Dance music
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Catch the hip-hop superstar and the politically charged Manchester five-piece. Plus: The Blue Aeroplanes, Anna Meredith and Julian Cope
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Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley only made his 1986 track to amuse his friends – then it burst out of Chicago’s clubs and became a No 1 hit
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A reader takes a journey of discovery through your favourite 12-inch singles and remixes. Classics from Grace Jones, New Order and Happy Mondays make the cut
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A wacky moniker can help artists draw attention to themselves. But if you want to get past playing uni club nights, you’d better have the skills to back it up
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From David Bowie to Prince and Leonard Cohen, death has cast a long shadow over the world of pop and rock. But, as more pioneers reach a certain age, it’s something we’ll have get used to
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Three sound rigs set up illegally inside the Devon national park taken down, but no arrests have been made
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The geordie tech-house producer empties the contents of his psychic record bag, from Kanye West to Girls On Top
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