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1 month ago | 
djmag.com | Ben Murphy
“I tried to figure out how to make my music sound different, like something that wasn’t like anything else around,” says Anthony “Shake” Shakir down a muffled phone line, describing the maverick ethos that has made him one of Detroit techno’s true greats.
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2 months ago | 
djmag.com | Ben Murphy
In the cavernous space of EartH Hall, dry ice hangs like a mist in the air. The futuristic metallic mesh ceiling installation resembles a sci-fi film set as people filter onto the dancefloor. Skewed house and bass-heavy electro issue from the speakers, and below the lights, which dissolve from red to green and flash in time to the music, Sheffield DJ and bleep techno pioneer Winston Hazel is holding court in the DJ booth.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
djmag.com | Ben Murphy
A core of Uganda’s Nyege Nyege crew, Kampire recently released her compilation ‘A Dancefloor in Ndola’ via Strut Records, which DJ Mag reviewed as its album of the month in August.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
djmag.com | Ben Murphy
Dar Disku’s self-titled debut album is out now on Soundway Records. The Bahrain-born duo of Mazen Almaskati and Vish Mhatre have been operating under the moniker since 2018, when a lifetime of sharing music and, later, DJing a unique mix of styles from the West and the South-West Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region, coalesced into an identifiable project.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
crackmagazine.net | Ben Murphy
Original release date: 19 September, 2014Label: Warp RecordsAfter 13 long years away, the megastar of braindance returned with an absolute classic record – and a viral marketing campaign to match – that brought more people than ever into his trailblazing orbitA decade ago, an inflatable blimp bearing the Aphex Twin symbol mysteriously appeared floating over London. At the same time, the logo was spotted graffitied on walls in Manhattan, NYC. Coming 13 years after Richard D.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
crackmagazine.net | Ben Murphy
Following the sudden passing of the beloved Crazy P vocalist, four of her friends and collaborators reflect on an extraordinary, empathetic artist and person. Danielle Moore, who sadly passed away on 30 August at the age of 52, was a beloved figure in the world of dance music. The vocalist, songwriter and DJ, best known as the frontwoman of the band Crazy P, electrified audiences with her powerful voice and charismatic presence onstage.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
djmag.com | Ben Murphy
“There was something that told me, ‘This is what I want to do’,” says Kaytranada, reminiscing on his beginnings as a beat-maker. “Music is life to me. But if I didn’t do this, I knew I would end up making art anyway, or films, whatever.” He was right to be confident. Today, Haitian-Canadian DJ and producer Kaytranada (real name: Louis Kevin Celestin) is among the most sought-after producers on the planet.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
djmag.com | Ben Murphy
London group Ibibio Sound Machine alchemise funk, disco, Afrobeat and post-punk into a combustible mixture. Synths and drum machines have always been a part of their sound, but on their last album, the Hot Chip-produced ‘Electricity’, the band led by British-Nigerian singer Eno Williams and Australian saxophonist Max Grunhard moved closer to electronic dance music than ever before, adding heavier, headier bleeps and machine rhythms to their spry live instrumentation.
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May 22, 2024 | 
djmag.com | Ben Murphy
In the last 10 years, Dutch label Nous’klaer Audio has released a steady stream of highly original dance records, railing against rigid genre orthodoxy, and pushing electronic music forwards. Based in Rotterdam, a city famous for its techno and electro output, the imprint has envisioned a freer form of underground dance, one that isn’t always bound to typical beat structures. Sjoerd Oberman, who runs the label, has made it his focus to discover and promote new artists.
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May 1, 2024 | 
thevinylfactory.com | Ben Murphy
In his new book Ears To The Ground, published by Velocity Press, former VF contributor Ben Murphy explores the world of underground electronic and field recordings. In this excerpt from chapter 15-World wide: dance music, found sounds and cultural heritage-Murphy observes the role of found sounds in the works of dance producers around the world. At its most cutting edge, dance music is a laboratory of sonic experimentation.
