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The Guest List: Cerrone revisits the “disco songs that made me trip”

Best of Cerrone marks 45 years in music for the French Disco King

How emerging DJs are using TikTok to reach millions

TikTok's large user base and highly-trainable algorithm is a perfect storm for viral hits — but is social media hype translating into real world success? Niamh Ingram investigates

Sound like nothing before: Nikki Nair’s unpredictable music drags you through a genre wormhole

Nikki Nair turns in a 100% production mix, and talks to Aneesa Ahmed about getting grounded for going out to gigs, making "weird" music in isolation, and how a chance encounter with Mike Banks set him on the path to a music career

“Music kept me sane”: LONER powers through the pandemic with more music on the way

With a new EP on the way & plenty of time to hone his craft, Lean Ordinario’s distinct Filipino house sound deserves all the play time when clubs reopen

Arabs Do It Better: the party championing Arabic music in the Holy Land

Alice Austin meets David Pearl & Marwan Hawash, the party-starters flying the flag for Arabic culture in Jaffa & Berlin

KLASSE WRECKS x TECHNIQUE x DOMMUNE was born because they are "fans & supporters of each other’s work"

Klasse Wrecks has remained on their trajectory of not being limited to only music

Taiwanese brand oqLiq presented its latest collection as a 3D maze at London Fashion Week

Titled Spacetime, the collection is inspired by yin & yang, which is Tai Chi

"It's ecstatic": DJ Koze, Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray on the power of Haitian Vodou music

DJ Koze, Lakou Mizik's Steeve Valcourt and Nero's Joseph Ray discuss Haitian musical spirituality and the parallels between Vodou ceremonies and nightclubs

The Amazing History of Shinichi Osawa: Unpacking 3 decades of artistry by Japan's humble hero

You might know him as Mondo Grosso, which began as a band in 1991

Audio Asia: we revisit the subterranean sounds of summer 2021

Press play on 10 tracks of unadulterated Asian fire we had on repeat for the sunshine season

Exploring identity: What does it mean to be a South Asian in the UK in 2021?

Dhruva Balram reflects on the cultural multitudes within the South Asian diaspora, speaking to artists Yung Singh, DEBONAIR, Sarathy Korwar, anu & Surya Sen

How classic cars and soundsystems connect Southall residents to their Indian roots

Ciaran Thapar spends an evening in London's 'Little India', where modified cars and dub reggae soundsystems carry messages of protest and connection to home across generations

Britain's first out Muslim drag queen: Asifa Lahore is a proud clubland pioneer

Safi Bugel talks to Asifa Lahore about London's queer South Asian club history & navigating DJing and performing as a disabled, Muslim trans woman

How Asian Dub Foundation's stand against racism connected generations of British Asians

Zab Mustefa speaks to Asian Dub Foundation about the unifying impact of their visible fight back against racism and the stereotype-smashing lyricism of 1998 album 'Rafi's Revenge'

How DJ diversity clauses can make dance music a better place

Not just making up the numbers, diversity clauses are the DJ booking contract stipulations making nightlife a safer & fairer place

Neoncity Records: The Hong Kong imprint dealing in nostalgia 2.0

Label head Daviouxx on his brand of fluorescent funk

Anyasa is bringing Indian traditional music & electronic sounds to the world

Taking Anjuna back to its Goan roots

Hear all about it: Meet EXTRA EXTRA, a pandemic-born digital synth pop duo from Manila who met online

"We’re a blip in the matrix because we’ve made so many songs yet to this day we haven’t met in person. I don’t know if Joseph’s even real."

Yeti Out spoil us again with a double drop of music & merch

‘Speed Heals’ by Closet Yi is out now via Silk Road Sounds

“Jakarta is where it all started": Kusuma imparts the beauty in the beast

Expect one of the best releases to date on Cocktail D'Amour later this year from the Dekadenz co-founder

Profound connection: Dar Disku's pumping dance music is powered by Middle Eastern, Arabic & Asian sounds

Safi Bugel speaks to the DJ duo and label heads about their process, eclectic sonic identity & why Western producers shouldn't reinterpret music