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We interview Italian born punksters

Bloody Beetroots are a band that don’t rely on one specific genre to get their point across spanning a wide range of influences that touches on electronic chaos

Ghostpoet, known to his folks as Obaro Ejimiwe

Ghostpoet reveals his Lucky 7…

Nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, radio has become an integral part of daily life at home. It has allowed established DJs a new...

Start LocalThe best place for an aspiring host to start is on a local community radio station. Baile Beyai is one of the co-founders of...

Felix Buxton at Electric Peacock Festival, Sri Lanka

One half of British dancefloor dominators, Basement Jaxx, soaked up the spirit of Sri Lanka at Electric Peacock Festival last December. This is how...

"I could list the differences bar by bar"...

Hannah Wants has issued a statement in response to allegations that her new track 'Found The Ground' is a copy of Joy O and Boddika's...

Fresh Kicks 189: SUCHI

SUCHI records a "deep, percussive, bassy and hypnotic selection with touches of euphoria” for the Fresh Kicks mix series, and chats to Tara Joshi about growing up in Norway, the Daytimers collective, and the varied cultural influences that have guided her sound

“For me, it’s about moving the dancefloor, physically and emotionally,” Suchi Ahuja explains over the phone. Anyone who has witnessed a set from the Manchester-based...

Fresh Kicks 169: DART

Dublin’s Jordan Rafferty AKA DART steps up for the Fresh Kicks series with an eclectic mix of dreamy techno, vocal-heavy cuts and progressive club sounds, and speaks with DJ Mag’s Amy Fielding about emotive breakdowns, early inspirations, and AVA Festival

Dublin-born Jordan Rafferty has been connected to Ireland’s electronic underground since before he can remember. With both of his parents immersed in Dublin’s ‘90s rave...

We discover the story behind The Audio Institute & more...

“Welcome to the CNN of Haiti!” DJ Mag USA has just landed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, and thanks to a combination of natural disasters and...

UK house legend Ashley Beedle steps up with a supreme 60-minute mix as part of DJ Mag's Podcast series. We catch up with an incomparable...

Hey Ashley. How’s it going? How has your year been so far? What have been some highlights?

“It’s been a fantastic 18 months so far...

Liverpool's Chibuku has been mixing it up for a whole decade now. DJmag looks back...

LEGENDARY is a word that gets bandied about so lazily that it's just about lost all meaning, but in the case of Liverpool's Chibuku —...

Bumper edition marks two decades at the clubbing coalface..

The June issue of DJmag, out now, marks 20 years since the magazine launched in its present incarnation. The special commemorative issue is marked by...

Don’t mind if we do...

And so the smiles begin, as soon as we touchdown and step out onto that notorious Balearic soil (well concrete actually, because no-one really steps...

How X-Press 2’s ‘Lazy’

Released in 2002, a dream collaboration between UK house heroes X-Press 2 and Talking Heads' David Byrne, ‘Lazy’ lit up clubs and the pop charts alike. Here, Dave Jenkins talks to the group’s Ashley Beedle, Rocky and Diesel about how the track transcended generations and genres to become a timeless hit

“Who even writes a bloody dance tune called ‘Lazy’?” laughs Ashley Beedle. Fellow X-Press 2 founders Rocky and Diesel chime in with the chuckles, as...

We meet the British-born, LA-based producer, DJ and producer to find out about the music that inspires him, his evolving record label and making the...

Exciting material is coming thick and fast from TEED, via his newly revived Nice Age label. “The next stuff is going to be a bit...

Live 10 is dropping on Feb 6th – here’s why you should be excited...

Ableton Live 10 was announced late last year, but it’s only been the last few days that mere mortal users have been able to get...