Joey G ii returns to Orphan Records with his second album, London Skye, a concept record built around an imagined soundtrack to an unfinished video game set in a near-future version of London shaped by corporate power and social decline. The nine-track album, which is set for rel…

With a return visit to Hang Dai in Dublin scheduled for Saturday 20 June, schooldays pals turned music industry movers and shakers Nick Halkes and Andy Smith, aka Reach Up Disco Wonderland, reveal some of their favourite international DJ travel memories. Yellow, Tokyo, 1996 “Ther…

Symphonic Ibiza, the brainchild of DJ and producer Andy Joyce and musical director Steve Etherington, brings its orchestral reinterpretation of Ibiza dance classics to Electric Brixton in London on 20 June. Symphonic Ibiza combines live musicians, vocalists and DJ performances in…

There’s nowhere quite like the ‘Garden of Ireland’ on a warm summer’s day, and at Beyond The Pale at Glendalough Estate, Co. Wicklow, festival goers had the chance to experience three solid days of sunshine – meaning this year’s event was always going to be a bit special. The fif…

Happy Mondays have announced plans to release what has been described as a ‘pill edition’ of their 1990 album Pills ’n’ Thrills and Bellyaches, which is set to land on London Records this August. The release, which is limited to 200 units across four colour variants, reimagines t…

KidIsLive, the project of Long Island producer Derek Kamm, has unveiled a new four-track EP, Mad Motel 002, on his Mad Motel label, continuing his exploration of house, minimal and experimental influences. Boasting more than 20 years of experience as a DJ and producer, KidIsLive…

Soma Records turns 35 years old this year, and the label is marking the occasion with a new remix series that revisits key releases from its extensive catalogue. The anniversary project, entitled ‘SOMA35’, will be released across a series of vinyl and digital EPs, with the first…

Sasha has announced details of a forthcoming EP, Hollow Sun, which is the milestone 200th release on his Last Night On Earth label. The electronic music titan established Last Night On Earth in 2011, and for the last 15 years, the label has been at the forefront of the melodic un…

German electronic duo Digitalism have unveiled their latest album, Optimism, as well as revealed details of a European tour this coming October and November. Optimism, which was released at the end of May via Magnetism, Zebralution and Word & Sound, marks the latest chapter for D…

Electronic artist and multi-instrumentalist Killian Walsh has unveiled the single Let’s Play Bongos, the latest release from his forthcoming new album, Ise. Following on from the release of previous single Let’s Float, Let’s Play Bongos emerged during a period when moments of opt…