Interviews

Paavo Siljamäki, one-third of beloved dance trio Above & Beyond, has long been into yoga, meditation, nutrition and other sundry healthy lifestyle choices, but no amount downward dog could have prepared him for the coronavirus.
Siljamäki became seriously ill with COVID-19 in March, experiencing chest pains so severe that he woke up feeling like he

See an early look at how the pandemic has impacted the electronic music business.
Pioneer DJ has released a documentary, Distant Dancefloors, about the early impact of COVID-19 on the electronic music industry. It features interviews with Blondish, Eats Everything, Honey Dijon, Luciano, Rebuke and others as they first started to deal with the fallout

It’s no secret that making a name for yourself in this industry is hard work. There’s no tried and true to finding success other than pure dedication and devotion to your craft, and even then there are still no guarantees. For some, the journey is shorter than others, and for Bristol-based artist Dan Pearce, it

UK DJ and producer Dave Lee – known by a dozen aliases but best known as “Joey Negro” – is dropping the name.
The move comes a day after a petition begun by DJ/producer Monty Luke and supported by a wide array of Black electronic music artists lead to Marea Stamper dropping her “Black Madonna”

We’ve talked at length at Change Underground about the unprecedented challenges the industry has faced at the hands of COVID-19. Today, we welcome Israeli progressive maestro, Roy Rosenfeld, into the form to shed his own light on what’s going on—particularly in the realm of live streaming, and its use as a revenue source of the

Mark Maxwell is a tech-house producer from the Sunshine Coast of Australia. He just recently dropped his newest track, “Dance” via Sydney-based record label, Club Sweat. This song is sure to be a dance floor anthem, with its catchy vocals and smooth beat that anyone will catch themselves nodding their head to.
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So Dave, now the reality of Coronavirus and social distancing has finally sunk in, what are your thoughts on the current climate for artists and how do you see them keeping afloat until its all back to normal?
It’s a tough situation it really is. For many, the reality is that they’re going to have

When it comes to making an immediate impact, few record labels were as effective as Warp Records, which counted seminal rave cuts such as LFO – LFO, Sweet Exorcist’s Testone and Nightmares on Wax’s Dextrous amongst its early output.
On this day 30 years ago (9 July 1990), the Sheffield-based label released Tricky Disco –

Through releasing material on Guy J’s Lost & Found Records, Navar emerged in 2014, firmly establishing himself in the world of deep melodic house. Subsequent releases for Cid Inc’s Replug Records, Hernan Cattaneo’s Sudbeat Music and Belgian Events brand EDGE, further solidified Navar’s place amongst the genre’s elite. Now on the cusp of his debut

Those qualities which define John Digweed as an artist and DJ — his perfected art of selection mixed with creativity, passion and precision — are evident in his music regardless of where you’re listening to it. At a time when we’re alone inside of our homes instead of filling up the dance floors his latest

Anthony Pappa has, without a doubt, been Australia’s most prolific DJ export ever. Having started his career at the tender age of 13 it came as no surprise to anyone when he won the illustrious DMC mixing championships by the time he turned 15 and by the age of 21 Anthony was already tearing the

In the wake of Burning Man’s cancellation and the subsequent DGS ticket refund period, I and others found ourselves with some questions about the community fundraising the Org is doing, how the Org is reacting to the need to cancel, and Maid Marian’s thoughts on the future of Burning Man.
Marian kindly agreed to an