Anjunadeep, the UK label known for breaking acts like Dusky, Lane 8, Yotto, Cubicolor and Eli & Fur, presents the tenth instalment of their annual compilation series. With label co-founder and A&R James Grant and Bristolian DJ Jody Wisternoff at the helm, the pair now mix their sixth compilation together - ‘Anjunadeep 10 Mixed by James Grant & Jody Wisternoff.’

Kicking off 2019, Canada’s Zeds Dead and the UK’s Delta Heavy join forces with for their new collaboration, ‘Lift You Up’, which is out now on Ram Records and Deadbeats. ‘Lift You Up’ combines drops, fluttering vocal samples and switches in energy levels wrapped up in layers of melodic percussion that keeps one foot soaked in the world of D&B, the other steeped in Stateside-style dub and bass. 

A new year for electronic music continues as John Digweed’s Bedrock label unveils the new Buraki project. Opening with ‘Silk’, he teases out a melodic mantra with heartfelt emotion. It’s the symmetry that cements the EP’s style here, as ‘Cordoba (Into The Light Mix)’ broods and soars with energetic abandon. Then, in juxtaposition, ‘Cordoba (Into The Dark Mix)’ engages in a finale of hypnotic shadow play, bringing the EP to conclusion.

Music On Weekend 2019, the musical experience hosted by Marco Carola, invites Jamie Jones, The Martinez Brothers, Loco Dice, Paco Osuna, Nic Fanciulli, Danny Teneglia and many more to perform this year. The festival in Amsterdam will be preceded by shows in London, New York, Miami, Detroit, Las Vegas, and afterwards Music On will head to Ibiza for its 8th annual residency.

Today is 18 January, the birthday of the ‘Godfather of House’, Frankie Knuckles, who would have been celebrating his 64th birthday today. In commemoration, long-time friend and writing partner Eric Kupper announced an album that will bring together the definitive collection of ‘Directors Cut’ works, the last works ever created by Frankie. Featuring original productions and remixes, the new collection is due for release this spring.

The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) was recently announced to take place from the 16-20 October 2019, with the organisers expecting around 400,000 national and international visitors for the 24th edition.

Carl Cox returns to San Francisco on 22 March to perform at the Midway to raise funds for his theme camp, Playground. All proceeds go toward the camp with all DJs donating their services. The fundraiser is the only such event done for the benefit of the theme camp and will be one of only a handful of US performances that Carl will do in 2019. This will be his first US show of 2019.

New York State's own melodic punks, Such Gold and now Brooklyn resident, KOJI return to the UK next week, kicking off an extensive tour throughout January. Support on all shows comes from Norwich DIY-punks, Ducking Punches. Currently touring in support of their ‘Deep In A Hole’ EP, out now through Bird Attack Records, Such Gold are possibly a household name when it comes to punk rock. Having toured the world, the band have apparently built a solid fanbase on every continent, with the UK becoming a second home for them.

Originally released on Sex Trax in the ‘90s, Matt Edwards’ R-Time Records reissues two Roy Davis Jr. remixes of Nate Williams. Roy is probably one of Chicago’s finest house music producers, releasing on labels like Peacefrog, FXHE, Large Records, Cajual, Strictly Rhythm and Daft Punk’s Roulé, producing for artists like Faith Evans, Mary J Blige, Patti LaBelle and Morcheeba, not to mention creating possibly one of electronic music’s greatest anthems, ‘Gabriel’. 

Flipping raps into electro, Do It Big recently released their New Noise debut ‘Payback’. Hailing from Minsk, Belarus, Do It Big has a passion for delivering heavy deep sounds, pulling influences from bass house, future house, g-house, techno and trap. 

An artist in his seventies, Brazilian drummer Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti has been experimenting and possibly innovating for the last half a century. As one third of Rio jazz-funk trio Azymuth, Mamão was at the root of the group’s ‘samba doido’ (crazy samba) philosophy, which warped the traditional samba compass with jazz influences and space age electronics. 

The Electric Frog and Riverside Festival today announced the first artists that will be performing at this year's event. The electronic music festival, which takes place in the grounds of the Riverside Museum in Glasgow, situated on the banks of the River Clyde, brings together some of the biggest and best electronic artists and DJs for one weekend of madness at this iconic location.

Eva Be has possibly been a key figure in the development of Berlin underground club culture, going back to the ‘90s and her involvement with the Sonar Kollektiv crew that included the likes of Dixon, Ame and Jazzanova, to name a few. A producer and DJ, her latest EP on Poker Flat Wax showcases her production skills.

