French producer Acumen has resided over a period in house music where both minimal, tech-house and more recently, straight up house music were the norm. As such, the Time Has Changed owner if well qualified to chat about the perils of modern day dance music and the state it finds itself in. And as it happens, he’s quite optimistic about where it’s all going – which is no real great surprise when we consider the wealth of brilliant music that both he and his two labels (the  other being Thrill of It) have summoned up in recent times. Considering all of this, we settled down with him recently for a quick chat to discuss his new EP, life in...

Bugged Out!’s 2015 was set to raise the proverbial bar even further that the previous years. The newly crowned best DJ in the UK Jackmaster offers a supporting role alongside best friend Skream, Daniel Avery, Mike Skinner, Leon Vynehall. However the main catalyst for you to take notice is that of the legendary duo The Chemical Brothers who have been drafted in to front the bill, the big beat survivors who were responsible for some of the 90s most memorable dance hits (as well as a slew of unfuckwithable full-lengths). Update: folktronica survivor and Brit dance poster boy Four Tet has now been added to the lineup, and he’ll be providing a...