• DJ Snake and Major Lazer break the record for first dance track to hit 1 billion views on YouTube with ‘"Lean On".

• Above & Beyond become the first British DJ’s to sell out Madison Square Gardens with their Acoustic II tour.

• Kurupt FM goes meta as the BBC mockumentary crew of MC Grindah, Beats, Steves, Decoy and Chabuddy G prove they can rock festivals and club nights with the best of them.

• Sigma bring drum & bass back to the charts with 2 big hit records "Nobody to Love" and "Changing".

• Mysterious masked German producers Claptone release their debut album.

• The Arches in Glasgow closes it's doors for the final time.

• Soul singer and vocalist Diane Charlemagne (most famous as the voice of Goldie's "Inner City Life" and the Urban Cookie Collective passed away.

• Also leaving us this year was London Colin Faver - a techno pioneer and a legend from the early days of Kiss 100.

 

       Notable albums:

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• Chemical Brothers - Born In The Echos [EMI]

• Jamie XX - In Colour [Young Turks]

• Hudson Mohawke - Lantern [Warp]

• Disclosure - Caracal [Island]

• The Prodigy - The Day Is My Enemy [TMTTH}

• London Elektricty - Are We There Yet [Hospital]

• Major Lazer - Peace Is The Mission [Because]