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DJ Harvey has done it all. The pioneer of the re-edit starred at his own, inclusive underground club nights ‘Moist’ and was one of the first resident DJs at ‘Ministry of Sound’ (MOS) in the 90s; alongside icons such as Larry Levan and Tony Humphries. He spent a decade in NYC, but now he’s back on the international scene and has played everywhere over the last few years. His parties at ‘Pikes Ibiza’, have generated a large amount of praise from Harvey disciples, who have left the legendary Freddie Mercury hotel suite, in absolute awe and admiration of the enchanting, special party environment. Harvey returned to London on the 19 th May, to host a discotheque at the new cultural hub for music – Printworks. Dance music's very own wonder woman – Peggy Gou, and fan favourite – Skream joined Harvey in the press halls (main room); as well as other special guests Hot Chip Megamix, Jaye Ward and Haai. There was also a stellar line up in the charge bay (room 2), which involved seasoned ...

The Easter weekend is all about festivities and celebration. This year the people of London were spoilt for choice with where and how to party. The legendary Body & Soul disco pioneers – Danny Krivit, Francois K and Joe Claussell held a rare get-together at E1 London. Also, Fever 105 returned to Oval Space for another groovy disco extravaganza; showcasing the legendary talent of Norman Jay, Jazzie B and more. However, Fabric was the pick of a fantastic bunch, as it was announced that Floating Points would be playing a rare extended set, all day long in room 1. Although attending a Body & Soul session has been on my wish list for some time, and Fever 105 have consistently delivered with their events, I couldn’t turn down the opportunity to see Floating Points doing his thing for 8 hours in the booth at Fabric. As expected, there was a serious party going on in room 1. The place was completely packed out 3 hours into Floating Points set. Moments after entering the main...

Originating in 2005; one of Leeds most loved club nights  'The Dirty Disco' has turned into something huge. Having provided some cutting edge lineups, involving heavyweights from the world of underground dance music such as Moodymann, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Stephan Bodzin, Mr. Scruff and many more; it is apparent that the dirty disco sound is one that is very diverse. Although it is labelled 'The Dirty Disco', their events also include hard-hitting house and techno to create a mixed bag of grooves and satisfy every music lovers desires. On Saturday the 9th of February, they returned to their recognised home (Mint Warehouse), with a vast amount of past and future talent on display, from the likes of the legendary Derrick Carter, and new kids on the block Dan Shake, Jasper James, Lone and Big Miz. More fine selectors were also invited to the party and were spread around 3 different parts of the Warehouse. Jasper James took over from Matt Cooper and began the ...

                                                                                                        Although Reading is the UK’s largest town and has a lot to offer; it has never been renowned for having much of an underground dance music scene. In fact, there isn’t really any club in Reading which will provide a regular dosage of the best house and techno tunes for the many who crave it. Luckily, the town contains a lot of passionate students, whom possess an obsession with good music, and this has led to them organising their own events to satisfy their needs, and meet the high demand for it. This is exactly how Incognito began. In a short space of time, the Incognito team have rebelled against the quiet underground...

Aaron L by Harry Franklin Disco is really flourishing at the moment. The sound and movement that was pushed underground due to the over commercialisation of what is ‘disco music’, has always been recognised as something very special by music lovers and professionals. Since disco was somewhat pronounced 'dead' around 40 years ago; it has evolved into mainstream music, where it is found in stripped down versions. It's influence is apparent in a large amount of new music, across a variety of genres. Meanwhile, true disco music never actually 'died'. Instead it quietly retreated to its underground roots, where it has thrived. Now, at clubs all around the country, we are seeing a refound, growing love for it. There are disco events popping up everywhere, and this is thanks to the organisations co-ordinating their events in the right way. ‘Aerosoul’ is one example of the many events companies who seem to really know what they’re doing when hosti...

On Saturday the 9 th of December, Crack Magazine were in charge of Motion Bristol; responsible for providing one of the best line ups 2017 has seen. As soon as it was announced that Ben UFO, Moodymann, Hunee, Helena Hauff and Palms Trax were playing on the same night, at one of the best clubs in the world, it quickly became one of the most anticipated events of the year. Tickets flew, and the event sold out well in advance. The ridiculously high demand was due to the incredible variety of music on offer. Each DJ on the line-up was guaranteed to provide you different feelings with their vast and varied record collections. This leads to creating a number of different atmospheres under the same roof; spread out across a few rooms and constantly changing with each record that gets played. There is no label of a specific genre in the event description, the DJs will play whatever suits the moment. You really can’t get much better than this in the immersive, wonderful world of clubbing. ...

La Discotheque are labelled as 'the UK's most fabulous disco club brand', and on Saturday the 25th of November, it was time to celebrate their much anticipated 1st birthday party, held at the Albert Hall. They have provided some great parties over the past year, with previous line ups including a variety of disco legends and pioneers of the nu-disco era. Todd Terje, Dimitri from Paris, Candi Staton, Nicky Siano, Crazy P and many more have been involved in the La Discotheque project and it has resulted in them receiving awards for being one of the best clubbing nights in the UK. It was no surprise then, when they announced a scintillating line up for their birthday, with disco royalty - Evelyn Champagne King being joined by some of the finest DJs around at the moment, to produce the highest quality disco sets.  Having arrived at around 10:30pm, defected regular DJ Spen was already in full swing (10pm-11:40pm). The Albert Hall had been transformed into t...