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dreamcastmoe debuts on Ghostly International with new track, ‘RU Ready’: Listen

"What in my life would fulfill me so that I could be whole? RU ready to answer all those tough questions?"

dreamcastmoe is joining the Ghostly International roster with his new mixtape 'Sound Is Like Water Part 1', out later this summer. Listen to lead track...

Youth Music announces third round of NextGen Fund for aspiring creatives

Grants worth up to £2,500 are once again up for grabs

UK organisation Youth Music has launched the third round of its NextGen Fund. Launched last year with the help of Butterz co-founder and DJ Elijah...

New documentary celebrates life and legacy of dub pioneer Lee “Scratch” Perry: Watch

Featuring archive footage and exclusive interviews with Jamaican icon

A new documentary celebrating the life and legacy of late dub pioneer Lee "Scratch" Perry has been released. 'The Upsetter: The Life & Music of...

Vangelis, Blade Runner composer and synth pioneer, dies, aged 79

The legendary Greek musician also soundtracked films such as Chariots Of Fire and Alexander

Greek composer and synth pioneer Vangelis died this week at the age of 79. A report by the Associated Press confirmed the news, though his...

Balearic trance

Ibiza played a central role in spreading a new take on trance around the turn of the millennium — a more soothing vein of the sound that captures the mood of a Mediterranean sunset. As clubs in Ibiza are opening again for the first time since 2019 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, DJ Mag dives into the roots of a genre that was inspired and shaped by the island’s unique appeal: Balearic trance

Long before turning into a global clubbing destination, Ibiza appealed to crowds looking for spiritual growth — with those from the hippie movement settling in...

Photo of Aletha in a metallic blue-grey Jersey standing next to a wooden wall

With a mix of minimal thumpers, trippy techno and deep, driving acid, Manchester’s Aletha steps up for the Fresh Kicks series, and speaks to Claire Francis about the formative influence of multi-genre festivals like Dimensions, her CITRIC party, and more

There’s something thrillingly addictive about Aletha’s sets. It’s partly due to the Manchester DJ’s propensity for zingy acid and electro cuts, but it’s also the...

Perpetrators are said to have shouted homophobic and racist slurs

Kyiv club HVLV has been subject to an attack by far-right activists, leaving one bouncer injured. The group Catharsis is suspected to be responsible. The...

We’ve got dance music royalty giving us their Take 10 this month...

Andy Cato (the taller, fair-haired one) and Tom Findlay, who together comprise Groove Armada, have been one of the most successful dance music duos of...

With his latest album, the artist proves his genre-defying feats have only just begun...

 

Alexander Ridha loves sound. He uses the word 45 times in 62 minutes of conversation. That’s once every 82 seconds, if you’re counting. “My...

The UK’s most electrifying DJ hits another landmark with her fabric mix: a euphoric, adrenaline-laced trip into pressurised breakbeat chaos

Some artists tone it down a bit for mix compilations. The knowledge that their set will be subject to repeated home-or headphone-listening leads to more...

Fred P

A decade and a half into a career making emotionally involved house music, Fred P’s sense of purpose is stronger than it’s ever been. The New York–born, Berlin-based artist fills us in on where he’s been, where he’s at and where he’s heading

Along with most of the world’s population, Fred Peterkin, the DJ and producer best known as Fred P, was having a tough time during the...

DJ Mag grabbed some time to talk to Timo about his love for the dance music scene and his great respect for his studio and...

Timo Maas has been a kingpin on the clubbing circuit for many a year. His productions and remixes have smashed up dancefloors all over the...

In this regular feature, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp...

Clubs around the world are shut, and opportunities to find new music out in the wild have been ripped from under our feet as a...

Drumcode cancels Malta festival due to “unresolved problems” with Pollen events organisation

"We no longer have confidence in [Pollen's] ability to deliver the rigorous high standards of safety and customer experience we demand of an event presented under our name" 

Drumcode has called off its Malta festival over "an accumulation of unresolved problems" with troubled events company Pollen. In a statement posted to Instagram, Drumcode...

DIY Collective

The DiY Collective were one of the first house sound systems in the UK

A new book celebrating the history of '90s UK rave sound system, DiY Collective, is set to be published in March. Dreaming in Yellow, penned...