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Starting life as a way of supporting the artists and labels impacted through the coronavirus pandemic, we've launched a weekly roundup of the most vital...

Starting life as a way of supporting the artists and labels impacted through the coronavirus pandemic, DJ Mag launched a weekly roundup of the most...

Photo of DESIREE wearing a purple hat and eye-makeup on an emerald background

Soaring ascents, the kind that can take an artist from obscurity to stardom in what seems to be the blink of an eye, don’t occur often, in dance music or elsewhere – those who are lucky enough to have that experience often disappear just as quickly. But there’s little chance of a quick fade for South Africa’s Palesa Desiree Shilabje, the DJ and producer known to the world as DESIREE, who in just a few short years has proved to be one of the international festival circuit’s most exciting new stars. Here, Bruce Tantum hears her story, and about how her evolution through music has been as organic as they come

“I’m finally home.” Those three words are among the first that the South African DJ and producer Palesa Desiree Shilabje utters when DJ Mag catches...

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...

Japan is producing some of the world’s most vital techno, though its roots go way back to the late 1970s. We talk to some of...

Since the end of World War II, Western culture has loomed large over everyday life in Japan. The decades since have brought about a wide...

Time to get busy. 

These are the top 30 UK club events in October 2017, so forget about nuclear war for a second... London sees Fabric pull together a...

With one of the biggest house hits of 2014 under his belt and a growing DJ rep, Patrick Topping is the latest Hot Creations crew...

“Meet me at the club,” urges the male vocal on Green Velvet & Patrick Topping’s ‘Voicemail’, the still-hot tech house update of the 2000-released original...

A shot from AUDRA festival in Kaunas featuring Caterina Barbieri's synth performance in a tower-like hall

From AUDRA festival in Kaunas, Lithuania, Martin Guttridge-Hewitt reports on a long-standing, tight-knit and thriving electronic music scene often overlooked by outsiders

Pergalė is a sprawling industrial complex in a forgotten corner of central Kaunas, Lithuania’s modest-sized second city. A gated entrance obscures interior yards from view...

Little Simz wins 2022 Mercury Prize for ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’

"Wow. I’m very very overwhelmed, I’m very grateful," the London rapper and actor said at last night's ceremony in London

Little Simz has won the 2022 Mercury Prize for her 2021 album 'Sometimes I Might Be Introvert'. Watch her performance of her performance of 'How...

Musicians For Palestine

Radio Al Hara and the Al-jisser cultural space will broadcast a one-off show featuring musicians supporting the pledge

FKA Twigs, Arca, Seun Kuti, and hundreds more have joined the Musicians For Palestine pledge, calling on their peers to add their names in “refusing...

Nyege Nyege 2022

Martin Mugarra, Minister of State for Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities says the festival is a "hub of tourism"

Uganda's Nyege Nyege Festival will go ahead this month from 15th to 18th September despite the government calling for it to be stopped, RA reports...

Lovepd

Serving up everything from psytrance and hardstyle to deep house, disco and techno 

Berlin’s Rave the Planet parade has announced the official afterparties involved with this year's free event, which takes place in the city on Saturday 9th...

The Loop details new MDMA pills in UK circulation as part of harm reduction initiative

The average strength of pills tested at last weekend's Parklife festival was 1.5 times that of the typical tablet

UK harm reduction and drug-testing charity The Loop has shared its findings from Manchester's Parklife festival, which took place this past weekend. In a Twitter...

Reclaiming the Ibizan sunset...

A Man Called Adam return to playing live this weekend (2nd July), for a string of shows that include Café Mambo, Hostal da Torres and...

Gideön is hosting a marathon shindig at Soho Radio to protest Donald Trump’s UK Visit in July...

Gideön is organising a 12-hour marathon protest party at Soho Radio on Friday 13th July, the day US president Donald Trump is visiting the UK...

What's happening to clubbing on Brighton's seafront?

Re-opened at the end of September under new management, Coliseum is the venue we once knew as Digital Brighton. A regular hang-out for clued up...