Rob McCallum

EBM has been simmering on the underground in recent years, and now DJs including Nina Kraviz and Helena Hauff are utilising the sound – alongside other music prefacing techno like electro – in their sets. Subsequently, the ’80s movement largely swept away by acid house at the turn of the ’90s is now back in full force. DJ Mag investigates the industrial dancefloor clatter...

Düsseldorf is a city steeped with a history of artists and clubs that have existed on the bleeding edge of alternative music – from Kraftwerk, Neu! and Liaisons Dangereuses to Cheesefactory and Rathinger Hof. Shuttering its doors last month, the city’s Salon des Amateurs has carved itself a intrinsic part of that story over the last 14 years. There, a group of uncompromising trailblazers established a sound that sought to challenge the paint-by-numbers approach which has consumed much of modern…

Houghton Festival returned after four years away earlier this month after surviving against the odds

Houghton Festival returned after four years away earlier this month after surviving against the odds

Tim Deluxe and Omar Adimora look back on their timeless, chart-bothering track that helped ignite the speed garage scene in the late ’90s

Donato Dozzy and Neel’s groundbreaking self-titled album as Voices From The Lake set a new course for minimalist electronic music. Here, Rob McCallum learns its story

Chamber45, BIIANCO, Azyr, and Hospital Records’ Matt Lally will also feature

A new wave of energised young MCs, DJs, producers, videographers and more are bringing grime back to the forefront of UK music

A new wave of energised young MCs, DJs, producers, videographers and more are bringing grime back to the forefront of UK music

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