BigCityBeats, the company behind World Club Dome, recently announced a new collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) for 2019, combining electronic dance music and space travel. After last year’s mission with the ESA for World Club Dome Zero Gravity, which apparently saw the first-ever club created in weightlessness, this year’s will be taken to greater heights with another Zero-G event planned among many more events that aim to link dance music and space travel.

Horse Meat Disco and Amy Douglas aim to achieve peak nu-disco euphoria with their track, ‘Let’s Go Dancing’. Backed by all-original and live-recorded instrumentation, their recognisable style compliments Amy’s vocal range as it attempts to capture the energy of an entire nightclub dancefloor. 

Paris-based Madben heads to A-Traction Records this month to deliver ‘Acid Madness’, accompanied by remixes from Scan X, Marc Ayats & Owlk and Yann Lean. Having released on a host of imprints including Bedrock, Astropolis Records and Ellum, French DJ/producer Benjamin Leclerq aka Madben has possibly established himself as a key name within France’s current electronic landscape. 

Daniel Steinberg returns to his Arms & Legs imprint this January to release three house cuts entitled the ‘Twilight EP’. Daniel has been involved within the electronic music world for over a decade now, apparently garnering interest from both the commercial and underground scenes alike.

We Are FSTVL recently announced more names to their 2019 line-up, including Mike Skinner, Loco Dice, Claptone, Double 99, Preditah, Artful Dodger, Shola Ama, Luck & Neat, Kele Le Roc and Dubfire plus many more. Whether it’s old skool garage, alternative hip-hop or classic party hits, the festival’s recent announcement will join a bill with headliners include Chase & Status, Basement Jaxx, Craig David, Andy C and Sigma. In addition, Ultra’s techno and house brand, RESISTANCE will also host their very own arena for the first time ever.

2019 kicks off at Blumoog music with Dan Curtin stepping up with three new cuts and a remix from label head M.R.E.U.X. With over 70 singles and nine LPs to his name, American artist Dan has possibly helped shape underground house and techno. Since 1992, he’s released on outlets like Peacefrog, Mobilee and Strictly Rhythm, and has a futuristic style that finds serene synths layered over driving drums. 

Lee Foss’ Repopulate Mars returns in 2019 with two cuts from London’s Martin Ikin entitled ‘No No’ EP. Martin has been involved in the electronic music scene for nearly 30 years now and his discography goes back to the early-90s which includes contributions on UK labels under the monikers DJ Mayhem, Soul Purpose and more. 

There was a wave of music emanating from Antwerp’s Sportpalais in December as Belgian DJ duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, in partnership with Tomorrowland, delivered the newest chapter in their annual homecoming shows with the winter edition of ‘Garden Of Madness’.

UK techno artist Mark Broom returns to Rekids on 8 February to release four cuts in the form of his ‘Break 97’ EP. Mark’s musical career has seen over 150 releases over the past 25 years, on top of regular gigs around the world, he’s also worked with labels such as Warp, R&S, Ifach and Soma, and in more recent times Blueprint, EPM Music, Red Sonja Records and his own Beard Man Records.

Maceo Plex’s Ellum Audio rounds off the year with a new EP from Dino Lenny that features remixes from the boss himself plus FibrerRoot. Italian producer Lenny is the Fine Human Records label head who has been making music since the ‘90s. He’s remixed names like Missy Elliott and Wu Tang Clan but has also been named as "a wizard of electronic music" by the Chemical Brothers, played live with Underworld and released on the likes of Innervisions and Diynamic. 

In ‘1998’ trance was at its peak and a few lads from the UK got together, wrote a piece of music on a Yamaha W7 workstation and saw it become a seminal record that would impact the lives of countless dance music fans around the world. This year that track, ‘1998’, celebrates its 20th anniversary and it does so with a brand-new 2018 version from Binary Finary themselves and remixes from Marc Sixma and Dosem.

Eat More Cake recently released their new single, ‘Bang Bang Bang’ featuring River, on Hoxton-based management company and label, Perfect Havoc. The new single has been added to New Music Friday UK and Australia/NewZealand on Spotify, and follows recent releases including ‘Memories’ and ‘Heat Of The Night’.

