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After a five year hiatus, Dilemma is back. When she took a step back from the scene after her last release in 2020, she felt like she lost…
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There are plenty of ways to promote a drum & bass single. A video. A remix competition. A moody photoshoot involving some concrete and some…
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Quite Lucky Records is offering an emerging drum and bass artist a fully funded place on its Echoes III writing camp in Romania this…
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My whole philosophy with producing is to keep things simple, and my set up reflects that. Most of the time I just make music on my laptop…
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There are worse ways to spend a week than disappearing into the Romanian countryside with a bunch of drum & bass producers, vocalists and…
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Canada has given bass music some pretty decent cuts of the years. Some of it obvious, some of it is hiding in plain sight, and some of it…
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Find the latest electronic music news, features, interviews, videos and podcasts from Beatportal - the reference for DJs and dance music…
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Beatport Landed explores Melbourne’s electronic music scene, from bush doofs and DIY raves to the artists bending global sounds into…
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Polished yet viscerally raw and provocatively uncompromising. With his second album Now or Never Justin Hawkes proves why he is yet again…
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Detox Unit has released 27 songs, five projects, and played over 150 shows. He’s sat down for exactly zero interviews. Until now. On August…
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For Grace, music has always been more about what happens in life than what happens in the studio. Now the driving force behind her latest…
UKF (opens in a new tab)For Grace, music has always been more about what happens in life than what happens in the studio. Now the driving force behind her latest…
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Obsidian Records takes over Planet Wax on 27thAugust for a one-night celebration of drum & bass
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Every now and then the opportunity for an origin story arises that is so pivotal it can be traced back to a genre that actually shaped your…
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GRAVITAPE’s unauthorised transmission interrupts Dirtbox Recordings’ social pages this week, with RUDRA marked for deployment on 19 August…
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“There is no story that is not true. The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.” In Things Fall…
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With his latest project, What So Not is going back to his roots. It feels like both a look back at his own journey and a fresh take on the…
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HLZ is proof that in drum & bass, longevity isn’t measured by how quickly you reach milestones, but by knowing exactly when the time is…
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Using Beatport’s Track ID, revisit the standout sets and tracks from Junction 2 Festival 2026, including Jeff Mills, Ben Klock, LO-LOW and…
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K Motionz marks the release of "Misbehave" with a secret, free RSVP-only London show on 21st August featuring Skahlah and CK3.
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“For us, drum & bass has never just been about individual tunes. Every record is attached to a place, a night, a person or a particular…
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One week to go until Boomtown. Here’s our picks of the drum and bass and jungle across the weekend, day by day. That’s Boomtown sorted. See you there.
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The best vocal-led drum & bass has always worked in two places at once. Basslines that rumble in your gut and vocals which call out to your…
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Beatport Connect LA reveals its first 2026 speakers, including salute, Kitty Amor and MPH, ahead of the September 25 summit at W Hollywood.
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Beatport Artist of the Month salute discusses 'infinite passion,' Riva Starr collaboration “soul reply,” remixing Madonna and digging in…
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LSB returns for his third album ‘The Middle’ on his own imprint, Footnotes. Stripped back in terms of sound and containing no…
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Eight emerging artists on our radar for August 2026, spanning high-energy house, deep tech, progressive, bass-heavy club music, jungle…
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London selector COPY, the man behind Heavy Rotation, takes Rigside Radio #002 to the deep, technical and soulful end of drum & bass.
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With a rich history of collaboration between the two artists, Addison Groove and Sam Binga have joined forces once again to put together a…
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As VTO Records celebrates its fifth anniversary with A New Beginning, the artists behind the release share their favourite label tracks…
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