In this week's blog, DJ T. plays his way through two of his least favourite cities in North America, does a beach gig in Hawaii, and abandons the region for an altogether more bright and kooky destination - Tokyo, Japan. The city's world-renowned...

German trance giant Paul van Dyk wants the listeners of his worldwide syndicated radio show to vote for their favourite tracks, guest mixes, and artists as part of his annual VONYC Sessions Award. This year's awards are sponsored by Beatport, and...

Manchester's Danny Ward loves drums. It's more of an obsession really. He can talk for hours about legendary jazz drummers like Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, and Billy Higgins, even though he has never seen any of them play live. In the early 90s...

Miss Djax is proof that age doesn't necessarily always bring peace. For 20 years now, her Eindhoven record label has stomped on the face of techno with hard punishing beats, radioactive acid sounds, and distorted kick drums. Its ferocious and often...

How many electronic music entities celebrated a landmark birthday this year? Warp Records and Strictly Rhythm hit 20 years, Wall Of Sound ticked over 15, Fabric reached 10, and countless club nights and labels clocked similar 'big ones'. It has...