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With the second summer of love’s thirtieth anniversary fast approaching, it’s perhaps no surprise to learn that some of electronic music’s early groups are reaching...

Deep, down and dirty at Worthy Farm’s sexy psychedelic playground...

This month, one of the world’s wildest clubbing spaces opens its doors again — for one long weekend only. The temporary queer autonomous zone that...

Lau.ra

Having cut her teeth as part of the alternative rock group Ultraísta, and as solo artist FEMME, Lau.ra is now making waves as a dance music DJ and producer. With her tracks getting regular play on radio, and with gigs in Ibiza and elsewhere internationally on the agenda, she shares her journey from rock to rave with Niamh O’Connor

When DJ Mag speaks to Laura Bettinson, it’s a few weeks before her ‘Volume 1 - The Mixtape’ record drops on London-based label Needwant. “I...

October is Black History Month in the UK. Ria Hylton spotlights a range of electronic music-related events on and offline taking place throughout the month...

Black Artist Database (B.A.D.) will host its first in-person event at Hackney Wick’s Colour Factory. Set for Friday 1st October, B.A.D. Presents... includes a stellar...

 

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

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

With an hour of animated rave cuts and tough, trippy techno, Knoxville, Tennessee DJ Alex Falk’s Fresh Kicks mix locks into the DIY energy of...

Drawing from dub, jazz and field recordings, the debut album from rRoxymore finds her upturning the orthodoxies of dance music to create something fresh

The cover art for rRoxymore’s debut album ‘Face To Phase’ depicts an earthly scene tinged with the surreal. Against a black backdrop, flamingos, tropical fauna...

AVA Festival shot from above

Last month, 16,000 ravers attended Belfast's AVA Festival at its new home on the Titanic Slipways. DJ Mag traveled to AVA to discover how the event is creating a sense of unity, community and a second wave of rave in the city

In 2015, Belfast’s first AVA Festival and conference found its home beneath the towering yellow Harland & Wolff cranes — affectionately named Samson and Goliath...

On Wednesday 23rd May, DJ Mag teamed up with house legend David Morales and Relentless Energy to host an unforgettable stream live and direct from...

From his pioneering industrial work with Cabaret Voltaire to his adventures in house, electro, post-punk, dub and techno, Kirk, whose death was announced this week...

Richard H. Kirk was a giant of UK music whose influence spans decades and genres. The pioneering electronic artist, whose death aged 65 was announced...

Sudan Archives in a pink fluffy bra top with pink ponytails, by ALLY GREEN & EDWIG HENSON

A violinist, beat maker and vocalist with a talent for humorous yet heartfelt lyricism, Sudan Archives new album ‘Natural Brown Prom Queen’ is out now on Stones Throw. She speaks to Christine Ochefu about her open-book writing style and her determination to follow her own path

Brittany Parks, the artist known as Sudan Archives, is particularly straight-talking. Donning a purple trapper hat and grin revealing a mouth full of silver braces...

Second album 'Vapor City' is a hypnagogic masterpiece...

The idea of a footwork concept album might seem at odds with the stuttering functionality of its Chicago roots, but then Machinedrum, aka US-born Travis Stewart, has always used its 170bpm tempo as a template for more otherworldly experiments.

The Bulgarian crowd favourite takes us through an in-depth behind the scenes of his live show, set-up and performance approach

For over ten years, KiNK has been one of dance music’s most captivating live performers. His energy on stage is matched by the driving techno...

DJ Screw

In his new book, Lance Scott Walker tells the story of DJ Screw, the maestro of Houston’s chopped ‘n’ screwed ‘90s rap scene. Here, Marke Bieschke speaks to the author about this unique moment in hip-hop history, and Screw's incredible legacy

Why did hip-hop slow down to a syrupy crawl in Houston, Texas, three decades ago? There are many theories, but Houstonians, who had come late...

These are the most exciting amapiano producers right now

Amapiano has become a world-conquering genre since emerging in South Africa over a decade ago, with the sound mutating in recent years to solidify its place as an embedded dance music culture. Here, Shiba Melissa Mazaza asks: who are the South African artists carrying the torch for amapiano right now?
 

Amapiano (also known as ipiano or ’piano) began in the streets of Gauteng, South Africa, in the early 2010s. The now world-conquering sound is a...