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Dario Ivkovic: 'people don’t seem interested in roots of Balkan music'

('Ili Pusk\xc3\xa1s',) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:06:49 -0000

Best-known as a member of both the German touring group Shantel & The Bucovina Club Orkestar and French band Les Yeux Noirs, the Serbian accordionist is an electrifying personality onstage. We talk music legends, Balkan beats and why 'girls like guitarists better'

Alex Metric: the man with a studio tan

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:11:24 -0000

The 29-year-old British DJ and producer takes us on his own brief musical journey of electronic music as we await the remixes on his new disc Open Your Eyes. The eponymous first single, an intriguing collaboration with DJ Angello of Swedish House Mafia, is out this January

Bleach this: Paris nightlife gets a cold shower

('Sarah Byrne',) — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:17:06 -0000

After being branded Europe’s party-pooper a couple of years ago, a group of courageous rescuers of the night are attempting to turn the legendary city of lights into a renewed mecca for night owls. To some avail…

Music in November: Matias Aguayo, Rodamaal feat Claudia Franco

('Tim Mac an Airchinnigh',) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:13:35 -0000

Music wanderings take us into left-field hedonism this month via the German dance scene with its Spanish house vocals amongst others. Album and playlist of the month as well as a featured favourite album classic

Phil Stumpf: anaesthetist by day, DJ by night

('Alexandra Baxter',) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:29:45 -0000

Living in France for the last decade has allowed the German, 35, to be more 'exotic'. But the capital is too expensive to allow an underground culture to manifest itself, he says

Dj Miguel Picasso: 'Europe is the main source of house music worldwide'

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:24:08 -0000

The Spanish DJ, musician and composer from Malaga teaches in a music academy in Fuengirola. A successful remix has helped him hit the top of the world house music charts, in a genre becoming ever-popular in Europe

'Prishtinali': urban faces in a raw capital

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0000

A capital in transition has ‘bigger’ priorities than music and fashion. Dynamic young patriots use these elements of renewal to bring their city closer to Europe

DJ Krush - Tokyo-ing Barcelona

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:00:00 -0000

One night in Barcelona's famous 'Apolo' club, where the 'international master of turntablism' divides clubgoers with his mellow electronic strains