Desolat’s Loco Dice joins the roster of Martinez Brothers Cuttin’ Headz label this month with ‘$lammer’, backed with a remix from Detroit’s DJ T-1000. Düsseldorf’s Loco Dice is possibly been one of the most respected figures in contemporary electronic music with releases over the years on labels like Cocoon, Cadenza, Ovum and his own Desolat as well as a touring schedule taking him across the globe each year. 

Octave One drop a new album under the Random Noise Generation guise. The first RNG release was 'Falling in Dub' in 1991 and now, 27 years later, ‘Endustry’ is out this week on 27 April. Something of a new take on their creative process the Burden brothers made most of this music on the road while they toured over the past year, using the country they were in at each time they recorded to influence and inspire each track. 

Last year Mark Knight embarked on an extensive ‘All Knight Long tour’, on which he played extended sets in clubs around the world, while tracks like ‘Live Stream’, in collaboration with Green Velvet and René Amesz, further cemented his reputation as a DJ/producer. Now, the Toolroom head honcho delivers his first Toolroom release of 2018.

One of the tracks from Giuseppe Ottaviani's ‘ALMA’ album, ‘On The Way You Go’ jumps back into focus this month, spurred by two new interpretations from Statement! honcho Ruben de Ronde and Giuseppe himself.

Mercury KX recently announced the release of Floex & Tom Hodge’s collaborative album ‘A Portrait Of John Doe’. Due on 29 June, the album will be preceded by a series of EPs, the first of which – the ‘Wednesday (Is The New Friday)’ EP – is available now.

Above & Beyond’s dual feature film package of the documentary Above & Beyond Acoustic: Giving Up the Day Job with the accompanying full-length concert film (included in the iTunes Extras), is exclusively available now via iTunes. It follows the group’s unlikely journey from the DJ booth to the Hollywood Bowl, from the initial re-imagining of songs at Abbey Road Studios, through to their presentation at venues such as London’s Royal Albert Hall, the Sydney Opera House and finally the Hollywood Bowl.  

Cream Ibiza moves to its new home at Hï Ibiza this summer and having already confirmed Diplo, Hardwell and Steve Angello, as party regulars, the brand recently revealed the next wave of acts set to join them. From Sunday 24 June to 23 September, look out for performances from Afrojack, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Don Diablo, MK, NERVO and more in the Theatre, along with Jonas Blue hosting the Club room with his Electronic Nature concept.

Turning 15 years old marks a huge milestone for Toolroom Records, one of our favourite music labels. Since its inception in 2003, they have released many top records; built a roster of artists they believe in; and brought the Toolroom brand across the world with residencies, one-off shows and festival stages. In celebration, the label has just released ’Toolroom 15’, containing 70 brand new and exclusive tracks! 

No.19 Music marks its 10th year in 2018 with a raft of music set to propel the imprint to its 100th release by year end. As part of this celebration the label welcomed house producer Satoshi Tomiie for a new EP that comes with a remix from Dana Ruh. Japanese born Tomiie is best known for his track ‘Tears’ with the late Frankie Knuckles, but since then has continued to produce and remix various tracks. 

Australian-born, LA-based producer Hook N Sling has previously released tracks that include the 2017 releases ‘If You’re Hearing This’ and ‘Arms Around Me’ with producer Digital Farm Animals, among many collaborations alongside Dutchman Sam Feldt and Swedish duo Galantis. He now returns with a brand new single ‘Shoot Down The Sun’ out now via Astralwerks.

Kate Simko’s original music score for 20 Weeks has been released digitally on all major platforms as the film begins its theatrical debut in the US. Spanning 15 tracks, the crafted ambient/classical album captures Simko’s sound, combining the intricacies and textures of string orchestration with dreamy electronic sound design.

After unveiling brand new Chinese RowYear theme, elrow recently revealed some of their line up for their Ibiza residency. Marking their second year at Amnesia, elrow build on their success by widening the scale of their events even further and enlisting key figures in electronic music to join them on the island.

Defected Croatia 2018 recently announced the full festival programme and boat party schedule for its house music festival. The six-day event running from 9-14 August at The Garden site in Tisno, will feature all four stages, two daily boat parties and four after-hours parties at Barbarella’s open air nightclub.

Ibiza Rocks Hotel recently announced another pool party residency with Marc Kinchen (MK), one of the industry’s longest-serving and most widely respected producers. MK will make the hotel his home this summer for MK & Friends ‘Area 10’ Pool Party on Mondays for five weeks from 9th July to 6th August.