Morgan Page wraps up 2018 with his final release of the year, the full 9-track album of ‘The Longest Road’ remixes, out for download and to stream worldwide exclusively on Armada Music. Featuring brand new edits from Husman, Manuel Riva and a sunset edition from Page himself, the package also includes previous remixes from Deadmau5, Steff da Campo, Vicetone, LIFELIKE and Ruben de Ronde & Elevven.

ilan Bluestone’s ’Scars’ debut artist album was released in April 2018 and demonstrated ilan’s love for all aspects of electronic music. From ‘Will We Remain?’, ‘Let Me Know’ and ‘Frozen Ground’, to the reflective moments of ‘Guru’ and ‘Eclipse’, the record took an ecliptic path through the sounds of trance, house and ambient.

Maya Jane Coles presents her latest EP ‘Waves & Whirlwinds’, via her very own label, I/AM/ME. Inaugural title track ‘Waves & Whirlwinds’ provides a melodic and celestial intro to an otherworldly EP project. Moving forward, former single ‘Don’t Leave’ introduces guitar-like synth lines and droning bass, building in pace and tempo. 

This month sees BT return to a musical realm in which he is uniquely versed. Since cutting his teeth scoring cult crime caper Go in 1999, the US composer has provided OSTs for a diversity of films. He’s written scores for everything from The Fast & The Furious to Oscar winning Monster and even Pixar shorts. In association with Black Hole Recordings, this month sees him release an intricate, modular hybrid score, one that presented the composer with a myriad of new and distinct challenges.

Following its 2018 edition, Boomtown has announced the introduction of AREA 404; a techno haven featuring some of electronic music’s most influential figures. The four-day 60,000 capacity festival set in the Matterley Bowl in Hampshire, UK on the second weekend of August, will construct a theatrical led new stage area; the industrial, post-apocalyptic AREA 404 will be dedicated to the raw sounds within the electronic music spectrum.

After their 2010 collaboration ‘I Will Be The Same’, and off the back of their recent live acoustic cover of Avicii’s ‘Without You’, frequent live collaborators Gareth Emery and Emma Hewitt have joined forces on new single ‘Take Everything’, which came out earlier this month.

After announcing a return to Studio 338 this month, elrow lock in Eats Everything, Iliario Alicante and Erick Morillo to mark the occasion, with further 2019 dates unveiled. Apparently considered elrow's spiritual home in London before suffering a major fire and closing down, Studio 338 welcomes the party for the first time since reopening with revamped production, sound and design.

Writer Marcus Barnes has just released his third book ‘Around The World In 80 Record Stores’, an in-depth research-based guide to a variety of vinyl outlets all over the globe. Music in its physical form is still so highly-regarded, with a huge resurgence in vinyl sales over the last few years fuelling the return of several pressing plants and even a few new ones popping up to meet increasing demand. 

Paul van Dyk’s latest album, ‘Music Rescues Me’, is the ninth collection to be delivered by the electronic musician, composer and performer. Containing collaborations with Alex M.O.R.P.H., Sue McLaren, Jordan Suckley, Plumb, Saad Ayub, Lostly and a host of other talents, the album us out now.

Off the back of single ‘Hipcats’ (with David Penn), follow-up ‘Huh Huh Huh’ and signing with Armada Subjekt on an exclusive basis, ATFC has lined up his next track. In tandem with Parisian electronic music DJ/producer and Pardon MY French member, Mercer – who’s recent singles include tracks such as ‘Let’s Get Ill’ (with DJ Snake), ‘Neo Disco EP’ and ‘Boss’ (released on DJ Snake’s Premiere Class Records)) – the Anglo-Turkish house artist releases ‘Twisted’.

Taking their influence within house music one step further, London-based clubbing brand Defected recently announced its first ever stand-alone UK festival on 14 September 2019. During the year that celebrates the independent house music label’s 20th birthday under the slogan ‘HOUSE MUSIC ALL LIFE LONG’, Defected London FSTVL aims to bring together over 10,000 people to showcase some of the best headline house acts, underground artists and crossover DJs that showcase the label. 

Global Underground presents the latest edition in its signature city album series with ‘GU42: Patrice Bäumel - Berlin’, due for release on Friday 29 March 2019. The album, which follows the last Global Underground city series instalments by Solomun, and James Lavelle, is part of the DJ mix album series which includes alumni such as Sasha, Carl Cox, Deep Dish, Paul Oakenfold, Danny Tenaglia and John Digweed. 

Having recently won Best Club Night and Best Club respectively in White Ibiza’s 2018 Best of Ibiza Readers Choice Awards for their second year, Glitterbox and Hï Ibiza recently announced their plans for summer 2019. Reflecting the success of 2018’s residency, Glitterbox’s weekly party will move from Fridays to Sundays for an extended season of 20 dates, running from 26 May to 6 October.   

