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Introducing… The Cause FM: New Frequency - a new festival and broadcast platform celebrating independent radio, communit...
16/06/2026

Introducing… The Cause FM: New Frequency - a new festival and broadcast platform celebrating independent radio, community-led streamers and underground music cultures from across the globe.

We’re happy to reveal the first details and plans of a new chapter in our journey.

Phase one hosts include Refuge Worldwide (Germany), Keep Hush (UK), Seoul Community Radio (South Korea), Headstream by Potato Head (Indonesia) & Voices (UK)

The lineup for our launch will remain largely under wraps for now, but expect a mix of community champions, breakthrough artists and one-off collaborations that reflect the global spirit of independent broadcasting, with further details to be revealed alongside the event’s broadcast schedule in the lead up.

General sale lands sale at 09:00 on Wednesday 17th June. Sign up for advance access via at www.thecausefm.world

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Keep Hush
Seoul Community Radio
Headstream
Desa Potato Head Bali
Voices

This Sunday, legends of the jungle and drum & bass scene gather at The Cause to celebrate one of the greatest to ever do...
10/06/2026

This Sunday, legends of the jungle and drum & bass scene gather at The Cause to celebrate one of the greatest to ever do it. A DJ’s DJ. A selector’s selector. A true original. Randall.

Maybe you first heard him through a battered AWOL tape pack borrowed from an older cousin. Maybe it was a Center Force recording rattling your speakers at an afters. Maybe it was 4AM in a Vauxhall Corsa with six people somehow squeezed inside while someone’s mate insisted, “nah listen to this mix properly.” However you found Randall, chances are he got there before you knew who he was.

Born and raised in East London, Randall emerged from the late 80s rave explosion when pirate radio aerials were as important as club flyers. Influenced by hip hop, electro and acid house, he quickly developed a style that made other DJs stop and listen.

While producers were creating the records, Randall was showing people what to do with them. Through stations like the legendary Kool FM, he became one of the defining voices of hardcore and jungle’s formative years. Those broadcasts carried new sounds across bedrooms, estates, minicabs and nightclubs throughout London.

Then came AWOL. For many, the spiritual home of jungle. Randall’s residency became the stuff of legend. His tape packs were traded worldwide, his double-drops became jawline folklore, and his technical ability earned him the nickname that followed him forever… The DJ’s DJ.

Away from the booth, his drive to push the scene continued through De Underground Records and later Mac II Recordings, helping document jungle’s evolution into drum & bass. Yet despite the labels, releases and accolades, it was always the DJing that defined him. Pure craft. An unmatched understanding of how to make people move.

That’s why his legacy feels different. Even after his passing, that influence echoes through every jungle revival, every intricate blend and every young selector learning their craft.

This Sunday isn’t just a memorial. It’s a celebration of a man whose fingerprints remain all over British rave culture.

Respect due. Forever Randall.

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Some partnerships are carefully planned, others happen between shifts behind a bar, a sharing of tunes, chatting s**t an...
05/06/2026

Some partnerships are carefully planned, others happen between shifts behind a bar, a sharing of tunes, chatting s**t and maybe even sneaking downstairs to play on the decks whenever nobody was looking.

Ahead of their Courtyard set for our 8th Birthday tomorrow, we caught up with FAFF to talk about friendship, building community and the next chapter of their story together. Ten years on from meeting at Dalston Superstore, they’re still finishing each other’s sentences, still obsessing over music and still creating the kinds of parties they’d actually want to go to themselves. From launching their new party and label Forever to developing a live show that brings them back to their roots as musicians, it’s clear that the thing holding it all together hasn’t changed.

Musical soulmates don’t come around often.
Expect ‘bouki’ camp energy, plenty of dancing with the Superstore family when FAFF land in the Courtyard tomorrow.

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04/06/2026

There are some memories that can only be sparked to life when beside a good friend, who has spent their lives circling the same dancefloors as you. While some friendships are built in daylight others are built in dark rooms, through shared records, chance encounters and years spent chasing the same feeling.

Ahead of our 8th Birthday and Superstore’s takeover, we joined Dan Beaumont and Prosumer on Primrose Hill for a walk through memories, music and the strange pull of nightlife. From the life-changing force (sometimes too strong) of those early soundsystems to the q***r communities that built the culture we know today. What followed felt less like an interview and more like two old friends comparing notes, moans and sentiments from different corners of the same story. A conversation about belonging, about following instinct, about the moments when a record lands exactly where it’s needed and somewhere between it all, a dream of a revolving nightclub spinning above London’s skyline.

Some ideas are too beautiful not to believe in and this Saturday at The Cause is one of them.

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3 days to go.8 years in the making.Countless hours. Countless faces. Countless moments that became memory.This Saturday,...
03/06/2026

3 days to go.
8 years in the making.
Countless hours. Countless faces. Countless moments that became memory.

This Saturday, we celebrate everything that The Cause has been, everything it is, and everything it will be.

24 hours. 8 dancefloors. One family.

Stay informed. Set times drop FRIDAY. One special guest to be revealed…

From the first beat to the final sunrise, this is more than a birthday party.

