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...
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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
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The UK drum & bass scene has become overwhelmingly male and white. DJ Mag's Becca Inglis speaks to artists, promoters and label owners who are...
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Detroit-born, Atlanta-based Ash Lauryn is a digger in the truest sense, repping a soulful, classic house sound in her sets and helping preserve and bring back to the fore the Black roots of electronic music through her Underground & Black project. She speaks to Ria Hylton about discovering her passion and making the most of opportunities
Bass music pioneer comes boomin back atcha
One of the most recognizable figures in bass music, Darin McFadyen – aka FreQ Nasty – has been out of the spotlight in Europe and...
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With an hour of “super fun but fucked up club tunes”, Mutualism and Leftovers’ BFTT lights up the Fresh Kicks series
“Super fun but fucked up” are the words BFTT uses to describe his DJ Mag Fresh Kicks mix. It’s a fair assessment. Over 60 minutes...
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DJing around the world, working on your debut album for Ninja Tune, and completing a Masters degree would be hard work for most people —...
A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...
We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...
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On Cue is our flagship mix series, celebrating the pivotal DJs and producers whose influence has shaped the world of electronic music, both in their...
Speaking to Sicaria Sound, aka Ndeko and Imbratura, you sense the camaraderie that unites them as friends and as a DJ duo, pushing the sounds...
Don’t get left behind – they sure didn’t. Study up on our picks for women crashing into 2016.
The charge for women in EDM went from token news story to a full-blown movement in 2015. While the likes of Nicole Moudaber...
Native Instruments strike back with the all-new D2 Traktor Controller...
Given Serato's somewhat open approach to allowing third-party manufacturers to develop deeply integrated hardware controllers for Serato DJ, it is fair to say that they...
The raw street beats of Flosstradamus to hit London’s SW4 fest...
It all started for the duo when they put on their own parties in their native Chicago under the Get Outta The Hood banner.
Making quality house look a doddle
Formerly the much loved Northern Light, newly refurbished Leeds venue The Loft houses both a house music legend and one of dance music’s freshest new...
Based in Glasgow, Highlife have been pushing an afro-futurist sound on their label and at their parties for the past five years. With their 'world...
It’s August 2016, and the second day of Dimensions Festival in Pula, Croatia. Auntie Flo is spinning at the Highlife beach party at the event...
With their 13-week XOYO residency in London now in full flow, we chat to Belfast-bred duo Bicep about starting trends, busting genre tags and curating...
From on-trend bloggers to trend-setting DJs, the Bicep duo are about as iconic as it gets in underground music. That bold muscular stamp has been...
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Three decades and nearly 200 records into his career, jungle maverick Paradox is still breaking new ground, and earning new fans in the process. Ben Hindle speaks to him about using an old Amiga computer for his productions, keeping the funk in his breakbeat samples, and his dedication to performing live