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Jamal Edwards to be honoured with posthumous award for outstanding contribution to music industry

The SBTV founder will become its youngest-ever and only posthumously-awarded recipient

SBTV founder Jamal Edwards is set to be honoured with a posthumous award. The Luton-born and Acton-raised entrepreneur, director, DJ, author and designer, who died...

Fundraising DJ livestreams for Ukraine to take place this week

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DJ livestreams fundraising for Ukraine to take place this week

Funds will go toward organisations providing aid to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of the country

A number of electronic music platforms will host DJ livestreams raising funds for Ukrainian aid organisations this week following Russia’s invasion of the country. On...

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Selections: Coby Sey

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections...

Coby Sey’s music sounds particularly special in winter. The Lewisham musician, producer, vocalist and DJ’s frosty, nocturnal sound envelopes its listeners like a thick fog...

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Cassian: standing tall

Known for his work with RÜFÜS DU SOL, Broods, Hayden James and others, Grammy-nominated producer, mixer, and DJ Cassian is proof that if you build...

In Australia, there’s a phrase commonly used to describe people who “cut down” the overachievers in their midst due to their own insecurities. Those who...

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DJ Mag's top tracks of 2021

We've switched up our end-of-year coverage this year. Instead of ranked countdowns, we've asked 40 contributors to pick their favourite albums, tracks and compilations from...

This was the year many dance music scenes, industries and communities started to claw back everything that was lost in 2020. Elusive and secretive UK...

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How 'Groove is in the Heart' captured the energy of '90s New York club culture

30 years ago, a multicultural trio who found delights on New York City dancefloors released a single that merged funk, pop, and disco in a...

In a dance music world fractured into sub genres and micro niches, there are two things that unite global clubbers in love and admiration: a...

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Baltra: High fidelity

New York’s Baltra left behind a career in the stock market to pursue his real love of music. With his debut album ‘Ted’ showing his...

Years ago, Michael Baltra was presented with a choice of instruments to study, and he decided on the violin. Given the fact that he was...

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How is the cost-of-living crisis hitting UK nightlife?

Post-pandemic, as UK clubs have attempted to regroup, they’ve been impacted by soaring energy bills, rising costs and hesitant ticket buyers. Jack Ramage talks to club owners and promoters about how they’re weathering the storm, and asks what can be done to ameliorate the situation?

“It’s terrifying... I wake up every day and hope that we find a way to keep going,” Kate Hodgkinson, co-founder of Cobalt Studios, an independent...

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At home with: Billy Nasty

A stalwart of the UK’s dance music community for over 30 years, DJ Billy Nasty was a pioneer of '90s progressive house before launching his techno and electro labels, Tortured and Electrix. A true vinyl devotee, he now runs the Vinyl Curtain record shop in Brighton. Harold Heath meets him in his home town to talk mix CDs, underground dance music history, running labels and the enduring importance of vinyl DJing

It’s fitting that DJ Mag meets acid house original, world-class DJ, UK techno trailblazer, mix-CD pioneer and vinyl-devotee Billy Nasty in his record shop The...

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New comic book series, We Love Ibiza, documents the history of the White Isle

The first instalment will cover the island's history until 1986 and is scheduled for release this October

A new comic book series documenting the history of Ibiza has been announced. We Love Ibiza, a three-part comic book, will visually portray the evolution...

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Massive Attack announce full line-up for climate action accelerator concert

The Bristol group will be joined by Killer Mike, Lankum and others for the August event

Massive Attack have confirmed the full supporting line-up for their upcoming climate action accelerator event. The event, which was first announced late last year, will...

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Queer House Party and Ravers For Palestine announce livestream fundraiser with I. JORDAN, GGI, more

This week's online-only event is raising money for the Solidarity Strike Fund supporting artists who've lost paid work to support pro-Palestine boycott efforts

Queer House Party and Ravers For Palestine are hosting a livestream this week with I. JORDAN, GGI 끼, BAESIANZ and more to fundraise for striking...

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New creator fund and training programme for young Black artists launched by Voltage Revolution

60 young Black creatives between the ages of 18-24 will be supported in reaching their creative goals

A new creator fund and training programme for young Black artists has been launched by Voltage Revolution. Aimed at 18-24 year-olds from London and Glasgow...

Composite photo of Love Remain through a rainy window and the late poet Gboyega Odubanjo

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Love Remain pays tribute to Gboyega Odubanjo on new single ‘LDN GRLS’, featuring late poet: Listen

“It’s truely beautiful that I can share this song that we both loved so much,” Love Remain said of the single

Love Remain has released a new single, ‘LDN GRLS’, paying tribute to the late poet, Gboyega Odubanjo. Have a listen below. The track – which...

Two black and white photos side by side f OS MAN Fendi K and Tim Reaper DJing

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Premiere: OS:MAN & FENDI-K ‘Total 90 (Tim Reaper Remix)’

Tim Reaper dishes up an off the richter jungle remix on Motive Hunter Audio

The next release on London label Motive Hunter Audio is a collaborative single from founder OS:MAN and FENDI-K called ‘Total 90’. Have an exclusive first...