12 times dance music made us glad to be alive in 2016

Amsterdam came through for clubland in 2016. During ADE week, two new clubs opened for business and both of them are fucking brilliant. Claire took over the old Studio 80 and although the latter was an integral part of the city’s heritage, the new operators, who also run Disco Dolly, did a fantastic job of re-imagining the space. Amazonian decor, indoor water fountains and beautiful wooden floors transport dancers to an artistic paradise and the music is quality house and disco. Across the river, an underground (yes, literally underground) club called Shelter launched into action and provided another stellar club helmed by the finest in house and techno. As you enter the venue via a hatch in the floor, the one-room club is a vast, chrome palace with a Funktion One system fitted to blow your socks off. Rewind back to the start of the year and De School, a dance music playground from the people behind Trouw, opened its doors. It's truly carried on Trouw's legend and is an oasis of club fun. Three amazing clubs in one year. Here’s to the Dutch capital. Funster, Deputy Digital Editor

Novelist does not like David Cameron. As cheeky as the grime MC comes across online and in person, he's shown serious menace when it comes to the former UK Prime Minister. First he produced the devilish 'David Cameron Riddim' instrumental and quickly followed with 'Street Politician', sampling the politician's admission that "keeping people safe is the first duty of the government". 'Tax The MPs' later arrived with Nov declaring Cameron as a "liar" after the PM admitted financially benefitting from his dad's offshore trust in Panama. Just before that, Nov decided to express his detest on quite the stage: his Mixmag Live party to celebrate his cover of the March issue of the magazine. "FUCK DAVID CAMERON, FUCK DAVID CAMERON," he chanted at The 100 Club, coaxing a sweaty, revved-up crowd of youngsters to do exactly the same. Let's face it, they're three words that've been on the mind of those with a hate for austerity, especially young people, of similar age to Nov, living in London. It's the type of war cry you'd expect to hear on an anti-austerity protest, but Nov didn't need any placards or a street to march down to pull it off. Three months later, he did it all again at Glastonbury after Cameron announced he'd be stepping down as PM after the referendum result. But let's not get started on that shit show. Dave Turner, Digital News Editor