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On 5th May 2013, the UK rave scene lost an inspirational man. Clive Miles, aka Dance Daddy, lost his battle with cancer just weeks after the legendary Country Club Reunion, re-born out of his desire to say farewell and thank you . Everyone who knew Clive and/or The Country Club will join Core in telling you that Dance Daddy was the real life personification of P.L.U.R. Here, Kingston Ward recalls his first experience of The Country Club at the Reunion...

Thursday, 28 March 2013 12:54

Banco De Gaia - Apollo Review

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Core have been lucky enough to get a preview listen of the astounding new album from Banco De Gaia. Check what we thought of the new album from the musical legend. 

Following the fantastic success of Italian hardstyle DJ and Production supremo Luca Antolini’s original work of art in 2010, ‘Powerful’ gets the eagerly anticipated 2013 ‘Reloaded’ treatment with this impressive set of remixes from such genre defining artists as hard electrik hero Scott Attrill and this, extremely potent slice of hard dance remix power from Riot! Recordings regular and Audio Surgery main player Generator. 

Monday, 18 March 2013 15:36

Christian Smith Omakase LP Review

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Here at Core we love dynamic, interesting music, and Christian Smith's new LP certainly fits those two criteria. The techno master has created a worthy, complete collection of different flavours and styles, and we give you a full run down of the album right here. 

Tuesday, 12 March 2013 14:13

Craig Connelly Top Ten Picks - Trance

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Every now and then an artist hits the scene by storm, creating shockwaves in their wake and smashing their mark on the industry before it knows what’s hit it. Craig Connelly is doing just that. He popped into Core to give us his Top Ten Picks, including Ferry Corsten, Showtek and Justin Prime to name a few!