Following his work with Swedish label Comorbid Records, Stockholm native Bård Ericson aka boerd has signed with Anjunadeep to release his latest mini-album, ‘Static’, which is out now. An accomplished musician, Bård’s boerd project aims to reflect his own personal emotions and atmosphere. 

Joining one of London’s new festivals in its second year, Glitterbox’s stage at Mighty Hoopla on Sunday 3 June will host Todd Terry, Simon Dunmore, Hifi Sean, Luke Solomon and the brand’s dance crew. After an inaugural event in 2017, which welcomed 15,000 revellers and big names from across the spectrum of chart-toppers, house music, disco and alternative club culture, the festival now moves to a new South London location.

Austin-based Tritonal take their love for dancefloor-tinged pop music to the next level with the official video for their new single, ‘Out My Mind’ featuring Riley Clemmons. The track has already racked up over 2.5 million cumulative streams since its release by Astralwerks. Director Andrew Vallentine – whose work with social media influencers Joey Graceffa, Niki & Gabi, Ricky Dillon, Shane Dawson, Trisha Paytas and others led videoink.com to dub him the “biggest YouTuber without a channel” – imbues the video to compliment the instrumentation of the song. 

Steve Aoki and longtime friend Laidback Luke provide the follow up to their collaboration ‘Turbulence’ with ‘It’s Time’, premiered on Men's Health. This fight-themed electro house track sees Steve battling Luke for world supremacy, with UFC announcer Bruce Buffer on board to provide his signature tagline. 

Sophie Lloyd’s ‘Calling Out’ is apparently a really special moment in Classic Music Company’s history and has become a bit of a phenomenon for the label. The 7” sold out continuously at the beginning of this year (now selling on Discogs for up to $50) and the 12” occupied the top spots in Juno’s best sellers list for almost two weeks. Now released digitally, the video is live too, featuring a cameo from Amp Fiddler, with a forthcoming digital remix package featuring the Floorplan mixes and more.

Sydney’s production duo Set Mo (Stu Turner & Nick Drabble) today unveiled their new offering ‘Near’, featuring the vocals of Hobart’s songstress Asta. Following their latest track ‘Unity’, this track is the third one to be released in their eleven-track output planned for 2018 - released monthly via Set Mo Records.

Paul’s Boutique founder Paolo Martini taps up Brett Gould and Yvan Genkins to remix two of his tracks from last year. Both productions were two of Martini’s biggest tracks from last year, apparently sailing high in the charts and appearing in a promotional video for ElRow. 

This month sees the return of Manchester duo System2 to Roush to deliver a four-track EP entitled ‘Groove’. Having emerged as possibly two of the UK’s rising talents in recent years, Manchester duo System2 have aimed to firmly established themselves as names known to many across the global scene. 

DIRIDIM is a brand new label from recording artist David Morales and launches with a new single from David himself, featuring Alex Uhlmann, and is taken from his forthcoming album, ‘Freedom’, due out later in the year. The label aims to be a musical hub that will embrace a wide range of sounds, with the initial release a manifesto of sorts, apparently putting the music first above hype, trends or passing fads. 

The You Are We imprint returns today with Alexis Raphael’s ‘That Edgy Melody’ EP, backed with remixes from Theo Kottis and Lo.pass. For the last eight years, the label has hosted parties in London including warehouse events, a series of takeover nights in room 3 at fabric and a selection of parties at Glastonbury, Space (Ibiza) and Burning Man to name a few. 

Wolfgang Gartner has been releasing electro tunes for over a decade now and still aims to push the genre forward. Following on from ‘Banshee’, his collaboration with K?D, he is offering up his first original production of 2018. ‘Ching Ching’ is a dancefloor track that's aimed to get you moving and features percussion, hook, and the usual Wolfgang production techniques.

Placing the spotlight on song-centric trance, Markus Schulz recently unveiled the first track from his new capsule project through Spotify. ‘Safe From Harm’ has him on a first time studio-connect with Australia’s Emma Hewitt - a singer/songwriter who has added her vocals to the work of many producers, including Chris Lake, Tiësto, Dash Berlin and Cosmic Gate. 

Archie B makes his Champion Records debut with two slices of house music. His production takes its cues from artists such as Wookie, Brasstooth, Groove Chronicles, MK and Dusky, however his records retain his own sound.