In what appears to be a year of change for Ibiza, Defected has announced its residency will be moving from Sundays to Fridays at Eden, San Antonio. Sticking to the core weekend period when the majority of clubbers flood the party mecca, it will be business as usual for Defected nights following the switch, building on the two previous seasons at the club. 

Two-time Grammy-nominated DJ/producer Steve Aoki embraces the holiday season by releasing a series of remixes for his Neon Future III single ‘Waste It On Me’, featuring BTS. Kicking off on 7 December with a remix from Slushii, December sees new dancefloor reworkings drop from Cheat Codes (today, 14 Dec), W&W (21 Dec) and Aoki himself on Christmas Day.

As their 2018 comes to a close, Tritonal share their ninth original song of the year, ‘When I'm With U’, which offers another taste from their recently announced album ‘U & ME’ that arrives in 2019. Featuring Maia Wright's vocal delivery, the track moves through smooth melodic touches and Maia’s vocals, while retaining that club-ready energy. 

Lisa Lashes School of Music continues to make strides in the field of music education by providing students with comprehensive, individualised programming within the industry. The school started as a grass roots effort to teach people DJ skills and, in less than a year, evolved into a fully-funded school that has apparently grabbed the attention of seasoned educators and municipalities alike. PTS Training Academy, an apprenticeship and short course provider, saw the potential the school had, and have supported the course from the beginning.  

Closing out the latter part of the year with a series of collabs on VIVa LiMITED and Glasgow Underground, Italian house-producer Pirupa ends 2018 with a solo release on Armada Subjekt. Fusing genres, the ‘XXL EP’ leads with title track ‘XXL’, a low-slung roller that focuses on a growling bassline layered with effects, tribal percussion and a ragga sample that aims to take you right back to the ‘90s. It’s a straight-talking house track that draws on some well-known old-school warehouse vibes for inspiration. 

After dropping title track ‘Rave Culture’ as the very first release of their new label (Rave Culture), W&W have lined up a collaboration as its follow-up. Their next single, ‘Ready To Rave’, sees the current #14 DJs in the world link up with five-time #1 DJ in the world Armin van Buuren, who recognised the duo’s potential at an early stage and got them to join Amsterdam-based record label Armada Music ten years back.

Following its events in 2018, OFFSónar recently revealed the label showcases for their 2019 series. Now set to take place on 18-21 July, the event aims to turn Barcelona into Europe's biggest party week of summer 2019. Returning to the city’s Poble Espanyol, with three event spaces and panoramic views across the city, the hosts have secured some of the industry's most respected labels to host parties across four days of dancefloor action.

Glitterbox has set out its first key party for 2019, recently announcing the first London event of the year at Printworks. Saturday 23 February will see the brand’s debut at the venue, after shows throughout the UK and Europe, Ibiza, New York, Sydney and more in 2018. 

This January, Andy C returns to XOYO as the 21st quarterly resident (the first time they’ve ever invited a resident back). The news was revealed last week, and tickets for the opening and closing parties, where Andy will play all night, apparently sold out in less than one minute, with all subsequent dates now sold out too. Andy recently revealed the line-up of special guest DJs and MCs for the new residency, featuring some of the cream of D&B talent – from legends to current heroes, and the future of the scene.

Judge Jules was recently announced as a special guest DJ for the world premiere of Ministry of Sound’s The Annual Classical at the Royal Festival Hall, London on 26 January 2019. Judge Jules launched his career at the club and became a staple DJ for The Annual. He mixed three compilations of ‘The Annual’ in the ‘90s and three ‘The Ibiza Annual’ compilations for the brand, alongside a number of other releases for the label.

Five-time Grammy-nominated artist Axwell unleashed his new track ‘Nobody Else’ via Axtone and Ultra Music, following its recent radio premiere on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show. Awarded the Hottest Record in the World accolade by Mac, and receiving spins from Beats 1’s Zane Lowe, the track is a return to Axwell’s roots that aims to show his feel for the dancefloor. 

Scotland’s celebration of electronic music, The Riverside Festival, is set to provide music fans with another weekend as it returns for its seventh year on Saturday 25 May and Sunday 26 May 2019. Curated by Electric Frog and Pressure, the event will be bringing some of the biggest and best artists in techno and dance music to the stunning Zaha Hadid designed Riverside Museum in Glasgow, Scotland.

