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It explores the club's history and development over the years

Having recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of its iconic compilation series, 'The Annual', with the release of a special edition on November 29th, Ministry of...

The film charts the massively influential Roland TR-808 drum machine’s history...

808 is a documentary that charts the history of the massively influential Roland TR-808 drum machine, featuring contributions from Diplo, New Order, Pharrell, Rick Rubin...

Dance music reigned supreme at 2014’s edition of Coachella...

By the time the first chord of Calvin Harris’ smash hit 'Sweet Nothing' rings out over the largest crowd Coachella's main stage has seen during...

Guy Williams' Dalston dance off

As far removed from the Christina Aguilera album of the same name as Thatcher was from rave culture, Bionic started life at The Shelter in London, formerly The Russian Bar, until moving to Hysteria this May...

The latest reworking of the dance music archive?

Two decades after they first inspired the establishment to try and legislate against dance music, the breakbeats that fuelled jungle and hardcore have found new life at the hands of producers who were in nappies when 'Terminator' was first released. But what’s behind this latest reworking of the dance music archive?

20 YEARS AND COUNTING: Ministry has been at the forefront of UK clubbing for 20 years, and is still at the top of its game...

When London’s Ministry Of Sound celebrated its 20th birthday last year, the set that Dennis Ferrer did — on the Saturday night of the...

We wrap up this month's best dance music videos!

 

Ellen Allien 'Lou' 
Ellen Allien’s latest BPitch Control release, the aptly titled 'High' EP, has seen b-side ‘Lou’ given the Pfadfinderei treatment. The internationally...

A new cutting-edge electronic music weekender will take place in the UK at the end of March.

Dance music has always been about living for the weekend.


And whilst the hard dance and soulful house communities have built their community around regular...

Veteran DJ will take on the role of music director for the project...

Fatboy Slim has signed as music director for Julien Temple's upcoming documentary, Ibiza - The Silent Move.

Otherwise known as Norman Cook, the legendary DJ...

Rave pixie returns with new signature sound

Rave pixie Adamski is back with a new sound and a new club-night – which he has dubbed Neo-Waltz. His new sound is electronic dance music in ¾ time – a time signature that has re-energised him over the past couple of years, he tells DJ Mag, 22 years after his seminal rave track 'Killer' topped the charts all around the world.

It’s the location of the deadliest mass shooting in America’s history...

The city of Orlando has revealed plans to purchase Pulse Nightclub, the site of the deadliest mass shooting in America’s history which left 50 dead...

DJmag's Top 100 DJs Awards party

This year’s DJmag Top 100 DJs Awards party — powered by TID Pro — will take place in Amsterdam for the first international event in...

President of Slovenia votes UMEK for Top 100 DJs

International opinion surrounding our Top 100 DJs poll might be divided but most would agree global politics is more important. This week, however, the two...

When did dance get so damned elitist?

“In the beginning, there was Jack, and Jack had a groove… One day Jack declared, "Let there be HOUSE!" and house music was born. And, you see, no one man owns house because house music is a universal language, spoken and understood by all... Jack is the one that can bring nations of all Jackers together under one house. You may be black, you may be white; you may be Jew or Gentile. It don't make a difference in OUR House.”

London's music conference for young people is back!

There's no shortage of dance music conferences on the industry's yearly cal, think: Miami Music Week, ADE and IMS to name but a few, but...