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Kampire press shot

Spanning 13 tracks, the album's title is taken from the Zambian town where Kampire grew up

Kampire has curated a new compilation of East and Southern African music, 'A Dancefloor in Ndola'. The double-vinyl and digital package will land on 3rd...

NASA ocean colours

Dive into the swirling sound of Río de la Plata, an estuary in South America 

A NASA scientist and his brother have created music from the ocean’s colours. Ryan Vandermeulen, a scientist at the Ocean Ecology Lab at NASA's Goddard...

New initiative, Sisters In Sound, launched for young women of colour in music

The project has been launched by Mahalia, alongside youth-led charity Small Green Shoots

Singer and songwriter Mahalia has announced the launch of a new workshop and event series, Sisters In Sound, aiming to support young women of colour...

Our annual roundup of the wettest and wildest parties you can’t afford to miss this Miami season...

This month, the DJ Mag crew is heading back to the Magic City for another round of Miami madness. To help guide you through this...

Misogyny in music industry is "endemic", requires urgent action, WEC warns

The UK Parliament committee said the "boys club" of the music industry persists despite increased participation by women and recommended reforms like nixing NDAs

A new report by the UK Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has confirmed "endemic" misogyny in the music industry and urges government and industry bodies...

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"This is what I’m doing, and I’m going to do it. Some will love it and some will hate it," he said

Idris Elba has revealed plans to move away from acting to focus more on making electronic music. The English actor, who has starred in shows...

With Miller Genuine Draft

For 25 years, and the early days of the Winter Music Conference, Miami has been an important testing ground for new electronic music. The tracks...

Participants will receive £1,000 for taking part in the initiative

No Signal radio has launched an academy programme.

Black British online radio station No Signal — which attracted 129,000 listeners from across 166 countries during the...

A copy of Ears To The Ground on a light blue background

In this excerpt from Ears To The Ground: Adventures in Field Recording and Electronic Music, author and DJ Mag contributing editor Ben Murphy explores the use of found sounds in dance music as a means of examining and expressing cultural heritage in our surroundings

At its most cutting edge, dance music is a laboratory of sonic experimentation. Field recordings, foley and samples from the real world have long been...

IMS 2024 Business Report

Strong growth across live and recorded reflects rocketing demand, but artists are finding bookings harder to get, and gender inequality remains widespread 

The 2024 IMS Business Report was published yesterday, Wednesday 24th April, and shows the dance music industry is now valued at $11.8 billion, up 17%...

Averaging 25.6 hours of listening per week

A new study has found that Mexico listens to more music than the rest of the world.

Carried out by the International Federation of the...

Classes will be taught by DJ Sweetpea, with female-identifying candidates encouraged to apply

Update: Since this article was published, this course has been postponed. For information on other music short courses taking place this September you can visit the...

Black-owned music organisations, radio stations and record labels are helping to create vital platforms for Black producers and DJs who’ve been held back by systemic...

Though all genres of Black music have been subjected to exclusion, commodification and whitewashing, Black ownership in music varies. While rap and hip-hop are largely...

The new online museum is a treasure trove of electronic music history

Google has launched a new virtual exhibition called Music, Makers and Machines. The virtual exhibition sees Google and YouTube team up with key labels, foundations...

Judges including London rapper FLOHIO and star grime director Kaylum Dennis will award projects to five candidates

A new initiative has been launched to create music video direction opportunities for young filmmakers. 

Three Minutes is described as 'an essential new incubator scheme'...