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Looking for the Perfect Beat
Podcast
Arthur Baker in conversation with Four Tet, Peter Hook, Irvine Welsh & more...
The Lot Radio Takeover
Video
Matthew Law joins editor Jesse Serwer and Eddie Stats live from NYC.
October 19, 2026
Gang Starr’s fourth album, the 1994 opus Hard to Earn, was built to maintain the respect of the streets, according to its architect, DJ Premier. Eschewing the melodic loops and jazz samples of their earlier...
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November 02, 2026
As Wax Poetics gets ready to auction off The Box’s Martin Audio sound system stacks as part of The Ministry of Sound: The Gaunt Street Archive, we look back at the club’s sonic history.
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November 01, 2026
Juan Atkins, the originator of techno, has died aged 64. In tribute, we revisit Andy Thomas’s history of Detroit techno from Wax Poetics Issue 45.
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October 24, 2026
Adventures in Modern Recording (1981) The Buggles By the time The Buggles released their second album, Adventures in Modern Recording (1981), Trevor Horn was beginning to outgrow the role of pop star. He would later name...
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October 23, 2026
On a stiflingly hot day, the bullet train slid into Tokyo Station. The 200mph ode to the precision, engineering and cleanliness Japan is renowned for sped us to Hamamatsu, where we were to meet another...
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October 19, 2026
Def Jam’s publicist from 1984 to 1990, Bill Adler talks Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys and why hip-hop needs its own hall of fame.
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October 16, 2026
Jamz Supernova unites and educates people on the dance floor. The BBC 6 Music broadcaster, DJ and Future Bounce founder has cemented her reputation as a respected tastemaker. Her selections approach sound as storytelling. Through...
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October 03, 2026
Wings Yoshio “Chin” Suzuki (1987) Veteran jazz bassist and composer Yoshio “Chin” Suzuki passed away on 23 September at the age of 80. Before he died, he once told me: “I’ll keep searching for a new...
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September 25, 2026
After a decade-long hiatus, Thank You For Clapping (TYFC), the Copenhagen platform for music, sound, machines and other playful things, has returned with a physical studio
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September 07, 2026
Wu-Tang Clan’s origin story, excerpted with permission from the book From the Streets of Shaolin: The Wu-Tang Saga by S. H. Fernando Jr., published by Hachette Books. Opening arguments for the three-day trial on assault...
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