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Tulum's party scene is characterised by waste and disrespect. Can Day Zero change that?
The bygone Mayan stronghold of Tulum has become overrun with party tourists, with consequences for the local ecology and indigenous population. Day Zero founder Damian Lazarus wants to fuse ancient traditions and future ideas to set a positive example. Tracy Kawalik travels to the Riviera Maya to investigate

How The Cost Of Living Crisis Is Impacting Festivals
For the second part of our Cost of Living crisis, Isaac Muk looks at how soaring costs and changing consumer habits could spell a tough summer ahead for festival organisers

"Unmistakably Black": Kelela is a liaison between the worlds within dance music
On ‘Raven’, Kelela celebrates Black and queer contributions to dance music through a seamlessly flowing album. She speaks to Moya Lothian-McLean about her ‘hiatus’ and self-renewal, defying rigidity and why she's no longer interested in being a translator of sound

Yves Tumor announces new album, world tour and releases lead single ‘Echolalia’
‘Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)’ will be released March 17 via Warp

Why dance music culture needs to pay more respect to MCs
MCs have been instrumental to the development of dance music and are the life force of many of the world’s most incendiary raves

Whistleblower alleges O2 Brixton Academy guards "regularly" took bribes to allow people into venue
The news was reported by the BBC as the venue will remain closed until at least April with investigations ongoing following deadly crush at Asake concert

O2 Academy Brixton will remain closed until April following fatal crowd crush
Two people died after a crush occurred during an Asake concert

Richie Hawtin is touring North America for the first time since 2019
Running through March, Hawtin hopes to "develop and increase awareness of the younger generation" of techno