London based DJ and producer ilan Bluestone has probably grown to become a popular artist within the dance music space. After joining the Anjunabeats family back in 2011, the producer has been creating music through instrumentals and harmonious chords. 

Possibly an Australian duo on the rise, Human Movement make their debut on Defected with a dual single demonstrating their natural talent. ‘Run It By Me’ features indie-style vocals from Eliot Porter and ‘Help A Brother Out’, with its more direct club approach, shows a depth of house music knowledge that has so far caught the attention of the likes of Joris Voorn and Richie Hawtin. 

Chus & Ceballos join New York label Nervous Records with a single titled ‘More I Want U’ featuring remixes from DJ Pierre and DJ Vibe. For many years now both the label and the duo have been flying the flag for New York’s house music scene. However, aside from collaborating on their ‘Back On Tracks’ mix CDs nearly a decade ago, the two have never teamed up for a release. 

Cuttin’ Headz returns with a new EP from long-time Martinez Brothers collaborator Argy, entitled ‘The Numbers’ EP and backed with remixes from DJ Skull and Christian Burkhardt. Behind such tracks such as ‘Love Dose’, ‘Unreliable Virgin’, ‘Debbiedowner’ and ‘Upon Ourselves’, this EP will be released on 30 March.

A new addition to the Circus roster for 2018, the label welcomes Leeds-based Chime to its ranks. Having originally cut his teeth in the world of D&B production, Chime’s dubstep sound takes a great deal of influence from video games’ music and worlds.

Named after the beach in Goa that inspired their Anjunabeats record label, Above & Beyond host a one-day festival event on the sand at Huntington State Beach, CA on 23 June. Heading into the final days of a 30-date tour celebrating the release of their new album ‘Common Ground’, North American clubbers can look forward to the GRAMMY Nominated trio taking to the sand this summer. 

‘IVT?’ Is the third single taken from Dave Clarke’s third studio album 'The Desecration Of Desire’, featuring new remixes from Chloe and the Mad Professor. The digital release is available from today and its on vinyl on 6th April. The track is Dave’s interpretation of the Department S track ‘Is Vic There?’ - a track that meant so much to him when growing up - a dark, heavyweight, slow motion slice of new wave with 

Louisahhh's vocals finishing it.

BE-AT.TV have lots of Miami broadcasts planned for this week, which kicked off yesterday. Listeners can enjoy streams from the likes of Descend at The National Hotel, Ultra Music Festival, Rapture Electronic Music Festival and more. Having broadcast DJs and events for almost 10 years now, the brand bring the party to you in high quality audio and visual streams from multiple camera angles. Whether on a laptop, tablet, desktop or smartphone, the stream aims to make you feel like you are a part of the live action.

Henrik Schwarz has collaborated with Metropole Orkest and its conductor Jules Buckley to release a new, full-length LP titled ‘Scripted Orkestra’ on 7K!. Metropole Orkest is apparently one of the world’s leading orchestras when it comes to performing anything but classical music and they have played and helped shape the world of contemporary orchestra music since their foundation in 1945.

Having already announced their biggest line-up to date – with headlining performances from Childish Gambino, Skepta and N.E.R.D – Lovebox recently announced that hip-hop act Wu-Tang Clan will be joining them at Gunnersbury Park as a UK exclusive on Friday 13 July.

Continuing the Road To Croatia, Defected returns to Arts Club in Liverpool on Sunday 6 May for its first party in five years, bringing a Bank Holiday showdown featuring label residents Franky Rizardo, Josh Butler and Low Steppa on the decks.

Dapayk Solo, Berlin-based producer and veteran of the minimal techno scene, recently announced the forthcoming release of his 10th studio album, entitled ‘The Calling’. The 12-track LP will be the producer’s first solo album since 2015 and will be available via his own label, Mo’s Ferry Productions, on 6 April. The first single from the album, also titled ‘The Calling’, is out now.

Bert Marcus Productions and Giant Interactive recently announced that the electronic dance music film, What We Started, is available for pre-order now on iTunes in over 100 countries ahead of its release in theatres, on iTunes and On Demand 23 March. The film will have a red-carpet premiere on 22 March at The Regal South Beach with Martin Garrix, Carl Cox, David Guetta, Tiësto and more in attendance, the night before the sold-out-20-year-anniversary of ULTRA Music Festival in Miami. Directly after the film, a Q&A regarding the documentary with Martin Garrix, Carl Cox, Tiësto and more, will be hosted inside the theatre for fans and media. 

