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When Gerd Janson was looking for someone to mix a Running Back compilation to mark 15 years of his quality imprint, he asked a master if he...

The summer of 1981, Brooklyn-born DJ Tony Humphries would compile extended ‘mastermixes’ of the hottest records coming out of (mostly) New York and Chicago for...

Copenhagen-based Anastasia Kristensen has rapidly risen through the ranks in recent years thanks to a natural talent for mixing and a keen selector’s ear that traverses...

In the first week of July last year, Anastasia Kristensen arrived in the Serbian city of Novi Sad for EXIT Festival. The gig was to...

Traktor vinyl

Featuring glow-in-the-dark-green and purple colorways

Native Instruments is celebrating 20 years of their DJ software TRAKTOR with a new limited-edition timecode vinyl series. The five designs feature collaborations with Sasha's...

Photo of a ravers at a free party in a tunnel

Though arguably most prominent in the ’90s, free parties and illegal raves have never gone away. Despite the increased surveillance from authorities, passionate DJs and sound systems continue to throw events in a similar way that they always have, looking to create a sense of community and an alternative to the commodified dance mainstream. Dave Jenkins heads to a free party, and speaks to some of the illegal rave scene’s advocates about why they keep the fire burning

The quest is timeless. Swapping clues with randoms at services. The heartless pulse of the party-line’s engaged tone. The convoys, intrigue, suspense, rumours. The commitment...

Amsterdam Dance Event kicks off next week, turning the city into an electronic music playground for five days. We've scoured the programme for the best...

The local Solidaridad City Council reportedly unveiled the news in a press conference earlier today...

The BPM Festival will reportedly not be held in Playa del Carmen again, following the tragic shootings at the event’s Elrow closing party at the...

Shaun Ryder was also in the crowd

The Happy Mondays' famed percussionist and 'freaky dancer' Bez, AKA Mark Berry, has debuted on the ITV show 'Dancing On Ice', partnering with professional skater...

With Miller Genuine Draft...

 

If Ibiza is the heart of clubland then Croatia serves as the epicentre for dance music festivals. With a whole summer’s worth of events...

Coinciding with the release of a major Tangerine Dream retrospective, DJ Mag catches up with Peter Baumann, one third of the band’s classic line-up, to...

One of the curiosities of psychedelia is that, until 1967, American “happenings” had been mostly sound-tracked by electronic music. Then, as soon as acid trips...

Bonobo also made the shortlist

This nominees for the 2020 Grammy Awards have been announced.

Among the categories, of which there are over 50, the five nominees up for both...

Club Fitness mixes latest edition of Finn and Local Action’s Mixtape Club series

“An hour of ice-cold, high-definition rave records fit for espionage”

The latest edition of Finn and Local Action’s Mixtape Club series has been mixed by rising London DJ Club Fitness. Listen to the mix below...

Mall Grab with Golden Retreivers

On his debut album, 'What I Breathe', Aussie-born, London-based DJ and producer Mall Grab marks a new creative chapter in his journey, far from the lo-fi house sound that shot him into the spotlight in 2015. Filled with grime and jungle influences, tracks featuring Novelist, D Double E, Nia Archives and Turnstile's Brendan Yates, as well as his own vocals, it's his most ambitious work to date. Here, Kristan Caryl chats to him about ADHD, being an outsider, dogs, style, hardcore and more

In 2017, Jordon Alexander very quickly went from little-known hopeful to top-tier house star. “When I got all that clout it does fuck up how...

We'll be left of that pillar again... 

These are the Top 30 UK club events in November 2017, proving Britain's electronic landscape is far healthier than its economy right now. 

In London, scientist...

Based in Glasgow, Highlife have been pushing an afro-futurist sound on their label and at their parties for the past five years. With their 'world...

It’s August 2016, and the second day of Dimensions Festival in Pula, Croatia. Auntie Flo is spinning at the Highlife beach party at the event...

Photo of some large green fronds of foliage

Sounds Right is projected to raise more than $40 million for conservation projects in its first four years

Nature has officially been listed as an artist on Spotify as part of a UN initiative to raise money for global conservation efforts. Launched on...