KOAN Sound are offering another taste of their upcoming album with their new single ‘Chilli Daddy’. With hints of melodic D&B, the track is the type of glitchy bass music that the duo is known for. ‘Polychrome is a listenable, versatile album; the result of maturation and personal growth with artistic bloodlines drawn from their native Bristol, UK. 

We Are FSTVL recently announced further names to their 2019 line-up, including Solomun, Yungen, MK, Notion, Nina Kravitz and more. With a host of underground house, techno, electro and urban names gearing up for the May Bank Holiday, headliners include Chase & Status, Basement Jaxx, Craig David and Andy C. In addition, Ultra’s techno and house brand, Resistance was recently announced to host their very own arena for the first time at the event.

HVOB’s ‘Rocco’ is the Viennese electronic duo’s fourth album, but the first to span over 13 tracks and multiple records/discs, and like their previous two releases, the album also takes a conceptual approach. Following the multimedia-based art project ‘Trialog’ in 2015 and the cross-genre collaboration ‘Silk’ in 2017, the album relates 13 separate but dramaturgically connected narratives about letting go, farewells and new beginnings. 

Farris Wheel continues its 20 year anniversary celebrations with a remix EP of possibly one of the most successful house records of the last few years: Sonny Fodera & Gene Farris’ ‘We Work It’. Sonny and Gene’s 2015 collaboration was a record that apparently lodged itself in the Beatport Top 10 for months, and raised the profile of both artists.

Electronic duo Orbital recently released their new remix, ‘There Will Come A Time’ featuring Prof. Brian Cox (We Will Die Remix). The original track features on the brothers’ current album, ‘Monsters Exist’, which debuted in September on the UK Album Chart at #12 and #1 on the Dance Chart. It also entered the US Dance/Electronic Billboard chart at #24. 

When Kevin Saunderson revisited his 1998 E-Dancer album ‘Heavenly’ about two years ago, he could tell that it was geared more towards the darker depths of dance music in terms of vibe and overall atmosphere. It apparently had soundtrack potential, and the thought of creating just that kept lingering in his mind for all this time. 

Now that everyone has had a chance over the past month to experience the story of Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang in Red Dead Redemption 2, early access to the Red Dead Online beta started today, working up to full public access on Friday, 20 November. Built from the ground up for the latest hardware, Red Dead Online blends the multiplayer of the original Red Dead Redemption with the best of deep multiplayer experiences. 

After a 2018 Ibiza season that saw Defected again set up home in San Antonio, the brand returns to Eden for its third annual residency at the club. Apparently the night had up to an 80% increase on attendance from the previous year in 2018, as it went back to basics to demonstrate how they felt that house nights in Ibiza should be. 

Leipzig’s Marc Werner returns to Kittball to release two house cuts entitled ‘Blue Jeans’ EP including collaborations with Shuja and Music P and a remix from Get Physical’s Martin Waslewski. Since 2007 Marc has been finding his way within his musical sphere and along his journey he’s had outings on Bunny Tiger, Kontor Records, Audio Safari and Kittball which act as an accurate reflection for his productions and stylings. 

Set in a private domaine in the French countryside 1h30 drive from Toulouse airport, Monticule Festival has in its four years of existence possibly become an event to bookmark in the French summer festival calendar. Set across four stages that range from a pool stage to a barn, a main stage in the forest and an ambient dome, it aims to bring over some of the key names from the wider electronic community for five days of partying, from 19-23 June 2019. 

After the apparent success of their debut album ‘Adventure’, (which has generated over one million album streams on Spotify in just six months), Lydian Collective are now following this up with their new single ‘High 555’. The first release helped to put themselves firmly on the map of the instrumental jazz funk fusion scene, which has has lead onto recent appearances at festivals such as Cheltenham Jazz, ‘So What’s Next’ Festival in The Netherlands, Cambridge Jazz Festival and plays on BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction show; as well as features on Spotify’s ‘The State of Jazz’ and ‘Fusion Fest’ playlists.

After their first showcase back in July, R&S Records return to Egg LDN alongside NovaMute and Phonica tomorrow, 24 November. The party will feature R&S co-founder Renaat Vandepapeliere again and two producers from the imprint, Afriqua and The Maghreban, each of whom have apparently made a significant mark on the label recently. 

Berlin based producer Aaaron returns to a rougher and more stripped back approach on this, his latest offering for connected. His latest EP comes on the heels of some vocal collaborations on this label, and finds him returning to just his own machines for three tracks of melodic techno with a smoky minimal intensity. 