Toby Green makes his Dim Mak debut with ‘Beyond Mars’, accompanied by Kris Kiss’ vocals, urging everyone to report to the dancefloor. Hailing from Denmark, Toby has already amassed over 25 million streams and managed to release his music on labels including Spinnin’, Monstercat and Armada along with imprints like Hardwell's Revealed Recordings, Don Diablo's Hexagon, and Sander van Doorn’s Doorn Records. 

Soul Clap’s production ‘Misty’ gets a remix and a new lease of life on Classic Music Company. The Boston-based duo bring all the soulful funk with vocals by Chicago house singer Robert Owens. In their 'Club Mix', the record gets stripped down, laden with percussion and infused with a bassline alongside a smoother 'Deep Mix'.

The second annual edition of Resistance Ibiza recently announced the headliners for its nine-week residency at Privilege this summer. Adam Beyer, Carl Cox, Dubfire, Eats Everything, Jamie Jones, Joseph Capriati, Loco Dice, Maceo Plex, Nicole Moudaber, Paco Osuna, Pan-Pot, Richie Hawtin, Sasha | John Digweed and Seth Troxler will headline with the event’s biggest lineup to date.

Josh Butler welcomes Huxley to Origins Rcrds this month for an EP as the label reveals its first release of 2018, accompanied by a remix from Alex Celler. 2017 was a year in which Huxley displayed some of his most varied and impressive output to date, releasing on imprints including Relief, Moon Harbour, Knee Deep In Sound, Avotré, and Do Not Sleep to name just a few, whilst also unveiling new aliases across multiple genres. 

Ahead of their new album dropping early April, Booka Shade offer up the title track, some alternate mixes and another cut as a single, set for release this month via their Blaufield imprint. Their ‘Cut The Strings’ LP is set for release on 4 April and as we edge towards the full project being unveiled the duo shine light on of the leading compositions to be found within the project.

Chicago’s Incorrect Music returns this month with ‘Do It Anyway / Destination’ courtesy of Spain’s Dosem. A Girona, Spain-based producer, DJ and Live Act, Marc Ramirez aka Dosem has been releasing his house and techno style on labels like Tronic, Suara, Break New Soil and Great Stuff for the past decade and playing at clubs like the late Space Ibiza, Sankeys Ibiza and Barcelona’s Nitsa amongst others over the years. 

Audiojack return to their Gruuv imprint this month with ‘Duality’, backed with Kotelett & Zadak, and Elisa Bee remixes. Over the past six months they have dropped material for Mobilee, 20/20 Vision, Crosstown Rebels, Suara and Octopus, showcasing their style. Here, they make a return to their own Gruuv label following ‘Senses’ which featured Dubspeeka and Reset Robot remixes on the label in April of last year.

Defected Croatia recently revealed the Phase 2 artists for 2018, including Dennis Ferrer, Soul Clap, Riva Starr, Dan Shake, DJ Gregory, Black Motion and more, joining an already comprehensive billing of house DJs. The festival returns to The Garden, Tisno on 9-14 August for six days of house music and sunshine, the festival’s third and biggest yearly instalment.  

As Glitterbox’s 21st century disco continues to evolve in 2018, the performers, DJs and crowd will bring the brand to clubs across Europe for the very first time. After kicking off the tour at Church in Leeds on Saturday 3rd March with a sold out show with Purple Disco Machine, Melvo Baptiste and Dames Brown (live PA), the tour will also hit Zürich, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Manchester, We Are FSTVL, Bristol and Croatia (Defected Croatia festival). Meanwhile, in June, Glitterbox returns to Hï Ibiza for an 18-date season. 

Following the release of his debut artist album ‘First Landing’ last summer, Pete Dougherty a.k.a Moon Boots returns with soulful album cut ‘Power’, featuring Black Gatsby. A highlight from the LP, and performed live on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic show,  the track showcases Dougherty’s flair for fusing throwback R&B sounds with club grooves, paired with vocals from Black Gatsby. 

FooR are a UK collective of producers, musicians, DJs, and MCs at the forefront of the current UK Garage revival. Championed by the likes of Radio 1’s MistaJam and DJ Target, they’ve so far released a handful of singles (including ‘Down’ feat. Karen Harding), and remixed the likes of Wretch32, Tinchy Stryder, Ghetts, and beyond. The four-piece have also apparently become UK Garage’s fastest rising stars on the live circuit, with shows including Isle Of Wight Festival, EDC, Boardmasters, Ministry of Sound, and Mutiny.

