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LifestyleJuly 12, 2023July 12, 2023

Ok, we know, another social media platform that either A. everyone has jumped on or B. you want nothing to be a part of, but for us, to get our…

Book of the Month – A first hand account of 90s dance culture by the genre’s first true ‘raving’ reporter Kirk Field

Featured LifestyleJune 23, 2023June 23, 2023

‘Love this book! It triggers so many memories of the rave era. Thoroughly recommended.’ – Fatboy Slim ‘Captures the hedonism and humour of the nineties with a laugh-out-loud honesty. The…

A chronological history of the Disc Jockey 1887-1988

Art Lifestyle NewsJune 7, 2023June 7, 2023

Misfit produced this limited edition Giclee fine art print to commemorate the 30 year anniversary of the Second Summer Of Love. The artist, Misfit, sought to create a visual representation…

Defected Records Founder Simon Dunmore collaborates with UK music culture artist Mark Vessy

Art FeaturedMay 26, 2023May 26, 2023

Simon Dunmore is a certified and officially stamped icon and ambassador of UK Dance Music. An outstanding entrepreneur and modern music influencer, through his visionary A&R he has helped establish the…

Book of the Month – Daft Punk ‘We Were The Robots’

Featured LifestyleMay 18, 2023May 18, 2023

A new book about Daft Punk by the people behind seminal 90s dance music magazine Jockey Slut and new magazine Disco Pogo is out today. Daft Punk and Jockey Slut…

Berghain’s Sven Marquardt has announced his DISTURBING BEAUTY New York Art Week photo exhibition at ArtsDistrict Brooklyn

Art FeaturedMay 8, 2023May 8, 2023

Berlin nightlife icon Sven Marquardt has announced his DISTURBING BEAUTY New York Art Week photo exhibition at ArtsDistrict Brooklyn May 18-May 21. In collaboration with New York nightlife impresarios Teksupport,…

Erwan Sene to release the ‘Journal of Unsolved Questions’; part exhibition, part book and part album

LifestyleApril 17, 2023April 17, 2023

JUnQ, or the Journal of Unsolved Questions, is modelled on a parallel exercise: to sketch music and to score sculptures. Part exhibition, part book and part album release, JUnQ seeks to…

New London art exhibition – Who the F**k is Arthur?

ArtApril 13, 2023April 13, 2023

Born and raised in West London, Arthur has been heavily involved in graffiti since 12 years old. From competing in graffiti battles all around Europe to painting professionally for big…

Berlin Atonal returns in 2023 across 11-days

Art Featured LifestyleApril 13, 2023April 13, 2023

Berlin Atonal returns to Kraftwerk Berlin in September 2023 for its first full edition in over four years. The festival expands in time to cover 11 days including two full…

An experimental video game powered by Tezos and an exhibition by leading artist Gabriel Massan

Art LifestyleApril 11, 2023April 11, 2023

This summer, Serpentine will push the boundaries of arts and technology – with a game powered by Tezos and an immersive exhibition, by a new generation of leading Brazilian artists. Massan’s collaborators…

DICE and Bershka join forces on “Moved by Music” campaign

FashionMarch 15, 2023March 17, 2023

DICE has joined forces with disruptive clothing brand Bershka to launch the “Moved by Music” campaign, one of the most innovative and exciting cultural collaborations to date between a music…

Book of the Month – Women in the Studio – Creativity, Control and Gender in Popular Music Sound Production

LifestyleMarch 10, 2023March 10, 2023

Here, Paula Wolfe discusses gendered notions of creativity and examines the significant under-representation of women in studio production. Wolfe brings an invaluable perspective as both a working artist-producer and as…

Sony’s Creators’ Cloud opens up to individuals

LifestyleFebruary 27, 2023February 27, 2023

Sony introduces an application ecosystem bringing together camera and cloud, designed to meet every need of individual content creators, from pre editing to networking Sony today announced the next generation…

Southbank Centre announces Aladdin Sane: 50 Years, celebrating anniversary of David Bowie’s iconic album

LifestyleFebruary 27, 2023February 27, 2023

The Southbank Centre has announced a raft of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of David Bowie’s iconic 1973 album, Aladdin Sane. Aladdin Sane: 50 Years will feature a two-month long exhibition (6 April – 28 May)…

Book of the Month – Goldie All Things Remembered

LifestyleJanuary 30, 2023January 30, 2023

“Bloodied and bruised […] concussive, a bit chilling and thoroughly infectious – just like the music [it] celebrates” – Guardian This is the full, uncensored memoir of Goldie, one of Britain’s…

Book of the Month: Temporary Pleasure – nightclub architecture, design and culture from the 1960s until today

Featured LifestyleJanuary 11, 2023January 11, 2023

Opening with the psychedelic haunts of the 1960s New York pop art scene and closing more than half a century later with the rise of post-club happenings, Temporary Pleasure shows…

Eat.Sleep.Rave.Eat.Repeat

Food LifestyleJanuary 9, 2023January 9, 2023

It is the morning after the night/s before, your head feels like the stomping ground for the tug of war worldwide championships, mouth dryer than a goat’s lavatory, coupled with…

French Topaff Project celebrates its 10th anniversary with a limited-edition book

ArtDecember 6, 2022December 6, 2022

2012-2021: The TOPAFF project is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Ten years of promoting music festival posters in France. Ten years to put forward the illustrators, the graphic artists, the drawers,…

Jeff Mills created the soundtrack for Dior Men’s Collection

FashionDecember 6, 2022December 6, 2022

At a customized science fiction influenced film set beneath the three Great Pyramids of Giza, Dior’s Top Men’s Designer Kim Jones enlist the other worldly sounds of Mills to sonically…

Danny MacAskill’s Postcard from San Francisco

LifestyleDecember 2, 2022December 2, 2022

Postcard from San Francisco is MacAskill’s first out-and-out MTB street trials edit for more than a decade, it is a display of his phenomenal bike handling skills and determination to…