Cinthie joins the roster of Aus Music this month with her ‘Trust’ EP, comprising three original cuts from the Berlin artist. Founder of several imprints, namely Beste Modus, we_r_house and 803 Crystalgrooves, as well as her own label collective and record store brand Elevate, native Berliner Cinthie has possibly became a highly respected figure in electronic music in her hometown and across the globe over the past few years. 

Having recently released his ‘The Rebel’ on Toolroom and ’Give It To Me’ (Dale Howard Remix), Pagano’s Kism Recordings welcomes Glaswegian Skriver to the fold who delivers a techno interpretation of their latest release, ‘The Black Sheep’.

Following a steady stream of remixes from the likes of Maceo Plex and DJ Tennis, Maribou State last week released ‘Kingdom (feat. North Downs) (Adesse Versions Remix). Having previously released on labels such as Numbers, Delusions Of Grandeur and Ostgut Ton (under his own name), he delivers a subtle re-work, drawing out the vocals of long-time Maribou State collaborator Jack Sibley AKA North Downs over a reconstruction of the original’s percussive, hand-clapped rhythms. 

On the brink of their sold out ‘GA21’ UK live tour, which will see the dance music duo return to the live stage for the first time since 2013, Andy Cato and Tom Findlay are set to release a limited-edition football shirt in aid of charity. In collaboration with the football merchandiser Bands F.C., half the proceeds will go to the ‘Music Support’ group, which provides support for individuals in the UK music industry suffering from mental, emotional or behavioural health disorders (including but not limited to alcohol and drug addiction). The shirts will be extremely limited in number and are available to purchase at all shows on the tour, as well as online from 30 November.

Fresh from working with some of the biggest names in the scene - including Hardwell, KSHMR and W&W - and playing his first sold-out show during the Amsterdam Dance Event, performing at some of the biggest festivals in the world - including Ultra Miami, Tomorrowland and World Club Dome - Dutch DJ and producer, Maurice West, now drops brand-new record, ‘The Kick’.

Griffintown Records aims to establish itself as a vital house outlet with a new offering from the UK’s Lee Walker that includes a remix from Luigi Rocca. Lee is a UK producer who has held residencies at key clubs and can do it all from deep and warm to more peak time and techno. In addition to this, he is a producer on labels like Hotflush, Defected and Hot Creations, and here serves up a heavy house EP.

‘Tribology’ is the first mix compilation from the UK’s Ben Sims since his fabric compilation in 2015 and is his debut for his and Kirk Degiorgio’s Machine imprint/party series. Taking in 50 exclusive tracks from the likes of James Ruskin, Steffi, Robert Hood and Planetary Assault Systems as well as material from up and comers like Blasha & Allatt, Charles Green and Alienata, the compilation sums up Sims’ attitudes and approaches to DJing. 

Hannah Wants returns with her annual tour in February and March 2019, with several of the dates already sold out. Over the last few years, Hannah has possibly established herself as one of the biggest names in dance music, with a BBC Radio 1 residency, crossover records, club tracks and appearances at clubs and festivals around the world. In 2019 she will be embarking on an extensive tour, touching down at 15 different venues and bringing her sound to UK and Ireland clubs.

Jay Pryor is the young DJ and producer from Dublin who has possibly made a name for himself on the international stage with his DJ sets and crossover pop dance releases, he was first brought to the world’s attention after co-producing Louis Tomlinson and Steve Aoki’s’ biggest release ‘Just Hold On’.

Booka Shade deliver their ‘Rosebud’ EP for John Digweed’s Bedrock imprint this month, featuring three new original tracks from the Berlin duo. Blaufield Music founders Booka Shade are likely respected figures in the contemporary electronic music scene having racked up a handful of crossover cuts amongst their regular output aimed towards more underground realms. 

It was Airwave who fired the starting shot for Bonzai’s now three-years-and-running ‘In The Mix – Progressive Sessions’ series back in the summer of 2015. Maintaining a clockwork-regular two-per-year release-tempo, it most recently dropped Gai Barone’s Feb-released ‘006’ edition. ‘ITM007’ - out this autumn, sees its mix-baton passed back into the hands of the Belgian, who mixes 28 tracks in 150 minutes.

Returning for their second collaboration, Felix Da Housecat and Kristin Velvet join forces again for ‘Cats Love Velvet II’ on Berlin-based label, Arms & Legs. An unlikely pairing, Felix hails from Chicago whilst Kristin is from an isolated farm in outback Australia. Despite their different backgrounds the duo share a love for bold jacking beats and strong hooks with a subtle nod to the classics. 