One of Scotland’s best electronic music events, The Riverside Festival, returns to the grounds of the Riverside Museum in Glasgow, on the banks of the River Clyde, bringing some of the biggest artists in dance music to this iconic location. 

Frenchman Vitalic just unveiled the Deluxe version of his ‘Voyager’ album, which includes four brand new releases. The multi-instrumentalist, who blends electro, techno, and house as well as elements of classical, rock, Italo-disco, and ‘70s electronic music, is also embarking on a US tour next week in support of the new release. 

To celebrate 20 years since the release of Fatboy Slim’s album ‘You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby’ Toolroom present this release from Beatport’s #1 selling artist of 2017, CamelPhat, with a remix of what is arguably Fatboy Slim’s biggest ever track, ‘Right Here, Right Now’.

Marking their debut release on Anjunadeep, producer and musician, Alex Metric, teams up with emerging DJ/producer, Ten Ven, on their new groove-heavy club track ‘Otic’, a track that has been a highlight of Solomun’s recent sets, with further support from Joris Voorn, Gorgon City, Cassius and more.

Chicago-based independent hip hop label Closed Sessions - home to releases from Kweku Collins, Jamila Woods, DJ Rude One, WebsterX, SHIRT, ShowYouSuck and more - recently announced a new partnership with Fat Possum's distribution arm House Arrest. 

This summer Nozstock: The Hidden Valley celebrates its 20th anniversary, entering a small group of festivals who have reached two decades. It’s a huge achievement for the family-fun festival which is set across their working farm in the rolling hills of Herefordshire. It is an event which has grown from a group of like-minded friends gathered together many years ago into an experience of wonder and enchantment for all the ages across Friday 20-Sunday 22 July.

Taking place at the Amfora Hvar Grand Beach Resort, Ultra Beach Hvar boasts an idyllic setting with views of the Adriatic drenched in the warm glow of the Croatian Sun. With a predicted 5,000 revellers and international DJs Fedde Le Grand, Nicky Romero, Oliver Heldens, Jonas Blue and San Holo providing the soundtrack, this may well be the most anticipated edition yet. This year the pool party will start earlier than ever before, running from 1pm until 10pm with nine hours of nonstop music.

Ralph Lawson’s Basic Vision label today releases the second in a four-part series of limited edition 12” vinyl EPs, ‘Basic Vision 001’. The full series will then be compiled into a 14 track album entitled ‘Back To Basics - Rare Classics’, available from end April 2018. ‘Basic Vision 002’ features more tracks for collectors including the Mood II Swing Border Insanity dub of ‘Flame’ by Crustation. Championed by many DJs including Raresh and Apollonia, this stripped down cut was only found on the b-side of the original release at a low pressing level. 

The final musical additions for Arcadia's 10th anniversary festival on the May Day Bank Holiday were recently revealed, with the likes of Matador, Max Cooper, Paul Woolford, Digital Mystikz, DJ Vadim and Norman Jay joining the bill for two shows. Playing across two 360 degree immersive worlds as giant fireballs fly, lightning crackles through the capital and spiders the size of cars crawl across the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the full sonic matrix has sharpened into vivid focus.

Above & Beyond recently announced the full lineup for their Miami Music Week event at the RC Cola Plant on Thursday 22 March. Celebrating the release of their studio album ‘Common Ground’ (debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart), A&B will be joined at the event by Jody Wisternoff b2b Luttrell, ALPHA 9 b2b Spencer Brown, Gabriel & Dresden (celebrating the release of their own studio album ‘The Only Road’) and special guest, Seven Lions. This is Above & Beyond’s third headline event at RC Cola Plant, with previous years apparently quickly selling out. 

With 21 years at the forefront of electronic music festivals, Creamfields has just released its line-up for this year’s huge event. It features artists from across the full-spectrum of dance music, all set to make the trip to the fields of Cheshire for another 4-day extravaganza. Taking place over the August Bank Holiday weekend, Creamfields 2018 will see over 300 artists perform across 30 stages over the four days as 70,000 people come together to party.

Luxembourg's Sam Skilz joins forces with one of our favourite vocalists, American Michelle Weeks, on this house track titled 'Release'. Michelle commands the dancefloor with her powerful directive over an uplifting backdrop of jackin' house beats. Also on the package, UK veterans K-Klass add a touch of the old school, injecting a huge hook made up of piano and strings. Cosimo Mele delivers a tech house mix armed with a dark, brooding bass ideal for the small hours.

