AG Cook review – the hyperpop auteur delivers a thrilling Brooklyn show
Brooklyn Paramount, New YorkThe super-producer, whose big name collaborators include Charli xcx and Beyoncé, goes maximalist for a euphoric, high-energy Friday-night triumph
‘Optimism is very important, especially now’: why Sammy Virji’s joyful dance tracks are conquering the world
His masterful mix of all that is good from the UK bass scene has led to Coachella success and collabs with Giggs and Skepta – the future looks bright for this bashful star
The Butterfly Who Flew Into the Rave review – mesmerising trio tear up the dancefloor
Oli Mathiesen, Lucy Lynch and Sharvon Mortimer bring absolute focus to a shatteringly powerful show of street dance choreo and techno beats
Add to playlist: Yingtuitive’s dream-logic electronics and the week’s best tracks
The Singapore-raised, London-based producer captures the poignancy of living restlessly on her luminous debut album
Stefan Hoyle obituary
Other lives: Musician and DJ who was also a member of the Loose Space Collective that revitalises disused buildings in Manchester
Work your erk’n’jerk! Inside the UK club nights for dancing, not social media posing
As DJs lament crowds who stand still and film on their phones, the UK’s northern soul, jazz dance, footwork and vogueing events are bringing back free expression and fun to the dancefloor
Ninajirachi: I Love My Computer review – a surprisingly moving tribute to 2010s EDM
The Australian producer’s debut album pays homage to the blustering, bombastic genre of her adolescence. The BPM soars and so do the feelings
Amaarae: Black Star review – glamour, glitz and lust from a pop star who should be a supernova
With a sleek dancefloor-facing sound, the Ghanaian American singer is deliriously in thrall to wealth and celebrity – but most of all love
Explosive and experimental, Eddie Palmieri was a revolutionary figure in postwar American music
The Puerto Rican New Yorker pianist, who has died aged 88, radiated pure joy as he played – never resting on his laurels as he went from jazz to salsa to house and beyond
The Guardian view on Berlin’s ailing club scene: a unique inheritance needs protecting
Editorial: The likely closure of one of Germany’s most famous gay dance venues is a depressing sign of the times, as cherished institutions struggle to stay afloat
Germany’s ‘oldest and biggest’ gay nightclub declares bankruptcy
SchwuZ, a 50-year-old dance hotspot, falls victim to inflation and rising rents threatening Berlin’s club scene
AraabMuzik: Electronic Dream 2 review – the return of a maximalist MPC wizard
This sequel retains the original’s generation-defining mix of dread and debauchery, although it is overshadowed by recent bolder versions of the sound
DJ K: Radio Libertadora! review – explosive, cacophonous baile funk witchcraft
Kaique Vieira’s latest ‘bruxaria’ album is even bolder and louder than his 2023 debut, as he brings revolutionary spirit to the funk sound of São Paolo
The DJ who united the warring tribes of French rap and dance – and died far too young
DJ Mehdi perished in a tragic accident aged 34. A new documentary, Made in France, restores his pivotal role in the electronic music revolution that grew out of 00s Paris
Kesha review – a triumphant and electric return for pop’s comeback kid
The millennial-beloved pop star brings the house down in an emotional and energetic chance to show off her new, return-to-form album