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Tech giant introduce new KUVO music recognition system to the world...

Pioneer are tackling an area of dance music culture that has often been ignored with their new KUVO system.

KUVO is many things to many...

Collage of various images from panels and parties at ADE 2023

Amsterdam Dance Event returned earlier this month, with the world’s biggest electronic music conference delivering its usual, unrelenting whirlwind of parties, panels and so much more. Here’s a handful of highlights from DJ Mag’s week at ADE 2023

DJ Mag’s involvement with the ADE Lab — the conference’s four-day tech-focused programme that takes place in and around the Flemish Cultural Center de Brakke...

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Amsterdam Dance Event returned for its annual industry takeover earlier this month, showcasing more than 1,000 events at over 200 venues. With ADE back in full force post-pandemic, DJ Mag's Amy Fielding, Ben Hindle, Carl Loben, Ria Hylton and Rob Mccallum head out to the Dutch capital to sample the plethora of panels, parties and workshops on offer

While ADE did go ahead in a scaled-down fashion at the end of 2021, it’s widely agreed by delegates at this year’s event that 2022...

How the global boom of African music is resonating with electronic artists in the diaspora

It’s an exciting time to be both a new and old fan of African music, but how does it feel for African artists raised and working in the diaspora? As producers and consumers, these artists have a unique vantage point on this cultural shift. Jessica Kariisa speaks to Nazar, Hagan, Juba and Chief Boima and asks: what does music from “back home” mean today?

In the early 2000s, there was a small, unassuming stall on the second floor balcony of Kampala’s Bugolobi market. Stocked with computers, scanners and other...

Something artists across the world have been demanding...

With stories constantly hitting the headlines in recent years about the meagre streaming royalty payments to artists, Swedish label HMLW (House Music With Love) is...

Our monthly label showcase, The Sound Of, puts the focus on the imprints we love; outlets that are championing new artists, dropping key releases and...

 

It’s not your average label that can claim to have slick garage from DJ Q, Finn’s hyperspeed disco and the boundary-pushing R&B of singer-songwriter...

London duo Local Group ready their ‘Laser Dome’ EP on Ritual Poison. ‘Random Utterances’ is a breaks-fueled trip of arpeggiated synths and growling acid bass...

Local Group will release their ‘Laser Dome’ EP via Ritual Poison on Friday 19th October.

The London-based duo of LMajor and Corporeal Face are fresh...

The award will be presented later this year

David Rodigan has been awarded an Order Of Distinction by the Jamaican Government for his global promotion of Jamaican music.

Announcing the news via Twitter...

China’s leading dance festival heads to Sydney later this year

STORM is expanding internationally with a proposed Sydney, Australia event later this year. China’s largest dance music festival, STORM is already set to reach nine...

Premiere: Mars89 ‘North Shibuya Local Service’

Tokyo’s Mars89 debuts on Sneaker Social Club with four cuts of deep, dark soundsystem pressure. Hear ‘North Shibuya Local Service’

Mars89 will release a new EP, ‘Night Call’, via Sneaker Social Club this month. The Tokyo-based producer follows releases for the likes of Bokeh Versions...

At London's Russian Bar on 28th January

DJmag’s favourite garage/2-step revivalists Days Like That and rising label Local Action hit Russian Bar in East London on 28th of January.

On the main...

Tonight in Brixton and FREE before 11pm

It's the weekend and two of our favourite 2-step/garage/bass nights are swinging the beats into action at Plan B in Brixton tonight, 24th September...

The site will become a 'global hub for sharing ideas on young people's mental health'

Stockholm’s Ericsson Globe venue has been renamed Avicii Arena in honour of the late-Swedish electronic music star, real name Tim Bergling. 

The decision has been...

The collaboration with Kranium and Kizz Daniel comes from their latest mixtape...

Melé and Contakt swap remixes

To celebrate the release of Melé's superb 'Mugged' EP today on Sinden's Grizzly, the label has teamed up with DJmag favourites...