with GANGHAUS

Music PremieresJuly 31, 2026July 31, 2026

This week’s Five on Friday comes from Ganghaus, the Scottish duo of Rob Murray and Mike Lindsay. Two school pals who reconnected after lockdown and turned a hut, a decent…

Review – KOKO Electronic: the return of Camden’s acid house palace

Event ReviewsJuly 31, 2026July 31, 2026

Stepping into KOKO for the first time, it is hard not to be struck by the venue itself. The restored Victorian theatre gives the space a real sense of depth,…

Five on Friday with Franklyn

Music PremieresJuly 24, 2026July 24, 2026

As we finish up another brilliant week, we welcome Harry Franklyn to drop in with his 5 biggest tunes from his crate. He is one half of Moon Roq, whose…

Five on Friday with Ricky Meakz

Music PremieresJuly 17, 2026July 21, 2026

Ricky Meakin is an international DJ, producer and events curator working in Balearic club culture and what he calls extraterrestrial beats. His sound moves through future music, subliminal slomo, electronic…

Five on Friday with Russel Penn

Music PremieresJuly 10, 2026July 10, 2026

Russel Penn has been part of the underground for the best part of four decades. His story begins in 1988, when he and a group of friends started promoting their…

Five on Friday with COZZIE

Music PremieresJuly 3, 2026July 3, 2026

This week’s Five on Friday turns the spotlight on COZZIE, the collaborative project of Cosmo, 23, and Zoë, 27, whose shared devotion to underground house music and rave culture forms…

Five on Friday with Jim Breese

Music PremieresJune 26, 2026June 26, 2026

Jim Breese has spent a career building a reputation for getting the details right. As a DJ, producer and label head, his work has always carried a clear point of…

Five on Friday with Matt Walsh

Music PremieresJune 12, 2026June 12, 2026

Matt Walsh’s love affair with DJing and production took root in the late 1990s, during his university years when progressive house was at its commercial and creative peak. As the…

Five on Friday with Jake Miller

Music PremieresJune 5, 2026June 5, 2026

It is Friday, which means it is time to hand over the selections with The Red Telephone. This week the honours go to Faebop, the Deal-based producer, DJ and live…

Five on Friday with Richard Rogers

Music PremieresMay 29, 2026May 29, 2026

Richard Rogers came into music early. As a young teenager he was already spending time in Rough Trade on Portobello Road, drawn to punk, tough US garage and heavier sounds….

Five on Friday with Viper Patrol

Music PremieresMay 22, 2026May 22, 2026

Some producers chase the big moment. Belfast’s Viper Patrol prefers to creep up on you. His sound sits in the murk between electro, dark disco and leftfield house, all brooding…