Cook’s Club Sessions, A Saviour For Any Weary Raver

With the peak of festival season fast approaching, it seems only fair to share an absolute saviour I discovered last year…After months of trekking up and down the country, dancing my body to the brink of exhaustion (the tunes were too good), and seshing until the early hours I was, to put it bluntly, f*cking exhausted. While bed rotting wondering how I’d recover, Cook’s Club Kolymbia popped into the Broke inbox with a seemingly universe-sent invite to the final event in their new series of poolside ‘Sessions’ featuring Olive F at their resort in Rhodes. Offering three days at their sanctuary under the sun that mixed meditation and yoga with mood-matching DJs pulled everywhere from the underground clubs of Ibiza to established names signed by the world’s biggest electronic labels, it was of course a no-brainer, so I packed my bags, put on my (now very crusty) Buffalos and dragged myself through Gatwick, gagging for a week of wellness, restoration and good music…

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NAMED COLLECTIVE Drops New Rave Wear Collection ‘NOCTURNAL’

If we learned one thing last fezzie season, it’s to never leave home without a NAMED COLLECTIVE hoodie in your backpack – practically living in ours for about three months straight, we spent most weekends ripping off their zip-ups amid a sea of sweaty dancers and chucking ’em back on again when the early-hours, open-stage chill set in. So, last night when the independent streetwear brand dropped ‘NOCTURNAL’ a rave-dedicated 14-piece lineup of designs, we were on it faster than a funky house set at a festival…

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Broke Magazine B2B DJ XIE – Bringing The House Down

Blending melodic tech house, catchy vocals, and slick beat drops, DJ XIE’s EP, ‘Kick Drum Heart’, is the sound of the summer. All we need now is a yacht and margarita, and DJ XIE will bring the party. We caught up with the LA-based Singer/Producer/DJ/Icon to learn more about her multifaceted talent, her energetic lifestyle and vibrant sound…

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Broke’s Big F*ck Off Festival Guide 2025: International Edition

Wrapping up our Big F*ck Off Festival Guides for 2025, we’ve pulled together a list of god-tier events across the globe based on lineups that’ll no doubt deliver world-class wobs, parties our lot simply won’t stop yapping about and a spectrum of electronic music so broad you’ll never be bored. Whether you’re a pashmina-wearing house head, garage geezer gagging for some gutwrenchingly-good drops, trance tripper, techno tweaker, DnB buff who can’t get enough of ‘baddadan’ (or, like us, a combination of the above) keep reading for our recommended roster body-grooving gatherings…

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Meet Soundscape, the intimate event runners reviving rave culture in Manchester

Around midnight, we pull up to Six Trees Bar and Kitchen, nestled within the heart of Manchester’s industrial estate. It’s a venue nobody could stumble upon by accident, a secret rave cave where only those in search of the juiciest wobs would spend their Friday night. Home to resident event runners Soundscape, Manchester’s freshest group of party organisers, the space is transformed weekly into an intimate dance floor that truly captures the essence of rave culture and an authentic warehouse vibe that their commercial competitor a few miles away could only dream of…

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Through The Lens: Celebrating 5 years of M.A.D Records At Corsia Studios

Born as a project ‘for the love of the dance’, M.A.D Records aka Make A Dance have now been producing, selecting and playing a tasty earful throughout London and beyond for 5 years. To celebrate this special birthday, M.A.D took over Elephant & Castle’s intimate, between-the-bridges hideout, Corsica Studios. For any M.A.D fans feeling a tinge of FOMO or ravers looking to re-live the event, we snapped some of the best moments of the night and brought them to BROKE so you can look through the lens and land right on the dance floor…

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Broke Magazine B2B Bakey: Pirate Radio, A Phonox Residency & His New EP ‘Backrooms’

On the forefront of the UKG resurgence wave, Bakey blends breakbeats, dnb and bassline to create a dark, gritty sound. Not compromising on production, Bakey fills dancefloors, fusing high energy and melodic highs with his signature raw, deep bass. We caught up with the Leeds-born DJ to find out more about the release of his EP ‘Backrooms’, his Phonox residency, and more…

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Broke’s Big Fuck Off Festival Guide 2025: UK Edition

Listen closely enough and you’ll hear ravers across the UK collectively roaring “HELL YESSSSSSSS” right now because festival season is finally on the horizon. As for the Broke team, we’re gagging to get back on a dance floor with you lot, in fields, forests and wherever the fuck else organisers fancy sticking a pair of decks. While we’re still a few months out from some of our faves opening their gates, with outdoor events kicking off across the country and festivals constructing stages and campsites ready to host us from May to September, the nation is taking a big fat sigh of relief, shaking off what’s left of our winter hibernation and gearing up for a season of seshing, soul-searching and saucy AF tunes. Whether you’re a seasoned festival-goer after goated underground lineups or a first-timer thirsting for immersive atmospheres with a crowd to match, we’ve rounded up every event that’s caught the Broke team’s eye for 2025 below…

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