Read a Q&A with Brixton Academy founder Simon Parkes about new London play, Brixton Calling · News ⟋ RA
Smash Repression: how Italy’s free party scene is fuelling a protest movement
Basslines pierce the air and coloured smoke swirls skyward as the sun breaks through the clouds over Lake Garda in Brescia, Italy. It’s Saturday, 10th May, and in the lakeside town of Desenzano, thousands of peaceful protestors have gathered around stationary rigs for the Garda Street Parade. They’re preparing to march alongside sound system crews Circus Bandits and Red Moon Music in the name of social justice and against state repression.
It’s a scene that’s becoming increasingly familiar in I...
Just 22 percent of 2025 Ibiza bookings are female or gender fluid artists, new study finds · News ⟋ RA
Peshay leads fight against "copyright abuse" following legendary mix takedowns
A Change.org petition was launched by Pye and Peshay earlier this month, calling for an end to “abusive copyright strikes on legacy music”. As well as linking to a video showing Shazam-based evidence that ‘Links’ was created by The Chameleon, aka Mark Pritchard and Tom Middleton, the petition calls for penalties to be given for repeated fraudulent copyright claims, and for reforms to YouTube’s counter-notification process. At the time of writing, the petition has been signed over 2,300 times.
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Play inspired by 1992 rave at Castlemorton debuts this summer
A play about the infamous rave at Castlemorton in 1992, told from the perspective of the area’s locals, is set to premiere in the nearby town of Malvern this summer.
The Last Free Rave is the work of first-time playwright Rachel Tobin and will debut on Saturday, 9th August at the Coach House Theatre as part of the Malvern Ink and Curtains Festival.
Tobin, who's lived on Castlemorton Common for 20 years, told DJ Mag that the production opens with voice recordings of locals reflecting on the free...
‘His delivery cut through class barriers’: Moby, Mala and other musicians on working with Benjamin Zephaniah
Tuesday marks the 67th birthday of the late Benjamin Zephaniah – revolutionary poet, playwright, musician and fearless voice for social justice – following the inaugural Benjamin Zephaniah Day held over the weekend at Brunel University. But while he is widely celebrated for his work in literature and activism, Zephaniah’s influence on music remains relatively overlooked.Emerging from the dub poetry scene, Zephaniah channelled personal experiences of systemic racism and state violence into intell...
A Guy Called Gerald kicks off residency at Brazil's largest indigenous gathering · News ⟋ RA
A Guy Called Gerald is playing a residency this week at Brazil's largest indigenous gathering.
São Paulo's D-EDGE criticised for hosting speaker who urged sexual abuse survivors to 'forgive' · News ⟋ RA
Iconic Brazilian venue D-EDGE is facing backlash after hosting an evangelical service where sexual abuse survivors were urged to forgive their abusers.
Massive Attack, The Avalanches transmit music to the moon for new London art installation · News ⟋ RA
Massive Attack, The Avalanches, Klein, Pussy Riot and more have transmitted pieces of original music to the moon as part of a new art installation in London.
Piccadilly Un:Plugged, a free public exhibit running at Piccadilly Circus through March 8th, is the brainchild of Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian—founder of NASA’s International Space Orchestra and a designer at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
How music is responding to right wing populism
I never quite anticipated witnessing firsthand the impact of far-right ideologies on some twenty-something-year-olds in the UK. Hearing young people rant about ‘unskilled migrants’that are ‘leeching off the system and giving nothing back’? It’s a reality that hit home when the offspring of an old friend sent me a flood of right-wing propaganda – including an invite to a far-right march and a collection of grimy mugshots of alleged Asian grooming gang members.Further conversation revealed deep-se...
Nightlife has an official seat at the UN—what do artists want to see happen next? · News ⟋ RA
The International Nightlife Association (INA) has a new seat at the United Nations, and with it the opportunity to potentially influence UN policy.
Turkish pushback survivor wins landmark case against Greece
A Turkish asylum seeker and pushback victim has won a legal battle against the Greek government after taking her case to the European Court of Human Rights.The landmark victory announced Tuesday concerns Ayşe Erdoğan, a 34-year-old maths graduate, who was 'pushed back' to Turkey from Greece in 2019. There she faced persecution and imprisonment over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, holds responsible for a coup attempt in 2016. This event trigger...
Berlin venue Oyoun to be evicted after year-long legal battle against 'state intimidation' · News ⟋ RA
Berlin arts and culture group Oyoun is being evicted from its premises at the end of the month, following a year-long legal battle to stay in the building.
'A step closer to dictatorship': Sound systems take over streets in Italy to protest controversial security bill · News ⟋ RA
Sound system crews swamped the streets of Modena and Palermo on Saturday to protest Italy's controversial new security bill (DDL 1660), which critics say will erode fundamental civil liberties and human rights.
'So important': UK spiking campaigners and survivors respond to introduction of specific law · News ⟋ RA
A new UK law making spiking a specific criminal offence was announced last Wednesday, July 17th.
Spiking—the act of putting alcohol or drugs into someone's drink or body without their consent—is already a crime under sections 23 and 24 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. However, the new legislation, outlined in the Labour government's manifesto, should "strengthen the law to improve the police response to spiking," according to the official briefing for last week's King's Speech.
Greek pushback victims heard for first time by the ECtHR
Strasbourg - Greece has been interrogated by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about its “systemic pushback” practice for the first time and the verdict concerning the cases of two asylum seekers, who were sent back to Turkey, is due to be announced in the coming months.
The controversial Greek practice has been slammed for being a “de facto border state policy” by Amnesty International, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, and by numerous other rights groups.
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Four more women accuse Kamaal Williams of sexual harassment · Feature ⟋ RA
Anu Shukla and Annabel Ross continue their RA investigation into the South London jazz artist's alleged inappropriate behaviour towards women.
Kamaal Williams accused of alleged sexual assault by three women · Feature ⟋ RA
In this RA investigation by Anu Shukla and Annabel Ross, alleged victims of the London-born electronic jazz artist describe experiences spanning over a decade.
Massive Attack and Brian Eno support The Great Escape boycott against Barclays · News ⟋ RA
137 artists have condemned the bank's investment in weapons companies selling arms to Israel.
Massive Attack and Brian Eno support The Great Escape boycott against Barclays image
Massive Attack and Brian Eno have supported the 137 artists who have pulled out of Brighton festival The Great Escape (TGE) in solidarity with Palestine.
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