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DJ Nobu wearing a red button up shirt and black trousers, standing outside amongst some trees

Over the past two decades, DJ Nobu’s name has become synonymous with Japanese techno; his deep yet hard-hitting sets consistently transfix the global underground. Alongside a blazing On Cue mix, the Bitta label boss tells James Gui about the lasting influence of his hardcore punk background, his Omega Point noise project, Future Terror parties, and inspiring the next generation of artists to lead with compassion

Everything about the scene is overwhelming: blinding strobes, blistering hiss, an onslaught of sub-bass and breakbeats coming down in torrents. The conductors of this electronic...

Ahead of Paper Recordings' new doc, Northern Disco Lights...

Birthed in Bergen in the '90s, the quirky, elusively pinned down sound of Norwegian/Scandi/nu/cosmic disco — or whatever you call it — is a difficult...

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Tiffany Calver is redefining the role of the rap DJ. As well as helming the influential Rap Show on BBC Radio 1Xtra, she hosts club nights, runs her own label, and DJs for superstars. But, as she reveals to Christine Ochefu, her journey to the top hasn’t always been easy

When Tiffany Calver was a child, her mother made sure she knew exactly who she was. “It was a standard in my house; my mum...

DJ Mag's digital tech editor rounds up the best Christmas gifts for DJs and producers in 2021. Whether it's for yourself, a partner, a family...

Virtuoso is an educational platform featuring video masterclasses from some of electronic music’s biggest artists like Skream, Carl Cox, B Traits and Eats Everything. You...

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Brandon Weems and Craig Handfield, together known as musclecars, are core members of a group of Brooklyn DJs and producers who have been keeping things soulful in New York’s clubbing universe. But with the release of their debut album, ‘Sugar Honey Iced Tea!’, the duo goes further, placing their work as part of the full lineage of Black music and experience

For years, at least since they launched their colouring lessons party in the Bushwick hangout Mood Ring in 2018, Brandon Weems and Craig Handfield —...

Stefan Kozalla is many things to many people: co-owner of an acclaimed label, production enigma and true free spirit. DJ Mag caught up with him...

It makes sense that DJ Mag has landed in Barcelona to meet DJ Koze. It’s a city where the abstract and traditional happily co-exist, where...

 

 

Charlotte de Witte has shot into techno’s upper echelons since assuming her real name for her productions and DJ slots. Initially using the male-sounding alias...

 

It’s 2017 and techno is bigger than ever. It’s a statement that could, of course, be applied to dance music overall, but this year...

We meet futurist techno maestro Richie Hawtin for our ADE issue...

Electronic music’s explosion owes a great deal to futurist techno maestro Richie Hawtin. Not only has he made and played some of the most forward-thinking...

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Photo of colourful lights and a large crowd at Simple Things 2024

Returning to the city after a five-year hiatus, Simple Things delivers a 10th anniversary programme that celebrates Bristol’s vibrant music scene whilst welcoming a kaleidoscope of international sounds into the fold. DJ Mag’s Olivia Stock reports back

There’s always been a certain irony to Simple Things, in that, there’s nothing really simple about the Bristol festival at all. Its line-up sprawls across...

On Cue: Perel

NYC/Berlin-based DJ, producer and vocalist Perel records a mix of wavy nu disco, thumping house and Italo for the On Cue series, and speaks to Katherine Rodgers about regaining her confidence after a debilitating label experience, and her bold and irreverent new album, ‘Jesus Was An Alien’

With her bright, exuberant personality and predilection for infectious dance music polished to a pop sheen, you’d be forgiven for thinking of German DJ and...

From more inclusive dancefloors to world-confronting techno festivals, DJ Mag’s Anna Cafolla speaks to the collectives, crews, and scene stalwarts pushing Poland as a radical clubber’s...

From countries and regions marred by fraught political and social systems, rises a frenetic counter-cultural scene. A post-Troubles Belfast birthed raging punks and clanging industrial...

Dedicated to his parents and featuring many d&b friends, it's a family affair...

“In Brazil, we have a lot of passion,” urges DJ Marky, via a Skype call from his South American homeland. The veteran DJ is...

Detroit drum & bass aficionado Sinistarr steps up with a killer hour of ecstatic footwork, jungle and jolting, bassy rhythms. We catch up with a...

Sinistarr has been at the helm of Detroit’s d&b scene for a decade now. In that time, the prolific DJ/producer – real name Jeremy Howard...

Overcoming Pakistan's conservative mindset and sometimes-dangerous political tensions, a small group of artists are building a future for electronic music in Karachi

Around the turn of the decade, there was something distinctly wanting in the Karachi electronic music space. Despite artists releasing tracks, there appeared to be...