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Can we please stop calling all dance music genres ‘EDM’?

It first happened at a media dinner about five years ago. I was sandwiched rather uncomfortably between two older international journalists — one from Amsterdam...
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Proc Fiskal: Highland fantasy

The new album from Edinburgh’s Proc Fiskal merges grime and the folk music that stretches back through his family history for generations. He talks to...

Growing up in the Pilton area of north Edinburgh, Proc Fiskal discovered Boards Of Canada through his father and grime through the internet. The former...

Carl Cox and Franky Wah release new single, 'See The Sun Rising'
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Carl Cox and Franky Wah release new single, 'See The Sun Rising': Listen

It comes ahead of the release of Cox's new album, 'Electronic Generations', next month

Carl Cox and Franky Wah have released a new collaborative single, 'See The Sun Rising'. The second link-up between the two artists, following on from...

Selections: FOQL
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Selections: FOQL

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Pointless Geometry's FOQL spotlights experimental electronic sounds from the Polish underground

“I am not really a DJ in a club way, more of a plunderphonist!” says Justyna Banaszczyk, aka FOQL, whose Selections feature a fascinating assemblage...
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NAAFI are redefining Mexican club music

Battling cultural stereotypes and lazy genre misnomers, a core set of Mexican artists, based around the NAAFI label and party series, are reshaping the hybrid...

Music is a language, but sometimes the intricacies of a sound can get lost in translation. One night in Berlin in 2018, Wasted Fates was...

Black Coffee talks philanthropy, playing at Circo Loco and what it’s like to see your name in lights...

DJ Mag Ibiza takes the island’s newest DJ resident, Black Coffee, to visit the magical island of Es Vedra at sunset...

South African DJ and producer Black Coffee is riding the crest of a wave right now. From humble beginnings in South Africa’s townships to headlining...
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How electronic artists are reshaping Ghana's music scene

DJ Mag heads to Ghana to explore a rapidly expanding, festival- driven scene that, while rooted on pop and traditional sounds, is beginning to open...

March is an important month in Ghana’s calendar; it’s when the West African country celebrates gaining independence from British colonial rule in 1957. The month...

Photo of a packed out Arcadia arena at 2022’s Glastonbury Festival.
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Arcadia will run exclusively on renewable energy for Glastonbury 2023

“It’s been an ongoing experiment, and this year it just felt like we had got there” said Arcadia co-founder, Bert Cole

Arcadia has announced that its area at this year’s Glastonbury will run entirely on recycled energy for the first time. Announcing the move last month...

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Illegal rave organiser banned from Exmoor National Park for a year

The are has seen a rise in free parties this summer 

An illegal rave organiser has been banned from Exmoor National Park in Devon, UK, after local police and residents decided to take action in an...

Chris Kaba, 24-year-old rapper of drill group 67, shot dead by police in London
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Chris Kaba, 24-year-old rapper of drill group 67, shot dead by police in London

The shooting happened earlier this week in Streatham Hill following a police pursuit

Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old rapper who was a member of the drill group 67, has been named as the man who was shot dead by...

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Mysterious radio signal from distant galaxy detected by astronomers

The bursts last up to three seconds and occur every 0.2 seconds — the longest ever recorded, in the clearest periodic pattern ever observed. 

A radio signal emanating from a distant galaxy several billion lightyears from Earth has been detected by astronomers in Canada and at the Massachusetts Institute...

New programme, Just Ask, launched to help Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people in live music industry
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New programme, Just Ask, launched to help deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people in live music industry

The campaign is the product of a partnership between Independent Venue Week and the charity Attitude Is Everything

A new campaign has been set up with the aim of helping deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people as they navigate the live music industry. Just...

Leon Vynehall announces 'fabric presents' mix with new track, 'Sugar Slip (The Lick)': Listen
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Leon Vynehall announces 'fabric presents' mix with new track, 'Sugar Slip (The Lick)'

The compilation includes new, exclusive tracks by Skee Mask, Or:la and more

Leon Vynehall will handle the next instalment of the 'fabric presents' mix compilation series. Out on 25th March, Vynehall's mix spans 33 tracks and includes...

The Voice from Uranus

The undiluted opinions of Kris Wadsworth

Raised in Detroit but currently residing in "Uranus", Kris Wadsworth has been scrapping away for some time now, hitting big with releases for the likes...

KAM-BU and Jeshi link up on new single and video, 'In The Wind': Watch
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KAM-BU and Jeshi link up on new single and video, 'In The Wind': Watch

The track follows KAM-BU's 2023 release 'BUILT 2 LAST'

London-based rappers KAM-BU and Jeshi have linked up on a new single, 'In The Wind'. Built around a disorientating, dark instrumental by producer FREDWAVE, the...