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Long Reads
19.05.22

Listen to a wide-roaming playlist of electronic music from Skee Mask

The Ilian Tape producer selects some of his “favourites from the last [few] years, mostly older releases from various places in electronic music”

Long Reads
12.05.22

Listen to an uplifting playlist from Louise Chen

The London-based selector reaches for a set of groove-laden house jams and other club delights

Long Reads
11.05.22

Kenny Allstar has curated the ultimate festival playlist

The DJ, producer and broadcaster runs through the tracks set to define the upcoming festival season

Long Reads
04.05.22

Dance System curates a playlist of body-moving club tracks

The London-based DJ and producer picks “classic tracks that never leave my box, a few new bits and a selection of my favourite own productions” for his house-focused Selections playlist

Long Reads
29.04.22

The Organ’s Grab That Gun was the soundtrack to countless lesbian awakenings

We take a look back at the Vancouver five-piece’s 2004 album, and the impact that their romantic post-punk had on a generation

Long Reads
27.04.22

Listen to a genre-spanning playlist curated by Goat Girl

The south London band explore their love for zesty grooves, lo-fi tunes and genre-spanning works in this exclusive Buy Music Club playlist

Long Reads
19.04.22

Plug into Nitzer Ebb’s playlist of influential tracks

The EBM giants select electrifying pop, rock and alternative tracks by David Bowie, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Funkadelic and more

Long Reads
11.04.22

Girls Don’t Sync have curated a playlist of setlist essentials

R&B refixes, grime and audacious basslines from the all-female DJ collective

Long Reads
07.04.22

Listen to Tailor Jae’s playlist of sound system bangers

A playlist of bass-driven tracks selected by east London DJ Tailor Jae

Long Reads
31.03.22

On Mclusky Do Dallas, the Cardiff punks embraced their outsider status to triumphant effect

In a just world, Mclusky’s righteously indignant second album should have seen the band’s profile skyrocket. Two decades on, its finally celebrated as a masterpiece

Long Reads
30.03.22

Space Afrika have put together a playlist of Bandcamp favourites

The Honest Labour duo walk us through the tracks they’ve been enjoying lately. Featuring Klein, No Home, Hana Vu and Sevdaliza

Long Reads
14.03.22

Brandy’s third album, Full Moon, inspired a generation of R&B experimentalists

In 2002, ‘Full Moon’ was released to a mixed, critical reception. Twenty years on, we look at how the album influenced artists such as Rihanna to Jessie J, Kehlani and Jennifer Hudson

Long Reads
08.03.22

Listen to DJ Marfox’s playlist of dancefloor heaters

To celebrate his return as a selector, DJ Marfox curates a dancefloor-focused playlist featuring Prínicipe tracks, DJ Lag and Elza Soares

Long Reads
04.03.22

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