Tonight see's The Underground Show return to Belfast Underground. With special guests Ryan Dornan of Thompson's Garage, Stereo Sesions and Hijaxx, also joining us is Ryan Macfarlane from Collate. We'll be having a chat with both guys about what they are up to and upcoming gigs. We also run through the upcoming gigs in your area and select out Local Classic and Future Monster so get tuned in at 6pm-8pm here at www.belfastunderground.co.uk
Local heroes Bicep have announced the release of their debut album, due for release on September 1st on Ninja Tune.
Anticipation for the self-titled long player has been building with the lead single ‘Aura’ whetting the appetite on dance floors around Europe. Like their wildly eclectic, fun-packed sets, the album will be a “mixed bag”, and bears the fruit of almost two years of studio work, completed amidst the usual flurry of gigs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvlym4g9SQQ
Matt and Andy will follow this up with an AVA-produced live show at the Ulster Hall on 30th September that will feature Feel My Bicep label mate Hammer among other guests. Tickets for what promises to be yet another memorable Belfast night are available from Resident Advisor, priced £15 (plus booking fee).
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Tonight kicks off The Underground Show and 6pm with The Night Institue co founder Jordan (with EXCLUSIVE new music) and young up and comers Daniel Busby and Michael Reid.
Every week we will have guests on talking a bit about themselves as well as giving you a sneak peek at new tracks, events and an insight into the Northern Ireland Electronic scene. We want to hear from you on during the show as well with any questions you want to ask the guest so get onto our Facebook live stream and like and comment.
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This is a brilliant video taking on the issue of gender inequality in electronic music head on. In our country especially there is a severe inbalance and hopefully the recent awarness generated by some of the big names in recent years will bring an end to it.
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Plans have been announced for the building of a Hip Hop Hall of Fame, scheduled to open in New York in 2018.
The non-profit organisation plan to construct a 20-storey building on Harlem’s 125th Street – home also to the legendary Apollo Theatre - that will include a museum, café, concert space, gift shop, and eventually a five-star hotel and sports bar.
The target amount sought to raise is $150m, and contributors are invited to donate via the Hip Hop Hall of Fame’s website.
Who would you put into the Hip Hop Hall of Fame? Who should be left out?
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Less than a week after his memorable live set at AVA’s Beck’s Stage, Dutch star Fatima Yamaha – known to his family as Bas Bron – has announced his return to Belfast.
No doubt impressed by the reception he received from the famously up-for-it Belfast audience – who helped soundtrack a special Friday night sunset with a vigorous singalong to his anthem ‘What’s A Girl To Do’ – the Amsterdam resident will return to the city to play the Limelight on Fri, 2nd October.
Tickets are available from shine.net, and will be priced at £16.
Read MoreApple have announced that will be launching the new iMac along with new iPad Pro at the end of the year.
Better start saving your pennies however as it is going to land in at a massive $4999.
So what do you get for your money? Well they are calling it the "most powerful mac ever" and the stats seem to back it up! With a massive 18-core processor that supports 4TB memory, it also comes with a 5k 27" retina display.
Luckily they have also given us more connections than their recent Macbook offering with only had USB-C. This new iMac will have 4 USB, 3 Thunderbolt/USB-C ports. It also looks the business in black......I want one!
The next series of iPad Pros coming out will also see a step up in performance with 10.5" version allowing for 4K video editing.
Pete Tong recently voiced his opinion on one of dance musics big issues such as gender equality. The Radio One legend also talks about the EDM scene in America, the recent Manchester tragedy and his upcoming Ibiza Classics gig in Los Angles.
Catch the video below.
https://www.facebook.com/billboarddance/videos/1936827496563576/
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