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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

A budding young Kirkwood DJ is gearing up for his debut performance at Glasgow's iconic Sub Club venue next week.

Eindhovens Dagblad, the Dutch city where Spaninks was raised.Serge Clone, from famed Dutch techno label and record shop Clone, wrote a tribute to Spaninks on Facebook (via DJ Mag).He said: “She was a true rebel and always up for some good jokes and some proper techno to stir things up,” he said. “After some health issues she took the DJing a bit slower and became Kundalini yoga teacher and started her Rebelbass DJ school.”Sad news… Our dutch first lady of techno has left us.

Glasgow. And what a line-up Platform can boast under the railway bridges at West Street.The atmospheric setting will play host to the likes of headliner Richie Hawtin, Fjaak, Ben Sims and Luke Slater.

Frank Ocean has cancelled the release of an upcoming vinyl release.The release, which was said to feature an unnamed new song, initially went on sale back in February.The US singer-songwriter and producer, who was due to headline Coachella this April, first unveiled an Arca remix of his Skepta collaboration ‘Little Demon’ back in November 2019.

The Music Venue Trust launched a new campaign to save 30 UK venues still in danger of being lost forever in the wake of coronavirus restrictions.MVT’s new #SaveThe30 ‘Traffic Light’ campaign will highlight the venues considered safe, at risk or in imminent danger between now and March 31. Venues in ‘critical’ red status include The Lexington in London, Brixton Windmill, The Venue in Derby, The Railway Inn in Winchester, The Gellions in Inverness and The Lantern in Halifax.“If we don’t act to save them right now, we do expect a large number of them to be permanently closed – it’s as simple as that,” Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd told NME.

Derrick May has been accused of physical, verbal and sexual assault by four women in a new investigation.Content warning: the following story contains descriptions of sexual assault.The testimonies, brought forward in a new investigation by DJ Mag, span 20 years and are alleged to have taken place in the US, the UK and New Zealand.One woman alleged May invited her to Detroit to work on a festival with him, and while she was being shown around May “spun me around and sat me down on the stairs in one movement, and he pulled out and held his penis”.Another woman, anonymous but referred to as Lara in the investigation, claimed May sexually assaulted her in the UK when she was a teenager.She said: “Before this happened, I wanted to be a DJ and