A quarter of a century ago, a record slipped out on Rumour Records that would change the course of UK dance music history. Created by...
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We take a look back at the news of 2015 through the prism of the international dance music scene. It's been quite a year!
January is a notoriously slow month in clubland — a time when gym memberships take priority over all-nighters and pennies are scraped together. Many top...
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Our global celebration of China’s electronic music scene is back
Voting in DJ Mag’s China Awards for 2022 is open now.
Following the footprint of established DJ Mag polls such as Best of British and...
Rudimental are the only UK dance act winners
Dance acts were overlooked at the Brit Awards last night (Wednesday 19th February), with only pop-junglists Rudimental winning anything amongst UK dance acts. The...
Win Funkagenda's incredible live set up
Setting yourself up as a DJ and producer is an expensive business in the digital age, with a whole load of hardware and software needed...
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Incoming via Alkan's own Phantasy Sound
Special Request will release a double remix package on Erol Alkan's Phantasy Sound.
Announced today, Special Request, the hardcore rave alias of Paul Woolford, has...
The beckoning stars of 2016
From soot-soaked techno to day-glo grime — jackin' house grooves to colourful drum & bass jams — the future is looking bright for dance music...
It looks like Pure Carl Cox is set to hit the White Isle this summer...
Carl Cox came to the end of his 15-year residency at Space Ibiza in September, as the White Isle nightclub closed its doors for the...
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From its beginnings in Yorkshire clubs to becoming a nationwide dance music phenomenon and chart success, the bassline sound has survived and thrived, despite the efforts of the police and club licensing authorities. Matt Anniss charts its rise, fall, resurgence and influence on a new generation of DJs, producers and ravers
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In our annual Best of British Awards, you voted GlobalGathering as your No.1 UK festival. And with line ups like this, it is not...
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Our quarterly update following our pledge in 2020, addressing how we can tackle racism and diversity issues within the electronic music industry as a publication
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Breakthrough UK label Invicta Audio celebrates its first birthday with a compilation of next-gen d&b fusions
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After discovering videos of rapid-fire MCs spitting in Portuguese over baile funk-flavoured beats, London DJ and Butterz co-founder Elijah linked up with Brazilian artists CESRV...
Gerd Janson and Optimo are among those to appear next July...
Farr Festival has announced its first names for its 2018 edition.
The crew behind the event have already nabbed some seriously heavyweight names, with Dixon...
Disclosure, Rudimental, Calvin Harris and Daft Punk up for awards
Dance music has seldom fared very well at the Brits, the UK music industry's annual awards show. Indeed, the Brits did away with the Best...
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The south London rapper beat the likes of Little Simz and slowthai to the post
South London rapper Dave has won the 2019 Mercury Prize for his debut album, 'Psychodrama'.
More than 200 entries were narrowed down to 12 nominees...