SUMMER is well and truly underway with festivals and clubs across Europe booming. The official season in Ibiza began less than a month ago and this year is set to be one to remember with lots of change on the magical island. One person that has seen the evolution of Ibiza first hand is Clara Da Costa. An integral part of the fabric of the island, this year sees Clara celebrating 25 years DJing there. The season is off to a hectic start for Clara and has already seen her play Pacha and Zoo Project and the first of...

DUBFIRE had already achieved monumental success as one half of Grammy award winning, house music icons Deep Dish by the time his solo career erupted in 2006. The Iranian-American DJ and producer, otherwise known as Ali Shirazinia had always been rooted in Techno and post Deep Dish his solo career as Dubfire took off with a slew of well received, intense dance floor moments. This week he releases a comprehensive retrospective of his work to date: A Decade Of Dubfire. The 42 track collection is as much a celebration of how far he has come in ten years as...

ANYONE who has witnessed Loco Dice DJ, from Timewarp to DC-10 to the HYTE parties at Amnesia – can testify that few match his ability to soundtrack a night. We caught up with Dice towards the end of 2015, just as he was about to unleash his second LP, ‘Underground Sound Suicide’.  The album fused together sounds from hip-hop and techno resulting in an amalgamation of both his influences and vision for electronic music. Since the release of his debut artist album ‘7 Dunham Place’ in 2008, Dusseldorf’s Loco Dice has grown to become one of the most sought after names in...

DUKE Dumont and Gorgon City are two of the most commercially successful dance music artists in modern day pop music. They have joined forces for new single ‘Real Life’ which features NAATIONS, it’s set to be a massive summer anthem on Ibiza and beyond. The prolific duo Gorgon City have sold in excess of 2 million combined singles and albums worldwide and are preparing for a busy summer heading back to Ibiza for their residency at Amnesia and other headline slots all over Europe including SW4 and V Festival here in the UK. Duke Dumont has released a hat-trick...

THE term ‘meteoric rise’ is a somewhat overused term in dance music, but the cliche really is the best way to describe the ascent of Patrick Topping. In only a few years he has gone from playing home town gigs in Newcastle to tirelessly touring the world’s biggest festivals, playing alongside some of the best in the business including the likes of Pete Tong, Eats Everything, Jamie Jones and Green Velvet. This summer sees him continue his residency at Jamie Jones’ Paradise at DC10 in Ibiza and release another EP on Jones’ Hot Creations imprint together with shows at Space Ibiza, Hideout...