Scene reports - Page 8

Underground House Syria: Meet the duo building a house music community against all odds

Zab Mustefa hears the story of Underground House Syria, a music community that has managed to thrive despite a backdrop of unending civil war

Raves not war: How Shum is building a new future for war-torn eastern Ukraine

Meet the Ukrainian party crew who are redefining a warzone and giving hope to a new generation

Review: Nomads sets the blueprint for intimate "new normal" festivals

Simar Deol attends Nomads in India, the offshoot festival thrown by the crew behind Magnetic Fields

How New Zealand beat COVID and got back to raving

Martyn Pepperell reports from New Zealand, where clubs have reopened safely and the local scene is thriving

Krakow's dance music scene is thriving

Polish techno documentarian Artur Wojtczak guides us through Krakow's thriving dance music scene

Music festivals 2021: Which festivals are happening and when will they return

Summer is coming! Here's everything you need to know about music festivals in 2021

“Fucking bonkers”: The Isle Of Man has been raving safely though the pandemic

Alex Taggart reports from the Isle Of Man, where tough Covid regulations mean that parties have been allowed to happen over the last 8 months

Exit Records pushes the limits of what a drum 'n’ bass party can sound like

Since dBridge founded Exit in 2003, the label has led the way for innovation at high tempos

Will music festivals actually happen this year?

Summer 2021 is fast approaching. Niamh Ingram surveys the festival landscape to find out which festivals are likely to go ahead

"Everything just collapsed into everything": Australia's golden age of electronic music

A look back at a time when Australian dance music was finding its own identity and "there weren’t any barriers anymore"

OS Community are the London party collective empowering disadvantaged people

From throwing illegal raves to helming inner city youth initiatives, OS Community use dance music as a springboard to making a difference in society

Radical Black rap music needs to be protected from gentrification

Tope Olufemi talks to MAVI and fans of experimental rap about the importance of centring Black voices in the scene

"A glass ceiling with razor wire": The harsh reality for women working in dance music

A woman with over 20 years experience in the music industry talks about the coercion, bribery and harassment she's faced in her career

We need to end sexism, misogyny and violence in dance music

Zab Mustefa talks to Rebekah, DJ Empress and Dave Clarke about fighting sexual harassment and assault in the dance music industry

A deeper African source: How grime and afrobeat is influencing UK jazz

Xaymaca Awoyungbo meets the UK jazz artists who are infusing their music with grime and afrobeat

Ty and the history of UK rap

A brief history of UK hip hop, rap and MC culture told by a linchpin of the scene, Shortee Blitz

Why didn't UK funky break the mainstream?

Kwame Safo talks to some prominent figures of UK Funky about why the sound didn't crack the mainstream market

The gentrification of jungle

Kwame Safo talks to Marc Mac, Bryan Gee, DJ Flight and Junior Tomlin about the futuristic Black art form and why its Black roots should never be forgotten

Nightclubs aren't utopia for every Black raver

Joseph 'JP' Patterson details the discrimination that runs throughout clubland

The roadmap to change

Kwame Safo sets out a plan for real change in the music industry

No Signal is the future of radio

Yewande Adeniran explores the impact of No Signal, the radio station celebrating Black British culture and communities

​Underground House Syria: Meet the duo building a house music community against all odds