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“Nobody can deny what he has accomplished and done for modern dance music”...

Avicii passed away earlier today (20th April), he was 28 years old.

The news was confirmed in a statement by his publicist, Diane Baron.

Since...

Dekmantel, dBridge, Matrixxman and even the deputy mayor of Paris are behind the venue... 

News has been spreading fast that beloved Parisian electronic spot Concrete has been threatened with closure. 

The club is regarded as one of Europe's...

We take a look back at the news of 2015 through the prism of the international dance music scene. It's been quite a year!

January is a notoriously slow month in clubland — a time when gym memberships take priority over all-nighters and pennies are scraped together. Many top...

With Miller Genuine Draft

Top 100 Clubs, powered by Miller Genuine Draft, is our annual celebration of global nightclub culture. The list features some of the world's most exciting...

“An immense tragedy”...

A warehouse in Oakland, California, known as the Ghost Ship, was hit by a devastating fire during a party on Friday night (2nd December).

Artists...

Adam Beyer, Pan-Pot, Gorgon City respond...

DJs, promoters and organisers have responded to The BPM Festival shootings, that left four dead and 12 injured when a gunman opened fire at elrow's...

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Emerging technology, BODYHEAT, promises to make clubs more carbon neutral. Sophie Lou Wilson speaks to those behind it, the first club to trial it (SWG3 Glasgow), and others about how it works, as well as its potential and limits

Fifteen minutes’ walk from the site of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, there’s a nightclub. SWG3 is an independent venue that has put on...

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"An outlet for music from the outer fringes of the dancefloor..."

Bristol DIY station Noods Radio is launching a new label, Dummy Hands, and will christen the venture with a vinyl release from Vancouver's dj_2button. The...

One year on from our Women In Dance Music issue, we ask the question...

Almost one year ago to the day, DJ Mag published a Women In Dance Music issue. I know, because I edited it. We put New...

The contribution of women throughout the history of electronic music has been huge, but too often undocumented...

By now the history of electronic music and its journey into clubs, concert venues, stadiums and homes worldwide is a well-established narrative. It’s a story...

As part of DJ Mag's round-up of all the best in dance music in 2019, and in the 2010s, we decided to spotlight some of...

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With his new podcast, Queerly Beloved, Northern Irish DJ Cormac explores what it means to be a queer artist in dance music today. Interviewing contemporary figures about their histories of queer discovery, the Panorama Bar and fabric regular continues an intergenerational conversation surrounding the life-affirming moments, communal  experiences and enduring challenges of LGBTQ+ expression. Alongside an On Cue mix packed with HI-NRG anthems and Italo house, Marke Bieschke learns more

What is “queer music”? For some, the term recalls debauched downtown discos of yore, with unbridled backrooms, fabulous androgynes, and Liza Minnelli descending to the...

The Queen of Soul was hugely influential to the dance music community...

Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, passed away this morning (16th August) at home in Detroit. She was 76.

In a statement released today on...

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Neurodiversity refers to a wide range of neurological conditions including ADHD, autism, dyslexia and Tourette syndrome. After being diagnosed with ADHD and suspected autism earlier this year, DJ Mag writer Harold Heath began to wonder: is there a particularly high number of neurodivergent people in the scene? Here, he embarks on a personal journey to try and understand the relationship between neurodiversity and dance music, and its wider relevance within the scene

I’m Harold Heath: music writer, former small-time DJ/producer, and life-long club culture fanatic. Earlier this year I was diagnosed with ADHD and suspected autism. Why...

More insights into the dance community from the brother Gallagher...

Liam Gallagher once again professed his disdain for the dance community by boasting about never meeting master-selector Carl Cox.

“I've never heard of Carl Cox...