A rolling, regularly-updated directory of essential events in the UK, Europe and beyond – handpicked by Crack Magazine. Check back in monthly for new line-ups, eye-opening curation, stunning locations and…

Xzavier Stone has always made his influences known. A DJ, producer and vocalist hailing from Zurich, Switzerland, it has been the sounds of far-away scenes, like noughties-era US rap or…

Our edit of the best albums of 2022 – from thrilling debuts to long-awaited returns, via luxuriant homages, breakup albums, post-hardcore sound collages, and vivid depictions of place and time….

The stars aligned for Bluedot this year. The fourth edition of the festival, which takes place annually in the celestial setting of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, coincided with the 50th…

As Buttechno, Pavel Milyakov has become a staple in Russia’s underground techno scene. Since emerging in 2010, he has founded the Johns’ Kingdom collective, soundtracked runway shows for fashion designer…

If 21st century life could be pinned down to a single feeling, maybe it’s the one where you’re just overwhelmed by the sheer scale of it all. Confronted by every…

“There’s a fucking moon cake over here.” Samuel T. Herring has discovered a jaffa cake and he’s holding it up to the light, eyeing it with awe. His bandmate William…

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….

It’s a recognised truth that constraint breeds creativity. What we may lack in assets or necessities, we usually make up for in resourcefulness. Art, for the most part, adheres to…

Club To Club’s latest instalment proved itself relevant as ever, with an adventurously-booked line-up delivering groundbreaking performances on a grand scale. The Turin festival has forged a reputation as a…

Critical Mass: Pure Imminence is an artwork by Anne de Vries which simulates the epic intensity of large scale dance music events – the ones so geared toward mass euphoria…

We’re screening the documentary Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda from 16-18 July 2021. It’s free for Supporters. Find out more here and stay up to date with upcoming screenings. Already a member?…

The sun’s out, and in an East Berlin flat, Holly Herndon and long-term collaborator Mat Dryhurst are hiding out with Quentin, an uninhibited Maine Coon cat. The two are between…

For over 35 years, Daniel Miller’s Mute Records has remained a pacesetter for independent labels. Preluding in 1978 as a humble means of distribution for his synth rattled solo project,…

Back and re-energised with a bold new record, the curtains have been drawn once again for Baltimore’s theatrical romantics. “You can wear your other clothes over and over again, but…

Whether you’re prepping for the weekend or still recovering from the last, here’s our roundup of the month’s indispensable mixes. It has been a stellar month for mixes, and the…

We Release Whatever the Fuck We Want Records is one of the key players in today’s thriving reissue culture, releasing everything from B movie soundtracks to Midori Takada’s debut Through…

Carefully dabbing the sweat from his brow, René Pawlowitz takes a seat opposite mine. It’s a typically sweltering July afternoon in Kreuzberg, and, I’ll admit, I’m sweating a bit too….

Nina Kraviz and James Murphy have far more in common than you might think. It’s true that their work is centred around making people move, but as we know, the…

For a dominant species, humans are intensely fragile creatures. Our inherent physical and emotional complexities are what assumedly distinguish us as a superior intelligence. And yet we suffer constantly. Sleep…

Jimmy Edgar’s work has always possessed a certain charisma. Since experimenting with electronic music at the tender age of 10, the prodigious Berlin-via-Detroit producer has been developing his glossy, erotic…

It’s no secret that Copenhagen’s alternative music scene is in formidable shape. In recent years the fast techno promoted by the likes of Euromantic, Fast Forward Productions and Kulør have…

A sea of black flows into the Hackney Wick studio where Crack is setting up vintage polaroid equipment in order to go analogue with one of our favourite bands. How…

As users mourn the closure of MixesDB, one of the most thorough databases of electronic music on the internet, urgent questions arise about the precarity of digital cultural archives, and…