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New documentary, Movement, spotlights Istanbul’s underground club scene: Watch

"This documentary explores the resilience of communities who fight to preserve these vital spaces, proving that the dancefloor is not just a place to party, it's a platform for change."

A new documentary spotlighting Istanbul's underground club scene is available online now. Watch it below. Movement is directed by Benjamin Muasya, and looks at queer-focussed...

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Applications open for Help Musicians & DJ Mag’s Electronic Music Award in support early career artists

The 12-month accelerator programme will provide funding, opportunities and mentorship to 30 promising electronic music artists

Applications are now open for Help Musicians and DJ Mag’s new programme aimed at supporting early career UK artists in electronic music. The Electronic Music...

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Belfast is looking for a Night Czar

Applications for the new role are open until 20th May

Belfast is getting its first-ever city centre Night Czar. Belfast One Belfast's Business Improvement District (BID) has teamed up with the Cathedral Quarter BID and...

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Selections: Rachiid Paralyzing

In this series, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Colombia’s Rachiid Paralyzing spotlights tracks “with a unique and exceptional level of composition”, from breathless 2-step and techno, to intricate IDM, breaks and ambient

When it comes to Rachiid Paralyzing’s restless strain of club music, the devil is in the details. His recent double EP for Artificio, ‘Mega Tempo’...

Screenshot of Sammy Virji's set from DJ Mag HQ with the Hep Musicians and DJ Mag logos attached

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Help Musicians & DJ Mag announce Electronic Music Award to support emerging UK artists

The 12-month accelerator programme will provide funding, opportunities and mentorship to 30 promising electronic music artists

Help Musicians and DJ Mag are launching a new programme aimed at supporting emerging UK artists in electronic music. The Electronic Music Award in Association...

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Coachella 2024 dance music streaming schedule Weekend 2 announced

The festival returns for its second weekend with a slew of electronic acts on the bill

Coachella 2024 returns for round two of its 2024 festival this weekend. For those of you not headed to the desert, you can check out...

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DJs Kim Ann Foxman and Cora injured following apparent hate crime attack in Berlin

"We can’t help but feel how being a visibly affectionate queer Asian female couple played into this", the pair wrote in a statement

Content warning: This story is about an assault and photos show blood. DJs Kim Ann Foxman and Cora were attacked in an apparent hate crime...

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UK musicians to be offered protections and “transparency” around streaming royalties under new code

The Association of Independent Music (AIM) have called the voluntary code “a milestone”

Musicians in the UK are to be offered protections and “transparency” around streaming royalties under a new code published today (31st January). Created by the...

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Half of UK musicians concerned they’ll be forced to leave industry due to cost-of-living crisis, study finds

More than 90% are unable to afford equipment, while vast majority also find post-Brexit touring a major obstacle

UK musicians are facing a perfect storm of pressures this winter, with half concerned they will be forced to leave the industry due to the...

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Kendrick Lamar closes Glastonbury headline set with “Godspeed for women’s rights” chant: Watch

The Californian rapper hit out at the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade

Kendrick Lamar closed his headline Glastonbury set with an emotionally charged chant for women's right, days after the US Supreme Court made the decision to...

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Thousands attend illegal rave at former airfield in Cornwall

The gathering was organised to celebrate the 30th anniversary of notorious UK free party Castlemorton

Thousands of people travelled from all over the UK last weekend for an illegal rave in an old airfield that lasted three days. According to...

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Daniel Avery announces new album, ‘Ultra Truth’, shares single: Listen

The record includes collabs with Kelly Lee Owens, HAAi, SHERELLE and more

Daniel Avery has announced a new album, 'Ultra Truth', and shared the first single, 'Chaos Energy'. The track is out now, and comes complete with...

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Epic Games files for injunction against Google over Bandcamp's Android payment system

Google's changes could force Bandcamp to turn off digital sales through Android altogether

Epic Games, on behalf of Bandcamp, has filed an injunction against Google over forthcoming changes to its payment policy. Explaining the move, Bandcamp co-founder and...

GGI 끼 East and Southeast Asian queer club night returns to London’s Yard club next month

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GGI 끼 East and Southeast Asian queer club night returns to London's The Yard club next month

Founder June Lam "want[s] to create a space where we can come together as a community and celebrate our culture, music and art and dance freely, without fear of being fetishised or erased."

GGI 끼, the east London club night centering queer, trans and non-binary East and South East Asian (ESEA) folks, is coming back to Hackney Wick...

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Club events fundraising for Ukraine to take place this month

Fundraising events will be held in London, Brighton, Manchester, Dublin and Berlin in the next few weeks

A number of club events raising money for organisations supporting humanitarian efforts in Ukraine amid Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of the country are set...