Review: Varkala Festival 2016

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Do you remember your first beat match? That small moment of clarity when you simultaneously celebrate this initial achievement and begin to understand its future potential with all its myriad complexities is a peculiar metaphor that came to mind and … Read More

In Conversation With: Anané Vega

Anané Vega is a music powerhouse. Singer, songwriter, producer, radio host, club DJ, label manager: it is all music magic that happens in Anané’s World. She walks the lands of electronic dance music with giant steps fuelled by her devotion … Read More

Review: Dekmantel Festival 2016

It’s hard to determine one particular highlight from this year’s Dekmantel, with the programme boasting it’s most impressive lineup to date and set times carefully curated to ensure each day weaved a pattern of excellence from the onset. This year … Read More

Blueprint heads to The Hydra for 20 year celebration

As an ever reliable early marker in The Hydra season, James Ruskin’s Blueprint returns to Studio Spaces this Sunday for a milestone event. In what’s quickly becoming an annual Bank Holiday tradition, James and friends will be taking over the … Read More

Six Essentials: 51st State 2016

2016 hasn’t exactly been a vintage year for London day festivals. With numerous issues blighting established institutions such as Found and Field Day, you wouldn’t hold it against your average vibe-seeker for becoming something of a cynic. Yet 51st State … Read More

WIN: 2 tickets to Make Me w/ Donato Dozzy, Van Hoesen et al

UE crew, we’ve got a rather special giveaway for your lovely selves. London’s finest Make Me are bringing the heat down to Village Underground this Saturday with another damn-fine lineup of techno heroes – Donato Dozzy and Peter Van Hoesen … Read More

Make Me returns to Corsica w/ Sprinkles, Tessela, Shanti et al

Another month, another outrageous party from London’s Make Me. Returning to Corsica Studios on August 6th, round 1 sees a quintuple booking with considerable class inviting idiosyncratic cult-hero DJ Sprinkles, Poly Kicks’ head-honcho Tessela, Bristolian trailblazer Shanti Celeste, Hessle Audio’s … Read More

Three Chairs, Jeff Mills & Digital Mystikz play Dekmantel this August

Having unquestionably established itself as one of Europe’s top house and techno festivals, Dekmantel returns this August to inject Holland’s capital with an almighty lineup of house, techno and electronica for its fourth edition.

The three-day event is now synonymous … Read More

Review: Gottwood Festival 2016

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From Weather‘s concrete jungle straight into the mystical woodland of Llanfaethlu’s Gottwood (not forgetting Glasto shortly after!) – June has been quite a ride for camp UE. A few days worth of TLC in rural Ruthin provided respite after a … Read More

Review: Weather Festival 2016

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On paper, Weather Festival is a no-brainer. The Parisian monolith’s heady mixture of concrete airfield expanse and triple-A grade techno makes it one of Europe’s most enticing Summer-festival destinations. Another venue has been added since we previewed this year’s edition … Read More