DJmag — Next Step Forward Festival is aiming to become an annual event… more info

Core News — “It’s a 90s special… Mr C from The Shamen joins B Traits for a back-to-back mix, plus Dutch label Deslin are Label Mates and Future 12 star Man Power drops a 90s mix!” Check out other B.Traits shows here and subscribe to the feed to get good ... more info

Guardian Music — Bayfront Park, Miami, USIf any proof were needed that dance music – or electronic dance music, or "EDM", as it's increasingly abbreviated – is breaking new ground in the US, it came at the Ultra music festival in Miami when Madonna joined Avicii ... more info

Guardian Music — 'It was so cleverly written people still don't get it. I mean, come on'Colin Angus, synthesisers and guitarsThe Shamen started out as a guitar band, gorging on fungal fruits and tuning into psychedelia. As the personnel changed, we played around Sco... more info

Guardian Music — Superfreq E'special, LondonThe view from top of Centrepoint is one of the finest in London, not least because – as various wags have pointed out down the years – it's one of the few vantage points in the vicinity where you don't have to look at C... more info

Guardian Music — The Danish pop veteran's forthcoming album melds balearic beats and furry animals – it's pleasant but inconsequentialHometown: Copenhagen.The lineup: Kenneth Bager and a cast of thousands. Well, tens.The background: Kenneth Bager has the dubious ho... more info

Guardian Music — 2007: Number 43 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicTen years of electroclash, nu rave and messy Monday night mash-ups were brought to a close when DJ Erol Alkan called time on London's Trash club with Abba's Dancing Queen... more info

Guardian Music — This dance duo from New York do a neat line 'ecstatic rave', recalling early-90s techo bods the Orb and the ShamenHometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Zach Steinman (keyboards) and Sam Haar (more keyboards).The background: The word may have been debased by... more info

Guardian Music — Is that a Funky Drummer sample? Does someone use the word "mofo" and the phrase "dropping the bomb"? Is this terrible? Yes, it isHometown: Amsterdam.The lineup: Don Pepijn Schipper (music, vocals).The background: Today's new artist is brought to you ... more info

Guardian Music — Original Pirate Material gave British rap an authentic new voice and provided the link between the Kinks and Dizzee RascalWho else made our albums of the decade list?"Ooh, the pizza's here ... will someone let him in please? We didn't order chicken .... more info