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Nine essential documentaries, focused on the classic '80s and '90s hip-hop that laid the foundation for rappers to build a world-conquering movement

Hip-hop has been with us for almost half a century. In that time it’s touched almost every aspect of society, influencing everything from fashion to...

The grime star keeps it ‘Sweet Like Chocolate’...

Stormzy revisited Shanks & Bigfoot’s 1999 UK garage hit ‘Sweet Like Chocolate’ during a recent visit to the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. The grime...

Dropping as part of the 'Past, Present and Future' series... 

Gerd Janson (alongside production partner Shan, who brought us summer smash ’Surrender’ last month on Regraded) has been drafted in by CR2 for a breakbeat-laden...

Dorothy Classic Hip Hop Stamp Collection

LPs from Gang Starr, Cypress Hill, BDP, Run D.M.C., Queen Latifah and Lauryn Hill all feature

A new stamp card-style print has been released paying tribute to 40 hip-hop albums, tracing the genre back to its early-1980s roots and celebrating its...

In his first interview under the Trance Wax moniker, Ejeca tells us about the origin of the project, uniting young clubbers and older ravers, and...

Taking classics from trance’s golden age and recontextualising them for the modern dancefloor? In the wrong hands, this concept could spell danger: crass, overly nostalgic...

The video follows the journey of the late Larry Smith's personal Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer

Roland have shared a video celebrating the history of the TR-808 Rhythm Composer.

Each year on the 8th August Roland celebrate 808 Day and this...

The new synth is based on vector synthesis and comes in the same format as the minilogue

Korg have announced a new synth called Wavestate. The 37-key synth features a new Wave Sequencing 2.0 technology that allows users to morph and shape...

Featuring pictures by famed New York nightlife documentarian Bill Bernstein and music by JKRIV, Morgan Whiley, Jitwam and TEYMORI

A series of rare Studio 54 images, along with a new 8-bit video game based on the seminal New York club, have been developed into...

Classic trance database collects 150,000 tracks from 1988 to 2009

Creator Koncz Dávid is confident that the database has been compiled with at least 90% accuracy

A new database collecting 150,000 classic trance tracks has gone online. The comprehensive spreadsheet, which uses vinyl releases as a reference, was created with the...

Ishkur’s Guide To Electronic Music was originally created in 1999...

The cult classic website, Iskhur's Guide to Electronic Music, has (finally) been given an update. 

First launched in 1999, the domain maps out the links...

A three month broadcast series to reimagine some of our favourite sets

DJ Mag, in partnership with Relentless Energy Drink and LWE are proud to announce REWIND - a 3 month content series to reimagine some of...

 Energy 52’s trance classic ‘Café Del Mar’ remixed by Orbital and Michael Mayer

Taking one of the most famous dance tracks in very new directions 

Energy 52's 31-year-old trance classic, 'Café Del Mar', has been remixed by Orbital and Kompakt Records boss Michael Mayer. Due to land on Superstition Records...

This new 96-page book, Beyond Heaven: Chicago House Party Flyers From 1983-1989, documents the rise of Chicago house using classic posters and artwork from the...

There’s a glory to whacking open a thick paperback cover of raised black title design, of a typical hand-drawn skyline and musical quavers, atop a...

Chicane releases orchestral version of classic trance album, ‘Far From The Maddening Crowds’: Listen

English producer Nick Bracegirdle enlists New Order collaborator Joe Duddell to score and conduct the symphonic reimagination of his 1997 debut album

Chicane has released an orchestral rework of his 1997 debut album, 'Far From The Maddening Crowds'. Listen to the 'Symphony Rehearsals' version of the LP...

Five crucial works start dropping from November...

Tresor Records will reissue a string of classic techno albums from November.

Taking the angle "Masters then, masters now" the series will welcome back Jeff...