The Crack Magazine Annual Report wouldn’t be complete without our yearly roundup of the best mixes of the year. You’ll find contemporary dance music represented in many forms here, some…

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Bilbao BBK Live came back with a bang for its 15th edition, welcoming a record 115,000 people from over 75 different countries. With festival revellers of all ages attending, its…

…Thursday night Leeds promoters Love Muscle takes over the iridescent Garden Stage, during which the pit of loyal Motherbeat dancers crown Eris Drew the queen of breaks. Throwing down an…

Since the very first edition of Sustain-Release, each year’s poster has prominently featured a four-word slogan, which stands in equal parts as a policy and a promise for the dancers…

Our pick of the best albums of 2021 – from field recordings to the divorce album, via club experiments and self-care rituals. Music that soundtracked another unpredictable year in the…

…artists include former Crack Magazine cover stars Eris Drew and Anz, Jayda G, HAAi and Sven Väth. Across the five stages, the festival will also welcome a live show from…

…Sanctuary which will be curated by the Field Maneuvers team and Netil Radio’s Miro Sundaymusiq. This year’s edition is also set to host OK Williams, Eris Drew back-to-back Octo Octa,…

…from the likes of Eris Drew and Octo Octa, Almaty and ELLES, as well as her role within Lisbon “queer feminist rave collective” mina. Taken as a whole, Coutinho’s work…

…Eris Drew going back-to-back Octo Octa and Josey Rebelle. Other acts confirmed to play are OK Williams, Shanti Celeste, Elena Colombi, Shy One, FAUZIA and a live set from Overmono….

…talks with Sherelle, LCY, Zakia, Eris Drew and more. Read Gut Level’s full statement below.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by GUT LEVEL (@gutlevelsheffield) In…

…locked in a globe-spanning troupe of DJs and musicians. From former Crack Magazine cover stars such as Yaeji, Avalon Emerson, Octo Octa & Eris Drew through to Shanti Celeste, Sherelle,…

…Eris Drew and Octo Octa. Completing the programme there’s also Hellquist, D.Tiffany, Sansibar, Moor Mother and Anetha. Hungarian acts Platon Karataev, Decolonize Your Mind Society, Jazzbois and Analog Balaton are…

…John Talabot, Eris Drew and Helena Hauff. Elsewhere, the 100 BPM Lasai stage will feature Dinamarca, Clara!, Yu Su and a takeover from DJ Python on the Saturday, whose collaborative…

…likes of Avalon Emerson, Helena Hauff, Skee Mask, Headie One, Batu, Giant Swan and Eris Drew b2b Octo Octa. Head to Sonar Barcelona’s website for more information. Listen back to…

…Lourd – has released yet another vital EP. This time around, the producer has joined Eris Drew and Octo Octa’s T4T LUV NRG imprint to release a four-track project entitled…

When Crack Magazine threw a party with Eris Drew to celebrate her October issue cover, there was only one other DJ we wanted on the bill: Grace Sands. Known to…

…from Colin Self to Hudson Mohawke to Caterina Barbieri, who each add significant compositional effects to the tone of Pramuk’s work. The swooning, two-part contribution from Eris Drew, for example,…

…DJ Plead, Eris Drew, Octo Octa, Marina Herlop, Moin and more have been confirmed for the 2023 edition of the festival. The festival announcement comes off the back of a…

…Brothers, Arca, Oneohtrix Point Never, AJ Tracey, Channel Tres, serpentwithfeet, Joy Orbison, Richie Hawtin, DJ Python, Skee Mask, Eris Drew and Octo Octa in Barcelona next summer. More names and…

…G, Eris Drew and Octo Octa, Soichi Terada live and VTSS. Other acts confirmed include Logic1000, Sherelle with Special Request, The Blessed Madonna, a set from TAAHLIAH and I.JORDAN and…

…Eris Drew and Octo Octa. Listen back to a mix from Kode9, shared as part of a Hyperdub crackaud.io takeover, below and revisit our anniversary tribute to Burial’s seminal second…

…also confirmed alongside Nick León, Honeydrip, Ale Hop and Eris Drew, who’ll collaborate with Jeisson Drenth. Lowfish, who performed at the festival’s third edition in 2002, is also set to…

…squad of the most exciting names in contemporary electronic music – from Colombian musician Lucrecia Dalt to the ever-excellent power duo Eris Drew and Octo Octa via men-of-the-moment DJ Plead…

…Honey Dijon, Eris Drew & Octa Octo, Yves Tumor, Aurora, Fontaines D.C., Overmono, Blondshell, Nova Twins, Chloé Caillet, Yard Act and Big Thief who were all confirmed in the first…

…and Mia Koden, Wu-Lu and Errol, Eris Drew and Octo Octa, Josh Caffé and Hannah Holland, and more. Head to the GALA website for tickets and full line-up information. Listen…

…Milo, Eliza Rose and more for the line-up. A plethora of back-to-back sessions will be held at the event’s seventh edition, pairing Eris Drew and Octo Octa, Craig Richard and…