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Editor's note: we will be updating this as a live directory, so welcome recommendations for additions. Please send to [email protected], DJ Mag supported Blackout Tuesday...

Marking the release of their debut album, we speak to Robin Stewart from beloved Bristol techno punk duo, Giant Swan, about how their live show works...

Magda talks women in dance music, new event series PERM and her just-launched tequila brand...

Words: DANI DEAHL Pics: CORNELIA THONHAUSER & LEANDRO QUINTERO

We catch up with the enigmatic Superfreq as he celebrates 25 years in the game!

Mr C is an enigma. Celebrating 25 years in the game, the man born Richard West has played an integral part in the development of quality electronic music over the last quarter of a century or so.

Dance music's renaissance man graces the cover of DJ Mag USA...

From new ventures in live performance to reunions with Digweed, fresh collaborations to the birth of a baby, the godfather of progressive is busy building...

Inside the UK Afro house renaissance

The Afro house sound is an ever-growing presence in UK dance music, with new labels, club-nights and a dedicated radio station springing up. Alongside a mix from Mr Silk, Ria Hylton explores the sound’s history, and speaks to some of the scene’s key players about forging strong connections with their growing audiences, and their aim to nurture a unique UK Afro house identity

Afro house is steeped in the percussive materials of South Africa’s townships. For decades, its polyrhythms played out on traditional African instruments — bongos, congas...

Morgan Geist returns to his original house music inspiration.

Best known as one half of nu disco/deep house duo Metro Area, Morgan Geist's new moniker — Storm Queen — is about to have a bona-fide chart hit with the previously released 'Look Right Through'. The track has had a long gestation period: produced with singer Damon C. Scott, who shot to prominence for being filmed singing on the NYC subway, it was signed to Defected at the end of last year and the MK dub became an anthem in Ibiza and at many festivals over the summer just gone.

ALOK

Alok is midway through his debut residency this summer — at DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs winner, Hï Ibiza — after landing his highest place in our Top 100 DJs poll last year at No.4. DJ Mag Ibiza spent some time on the island with the Brazilian DJ/producer to discuss his new Monday night residency, his life on the island, and those magical Ibiza sunsets

Alok’s story is quite a remarkable journey. He’s the twin son of DJ parents who both had careers in dance music themselves, chiefly in the...

Inside the weird world of The Devine Xperience

word: ANDREW LAZAR

The eccentric trio known as the Devine Xperience, from LA, blasted onto the EDM scene this year with a mesmerizing array of...

Numark’s new X5 mixer is two channels of digital delight...

 Numark are one of the oldest and most established mixer companies in the business, and while they have had their ups and downs as far...

Crazy P are more than just a band: they're a phenomenon, a live unit of astonishing charisma, an act that unite club DJs, pop fans...

“Yes, absolutely, every single time!” Crazy P’s front woman Danielle Moore croons down the phone line to DJ Mag. “I still get nervous onstage...

We give you five of this month's top nights

SUMMER IN THE CITY, TOBACCO DOCK, LONDON
SATURDAY 9TH AUGUST
GROOVE ARMADA (DJ), DJ SNEAK, LEE FOSS, WAZE & ODYSSEY, ANJA SCHNEIDER, DAMIAN LAZARUS, METRO...

New documentary, 25 Years Of UK Garage, to be released in December

So Solid Crew, Lisa Maffia, Ms. Dynamite, Majestic, Scott Garcia and more feature in the film, out 5th December

A new documentary traces the history and evolution of UK garage. Watch the trailer below. 25 Years Of UK Garage, out 5th December on digital...

One of the first legal UK mega-raves to bring dance music culture to the masses was Fantazia. With its emphasis on spending big production budgets...

By the early ’90s, dance music in the UK was already a complex beast. US house and techno cross-pollinated with synth-pop, rare groove and soundsystem...

Get To Know: Heléna Star

Get acquainted with Heléna Star, the London DJ and broadcaster with a passion for music that moves your feet and nourishes your soul

Heléna Thomson, AKA Heléna Star, is a true selector, with a passion for music that comes from the heart and nourishes the soul. It was...