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We count the ways in which the Purple One influenced electronic music over the years

Prince, who died yesterday at his Paisley Park Estate in Minnesota, left a huge mark on electronic music in his own charismatic way. He was...

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...

For 20 years, DJmag has been in amongst it, at the vanguard of dance and electronic music culture, commentating, conversing and partying within the scene...

By the middle of 1991, the UK had experienced the biggest youth revolution since punk. Acid house had swept the nation in the late '80s...

A composite image of the Roland and Univeral Music Group logos

The music instrument creator and major label behemoth have published a joint manifesto

Roland and Universal Music Group (UMG) have announced a new partnership and published a joint manifesto titled Principles for Music Creation with AI. The collaboration...

Every era of British dance music has its myths and over-simplified narratives — hell, even little known local scenes have urban legends. Below, Matt Anniss...

We need to think about how we document dance music culture. It may seem odd saying this when there are so many magazines, podcasts, and...

Almost exactly 21 years after its release, Stardust’s ‘Music Sounds Better With You’ is getting the re-release treatment. Bruce Tantum explores the legacy of one...

This feature was originally published in 2019.It wasn’t meant to be a hit. It wasn’t even planned to be released. But when Alain Quême, a...

Disco Sucks and the birth of house music

Dance music is a hot place to be place right now. What began as an underground counter-culture has grown, over the last 25 years, into...

First-half recording revenues of the year grew 18% to $5.4 billion

The U.S. music industry is expected to generate $10 billion this year.

Taken from the same report that found that vinyl sales are to take...

From the histories of global scenes, sounds and labels, to explorations of music’s power to alter the fabric of society and forge communities, here are...

DJ Pierre interview ahead of 28th July London gig

The word 'legend' should be used sparingly, but there's no doubt that DJ Pierre's contribution to the world of electronic music places him in...

Dark Entries announces new EP of unreleased Patrick Cowley music

The release takes in six tracks recorded between 1978 and 1981

Dark Entries is lining up another instalment of its ongoing series of Patrick Cowley archive releases. 'Malebox' takes in six disco tracks produced by the...

Coachella sunset with the festival's ferris wheel in the background

The new stage will showcase extended three-hour DJ sets from a range of acts

The organisers of Coachella have announced a new dance music stage for this year's festival called Quasar. Revealed on social media earlier this week, the...

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...

The original industry gathering is back... 

Ultra is to relaunch Miami Winter Music Conference (WMC) on Miami Beach next spring. 

The event, which is set to kick off Miami Music Week...

Acid pioneer DJ Pierre and more confirmed for final BMC line-up

The Brighton Music Conference (BMC) is only just over a week away, and excitement is building in the dance music industry in the UK for...