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Best of North America 2018

There’s no denying REZZ was a breakout star of 2017. Miraculously, she’s also the truest breakout star of 2018, and she’ll probably keep up the...

Best of North America 2018

Californians have a long history of dragging large sound systems deep into the mountains and canyons of the state’s most remote corners to throw some...

Best of North America 2018

House of Yes is anything but your typical nightclub. Located in Brooklyn’s eclectic Bushwick neighborhood, this rhinestone studded fun-house has become a haven for all...

Best of North America 2018

Dubfire, Joris Voorn, Nicole Moudaber – these are just a few big names from the hordes of DJs that graced the decks of Heart Nightclub...

Best of North America 2018

Since opening its doors in 2014, CODA nightclub has become the key to the underground for the Canadian electronic music scene. Joel Smye, alongside his...

Best of North America 2018

The three-day event, which launched in 1999 as Ultra Beach Music Festival during Winter Music Conference, has become the “it” destination for dance music fans...

Best of North America 2018

As the birthplace of house music, Chicago remains home to one of the brightest and most promising dance music scenes in North America. Chi-town’s own...

Best of North America 2018

As downtown Los Angeles undergoes a cultural renaissance, Exchange LA remains one of its key nightlife institutions. The club owes much of its magic to...

Best of North America 2018

Since last July, house heads have been shaking their tail feathers to Walker & Royce’s infectiously catchy hit, ‘Take Me To Your Leader’. The song...

Best of North America 2018

It’s high time Lane 8 stepped out into the spotlight. After championing this musician for years, DJ Mag fans have spoken: There’s only one lane...

A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...

We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...

A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...

Music and vegetating on the couch all day watching Netflix are undoubtedly two of life’s greatest pleasures. And as you might expect, Netflix is no...

A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...

We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...

Ever since the revelations in Hollywood about film producer Harvey Weinstein, and the subsequent #MeToo stories of sexual misconduct, the dance music world has been...

THE DJ
“To be honest, it’s easier to come up with a time something sexist DIDN’T happen. There are so many instances I don’t know...

They’re next-level DJs, VJs, label owners, sample freaks, activists, punky instigators and pioneering software developers, and DJ Mag is awarding them the Outstanding Contribution gong...

 

Coldcut are true innovators. To do justice to their history would take a whole book, but in a nutshell the world of electronic music...

After a humungous 2017, grime star AJ Tracey has deservedly taken away the Best MC gong this time around...

   

OTHER NOMINEES

Blackeye MC Jam Baxter Little Simz Sense MC

Those who’ve followed the career trajectories of the likes of Stormzy and other breakout rap...

The Block9 field is a temporary autonomous zone every Glastonbury that showcases the best of the counter-cultural underground. 

With amazing post-apocalyptic constructions and great soundsystems, this audio-visual wonderland — which includes the NYC Downlow, the wild gay space — has been a fantastic...

Jaymo and Andy George’s small but beautiful Lincolnshire shindig has won the Best Boutique Festival this time around... 

OTHER NOMINEES

Farr

Field Maneuvers

Gottwood

Houghton 

“The weird thing with a festival is 99% of the time it’s all just on your laptop. It’s...

Artwork’s homely concept party has been voted the Best Club-Night in BoB this time...

 

OTHER NOMINEES

Meat Free Rupture Spearhead Presents Superstition 

“Parties in a front room of someone’s house are usually the best parties,” says Artwork, aka Arthur...