Fresh off the back of an apparent sellout inaugural show at Butlins’ Minehead last year, Cream returns to the resort for another weekender in the first week of December. Once again, it’s a showcase of the brand past and present, with some of the biggest names associated with the brand, joining clubbers who’ve made Cream their home over the years.

Premiered by Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1 while still on white label, and then signed to Positiva/Virgin EMI, Ten Ven’s ‘Just About’ has apparently grown into a formidable club anthem over the past few months. While Ten Ven’s original continues to rack up radio and streaming plays, including MistaJam’s Current Anthem at Radio 1, 10x Radio 1 plays, and a Music Week Club Chart No.1, Positiva has revealed a remix from the UK’s Kideko. Available now, the Brighton-based artist injects ‘Just About’ with a shot of South Coast funk.

Jamaica Frenzy is the new house music festival for 2019 that is set to take place at the resort of Negril in sunny Jamaica, apparently brought to you by a collective of some of New York’s top club promoters. Offering a six day all inclusive holiday experience between 26-31 March, the event will host some of the most well known house music talent in the world.

Twenty years after the original’s release on Skint Records, and now exclusively licensed to Defected, Purple Disco Machine remixes Fatboy Slim’s huge tune, ‘Praise You’, giving his nu-disco twist on the modern track. 

Manudigital is a beatmaker, bassist and producer who specialises in digital reggae. Bringing soundsystem, bass and dancehall back around to young future and tech obsessed new generations apparently seems to be his ever-expanding conquest. Being involved in music for more than 15 years now also as a composer, he participates in the recording of many international albums and singles. He has also collaborated with artists like Alborosie, Beenie Man, Bounty Killer and many more.

Glitterbox hits the road again for another international tour: Pump The Boogie! Taking the party global, this 11-date tour follows a big year for Glitterbox, with an 18-date season at Hï Ibiza alongside parties in New York, Zurich, Amsterdam, Belgium, Croatia and Manchester to name a few. 

Full details were recently revealed for the winter festival Snowboxx, which will take place in the resort of Avoriaz in the French Alps from 23 - 30 March 2019. Brand new for 2019, the Tree House will feature an exclusive party with Mike Skinner in a wooden snow park in the Proclou forest, while Abode and Wilkinson (DJ) will host parties at the Igloo Stage, a party location on the slopes that can only be accessed on a snowcat.

Poker Flat boss and DJ/producer Steve Bug recently announced four tour dates in Australia and New Zealand this month. Having grown up in Germany’s techno and acid-house heyday, Steve’s love for a perfect groove is as apparent now as it was back then. His DJ skills and a keen, innovative ear led him not down the typical path of the early-90s trance and harder dance scene, but instead towards a fresher, hybrid sound–merging stripped deep house, tweaked out acid and more minimal forms of techno and electronic music, something that is still evident in his sets today.

In 2019, Miami will see the rebirth of possibly one of its most iconic brands, a conference that helped give birth to an entire industry from its humble beginnings back in 1985. Under the umbrella of Miami Music Week, the Winter Music Conference at Faena District [WMC] will return to Miami Beach from 25-28 March 2019 with a refreshed perspective and programming that will bring together a new generation of industry professionals and music consumers for a week in the Faena District. WMC’s exclusive hotel partner, The Faena, was named by Conde Nast Traveler as the #1 hotel in Miami Beach for two consecutive years via their readers’ poll.  

International Music Summit (IMS) returns in 2019 to Ibiza for its annual three-day forum. IMS recently announced its cornerstone theme for its 12th summit on May 22-24 2019. Focused on evolving and elevating the potential of both the individual and organisations in order to unlock success, IMS Ibiza 2019 will assemble industry players and artists from the international electronic music sector and beyond, aiming to inspire and be inspired, throwing a spotlight on the most crucial business challenges and opportunities it faces today. 

East London trio VRWRK aim to play with nostalgia and musical stylings as they return to their electronica roots with ‘Fools’. Joining forces with soulful vocalist Salem Khazali just over a year ago, producers Matt Sey and Jergan Callebaut spent the time experimenting with the way hard electronics and playful pop merge with indie earworms like ‘Face It’ and ‘Hearts Beating In Sync’.

