In this special preview of our new Summer 2013 print magazine, we present the cover story—an extensive interview with the divisive pop phenomenon—in full. Photo by Robert Carrithers. Lana Del Rey’s ...

This week, in an article titled About Vatican Shadow Link With the Far-right, culture journalist Jean-Hugues Kabuiku has highlighted relationships between experimental producer Dominick Fernow—also ...

Mexico City locals like to joke that they live in “a small city of 20 million people” because it’s easy to run into familiar faces even in the western hemisphere’s largest metropolitan area. The ...

A tide has started to shift in Berlin. Earlier this year, the booking agency and party series Mint ceased its activities as a booking agency and series of parties, workshops and events devoted to ...

Online radio continues to be a driving force in fostering community: these stations went above and beyond in this pursuit. Last year, when contact restrictions demanded that everyone spend more time ...

When the promoters behind the Romanian party and festival series Interval announced its closure last December, we took it as proof that their project to open up their countrymen’s hearts and minds to ...

In the second installment of his newly revitalized Rewind column, Finn Johannsen speaks with a true veteran, Flemming Dalum. The Denmark native discovered a passion for Italo disco in the early ’80s, ...

The timing of Katharsis, one of Amsterdam’s biggest techno raves, is no accident. The annual collaboration between two local techno promoter groups, Beukplaten’s Damage Control project and Reaktor ...

The Sound and Style of Beat-Driven Culture. Club music and lifestyle at the global intersections since 2000.

Nika Machaidze was one of the first musicians to start making ambient music in Georgia. He’s also a composer and a filmmaker, and he’s best known for his electronic music projects Nikakoi and Erast.

In the late ‘70s, the uplifting sounds of disco graced dance floors all over the world. The genre’s epic strings, cheerful vocals and futuristic synths transcended the realm of western culture, even ...

It’s 4 AM, and about 500 kids in brightly colored retro Kappa and Adidas tracksuits are locked to the beat in an up-and-down stomp that defies conventional stamina. Their jerking movements and quick ...