News Beirut explosion has "virtually wiped out" the city's nightclub district The explosion happened on Tuesday evening and has had a catastrophic impact on the Lebanese capital
Tech Akai Professional reveals details of the MPK Mini MK3 The MPK Mini MK3 features MPC Beats and a Gen 2 keybed
News Black Junglist Alliance collective launches to unify Black people in jungle and drum ‘n’ bass The Alliance will run a media platform called BJATV
News Glastonbury may not return until 2022 says Michael Eavis The festival founder said a 2021 edition is "wishful thinking"
News Dave and David Attenborough link up on new BBC documentary Hans Zimmer also worked on the soundtrack for the musical nature programme
News Goldie launches the 'Timeless Capsule' to celebrate his iconic debut album Exclusive Goldie-related content will be available to subscribers
Galleries New design collection Gods of Synth celebrates electronic music icons The Prodigy, New Order, The Belleville Three, Delia Derbyshire and more feature in 80s-style designs
News A. G. Cook announces 49-track album ‘7G’ There's guest features from Caroline Polachek, Tommy Cash, Hannah Diamond, and more
News Indoor music events in England being allowed to resume has been postponed Lockdown restrictions have been extended to August 15 at the earliest
News Grime MC Solo 45 has been jailed for 24 years for rape Solo 45 was found guilty of four charges of rape and holding women against their will
News CamelPhat announce Wembley Arena headline show The duo are announced dates in Newcastle, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool and Bristol
News New £500 million relief fund includes support for dance music events The #LetUsDance campaign has welcomed the launch of the Culture Recovery Fund
News Wu Tang Clan's RZA and Pharrell Williams nominated for Emmy Awards Kamasi Washington and Trent Reznor are also up for Emmys
News Disclosure share new single ‘Douha (Mali Mali)' The track is a collaboration with Malian artist Fatoumata Diawara
News Malik B, founding member of The Roots, has died The Philadelphia rapper won a Grammy with The Roots in 2000
News Lila Tirando A Violeta announces debut album 'Limerencia' on NAAFI It features collaborations with Lighght, Nick León, PRJCTN, Abssys and EL PLVYBXY
News Ariel Zetina co-curates Diamond Formation URL live stream hosted by Smartbar The virtual rave is raising money for local causes in Chicago
News Amsterdam club De School is closing down The venue, which has faced public criticism recently, cites COVID-19 as the reason
News Berlin club Tresor launches Startnext fundraising campaign The fundraiser for Tresor comes four months after shutting down due to coronavirus
Artists RIP Denise Johnson: An all-time great soul singer and charming, energetic force The Manchester-born singer brought class and soul to everything she touched
News The Chainsmokers receive backlash after drive-in concert in New York The drive-in was also sponsored by a hand sanitiser company, believe it or not
News New survey finds 88.3% of people think drugs are becoming easier to obtain 84.6% of people surveyed don’t trust the UK government’s handling of drug-related crime
News DJ Deeon launches crowdfund after suffering multiple mini strokes The ghetto house pioneer is offering rewards, such as unreleased music and merch, for donations
News Denise Johnson, prominent Madchester vocalist, has died The Manchester-born singer played a starring guest role on Primal Scream's 'Screamadelica'
News £2.25 million in emergency grants made available for music venues in England Nightclubs that host a “significant live music programme” are eligible
News Police are investigating Wiley for making anti-Semitic posts on social media The grime rapper has also been dropped by his management
News Rapper Biz Markie hospitalised with diabetes complications Biz Markie's rep says they "remain positive about the outcome"
News Elon Musk is developing a brain chip to stream music inside your head The computer-brain interface aims to help people with neurological disorders such as OCD, depression and anxiety
News ABC of UKG is a new book celebrating UK garage ABC of UKG is an illustrative book from Rukaiya Russell
News Sampa The Great releases new video for 'Time's Up' and partners with Pola Psychology Pola Psychology is fundraising to offer therapy for a year to African youth in Naarm (Melbourne)
News Mr Eazi launches Africa Music Fund to fund African creatives The aim is to raise $20m in the first investment round
News Chronixx is 'Cool As The Breeze' on his new single ‘Cool As The Breeze/Friday’ is taken from his forthcoming sophomore album
News SeeMeNot releases her debut mixtape dedicated to Black Lives Matter She put it out on her Soundcloud this week
News Orbital, Roni Size, Daniel Avery and more play Bluedot's 'A Weekend In Outer Space' The virtual festival kicked off on Friday
Comment A DJ set on Europe's Longest Escalator is dance music's weirdest moment yet Sisyphean DJs, here we go!
News Artists have earned more than $20 million from Bandcamp Friday sales Bandcamp is going to host the fee-waiving days every month for the rest of 2020
News Joseph Capriati escapes to 'Goa' on hypnotic new single 'Goa' is taken from Joseph Capriati's new album 'Metamorfosi'
News 4000 people will attend a concert in Germany as part of a coronavirus experiment The experiment is going to cost €990,000 and will hopefully provide insights toward bringing large-scale cultural events back
News #LetUsDance – A new campaign is urging the UK government to save nightclubs Fatboy Slim and Pete Tong are among the many DJs backing #LetUsDance
News Faithless have released their first new single in 10 years Faithless' comeback 'This Feeling' features Suli Breaks and Nathan Ball
Features Inside Trax Records: Why Chicago's house originators are fighting for reparations Decades on from changing the world, Chicago's pioneers are still pursuing payment and the rights to the music they created
News French duo Wayfloe win iZotope's production contest with remix of BT's 'The War' The pair's remix of 'The War', made on Stutter Edit 2, was a standout for judge BT