Rockstar Games today announced that the critically acclaimed Red Dead Redemption 2 has achieved the single-biggest opening weekend in the history of entertainment. With over $725 million in worldwide retail sell-through during its first three days, the game is the second-highest grossing entertainment launch of all time next to Rockstar Games’ previously released title, Grand Theft Auto V, which achieved over $1 billion in retail sell-through in three days.

After June’s re-mastered, remixed and re-released ‘Out Of The Sky’, this month saw another single from Lange’s first LP, ‘Better Late Than Never’. In the same manner as ‘OOTS’, ‘Songless’ has now been revisited. 

Emanuel Satie has apparently always been in love with dance music. Studying music in his home city of Frankfurt, and moving to Berlin to undertake an internship at Cocoon Record label, he is a self-taught disc jockey/bedroom producer whose talent didn't keep him grounded for very long. His debut EP 'Fervent' was an introduction into the world of deep house and techno and opened up many doors to the career he holds today. 

Fresh from a summer on the Ibiza club circuit, Australian born artist Sonny Fodera returns with this two-track release on Defected. Taken from his debut solo album ‘Frequently Flying’, the opening track is a new remix from Qubiko. 

After touring all summer long and hosting yet another Darklight Sessions at this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event, Fedde Le Grand is back with a new track in the shape of his ‘Monsta’s Got Me Dancing For Years’ remix package. Inviting a handful of artists from all over the world to revisit some of his recent releases, the remix package offers a diverse array of musical styles. 

No.19 Music continues to serve up new tracks, this time with an offering from DJ Sneak. DJ Sneak is an original Chicago house artist who apparently pioneered the filter house sound and has continued to evolve and adapt over the ensuring years. Now he’s back with one of his biggest tracks to date. The frenzied ‘Psycho Killer’ features re-recorded Talking Heads vocals by Franco-American Charlie Sputnik. 

The 23rd edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) came to an end in the early hours of Monday morning. For the first time it apparently welcomed over 400,000 visitors from more than 100 countries for an extensive day and night program featuring over 1000 events and leading artists and speakers from around the world. 

‘A Safe and Happy Place’ is a leftfield track and the lead single from the Powerdance album ‘The Lost Art Of Getting Down’, which is forthcoming on Classic Music Company. Previously self-released by the group led by Classic head Luke Solomon, this soft-hued, acid-streaked disco shuffle was written with long-time collaborators Lance Desardi and Terry Grant alongside Chicago-born producer Nick Maurer and features Terry, Nick and Fi McCluskey on vocals. This time it’s accompanied by a new remix from JKriv.

Play It Say It welcome New York artist David Berrie for a first EP on the label and one that offers three pieces of house music. Raised amongst the diverse culture of NYC’s nightlife, Berrie started sneaking into clubs as a youngster and since then has risen through the ranks to have now played rooms like Output NY and DC-10 Ibiza. 

Eli Brown & Mason Maynard team up with Repopulate Mars for two house cuts entitled ‘Touch Me’. After their ‘Jungle Cry EP’ on Relief Records earlier this year, the UK duo joins up again with Lee Foss’ label. The pair have been making steady headway in the house music scene with Eli’s ‘Hysteria EP’ on Repopulate Mars doing well last year and Mason securing himself as a Solardo Sessions Resident at just 22 years old. 

After their recent announcement that Eric Prydz would headline their Saturday event, Creamfields yesterday revealed that Carl Cox Presents Space Ibiza would headline the Sunday party at next year’s May Bank Holiday Steel Yard Festival, which takes place on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May 2019 at Finsbury Park in London.

The Bank Holiday Weekend of Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May 2019 sees the return of Cream’s Steel Yard structure to Finsbury Park in London. Now a firm fixture in the festival calendar, having staged sell out weekenders in London and Liverpool over the last few years, the Saturday’s headliner for 2019 was recently revealed as Eric Prydz, who will be bringing the latest evolution of his live show - HOLO - to the capital. 

British band Soul II Soul will embark on their 30th Anniversary tour this Friday. Starting with a sold out show in Birmingham, the tour will celebrate three decades of musical output, where the double Grammy Award winning and five-time Brit Award nominated band will play 12 dates in the UK this month and into November, paying tribute to their legendary debut album ‘Club Classics Vol. 1’. 

Nick Warren has brought together eight emerging producers for The Soundgarden’s inaugural eight-track ADE Special. In the words of Nick himself, “these are some of the secret weapons that have been rocking my sets over the past few months, squarely aimed at the dancefloor and for your dancing pleasure.”  Here among the more established artists are some new producers who are bringing new life and vitality to the progressive house and melodic techno scenes.