Music News ArrBee Sound drops a spooky AI music video for ‘Zombies in Little Tokyo’ by Happy Waving off the Halloween season, ArrBee Sound drops his acid house track, Zombies in Little Tokyo, inspired by B-Grade horror films. ArrBee Sound has just released an eerie, demonic and…
Music News 4BEL’s new track ‘Move 2 The Bass’ is a must-have club hit by Chloe Maddren 4BEL is back with a seductive return, Move 2 The Bass is a tech-house dream come true. Mwewa Abel Kaluba, more commonly known as 4BEL is a producer and DJ…
Features Pro Audio Disco’s revenge: the legends of house, acid, and techno by Max Mahood The four-on-the-floor grooves that defined the ’80s were said to be ‘disco’s revenge’. Read on to explore the legendary artists and gear behind house, acid house and techno. The 1980s…
News Check out this huge archive of posters from the 90s acid-house rave days by Nikki Rosen If, like many, you experience the unsettling feeling of being born in the wrong era, don’t fret. You can now vicariously live out the late 80s and 90s acid-house rave…
Features Pro Audio KORG M1: the final instalment in the digital trilogy by Dan Shaw The KORG M1 learned the lessons of Yamaha’s DX7 and Roland’s D-50 and perfected digital synthesis. Read on as we explore the best-selling synth of all time. For those who…
News You can now download 900 hours of Andrew Weatherall’s mixes by Mia Montesin Fans have paid tribute to the career of acid house legend Andrew Weatherall with an enormous library of his music mixes. The online resource, called Weatherdrive, is a Google Drive…
News DJ and record producer Andrew Weatherall passes away at 56 by Luke Saunders British DJ and record producer, Andrew Weatherall, has died aged 56. Weatherall worked with the likes of New Order, Primal Scream, and the Happy Mondays, having an especially influential impact on the acid…
Film and TV News New biopic to detail the life of Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder by Luke Saunders In recent years, music lovers have been treated to a number of movies about some of the world’s favourite music legends. Now, another new biopic is on the way. It…
Features Pro Audio A short history of the Roland TB-303 Bass Line, the little oddball that changed dance by Luka Osborne You could call Roland’s TB-303 a happy little accident – a happiness that bore as many smiles on ravers sweating faces, as on the T-Shirts they wore (or the ecstasy…
News Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh to release new acid house album by Happy Author of the iconic 1993 novel Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh, has announced plans to release a new acid house album, with the goal of counteracting the “joyless” music of today. Welsh…
News Adidas Spezial celebrates the 30th anniversary of acid house with AW18 collection by Happy Fashion has always taken a vast inspiration from music, and the most powerful inspiration has stemmed from the most powerful scenes. The Summer of Love, disco, gangster rap and glam…
Features There has never been a better album to just fucking lose it to than Screamadelica by Tom Cameron Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, an obscure musician you may know as one half of Daft Punk, called it the album “that put everything together”. How right he was. Screamadelica, the 1991…
Music Nancy and Lee, Simon and Garfunkel and now Sean and Lizzy, Tees reaffirm that sometimes the smallest acts are the most profound by Harriet Wolstenholme When we consider some of the greatest musical acts of all time, duos have made a significant contribution. From the early likes of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood, Simon &…
