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Meet Proppa, the Remix Guy Running the Underground
Proppa is the Chicago DJ loading everyone else's flash drive and not asking for credit. House music kid turned underground heavyweight, one bassline at a time.
Latest Asian Electronic Music News, Page 28
House, techno and electronic music news, releases and events from across Asia.
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Doof in the Park 2026: Dundee's Bold Park Festival Takeover
Dundee built a festival from scratch, sold it out before the lineup even dropped, and somehow got Paul van Dyk, Eddie Halliwell, and Lilly Palmer to show up to a park. Year two of Doof in the Park hits Camperdown on July 4th and it is not slowing down.
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Sónar 2026 Just Turned Barcelona Into a House Music Problem
Sónar Barcelona just restructured everything for 2026 and the house music lineup is genuinely one of the strongest in Europe right now. MK b2b TSHA. Glitterbox taking SonarHall at 1am Saturday. Dom Dolla with a full AV show on the biggest dancefloor in the world. Six stages. Music from 5pm to 7am. All in one building in Barcelona. June 18 to 20. This one is not a maybe. Read the full breakdown before you talk yourself out of going.
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Sammy Virji Is Having the Year Nobody Saw Coming
Sammy Virji sold out Alexandra Palace twice, got a Four Tet remix, and still has Sónar, Finsbury Park and Red Rocks left on the calendar. UK garage is having its moment and he is leading it. Read the full story.
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Glorious Day Festival Just Made June Very Complicated
Glorious Day Festival just dropped a lineup that should not be possible for a one day boutique festival. Groove Armada. Jocelyn Brown live. Todd Terry. Norman Jay. Brighton seafront. 13 June. Go get your ticket before someone else does.
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The Man Who Put Africa on the Dancefloor Is Coming for London
There is a moment in every Black Coffee set where time kind of stops. The bass gets deep. The drums get personal. And something that started as house music starts to feel like the entire African continent just sat down in the room with you. That is the thing about Black Coffee. He is not just playing records. He is doing something to the air.
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One Saturday in Cheshire That You Will Not Forget
No camping. No chaos. Just a beautiful garden in Cheshire and a lineup that basically built the dancefloor you grew up on. Daresbury Festival 2026 is June 20th at Walton Hall and Gardens. 808 State headline. Sam Divine is the special guest. Tickets are going fast.
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The Festival That Brings House Music Home Is Getting Bigger
House music is going back to where it was born. ARC Music Festival returns to Chicago's Union Park this Labor Day weekend for its biggest edition yet. Four days for the first time. Over 100 artists. Anyma, Honey Dijon, Derrick Carter, Carl Craig, Moodymann, The Blessed Madonna, Joy Orbison and many more across four stages. September 4 through 7.
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Dunya Means World. Khadija Is Building One.
There is a producer in Berlin making the most personal project in house music right now. Her name is Khadija. Dunya means world in Arabic and the trilogy she is building on Radio Slave's REK'D label explores exactly that. Faith, grief, resilience, one chapter at a time. Dunya I came in January. Dunya II just landed May 1. One chapter still to come. Get familiar before the world catches up.
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How DJ Mandy Turned the Internet Into a Career
So DJ Mandy started as a TikTok joke. Funny mixes, chaotic energy, the whole thing. Then she kept going. Then the festivals called. Then Breakaway Tampa put her on the same lineup as Dom Dolla and Tiësto. Then the original music dropped and the clubs started playing it. Funk U Want and And That Is House are not content drops. They are actual records. The internet found her first but the dance floor is keeping her.
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merchant: The Jamaican DJ Giving Afro House a Soul
merchant is the Jamaican born Afro house producer already backed by Black Coffee, Diplo and Pete Tong. He is making dance floor records with real emotional depth and the scene is paying attention.
Events
Cercle Festival 2026 Said Hold My Rocket
Cercle Festival 2026 is putting house music inside an aerospace museum and honestly it is the most dramatic thing to ever happen to a kick drum. Kerri Chandler, Michael Bibi, Eric Prydz and 41 others. Three stages. One rocket. Two Concordes. An A380. May 22 to 24, Le Bourget, Paris. See you on the tarmac.