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A musical gateway Istanbul is the gateway to the East — a city that straddles Europe and Asia — where we witness dance colossi Armin...
Following the announcement of the 2014 DJ Mag Top 100 DJs back in our November issue (congratulations again Mr. Hardwell!), the Top 100 World Tour...
We throw a few curveball questions at Nicky Romero
Nicky Romero is like a machine. Like some sort of super-human replicant, he's motored his way super-fast into the upper echelons of the EDM scene...
The seminal tracks that changed dance forever
Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May were high school pals with Juan Atkins in Belleville, just outside of Detroit. It was Juan who started making other-worldly...
Irreverent electronic/instrumental brilliance.
Ready for crazy but cohesive collages of classical strings, bumpy dance beats and leftfield pop hooks? You better be ‘cos Clean Bandit have ambushed the mainstream with their refreshing blast of irreverent electronic/instrumental brilliance. But they aren’t easy to pin down...
Objektivity boss is fed up with being known as Mr 'Hey Hey'
“Everyone wants to call dance music EDM these days but I call that shit that’s popular — you know, the cheesy stuff — I call it PDM,” says New York DJ Dennis Ferrer. “That stuff everyone is going on about, it’s pop dance music. I take offence when someone calls my shit 'EDM' and lumps it in with all the crap. What I do is what I’ve always done, and I don’t like someone calling it anything else.”
Ex-Deep Dish man talks about new single and album
Recruiting the vocal talents of Anousheh, ex-Deep Dish man Sharam makes his bid for a summer anthem with ‘Fun’. A bittersweet lament for fondly remembered...
The Natural Born Spitta Speaks
Air guitar contests are generally considered an oddity, so when I entered one last weekend (no, I didn't win) and saw a competitor accompanied by...
T Scan Awards, pics and perfect products. Find out what was the best DJ Technology of 2004...
After an exciting year for new DJ products, we are proud to announce the winners from the 2004 T-Scan Awards, as decided by our readers...
After discovering videos of rapid-fire MCs spitting in Portuguese over baile funk-flavoured beats, London DJ and Butterz co-founder Elijah linked up with Brazilian artists CESRV...
Róisín Murphy is back with her fifth solo album, ‘Róisín Machine’. Carl Loben catches up with her to talk artistic exhibitionism, lockdown videos, her early...
The Drumcode boss lays it all out in a candid interview...
On the eve of Drumcode’s 20th anniversary, Adam Beyer sits down with DJ Mag to talk about his label, his family, and what’s possible...
DJ Mag charts the history of the Aus dance scene, and why the future looks bright...
Shrimps on the barbie, Crocodile Dundee, Bondi Beach, Steve Irwin, Kylie Minogue, the Sydney Opera House; Australia has always touted — for better or worse...
Strong growth across live and recorded reflects rocketing demand, but artists are finding bookings harder to get, and gender inequality remains widespread
Rotterdam label Nous’klaer Audio has become a vital source for original and forward-thinking dance music and more. Alongside a mix of upcoming tracks on its catalogue, Ben Murphy speaks with label founder Sjoerd Oberman about how the label avoids being pigeonholed and elevates local talent
Peach Discs co-head Gramrcy mixes high-energy house, techno and percussive club sounds for the Fresh Kicks series, and chats to Eoin Murray about producing dance music that feels wild and fun, and some future plans for the label