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HUNGAMA: The London party fusing Bollywood with queer club culture

We speak to Ryan Lanji, founder of London-based queer Bollywood club night HUNGAMA, who also shares an exclusive playlist curated alongside NAFS.Space’s Drew Demetry

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John Cale, Black Midi and Tara Clerkin Trio to play Llais 2022

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The Jaguar Foundation publishes new report highlighting significant gender disparity in UK dance music

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Bristol’s Idle Hands announces shop closure later this month

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Resource list: How to support the people of Ukraine

Across the music industry, artists, labels and platforms are donating funds to help support the people of Ukraine. Here’s a list of resources, with links to charities and organisations

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⌘R: The Best New Music, curated by Crack Magazine

A rolling playlist of the best new music, curated and regularly refreshed by Crack Magazine

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HUNGAMA: The London party fusing Bollywood with queer club culture

We speak to Ryan Lanji, founder of London-based queer Bollywood club night HUNGAMA, who also shares an exclusive playlist curated alongside NAFS.Space’s Drew Demetry

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Grime Stories: Jammer’s basement, pirate radio and the genre’s legacy

We speak to Dhelia Snoussi – co-curator of the Grime Stories exhibition at the Museum of London – about the link between grime and gentrification

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Horsegirl curate a breezy playlist for everyday life

The Chicago alt-rock trio pull us deeper into their world with a playlist curated for dancing, cooking and walks through your neighbourhood

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Inside Swagger Like Us, the San Francisco party platforming emerging queer talent

Swagger Like Us is an event series and artist hub based in the Bay Area. We talk humble beginnings and party memories with co-founders Kelly Lovemonster and davOmakesbeats

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All under one reality raving: the future technologies of music festivals

The field of immersive audience experience begs the question: do transactional exchanges (you-perform-I-clap) belong in festival models of the future? The way Sam Wiehl sees it, it’s a dynamic that begs revision

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Weekends to last a lifetime: the worldbuilding potential of music festivals

Can the environmental impact created by attending a music festival, especially when its virtue is purely hedonistic, really be justified?

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Swagger Like Us: Mixed by davOmakesbeats

A quintessential Swagger Like Us set from party co-founder davOmakesbeats

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Hellfire
The Maghreban
Connection
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Beatopia
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Sometimes, Forever
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Don’t Look Now!
Salamanda
ashbalkum
Quelle Chris
DEATHFAME
700 Bliss
Nothing to Declare
Kendrick Lamar
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HUNGAMA: The London party fusing Bollywood with queer club culture

We speak to Ryan Lanji, founder of London-based queer Bollywood club night HUNGAMA, who also shares an exclusive playlist curated alongside NAFS.Space’s Drew Demetry

  • Profiles

Grime Stories: Jammer’s basement, pirate radio and the genre’s legacy

We speak to Dhelia Snoussi – co-curator of the Grime Stories exhibition at the Museum of London – about the link between grime and gentrification

  • Long Reads

Horsegirl curate a breezy playlist for everyday life

The Chicago alt-rock trio pull us deeper into their world with a playlist curated for dancing, cooking and walks through your neighbourhood

  • Profiles

Inside Swagger Like Us, the San Francisco party platforming emerging queer talent

Swagger Like Us is an event series and artist hub based in the Bay Area. We talk humble beginnings and party memories with co-founders Kelly Lovemonster and davOmakesbeats

  • Profiles

All under one reality raving: the future technologies of music festivals

The field of immersive audience experience begs the question: do transactional exchanges (you-perform-I-clap) belong in festival models of the future? The way Sam Wiehl sees it, it’s a dynamic that begs revision

  • Profiles

Weekends to last a lifetime: the worldbuilding potential of music festivals

Can the environmental impact created by attending a music festival, especially when its virtue is purely hedonistic, really be justified?

  • Mixes

Swagger Like Us: Mixed by davOmakesbeats

A quintessential Swagger Like Us set from party co-founder davOmakesbeats

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Thinking outside the box: how female urinals will pave the way to Peequality

Peequal co-founder, Amber Probyn, discusses the future of safe spaces at festivals and how urinals designed for women may be the solution

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DJ Cuddles

A longtime favourite steps out under a brand new alias. This is DJ Cuddles (a.k.a. Mr. Mitch) with his Crack Mix debut

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Danger Mouse & Black Thought: Cheat Codes review

A 12-track record that is as unrelenting as it is lush, and a worthy standout among many excellent records leading the revival of socially-aware rap in 2022

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In search of solidarity: Welcome to Queer House Party

Queer House Party is setting the pace for accessible and inclusive clubbing. We speak to founding members and resident DJs Harry Gay, Wacha and passer, who also share a sweat-inducing set

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Queer House Party: Mixed by Harry Gay, Wacha & passer

Wall-to-wall dancefloor bangers from the Queer House Party crew. The hour-long b2b2b session was recorded live at Body Movements 2022

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Snapshots of DICE’s Summer Party with Jayda G, anu, yunè pinku

London’s heatwave continues to the Colour Factory in Hackney Wick

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Sunday Mix: Bendik Giske

The Norwegian composer and saxophonist crafts a subdued and pondering mix for the weekend. This Sunday Mix is dedicated to the late Ryan Muncy

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KOKOROKO: Could We Be More review

Could We Be More is a triumphant debut that urges you to lock into each beat, groove and chord the band conjures up

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Carly Rae Jepsen: More Than a Feeling

Carly Rae Jepsen is a pop sensation. Ten years after the sugar rush of Call Me Maybe, she’s still finding new ways to transform intimate emotions into collective bliss

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Medusa: The glitter-soaked Shanghai party shares an exclusive playlist

Medusa is one of China’s most popular queer parties. Renowned for its glitter-soaked theatrics, the party’s founders drop by with a playlist that embodies the spirit of the Shanghai night

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Listen to a melodic techno playlist from Coeus

The Serbian DJ and producer picks blissful tracks from artists who graced this year’s Exit Festival

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