Drag, dance and debauchery: Inside Glastonbury’s NYC Downlow

What really goes on behind the door (and notoriously long queue) at Block9’s NYC Downlow? Photographer Courteney Frisby headed down to capture the sweat, glamour and outrageous outfits in all their glory.

Glorious chaos in the Glastonbury fields: An interview with Block9

Ahead of Glastonbury 2023, where the design duo and late-night party providers will touch down in Somerset for a coming-of-age clubbing spectacle, we speak to Block9’s Gideon Berger and Stephen Gallagher about all things Block9, and their Crack Mix 500 takeover

Crack Mix 500

Crack’s flagship mix series celebrates its 500th instalment with a Block9 takeover. Venture in for archive mixes from the Glastonbury fields from GIDEÖN, Neneh Cherry, Masters and Work and more

GIDEÖN

To the NYC Downlow we go with Block9’s own GIDEÖN for a sweat-soaked session recorded at the famed pop-up queer club in 2010

R3 Soundsystem Protest March

R3 Soundsystem to protest against Boris Johnson and Trump in December

Midland, Paranoid London, Shygirl, Horse Meat Disco and more will perform at the demonstration on 3 December

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Floating Points, Ed Chemical and Bicep added to Second Referendum Now! line up

Floating Points, Ed Chemical and Bicep added to R3 Soundsystem’s anti-Boris, anti-Brexit party line-up

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R3 Soundsystem are planning an pro second-referendum party

Gideön and Artwork are rallying fellow DJs for an anti-Boris/anti-Brexit party in London. The protest is in response to the appointment of Boris Johnson as the new Prime Minister of the UK.