As the annual Amsterdam-based festival faces increasing popularity year on year, Christian Eede considers how Dekmantel is pushing against becoming just another dance music festival, and fits in a trip to new club De School along the way. Photos courtesy of Bart Heemskerk and Desiré van den Berg
At this year's edition of Borealis festival in Bergen, Karl Smith finds both a city uniquely positioned to take up the mantle of experimental music capital of Norway and an expertly curated run of performances and events that testify to the vitality of progressive music