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As her livestreams will attest, lockdown has certainly seen Belgian techno queen Charlotte De Witte keeping very busy over the last few months, and now she's just dropped a brand new EP in the shape of Return To Nowhere. As you'd expect it's packed with the typical Charlotte De Witte style - hammering and relentless techno rhythms, a decent dose of

As the end of lockdown gets tantalisingly closer, only one thing is on everyone's mind - when can we go back to festivals? Well if that's your primary concern, then it seems you're not alone. According to a survey by ticketing company Festicket, 82% of people are ready to attend festivals as soon as lockdown ends. You might be excused for

Having enacted one of the toughest lockdown regimes in the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, Spain has now announced that their borders will be open to foreign tourists from July. However before you start packing a suitcase, it isn't all good news. Speaking on Saturday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced that the country is now leaving "Phase 0" of the

Old school meets new school for the latest release on the Ministry of Sound imprint, as Armand Van Helden and Hervé team up with Solardo for a collaboration in the shape of 'Power Of Bass'. The names hardly need introducing, but for those who don't know, a quick run-down. Armand Van Helden is of course one of the most legendary names in

South Korea has had to shut over 2000 bars in the capital city Seoul after 17 new COVID-19 cases were linked to one 29-year old man. South Korea has been widely praised and is almost an international model given their handling of the pandemic. With an early lockdown and a widespread testing regime, the country suffered over 10,000 cases with just

Andy Cato and Tom Findlay, better known as legendary duo Groove Armada have just dropped their new track 'Get Out On The Dancefloor', the latest single from their forthcoming album, and it features quite a wealth of collaborators. On the musical side 'Get Out On The Dancefloor' sees the pair team up with Empire Of The Sun frontman Nick Littlemore, and

The legendary French duo Daft Punk are set to release their first new material in years, as their work on an upcoming film-score has just been announced. As revealed by director Dario Argento, the pair are working with him on his upcoming film Occhiali neri. It's been seven years since we got fresh material from the duo, and the silence since

Adam Beyer and Eric Prydz announced in early 2019 that they'd be doing some very exclusive gigs as Adam Beyer 🔲 Cirez D over the summer, and one such appearance was headlining the mighty Steel Yard arena at Creamfields for what was a UK festival exclusive. The set was something pretty special as 15,000 crammed into the arena to witness

Camelphat have been setting the music world alight the past few years, with a massive range of productions that has endeared them to everyone from the underground dance music scene, to the Grammy Awards committee. The news that their forthcoming album would feature collaborations with the likes of Noel Gallhager and Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis to name but two, is

When it comes to dropping club hits that also manage to achieve mainstream success at the same time, no one is quite as on the ball as Oliver Heldens, as is evidenced once again in his latest track Details. It's a collaboration with British singer-songwriter Boy Matthews, and features all the Heldens charm we've come to expect. On the one hand

Having been on hiatus since October 2019, the legendary Eric Prydz recently announced the return of his EPIC Radio concept on Beats 1, and the first episode has just dropped. As ever, it's packed full of Prydz' own work under various aliases, as well as exclusives from a range of other artists. Opening up with a 2005 Pryda classic in the

Calvin Harris is a busy guy lately when it comes to his new Love Regenerator project, and he's now teamed up with Eli Brown for yet another release under the name. For his fourth outing, the first collaboration in the project, there's two tracks on offer - 'Moving' and 'Don't You Want Me', and both offer another first for the

Are you currently having to stay at home? Well you should. Do you also like trance? Well you also should. In which case, two bits of good news courtesy of trance legend Paul Van Dyk. He's not only just released a banging new tune, 'First Contact', and is also keeping us entertained through lock-down with a series of live streams. First

When it comes to DJs, few rank quite as highly as Carl Cox. Regarded as one of the finest at his craft, a true veteran of the scene, and an all round lovable guy, you'll struggle to find anyone who has a bad word to say about him. But it is true to say that he's something of a rarity