Larry Heard's life has possibly been characterised by the kind of quiet intensity that will be instantly understandable to anyone who knows his music. From the moment he unwittingly gave the nascent house music scene a shot in the arm with his introspective and dreamlike early tracks, he has delivered music that doesn't shout or demand your attention, yet which aims to speak to the very deepest parts of the human condition, and as such trigger the most passionate and enduring responses in discerning listeners and dancers. 

Glitterbox returns to Hï Ibiza on Friday 1 June with DJ Harvey, Groove Armada, Cassius, Dimitri From Paris, Honey Dijon, The 2 Bears, Horse Meat Disco, Nightmares On Wax, Late Nite Tuff Guy and many more set to play across the 17-date run. 

Since it dropped last month, Claptone’s new single ‘In the Night’ has been picking up considerable steam, becoming Pete Tong’s Essential New Tune on BBC Radio 1 and notching up a quick 1m Spotify plays. Recently, he teamed up with director Patrick Lawler to create a choreographed night-time vignette set in downtown LA. In three minutes, Claptone dashes around Grand Park in central Los Angeles whilst apparently executing a one-take feat.

Glasgow Summer Sessions returns in 2018, with possibly one of the biggest announcements in the festival’s 5-year history, as Grammy award winning Kendrick Lamar headlines the outdoor festival in Glasgow on Wednesday 29 August 2018. Probably one of the defining hip-hop artists of our generation, he is the first addition to this year’s bill with more artists to be announced.

With anticipation building for the return of the Steel Yard London Weekender, the line-up for the opening show on Saturday 26 May, headlined by Above & Beyond has now dropped in full, as they’re joined by additional artists from the Anjuanbeats label, making for a line-up that aims to blow the roof off the 15,000 capacity structure.

Scottish promoters DF Concerts recently announced the inaugural Edinburgh Summer Sessions music event - a bespoke version of its sister event Glasgow Summer Sessions - which will take place at the Ross Bandstand with the backdrop of Princes Street Gardens this August.

International Music Summit (IMS) today announced details of its annual Dalt Vila event in Ibiza Old Town, the finale of the summit which some regard as the official opening of the Ibiza summer season. Now in its 11th year, IMS Ibiza is a three-day educational and thought leadership platform for the electronic music industry held annually in the dance music capital of the world. For this closing finale IMS has curated possibly one of the most unique line up that Ibiza will witness in 2018, with a backdrop of the sun setting over the historic 2,500-year-old fort and UNESCO World Heritage Site, overlooking Ibiza Old Town and the Mediterranean Sea.

For the past three years, TAKE have hosted the annual Brighton Music Conference after-party, bringing with them an array of past guests including Patrick Topping and Seth Troxler. Headlining this year for the Official 2018 Brighton Music Conference after party is Eats Everything at The Arch.

Pure, the brand behind Pure Garage as well as titles such as Pure Deep House to Pure Bassline, have teamed up with DJ S.K.T, possibly one of the UK’s hottest tech house artists for ‘Pure Tech House’, a 60 track mix through some of the genre’s finest tracks, from the biggest anthems, to exclusive new bangers.

For over a decade, Defected Miami mix albums have brought together some of the best new underground house music, whilst championing upcoming talent and highlighting material from established artists. ‘Defected Miami 2018’ continues the tradition of forecasting the records that will soundtrack the Miami Winter Music Conference and go on to remain playlist fixtures for DJs throughout the summer. 

Dutch festival Free Your Mind recently announced its full line up for their 15 year anniversary. This year’s main stage will play host to DJs such as Hot Since 82, Black Coffee, Kölsch and Eats Everything. Moving into darker realms, Dax J, Sam Paganini, Len Faki and Tommy Four Seven B2B Ancient Methods, among others, will be playing the techno stage under the John Frost Bridge. The beach stage will be expanded to a full size area featuring John Digweed with more names still to be confirmed.

It’s been a big week for Above & Beyond (aka Jono, Paavo Siljamäki and Tony McGuinness). Their studio album ‘Common Ground’ was released 26 January, just a day before a sold out performance at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York during Grammy week. While in New York City, the band also hosted a screening of their new concert documentary ‘Above & Beyond Acoustic: Giving Up The Day Job’, a film which chronicles their 2016 Hollywood Bowl acoustic performance. 

