Kris Swales, Journalist

Peace. Love. Unity. Respect. Dance music’s four-pronged holy trinity – the four elements from which the rave scene initially drew its power and slowly but surely infiltrated the stadiums of the world.

I’m comfortable with the fact that Burial’s Untrue is just two-step minus the naff, brostep is just nu metal minus the Durst, and Muse are just Queen with MIDI and better haircuts.

How do you experience a subculture of music intrinsically linked to drug use when in the opinion of a qualified medical professional “you fall into the category of people who should never, ever, ever, ever, ever take drugs ever again”?

History is all about perception...

And the finale of Dennis Desantis’ You Say sounds like a new beginning, leaving the listener wondering what might’ve went down on the dancefloor once darkness descended.

It’s dub of a different kind for Monteith, whose previous preference for an organic take on the sound is eschewed here for vocodered vocals and something sinister in the bass department.

"I cannot for the life of me wrap my head around the musical offerings of Flying Lotus. At last, the heavy burden of my shame has been lifted."

TheMusic’s semi-resident cynic Kris Swales ruminates on Deadmau5 taking electronic dance music videos into seven-figure budget territory.

Rolling Stone chose their top dance albums of all time, Kris Swales reckons they got it all wrong.

Music Director Rick Smith channels over 20 years of programming music to smash dancefloors.

Fabric 64 sits at that rare juncture where atmosphere and emotional resonance collide on the dancefloor.