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
‘Such a violent confrontation’: Love Decade, the Leeds rave that prompted 836 arrests
Amid a police crackdown on rave culture in 1990, the now infamous warehouse party became a riot, resulting in one of the UK’s biggest mass arrests. Attendees and DJs look back
‘It can bring you to tears’: is this the world’s most beautiful sounding nightclub?
Transformed from a second world war bunker into Germany’s buzziest dance venue, the acoustics at Open Ground in Wuppertal are raved about by DJs such as Floating Points – and may even be good for your health
Human Traffic review – one-crazy-night 90s clubbing comedy provides euphoric rush of nostalgia
This loved-up ensemble piece is cheerfully apolitical, pro-drugs and pro-hedonism – and features a very funny film debut from Danny Dyer
Fire destroys main stage at Belgium’s Tomorrowland festival on eve of opening
Blaze came a day before thousands of electronic dance music fans were set to descend on the Belgian event
DJ Nick León on Rosalía, regional Latin club sounds and rejecting success: ‘I was losing my edge’
Early success left the Miami producer feeling risk-averse. He quit touring to discover his muggy, magical sound – and accidentally scored another hit with Erika de Casier
‘That’s where I found my family’: dancefloor devotees on hedonistic moves and healing grooves
A new season at London’s Southbank Centre is inspired by Emma Warren’s book Dance Your Way Home, about the potency of communal movement. She and other artists involved explain why the dancefloor is their happy place
Wish you were still here: what happened to the one-hit wonders of 80s package holiday pop?
Europop acts from Opus to Baltimora to Nena got huge after Brits brought their songs home from their summer breaks. But despite returning to obscurity, the artists say they’re not (sun)burnt by fame
‘She’s one of us!’ The dizzying rise of Hannah Laing, Scottish dental nurse turned superstar doof-doof DJ
The Dundee producer’s hard dance has won her millions of listeners and an Ibiza residency. But for Laing, nothing beats giving back to her community – starting with a huge hometown festival
Daytimers: Alterations review – Bollywood classics remixed for today’s dancefloors
The UK collective have been reimagining south Asian music since 2020, and their new compilation splices junglism and Afro-house onto gems in Sony India’s catalogue
Kae Tempest: Self Titled review – the rhythms in his lyrics are still so distinct
Despair runs through the Londoner’s fifth album but, in what is essentially a love letter to the trans community, his home town and partner, a strange beauty breaks through
JD Twitch of Scottish DJ duo Optimo diagnosed with untreatable brain tumour
DJ and producer, real name Keith McIvor, says health has ‘declined very rapidly over just a few weeks’
Kesha: . (Period) review – a smart, funny return to her hedonistic hot-mess persona
After a long legal battle, the pop star’s sixth album harks back to her 2010s era, with a buffet of pop styles and only rare hints of her highly-publicised trauma
‘Seeing climate change like this, it changes you’: dance duo Bicep on making a new project in Greenland
Collaborating with Indigenous artists and sampling melting glaciers, the Northern Irish artists are championing Arctic culture – and documenting a collapsing world
‘Someone compared it to Bohemian Rhapsody’: Wookie on making UK garage classic Battle
‘We added a level of sophistication to garage. When we were trying to get it on the radio, one station said it was too intelligent and they wouldn’t play it’