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Beatport's July Hype Label of the Month, Transparent Audio has become a leading name in deep and minimal drum & bass, championing artists…
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Cheryl Holland discusses Deep Blue, songwriting with Riigs, sober club culture, Glimmer, and finding a voice across drum & bass and beyond.
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Wurlitzer EP200 The one thing I cannot do without, cannot LIVE without, is my Wurlitzer EP200 electric piano. I bought this for £120 in…
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From the humble beginnings of making music on a PS2 to scoring bangers for massive multiplatform titles like Rocket League, Rameses B…
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The DMC World DJ Championships begins its return to London with a free launch party at Camden Market on 16 August, ahead of DMC41 this…
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NRV discuss Puerto Rico’s drum and bass culture, their creative friction, Mystic Sun, Dealing Cards, and building a label for the island.
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Canadian producer and educator STRANJAH on Toronto's drum and bass scene: its 30-year history, the venues, the crews and labels, the artists on the up, and his advice for anyone getting into production.
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Some songs don’t belong to a solitary moment. They outgrow it, twisting and climbing like a beautiful vine, until they drift off into the…
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Focal Alpha 50 Evo Ayyy UKF crew! Affording tough gear wasn’t really amongst my options before, so I saved up for Ableton about 14 years…
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“In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.”, Francis Bacon once said. I bet he would love the new Keeno…
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Five years. Somehow that’s both no time at all and absolutely ages in drum & bass. Long enough to survive a global pandemic, thirty-odd…
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Remembering Lenzman, the deeply influential Dutch producer, Metalheadz artist and founder of The North Quarter, who has died aged 47.
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Beatport explores YUKU with founders oolongbru and Kumquat Tang, looking at the Prague-based label’s DIY roots, experimental catalog, and…
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Synoxis has been building her D&B career for a while now, but it feels like it’s finally all coming together. Her entrance into the scene…
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Discover Beatport’s Top 10 best-selling Hype tracks and labels of 2026 so far, based on sales between January and June.
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Beatport remembers Lenzman, the Dutch drum & bass artist and North Quarter founder whose soulful music, generosity and vision shaped the…
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To preserve your memories for the future a lot of you would probably reach for the camera or perhaps a pen and some paper, but Bristol-born…
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It is with an incredibly heavy heart that we share the devastating news of the passing of Lenzman
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WAH In The City returned to Silverworks Island with Pendulum, Andy C and two upgraded stages, delivering a hot, well-run day in East London.
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The Sauce are stepping into a new era. With Smithy stepping away, DLR & Hyro are taking full control to drive the alias forward
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Six years after his first album The Drift on Peer Pressure Records, Javano is back with Juncture. This time around, he’s been experimenting…
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EmZee talks Vespers, cinematic samples, low-end control, The Konklave Records, Czech neurofunk, DJ-friendly arrangements and knowing when…
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Fresh from shutting down another successful edition of his Chopped Fest in the bass capital of America, Denver, Shiverz aka Shiverz Da…
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Eight emerging artists on our radar for July 2026, from jungle, acid and hardgroove techno to UK garage, bass music, indie dance and…
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With Pendulum Live, Andy C: Alive, Kings of the Rollers and more heading to Silverworks Island, here are five sets we're looking forward to…
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Discover Beatport’s best-selling electronic tracks, artists and labels of 2026 so far, based on first-half sales data across every genre…
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Dizzee Rascal recently revealed he’s diving even deeper into the bass end with the announcement of his ninth album, We Want Bass. And as…
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In recent years, large-scale dance music events have often been criticised as cynical, corporate money-making machines that price out true…
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Beatport celebrates 15 years of Butter Sessions with Sleep D, exploring the Melbourne label’s DIY roots, underground sound, and…
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Graz DJ, producer and promoter Concise on the city's drum and bass scene: its venues, crews and parties, and the artists you should be watching.
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