After a period of acceleration, the dance floor felt different this summer. With festival season officially over in the Northern Hemisphere, we look back to take the pulse of dance and electronic music. Read the feature: ra.co/features/4370

Cole Palmer doing tremendous things for the Vybz Kartel fandom

hearing troubling reports I make an uncredited cameo in the Pavement movie

To say I was unsure how to approach this is an understatement. Still: I wrote about Jackmaster — an immense DJ and huge presence in many lives He personified an era in clubbing, then accelerated us moving past it. We owe the story, and Jack, honesty. RIP ra.co/features/4390?…

this sounds like it can't possibly be true but I just read that Gil Scott-Heron was the "You Know When You've Been Tango'd" voice

The Loft is one of history's most fabled parties. So why is the event embroiled in fallout? Complaints of poor sound, overcrowding and board disputes risk David Mancuso's idealist vision. Its future now looks uncertain. Read RA's exclusive investigation ra.co/features/4393

skeemask.bandcamp.com/album/d

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dooming to extremes previously thought unreachable

Presenting: our favourite records of 2024 🏆 These are the 25 albums, EPs and compilations that made our year. ra.co/features/4404

wrote about RA's favourite record of 2024: the impeccable One Day by Loidis / 𝖍𝖚𝖊𝖗𝖈𝖔 𝖘. (my #1 too, no surprise there) patient, playful, compulsively replayable, a total slam dunk. whole list is great too — check it out

Our #1 track of the year is Nick León & Erika de Casier - Bikini TraTraTrax ra.co/features/4401

listening to loveless

Palestine's Radio alHara is a vital voice in digital radio. From improv comedies to club sets, few stations command the airwaves with such curiosity and passion. In this interview, its core members reflect on their endless musical fascinations. ra.co/features/4406

few agonies more acute than having to leave Japan

Had to go pay our respects

This is like the Great Library of Alexandria going up in smoke