Transmission / Albert Hall / January – April 2015

Patrick Hinton talks with Move D about the superiority of Manchester to Berlin, the stagnation of the German scene, and red wine

Songs that made up for the lack of Villalobos

DJ Harvey provides a master class in DJing

Herbert reigned in his experimentalist tendencies and span a very dancefloor focused set

Sounds Of The Near Future sees a night of Glaswegian dominance in Manchester

The Warehouse Project returns home

Tracks that will shake Store Street

Patrick Hinton caught up with Axel Boman to discuss Bez’s piss, Papa K and dinosaurs

The unofficial guide for thinking outside the freshers’ pack

In only its second year, the festival was remarkably assured in its organisation and execution

“For those who never experienced Store Street, you’re in for a treat. For those who were there first time round, you know what’s coming.”

West confidently exhibits all the star qualities that make him one of hip hop’s biggest names

Everywhere you stood at Pangaea the party atmosphere remained bubbling

Dekmantel / 1st-3rd August / Amsterdam

2 labels, 4 headliners

Lo-Fi pull in the big guns

A night of rousing funk and mind-bending techno

The teaming up of Selective Hearing and Hi Ku was highly successful

Two good sets are compromised by a lack of atmosphere