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clamped down on such raucous shenanigans, leaving visitors to enjoy the real after-dark scene – which is diverse and vibrant, ranging from jazz bars tucked away in dimly lit cellars and swanky cocktail spots, to cosy, welcoming taverns and pumping techno clubs. Much of the action is centered around Old Town and Mala Strana, though – as you can see below – there are several venues worth seeking out in neighbourhoods such as Vinohrady, Holešovice and Smichov.

Jon Hopkins and Anna have announced their latest collaboration, with Anna creating a ‘night version’ of ‘Deep In The Glowing Heart’ – a track from Hopkins’ ambient album ‘Music For Psychedelic Therapy’.The pair first came together when Hopkins asked Anna to remix his track ‘Singularity’ in 2018. Then, as now, she turned in a brilliant techno rework of Hopkins’ original.

The cream of world techno will again descend on Glasgow this week as the Riverside Festival returns with an electronic bang.

HAAi has shared the final single from her debut album, ‘Baby, We’re Ascending’ – an angular, experimental techno belter titled ‘Human Sound’.It features guest vocals from London artists Obi Franky and Kai-Isaiah Jamal, the former adding a wealth of colour to the mix with her rich and soulful harmonies, and the latter giving it a bold and authoritative punch with his striking, bluntly spoken poetry.“The collapsing begins,” Jamal says in the opening of his monologue. “A sound is a certain way of conjuring – not sure if it gives us our soul or gets its; reminds us of our gut and our ability to forget it; reminds us of what lingers in limbs and our option to sweat it out…”Have a listen to ‘Human Sound’ below:‘Human Sound’ is the fourth single to come from ‘Baby, We’re Ascending’, following the release of ‘Bodies Of Water’ in February, ‘Purple Jelly Disc’ (which also features Obi Franky) in March, and the Jon Hopkins-featuring title track at the start of May.

Russia, but grew up in Ukraine."Unfortunately, at the moment, people have no money or work. Many of them can't even get to a supermarket," he added.They exchange bread for chicken legs at a former post office, which is now serving as an aid centre distributing meat.

22 years after debuting at Number 1 in the UK, Fragma's Toca's Miracle is now finally available to stream. 

MixMag).It was written by female:pressure, which describes itself as “a global network of women and non-binary artists in the electronic arts that has been advocating for gender equity and diversity in electronic music since 1998.” The network has over 2800 members around the world.The letter from the group said: “We are shocked that in an event that is extensively funded by the city and the Cultural Office of Frankfurt and of such importance for the city, the manifold achievements of women and non-binary artists in and for the history of electronic music are ignored in such a way.”The letter continued: “The opening of MOMEM is exclusively in the hands of cis men (Sven Väth, Sami Hugo, Sven Louis and Noe Fazi as DJs, Tobias Rehberger as curator)”, and later went on to criticise how the directing team of MOMEM is made up entirely of men.It also took aim at an alleged claim in the museum’s exhibition that “In the middle of Frankfurt [is] where techno has its origin”. The network also referenced two key projects, Make Techno Black Again and dweller, saying the museum ignores Black and POC artists in Detroit, New York, and Chicago.It says: “Should the claim be a pure marketing measure, it inadmissibly exploits the cultures of people with histories of migration and oppression by marginalising their achievements.

Elon Musk appears to have refused to enter German nightclub Berghain after taking offence to the night spot’s ‘PEACE’ sign.The billionaire tech mogul took to Twitter to complain about the sign during a trip to Berlin over the weekend.“They wrote PEACE on the wall at Berghain! I refused enter,” Musk wrote.It is unclear whether he was refused entry into the club or whether he was so offended by the sign that he decided not enter Berghain.They wrote PEACE on the wall at Berghain! I refused enter.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 3, 2022A follow-up tweet suggests that it was likely to be the latter, as he added: “Peace. Peace? I hate the word.

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Beat-Herder festival is back after a Covid-enforced two-year break, with Mile Rodgers & Chic among the first line-up names.Hot Chip, The Wailers and Public Service Broadcasting will also perform at the festival, which takes place in Lancashire's Ribble Valley from July 14 to 17. Only final tier tickets remain for the event, which will be celebrating its 15th birthday.Billed as "the best party of the summer", Beat-Herder’s reputation precedes it as a haven of hedonistic joy. The legendary event boasts 20 plus whimsical stages, world-class DJs, live acts and comedians, as well as surprises aplenty.

Channel Tres has been defying the prescribed boundaries of dance music and hip-hop since his self-titled debut EP dropped in 2018. The Compton producer/rapper has since collaborated with upper-crust artists of both forms, from Tyler to Baauer, Peggy to Disclosure, and beyond — broadening his horizons still further last summer and fall on tour with Thundercat.

Charlie Amter Just like every Coachella, this year’s festival offers up dozens of top international DJs that draw thousands to the desert. But 2022 holds an altogether different kind of dance act sure to draw curious onlookers and dance music fans alike: German techno marching band Meute.“Everyone has heard about Coachella – it’s such a big name and we are very excited about it,” Meute’s founder and trumpet player Thomas Burhorn says via Zoom from his hometown in Hamburg.

Griff Spex and Slic have shared their first collaborative single, "Going Through It." Griff — who makes production-focused, Stones Throw-adjacent hip-hop — and Slic — whose warped pop songs play like stripped-down miniatures of early Grimes tracks — aren't an immediately obvious pairing. But their new collab capitalizes on their mutual penchant for retrofuturist sounds, resulting in an industrial techno bop unlike anything either of them has produced on their own.

Terminal V Festival is all set to welcome techno fans back through its gates after an extremely difficult and trying two years through the coronavirus pandemic.

The latest of Dundee Live’s interviews with the city’s independent record bosses sees us chatting with the folk over at Le Freak Records.

Techno producer Anna has released new EP ‘Journey To The Underworld’, which sees her expanding her sound outwards from her solely dancefloor-focussed earlier work, while still keeping the club at its core.“‘Journey To The Underworld’ is a very special project to me, I am so excited to finally share it with the world”, she tells Mixmag. “Since March 2020 I am making music without the pressure – that only I put on myself – of creating something that will have a strong reaction on the dance-floor, and this made me relax and experiment with different sounds and styles.

“She’s reckless, and out of control, and it’s pure evil,” Jae Matthews says in a voiceover near the end of her new horror film, The Runner, discussing the movie’s murderous protagonist. “But there’s a human side to her too, and I hate to say it, but I can kind of relate.” Jae and Augustus “Gus” Muller are Boy Harsher, a singer-producer duo whose music stimulates the body first and the mind second.

Bonobo has been plumbing the depths of electronica for over 20 years. The Brighton-born producer began his career as a trip-hop pioneer at the turn of the millennium, and has since ventured across the extended universe of the danceable, from downtempo to drum'n'bass, nu jazz to Detroit techno.

One of Lanarkshire's most popular DJs had been forced to postpone his biggest show yet at the OVO Hydro.

Half a century after its 1960s maisonettes replaced run-down Edwardian terraces, the Grey Mare Lane estate is set for a rebuild.

A Lanarkshire DJ is pushing boundaries in his genre and creating a huge buzz in Scotland, as well as raising cash for the homeless.