See you on the dancefloor.

You are a young Alessio Armeni on the outskirts of Rome in 1992. Completely drenched. Eyes rolled back to the booth. Lor...
02/06/2026

You are a young Alessio Armeni on the outskirts of Rome in 1992. Completely drenched. Eyes rolled back to the booth. Lory D’s got the tiniest sunglasses on possible slamming acid lines just before you realise you’re meant to be playing an afters in three hours and probably should have gone home first. Instead, you stays for one more record. Then another. Then another. A familiar tale that would eventually become a career.

Before he became marathon-set techno activist, he was a youth enriched in the legendary Sound of Rome. Lead by Lory D, Leo Anibaldi and the wider ACV crew, Rome developed its own strain of techno. Psychedelic, futuristic and unpredictable. While Berlin was still finding its footing, Italian ravers were quite frankly on one in the best way.

Inspired by these sounds and sights, came Virus. Founded in 1993, what started as a radio show quickly became a movement with Freddy at the heart of it. Virus introduced an entire community of Italian ravers to techno culture. It wasn’t just multi-media, it was infrastructure. Around the same time Freddy began releasing on the influential ACV Records, helping define the sound of Rome through records like Control and Rage Of Age. These productions captured a period when Roman techno was inventing its own flavour rather than borrowing others.

Then came an unexpected turn. While many artists chased bigger stages, Freddy stepped back from DJing and focused on building and mentoring. The sort of behind-the-scenes work that rarely gets headlines but quietly shapes entire generations. Then, when he moved to Berlin in 2009, the dancefloor pulled him back in. Soon after came KEY Vinyl, a label dedicated to DJs, records and functionality over hype. At a time when Beatport dependancy was becoming the norm, KEY became a reminder that great techno still lives between the record and a crowd.

Today Freddy K occupies a rare place in electronic music. For more than three decades he’s been nurturing communities or setting standards and come 13th of June he does this once again. Teaming up with D.Dan, they curate a wealth of techno enthusiasts to the club for a 17hr knees-up. See you there?

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01/06/2026

We may be edging deeper and deeper into the peak of summer days, where the sunlight takes over, but nonetheless the late nights keep rolling on at our Docklands home.

Saturday saw FUSE return to the docks for another session built on groove, patience and avid ‘afters’ heads. b2b set the tone in the Workshop, while .101 delivered one of those masterclass journeys in the Gallery. Then came thee moment, as FUSE head honcho joined forces with .r.elliott for a heavyweight b2b that carried the Warehouse like no other.

Next up, we celebrate another trip around the sun with our Birthday this Saturday. Night-only tickets are now available, so if you’re joining us for the after-dark chapter, now’s the time.
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29/05/2026

A sticky floor, a shared cigarette, a 5am kebab in a jockstrap, an introduction that turns into a lifetime of friendship… a home.

For 17 years, Superstore has existed in the in-between of a cozy bar, intimate dancefloor or simply the living room for London’s q***r community. A place where people found each other. Where strangers became family. Where conversations stretched into mornings and where being together was always the point.

From the heydays of Dalston’s strip, Superstore was an idea worth the risk. It helped shape the cultural fabric of the area, creating space for q***r people to gather, celebrate, organise and simply exist. Through changing neighbourhoods, rising rents and the constant push and pull between community and capital has changed Dalston, Superstore has remained defiantly itself.

Ahead of Superstore’s takeover for our 8th Birthday next Saturday, we sat down with members of the team and extended family to get an honest glimpse into what makes it so special. What emerged was a reminder that q***r culture doesn’t live online or in archives. It lives in rooms, smells and hazy memories. In the moments we can share together.

Catch the Superstore family taking over the Courtyard for our 8th Birthday celebrations on Saturday 6th June, bringing nearly two decades of community, connection and house icons for good measure.

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A Saturday on the Rye that flew by, as we spent 12 hours under the sunlight. Cementing a bond that keeps on growing, on ...
28/05/2026

A Saturday on the Rye that flew by, as we spent 12 hours under the sunlight. Cementing a bond that keeps on growing, on a stage that now feels like a second home. Thank you .

Last weekend we returned to host the Patio stage, bringing a taste of our Docklands sounds to SE via , , , plus our motley crew of Cause FM’ers… , , and .worldwide. With it came the dancers and an energy that filled the stage from the early hours with a sea of expressive faces we that we can proudly call our own. Friends new and old gathered together once again under The Cause banner.

A special mention must go to the whole team at GALA. Their dedication to details, care for experience and drive to improve year on year does not go unnoticed. Likeminded teams pushing for the same thing.

Till next time Peckham x

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27/05/2026

Last time Charlie touched down at Vittoria Wharf the room never really stopped moving. Smiles locked in, hands in the air, strangers becoming familiar somewhere between a Theo Parrish cut and a dusty piece of South African jazz. No tricks. No rush. Just Charlie Dark building the dancefloor properly. Patiently. Record by record. It was a jam…

This weekend he’s back to do it all over again. Another long session. Another open bag. Another chance to lose a few hours with people who care about the music.

Sunday at Vittoria Wharf. Final tickets available now :)




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