Polaroid were one of Leeds’ worst-kept secrets when they called a day after 6 years of memorable parties at underground hangout Wire. Having played hosts to everyone from Erol Alkan, Joakim, Optimo, Todd Terje and Brodinski, they took a break, but after two years Joe Morris, Nick Smith...

New Zealand-born Hugo Barritt moved to London at the end of the last millennium to concentrate on enveloping himself in electronic music, and since then it’s been a slow-burning progression from playing some of the capital’s most committed promotions and a production career...

We caught up with Deetron on the verge of the release of his new Balance album, and just before his gig at the ADE this year. Deetron is a Swiss DJ and producer that has made his name in the melodic techno scene, and with his new mix album he brings us two different styles of mixing, the old...

Subb-An (Ashique Subhan to his mates) is yet to hit his 25th year, but as a producer, live act and DJ he’s already firmly established himself as one of the UK’s brightest talents. Having secured a residency at Below, the Birmingham underground sensation, in the mid 00s, his live...

Marc Marzenit is one of techno’s up and coming talents. A visitor to Sonar in his teens, and a label owner (his own Paradigma Muzik) in his early 20s, his productions are played by everyone from Sasha and Umek to Tiesto and Eric Prydz. Now, five years on, with over twenty releases under...

Mason are a pair of dutch artists that have taken a long-time friendship and turned it into a career that’s seen them reach the heights of electronic music’s global stage. Having met at Art school at the end of the millennium, they bonded over a shared love for house music, and...

Stu Hirst is one of electronic music’s enduring good guys, with a career that stretches back over the last decade through globe-trotting gigs and a staggering number of productions across some of the biggest labels in house music. The London-based Scot can call the likes of GU, Toolroom,...

Layo and Bushwacka! are two of house music’s great survivors. The pairing have been working together for more than a decade, having joined forces with Mr C to open the legendary End in London’s West End in 1995 and DJed and produced together and as solo artists since before the...

“You know, no-one gets gigs because of their postcode!” Spencer Parker may live in Berlin, but he’s hardly your 21st century DJ cliche. In fact he’s about as far removed as you could get from it. A spinner first and foremost, whose love for the four-four has taken him into an...