As soon as you enter Amsterdamse Bos – the expansive national park at the South-Western edge of Amsterdam city centre, it’s easy to see why Dekmantel has sold out every…

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…

Here are the 100 greatest LPs of 2016, according to Crack Magazine. Visit 2016.crackmagazine.net for more end of year coverage over the coming weeks….

…ever we’re here to point you in the direction of some great music, and each of these ten will bring a little audio joy to your stereo. In September we…

Welcome back to our roundup of the mixes you need in your life right now. As you’re no doubt very aware, it’s been five months since any of us last…

Welcome back to our monthly round-up of the finest mixes to be found across the web. This month we’ve been graced by two separate live recordings from DJs who we…

Three years ago, the devastating result of the European referendum and a slippery landscape of mud threatened to diminish the euphoric spirit of Glastonbury. A year later, Jeremy Corbyn brought…

Artist interviews more or less always unfold as organic conversations. Even so those discussions tend to hinge on questions about standout moments in the musician’s trajectory; the sudden turns or…

Signing off, after eight unforgettable years on the paradisal Istrian peninsula, Dimensions called upon old heads and newcomers to gather for one last dance at Fort Punta Christo. There are…

Troubled streaming platform Soundcloud recently released a documentary apparently showcasing the Bristol club scene. Portraying the city’s music culture as dominated exclusively by white, middle-class promoters of throwback deep house…

Presenting the Top 20 Mixes of 2017, according to Crack Magazine. Visit 2017.crackmagazine.net for more end of year coverage….

The sunshine was nowhere to be seen at the sold-out fifth edition of The Crave festival in lush green Zuiderpark, but that didn’t discourage those eager to rave in The…

Here are the 20 best mixes of 2016, according to Crack Magazine. Visit 2016.crackmagazine.net for more end of year coverage over the coming weeks….

Tucked away down a rainy street in central Bristol, The Island complex teems with creativity. The complex’s formerly disused Old Bridewell Police Station houses a hub of studios, inhabited by…

They called it The Second Summer of Love, that brief moment in the late 80s when acid house and the rise of ecstasy collided and rave was born. It’s a…

Listen to our favourite new music of the past month

With half of the Parisian public sector on strike and the waters of the Seine rising after days of torrential rain, arriving at Weather festival in one piece was no…

Bestival is landing on the Isle of Wight again this weekend for another 4-day session of glitter, borrowed clothes and desperately trying to light cigarettes on the deck of ferry….

Our shout on who to see around the clock at Glastonbury 2015 If it just so happened that you stumbled inside the collective headspace of the Crack office, extracted our…

As Serbia’s biggest festival, as well as one of the most renowned music events on the European summer calendar, attending EXIT festival felt like a rite of passage. Held in…

Morocco and the Netherlands go way back – something Atlas Electronic has been a part of for the last three years. The event takes place in the idyllic Villa Janna,…