As this column has covered extensively, 2020 was a watershed year for in-game concerts, from Travis Scott, Steve Aoki and Dillon Francis in Fortnite to...
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In our latest gaming column, State of Play, Cherie Hu asks: have concert promoters been irrevocably cut out of the in-game concert boom by game...
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Amazondotcom steps up with an hour of maximum-intensity club sounds and animated bass manoeuvres as part of our Fresh Kicks series
On her debut EP, ‘Mirror River’, Los Angeles producer Amazondotcom carved an uncanny niche in club music – familiar enough to dance to, but intoxicatingly...
DJ Mag premieres Whitehead's new techno documentary.
The concept album carries a lot of baggage with it. Invariably, it conjures up images of bloated, cape-wearing prog rock dinosaurs performing 20-minute solos...
Former LFO man talks about the sad passing of Mark Bell
The dance music world was saddened a few weeks ago by the news that Mark Bell from LFO had passed away.
Mark was a well-liked...
Win tickets for Hideout 2012
It is always tough for a debut festival to make its mark, and live to tell the tale. With events springing up quicker than a...
We catch up with producer of ‘La Musica’ The Trumpeter
Starting life as an underground track called ‘The Trumpeter’, Ray Foxx’s summer hit began wowing dancefloors with its brassy topline and Latin sch-wing. Now signed...
We catch up with the hard giggin' DJ
Clocking up more air miles than the average albatross, and with more mix albums to his name than many of us have had hot dinners...
DJ Mag meets house music legend Roger Sanchez ahead of his (multiple!) headline sets at popular Miami festival Groove Cruise this week, to talk ultimate...
When someone mentions Roger Sanchez you smile, such is the storied legacy of one of house music's best-loved DJs. Nearly 30 years active, the man...
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Sound systems have driven the development of music in the UK, powered by hard work, passion and innovation. But preserving UK sound system culture, its knowledge and history, while also pushing it forward, is no easy task today. Ria Hylton traces its path through ska and reggae at blues dances in West Indian households, to soul, boogie, hip-hop and house in ’80s warehouses and at the Notting Hill Carnival, to nationwide tours and global popularity, and finds out how initiatives like the Sound System Futures Programme are seeking to secure its future
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Fatboy Slim’s devilishly catchy new single, ‘Role Model’, marks 500 releases for his storied Southern Fried Records label
The artists primed for big things in 2013!
If you thought 2012 was a fine vintage for speaker-cracking sounds, get a load of these lot. They're some of the cats who'll be making the dancefloor an intoxicating place to be this year. Serving up everything from deep disco vibes to subterranean bass darkness, these are the DJ/producers destined to make a splash in 2013...
UK label Scuffed Recordings has earned its reputable status with a roster of artists producing tactile, club-focused beats. As it expands further into live events...
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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Horse Meat Disco held their first party at what would become known as The Eagle pub in Vauxhall, London on New Year’s Day 2004. As their weekly Sunday night queer party grew, so did their international reputation, and they haven't stopped since. Here, Andy Thomas charts the soaraway success of the disco house collective over the last two decades
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Almost exactly 21 years after its release, Stardust’s ‘Music Sounds Better With You’ is getting the re-release treatment. Bruce Tantum explores the legacy of one...