In the beginning there was the Beat, and the Beat was with Hackney Wick, London on Saturday, 9th October — as was the weather. A...
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It's his first live set in two decades to celebrate five years of the fest...
In celebration of their fifth sun-soaked run in Croatia, Dimensions festival are set to welcome dance music legend Larry Heard AKA Mr Fingers this August...
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The remix is an essential part of dance music tradition. Whether it is creating live edits in front of a crowd or preparing bootlegs to...
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Body Movements, the UK’s first queer electronic music festival, took place in London’s Hackney Wick last weekend. Helmed by DJ Saoirse and Clayton Wright, and...
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Every era of British dance music has its myths and over-simplified narratives — hell, even little known local scenes have urban legends. Below, Matt Anniss...
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The Soho venue was formally known as The Borderline
Orange Yard is a new late night venue for central London, taking over the space formally known as The Borderline.
After operating for 14 years...
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Sampling the soundtrack to a 1979 Italian erotic drama
He prefers guitars really
'Dance music can fuck right off', says Liam Gallagher, according to an interview published on music website Consequence of Sound. It's far from the...
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For 20 years, Simon Dunmore's Defected has been dedicated to the finest in house music, from its label and numerous associated imprints, to its events...
“I’m a collector of labels. My ambition was for people to have a Defected rack in their collections in the same way they'd have a...
The former Wham! singer passed away on Christmas Day...
George Michael died on Christmas Day (25th December), as confirmed by his publicist.
The former Wham! singer was found on Christmas morning, having died from...
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Ever since the revelations in Hollywood about film producer Harvey Weinstein, and the subsequent #MeToo stories of sexual misconduct, the dance music world has been...
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“To be honest, it’s easier to come up with a time something sexist DIDN’T happen. There are so many instances I don’t know...
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"His work in the early days with Le Funk Mob and Etienne de Crecy gave French electronic music a gold standard that fulfilled its promise...
It was announced earlier today that legendary producer and French house pioneer Philippe ‘Zdar’ Cerboneschi has died.
The news was confirmed in a statement from...
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Street-hop is a sound from Lagos, Nigeria that mutates as it moves between different neighbourhoods; creating new beats, themes and dance crazes as it goes...
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Dubbed ‘the first lady of Detroit’, Kelli Hand stood as an oft-unsung champion of the sounds that have defined the city's landscape for almost three...
Kelli Hand, also known as K-Hand — one of the most important pioneers of Detroit techno — has died. Her passing was confirmed by friends...
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Meg Ward takes over DJ Mag HQ from 17:30 (BST) on Friday 6th May
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It first happened at a media dinner about five years ago. I was sandwiched rather uncomfortably between two older international journalists — one from Amsterdam...