This spring May Bank Holiday sees the return of the Steel Yard London Weekender, this time heading North to take over Finsbury Park.  Having attracted sell-out crowds of 15,000 each day at last year’s inaugural show in the capital, the superstructure is back with another huge electronic line up and they’ve recently announced more acts to the bill on Sunday 27 May.

Swiss-based Kosovan born DJ/producer Sabb returns with a brand-new label and debut album 'Radiant'. The album and label launch mark’s the 10-year anniversary of his career, with 'Turning Point' the first track to be previewed from the forthcoming album. Real name Sabri Kastrati, Sabb plays a heady dancefloor sound that merges deep and tech house with grooves. 

After Amnesia and elrow's first year working together, the two brands recently announced that this season they're going to be doing it all over again. 2017 saw 18 elrow events held at Amnesia with apparently 14 consecutive sold out shows and over 120,000 party-goers passing through the event throughout the season. 

MUZI probably established himself as one of South Africa’s hottest artists via the release of his 2016 debut album, ‘Boom Shaka’. Tipped by The Fader, Mixmag, Vice, Afropunk, Complex, The Independent, Stormzy, Diplo, The Prodigy, Rinse FM, Noisey, iD, UKF, Mass Appeal, and many more, his bold fusion of hip hop, electronica, kwaito (South Africa’s homegrown club sound), and traditional Zulu music, has shown international ears that there’s more to South African electronic music than gqom.

From Notting Hill to Ibiza, the carnival continues this summer at Ibiza Rocks Hotel with four brand new Steezey Wonderland Pool Parties curated by producer and Radio 1 DJ Toddla T, taking place on Tuesdays in June. He will deliver his Carnival soundsystem culture live and direct, poolside and will be joined weekly by names including J Hus, Krept & Konan, Mo Stack, Donaeo & The Heatwave.

The official Hï Ibiza opening party will take place on Saturday 26 May and will be the first date of Black Coffee’s 2018 residency. Following a debut residency in 2017, he is back for another season and will return to take the reins each Saturday night at the club from 26 May - 6 October.

Hard on the heels of Yotto’s debut Essential Mix that was premiered last weekend on Radio 1 by Pete Tong, the Finnish producer – signed to Anjunadeep and known for tracks like ’North’ and ‘Personal Space’ as well as remixes for the likes of Gorillaz and Coldplay – will release a brand-new EP, ‘Chemicals / Second Life’ on Joris Voorn’s Green label. 

Creamfields recently announced Eric Prydz as their Sunday night Steel Yard headliner which will see the electronic artist unveil his latest evolution of his live show – HOLO for what will be an English festival exclusive. As possibly one of the most exciting innovators on the global dance circuit, Prydz continues to push the boundaries of event production offering an audio-visual experience for fans. 

Big Narstie has joined forces with Nightcrawlers x John Reid to update their ‘90s club hit ‘Push The Feeling’ for 2018. The idea to bring back the track first started when Nightcrawlers X John Reid performed live on DJ Target’s BBC 1Xtra Takeover show, and a whole new generation suddenly got switched onto possibly one of the biggest dance records of the past two decades. Updated and produced by UK Garage artist Mike Delinquent, he brought Big Narstie on board to bring the original bang up to date with a full set of new lyrics.

Husky and Yogi aka Random Soul deliver their latest slice of house music. 'Take My Heart' is a house cut, packed full of piano licks and a treated vocal hook from Yogi with some driving bass and chord stabs to boot.

inner city electronic is a new multi-venue event happening in Leeds on Saturday 2 June. Local and international electronic live acts and DJs confirmed to appear include Floating Points (solo live), KiNK Live, Dopplereffekt Live, Peggy Gou, Midland, Joy Orbison, Mad Professor Live, Andrew Weatherall, Nicolas Lutz, Paul Woolford, Mad Professor, Iration Steppers and many more TBC… 

‘Love Injection’ is the latest instalment from Glitterbox Recordings. Selected by label boss Simon Dunmore, this 40 plus track compilation showcases some of the finest producers making disco and dancefloor-ready house cuts in the here and now. KiNK, Julio Bashmore, Purple Disco Machine, Folamour, Midland, CamelPhat and Hot Toddy make up some of the contemporary contingent proving that the disco spirit is alive and well. Simon has also included respectful nods to the golden-era voices of Gwen Guthrie, CeCe Rogers, The Emotions and Kathy Brown alongside the work of production heroes like Marshall Jefferson, Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley, Larry Levan and Frank Wilson.

