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DJ Mag charts the history of the Aus dance scene, and why the future looks bright...

Shrimps on the barbie, Crocodile Dundee, Bondi Beach, Steve Irwin, Kylie Minogue, the Sydney Opera House; Australia has always touted — for better or worse...

Listen to the German dance duo's most inspiring records

They've become one of the biggest live dance acts on the planet, and these are the tracks they picked out for DJ Mag as having had a profound influence on them over the years...

The seminal tracks that altered dance forever

‘Killer’ started life as an instrumental, and it was only ever going to be one until I met Seal,” Adamski tells DJ Mag. “He came to [big rave] Sunrise 5000 at Santa Pod, although I didn’t meet him there. He walked in when I was playing and he had an epiphany.” Seal wanted to record with Adamski immediately, and Adamski — real name Adam Tinley — liked the sound of Seal’s voice from a demo of ‘Crazy’ that he’d heard.

The first stage in the hunt for Britain's best undiscovered hard dance DJ talent is over. Now it's time for the heats.

The first stage in the hunt for Britain's best undiscovered hard dance DJ talent is over.

Sack loads of CDs arrived at Tidy HQ as...

The dance scene owes much to gay culture...

 

Earlier this year, Lithuanian producer Ten Walls was riding on a wave of global love with his big-room smasher ‘Walking With Elephants’. Then, in...

DJmag.com caught up with Tocadisco, the hottest remixer in dance music, for a quick natter.

You've recently remixed the Pet Shop Boys, Black Eyed Peas and New Order and your remix of The Egg's 'Walking Away' is on that Citroen...

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It took decades and many mutations for dance music to develop into the genres we know today. Here's what happened before DJ Mag was born...

“In the beginning there was Jack... and Jack had a groove!” So the old Mr Fingers track goes, but of course music made for dancing...

DJ Mag chats to DJ Pierre about the first proper acid house track...

Nathaniel Pierre Jones was forever tinkering around with electronic devices and mending watches when he was a kid growing up in Chicago. 

“I just naturally...

Russell was a key figure in the growth of New York's dance music scene...

Judy Russell, the co-founder of seminal New York labels Nu Groove and Downtown 161, has died. She was reportedly 63.

Ben Goldfarb, AKA DJ Scribe...

Shift K3Y is the young UK producer and DJ to watch...

The seminal tracks that changed dance music forever

Layo & Bushwacka! were a popular tech house duo before Millennium time, but after they released ‘Love Story’ in 2002 they totally went supernova. They met at the legendary central London nightclub The End, where Bushwacka!, aka Matthew Benjamin, was a resident DJ and Layo Paskin was co-owner (with Mr C). 



Dub’s influence on dance music stretches back from the earliest shoots of acid house...

“When it comes to music, it’s a small world,” says dub maestro Mad Professor, fresh from a month-long tour of Australia.

“Just take that tune...

With Miller Genuine Draft

Meet the DJs and producers who picked up awards in 2016’s Top 100 DJs poll.

MARTIN GARRIX - THE WORLD’S NO.1 DJ

The prodigious Dutch...

Global dance music ambassador Carl Cox

We open the Hall Of Fame with the legend Mr Carl Cox