The annual Breast Cancer Research Fundraising Festival will return for a second year to the old Ibiza Zoo on Wednesday 30th July.

Five minutes outside of San Antonio, from 6pm till midnight, the event hopes to top last year when it raised over £7,000 for the charity.

Guest appearances include Jonathan Ulysses, Jo Mills, Oliver Lang, Wideboys, Prok & Fitch, Tristan Ingram (left, handing over last years cheque), Vicky Devine, Alex Ellenger, Danny Graham, Miss Divine and a whole host of other resident DJ's from The White Isle.

Lake of Stars, the annual music festival in Malawi, will be holding a special launch party in London at the end of the month.

Ed from The Chemical Brothers will be playing a rare reggae set.

The launch party at Unit 7 in East London will raise money for the Malawi event taking place from Friday 10th October.

For more check www.lakeofstars.co.uk

Diesel's very own radio station is now broadcasting, from above a pub in south London. If you happen to live anywhere near New Cross, tune into 87.7FM and catch shows from the likes of Kano, Simian Mobile Disco, Benga, Franz Ferdinand, Ewan Pearson and more for the month while the station is on air.

Those with access to that new fangled interweb can also catch the station on www.diesel-u-music.com.

Electro house sensation Deadmau5 has announced details of new single 'Hi Friend'. The former Mixmag cover-mount star - winner of 4 gongs at the recent Beatport Awards, including best single for 'Not Exactly' - will release his new single in July.

In addition to 'Hi Friend', Deadmau5 and Kaskade have a second vocal track 'I Remember' incoming, which will be released at the end of August. Then there's a compilation/artist album "which should be out mid-October," according to a spokesperson for the label.

Deadmau5 has now been confirmed for Global Gathering, O2 Wireless Festival (July) and Creamfields (August) appearances in the UK.

Ninja Tune founders Coldcut have officially announced that they will be co-producing their next album with Switch.

This will be the dance music veterans’ first album since 2006’s ‘Sound Mirrors’ and will be released later in the year.

Switch has produced for M.I.A and remixed for the likes of The Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx and X-Press 2.

Living techno legend and self-proclaimed "guardian of the Cube" ("Cube" pictured left), Richie Hawtin, has released the following statement, regarding his new world tour – Contakt – and the "mysterious" Cube at the centre of the concept:

"What is apparent is that the Cube is a highly advanced communications device that responds positively to the presence of humans and interacts accordingly. By acting as a central hub it seems to allow us to direct our thoughts, collect and share ideas, transcend language and interconnect musically in ways previously not possible. We're still in the early stages of research but it seems our destinies have somehow become interlinked."

Is it an exciting new musical concept? A fancy Minus-branded WiFi base station? Or is Richie Hawtin about to lead techno back up its own arse?

Decide for yourself at www.contakt-events.com

Subliminal have announced their full DJ line-up for summer 08 at Pacha in Ibiza.

Key guests in June and July include Mylo, Dirty South, Simian Mobile Disco and The Martinez Brothers who will all play alongside irrepressible house head Erick Morillo.

Key summer dates are as follows: June 25 - Erick Morillo & Dirty South; July 2 - Erick Morillo & The Martinez Brothers; July 9 - Erick Morillo & Mylo and July 30 - Erick Morillo & Simian Mobile Disco.

"The Martinez Brothers remind me of me when I was 21," says Erick. "Those kids don’t stop moving!"

The Mighty Boosh, Thievery Corporation, Christian Prommer, Roisin Murphy and TrentemØller are among the acts performing live at the most laid back festival this summer.

There will also be a bit of comedy, poetry and art to add to your weekend of chilling.

The Big Chill will be held at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire, from Aug 1 to 3.

For tickets visit: http://bigchill.ticketline.co.uk/onsale/order/step1.php?id=13220971

Electronic indie duo Crystal Castles are playing an all ages gig inside Avalanche Records in Glasgow this Saturday May 10th at 5pm. The spiky pair are playing the show as part of their current tour. The full May tour dates are in the comments below.
More on the band at www.myspace.com/crystalcastles

For the first time in three years Tiësto returns to Privilege to host his own weekly residency.

The trance superstar will be spending every Monday night throughout the summer, starting July 7, delivering sets to the masses at the biggest club in the world.

Chris Lake, Cosmic Gate, Alex Kunnari and Sander van Doorn, among others, have all been selected by Tiësto to DJ during his residency.

Privilege have really rolled out the red carpet for Tiësto, setting up a newly designed DJ booth, a state of the art LED back wall and the latest in light and video.

All this should add up to a pretty good Monday night out in Ibiza.

Camp Bestival is only 11 weeks away and counting..

Dan le Sac, Scroobius Pip, DJ Yoda, Hercules And Love Affair and Gilles Peterson will be performing at Bestival's weird and wonderful sister festival.

All that plus Bestival Bluecoats, the Cuban Brothers, leading the festival goers into campsite merriment of the highest order.

What with a sports day, jousting, knitting, campfires, singing and dancing lessons, theatre performances and general party shenanigans, theres a lot to look forward to.

Check www.campbestival.net for more info.

Want Sonar to last all year round as opposed to just three days in late June? Got a computer? Sorted!

Sonar Radio will broadcast 365 days a year, presenting exclusive tasters of new albums and singles by the festival’s headliners and less well-known acts alike.

The radio player will also feature themed one-hour sessions from labels present at Sónar 2008: Ed Banger Records, Ninja Tune and Minus.

Throughout the festival, listeners will have a direct link to the performances as they take place so even if you are stuck at home in front of your computer, you will at least have the sweet sounds of Sonar in your ears.

Visit www.sonar.es to get yourself connected.

Clubland’s answer to Rocky releases the long awaited ‘Fire it up’ on New State Music on July 1.

Eddie Halliwell’s debut compilation spans house, techno and trance and features all the latest banging electronic tunes that have been firing his sets of late.

The Fire It Up World Tour took off in Preston on April 12 before Eddie set to boshing it up globally in Canada and the USA. He will be gracing Swansea with his presence on June 14 when he performs at Escape Into The Park.

For full listings of tour dates visit http://www.fireitup.co.uk/

Liverpudlian Reel to Reel pioneer and all-round eighties afficionado Greg Wilson returns with a brand new compilation for 20:20 Vision this summer.

'Greg Wilson's 2020 Vision' will be released on June 30th and features music from Random Factor, Spiritcatcher and Fred Everything.

Younger readers may be interested to know that Greg was the first DJ to mix live on national TV (on Channel 4's The Tube with Jools Holland), which first aired 25 years ago. So for those too young to have seen or heard him spin at the height of tape deck madness, check below

http://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk/articles/on_the_tube.html