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Using data from Top 100 DJs voters and house/techno Beatport purchases, we present the Alternative Top 100 DJs 2019 

Last year, we launched the DJ Mag Alternative Top 100 DJs poll, in association with Beatport, generated by combining Top 100 DJs voting data with...

Photo of RIOT CODE wearing a blank tank top in a dark room, with a large beam of light shining around him from the back

Over the past three years, the name RIOT CODE has become synonymous with a strain of hard, fast techno, landing on labels like Noise Manifesto, HOMAGE and NineTimesNine and hammered out at parties like Teletech. Formerly a duo, the Derry-based project is now an individual venture for Oliver Grant, who’s ready to lift the trademark mask and take things to the next level. Alongside a storming Recognise mix that capture’s RIOT CODE’s past, present and future sounds, he speaks to Olivia Stock about going solo, navigating the techno scene as a trans artist, and what the future holds

It’s New Year’s Eve 2023 in Belfast’s Bone Yard, and Oliver Grant is overthinking. After spending the previous two weeks restlessly rifling through his collection...

Rotterdam-via-Belfast rave futurist Kessler records a storming mix for the Fresh Kicks series, and speaks to Niamh O’Connor about finding inspiration during lockdown and in...

$2 million Wu-Tang Clan album to make public debut in Tasmanian museum

There'll be limited listening parties for the infamous one-off LP next month at an art museum in Australia

The rare Wu-Tang Clan album infamously bought by "pharma bro" Martin Shrekli for $2 million in 2015 will be publicly presented for the first time...

Photo of a street party taking place outside Mickey Zoggs, home of Noods Radio

"This is our chance to keep one of Bristol's third spaces within the hands of the community and remain a place for the people."

Noods Radio has begun raising funds to save its Bristol headquarters. Mickey Zoggs, the pub that houses the independent station, is at risk of closing...

NikNak DJing on Vinyl

The series will aim to teach women, trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people the art of vinyl DJing

Saffron, the non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing gender equality within the music industry, has announced an online vinyl DJ workshop series. Launched in partnership with...

Record Factory

This latest innovation from Teenage Engineering is designed to be portable, similar to its Pocket Operator range

Teenage Engineering have announced the launch of the PO-80 Record Factory, a compact, USB-powered record cutter that lets you cut your own 5” vinyl at...

Warning issued over high-strength, dangerous pills and fake MDMA in circulation after Secret Garden Party

The Loop has issued alerts about “Teddy Bear”, “SoundCloud” and “Ninja Turtle” pill

UK harm reduction group The Loop is warning festivalgoers over pills in circulation in the UK after being detected at Secret Garden Party this past...

Tiffany Calver launches new label, No Requests, with Polydor

Bandokay and M'Way are the label's first two signings

Tiffany Calver, this month's DJ Mag UK cover star, has partnered with Polydor to launch her own record label, No Requests. The label has been...

These are the most exciting amapiano producers right now

Amapiano has become a world-conquering genre since emerging in South Africa over a decade ago, with the sound mutating in recent years to solidify its place as an embedded dance music culture. Here, Shiba Melissa Mazaza asks: who are the South African artists carrying the torch for amapiano right now?
 

Amapiano (also known as ipiano or ’piano) began in the streets of Gauteng, South Africa, in the early 2010s. The now world-conquering sound is a...

Chicago house legend Paul Johnson has died, aged 50

Paul Leighton Johnson was one of a kind. Even in the face of enormous adversity, the Chicago icon lived life with the same irrepressible spirit...

The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to top this month. From tough techno and sun baked house to icy UK rap, breaks and...

Currently based in London, ohmydais has been cutting her teeth on radio via her monthly residency on Threads, building a plethora of shows that are...

Half of women in music have experienced discrimination

The report comprised over 2526 UK musicians who identified as women

A new report has revealed that half of the women in the music industry have experienced some form of discrimination. Conducted by the UK Musicians’...

As part of our end of year and end of decade coverage, we've written about our favourite albums, tracks and compilations. Here, DJ Mag staff...

DJs and producers are supposed to be on the same side. For decades now, producers have made the music, and DJs have played it. Simply...

Massive Attack's 3D reads letter from humanitarian doctor describing "catastrophe" for women and babies in Rafah: Watch

The video forms parts of the Voices For Gaza initiative, which is raising awareness of the plight of innocent Palestinians

Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja, AKA 3D, has featured in a video online in which he reads a letter written by a doctor based in...