Armin van Buuren and Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano will return to Hï Ibiza this summer, taking over Wednesdays from 20 June to 19 September. Since opening its doors for the very first time in 2017, Hï Ibiza has played host to many of the biggest names on the electronic music scene, welcoming thousands of party revellers from all around the world, all eager to experience the island’s latest nightlife institution. 

Easily one of the most instantly recognisable voices in house music of the last 25 years, Kathy Brown’s tracks are up there in the house music hall of fame, ‘Strings Of Life’ with Soul Central and ‘Turn Me Out’ with Praxis being all-time classic tracks. 

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike have released a film of their four apparently sold out ‘Bringing The Madness: Reflections’ arena dates at the Sportpaleis Arena. Filmed in HD quality, you can now catch the full live set of the end of year event. 

Ralph Lawson’s Basic Vision label will release the first in a four-part series of limited edition 12” vinyl EPs, ‘Basic Vision 001’, this Monday 29 January. The full series will then be compiled into a 14 track album entitled ‘Back To Basics - Rare Classics’, available from April 2018. Selected and compiled by Lawson, who played the first ever record at the club, ‘Basic Vision 001’ features club classics Lil Louis & The World’s ‘I Called You (The Story Continues)’, M-I-Cara’s ‘Casa Beat’ and Mike Perras’ ‘Keep Movin’.

This February Glitterbox takes over Jealous Gallery in Shoreditch with a free exhibition celebrating five years of moments, music and people at the party. Running from Tuesday 13 February until Sunday 18 February, Glitterbox x Jealous Gallery will showcase iconic artwork by artist and Blitz Kid Mark Wardel exhibiting his exclusive original works that will be available to purchase as limited, signed prints. 

Bristol's Motion recently announced its new in-house event series, Perpetual. Set to showcase possibly some of the most exciting and respected names across the house and techno spectrum, the series will bring an array of acts to the Bristol venue. All events will be held in the club’s brand new Marble Factory space, with a crisper sound system and upgraded immersive lighting. 

Sterling Grove AKA Marc Luciano and Stephen Robusto are Montreal’s newest export who incorporate musicianship and songwriting for an electronic sound that extends beyond the dancefloor to comforting human experience. From brooding breakbeat to delicate downtempo, their debut album ‘Parallel Lines’ embarks on a dreamy journey, imbued with soul and song craft while featuring a slew of vocalist from around the world.

Fresh off of winning Club of the Year at the Electronic Music Awards in September 2017, New York City dance music club, Output, recently announced its five year anniversary celebrations which will run from Thursday, 25 January through to Sunday 28th. The festivities kick off on the Thursday with Onur Özer taking the reins in The Panther Room, the intimate side room of the club with a fireplace as a backdrop, alongside Blkmarket Membership and The Selectors’ founder Taimur. 

Holy Goof steps up for ‘FABRICLIVE 97’, hot on the heels of recent instalments from Mefjus (FABRICLIVE 95) and Skream (FABRICLIVE 96). Possibly the embodiment of an emerging generational demarcation within British electronic music culture, Holy Goof is at the forefront of a new breed of bass driven house that’s providing the sound track for a new generation.

With Claptone’s second artist album ‘Fantast’, the 13 tracks come together to create an album full of varied colours and atmospheric textures. In music, he seeks not to create a world of secrecy, but one of great depth and intrigue. With a desire for creativity and thirst for new music, he has brought together a diverse group of collaborators such as Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke, Blaenavon, Tender, Jones, Zola Blood, Austra’s Katie Stelmanis, The Boxer Rebellion’s Nathan Nicholson, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Joan as a Policewoman and Matt Simons.

Glitterbox returns to Ibiza for a second season, kicking off its 17-date weekly residency on Friday 1 June. The brand aims to bring star-studded line-ups, flamboyant performers, dancefloor gems, uplifting house and fresh disco cuts to the venue each week.

Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel is preparing for summer with the recent announcement of their first resident for 2018 – Tomorrowland presents Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Garden of Madness. After an apparent successful debut last summer, The Garden of Madness is set to return for an extended run for its second season. Taking place every Tuesday from 19 June for 14 consecutive weeks, Tomorrowland residents Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike will be back at the helm. 

Dutch DJ/producer Dannic, who shares the same home town of Breda with Tiësto and Hardwell, recently sealed an exclusive global signing contract with Spinnin’ Records. Dannic made his debut 18 years ago with releases on labels such as Toolroom and Hardwell’s Revealed Recordings.