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Gig tickets on Amazon? Sure!

Amazon is going up against Ticketmaster and Live Nation as the world's premier ticket seller. 

The worldwide express shipping/goods website will be expanding to the...

The fire-breathing icon will be sorely missed... 

Ultra Miami 2019 will not feature the iconic Arcadia Spider stage according to a recent announcement which also reveals several other major changes for the...

The fight to preserve Ukraine’s electronic music culture in a time of war

Amidst the horrors of russia's war on Ukraine, local DJs, producers and music professionals have had their lives ripped apart, but many have passionately continued their work at home and abroad, using their experience to provide funds and direct aid to causes on the ground. Here, Tanya Voytko talks to artists from across the country about their personal experiences over the past six months, and to learn how they’re striving to preserve and promote their rich and diverse electronic music culture

I started writing this article on 22nd June, the day of remembrance for the victims of World War II in Ukraine. At dawn on that...

Steve Angello, Riton, Cassius, and Don Diablo accept the invite...

Martin Garrix has locked the likes of Steve Angello, Dyro, and Riton to spin his STMPD RCRDS stage during Tomorrowland 2017. The label takeover happens...

Three decades of Trade: celebrating 30 years of boundary breaking LGBTQ+ raving

The fierce LGBTQ+ party Trade was the UK’s first legal after-hours club event, opening at 3am and closing at 9am. It laid the groundwork for a new on-and-on party culture, while its sexual and gender diversity was a forerunner for today’s queer club scene. As it celebrates its 30th anniversary, and prepares for its 24-hour birthday party at Egg London, Joe Roberts speaks to some of its regular DJs, designers and founder Laurence Malice about Trade's boundary-breaking legacy

It’s Sunday afternoon, 16th March 2008, and the dancefloor of Turnmills is packed with dancers in varying states of undress. Watching over them, grinning maniacally...

Oliver Helden topped the list on BeatStats

BeatStats has compiled data from Beatport sales to reveal the biggest-selling dance artists of the last 12 months.

Collating artists, labels, and track rankings from...

Did your favourites make the cut?

1001Tracklists has compiled its data from 2018 to chart the most played dance tracks of the year.

The user-powered platform gathered the info from 36,000...

The shows took place at Sound Nightclub in LA...

Eric Prydz shared details earlier this month of a charity show to be held in honour of one of his fans, James Lillo, who...

We speak to Berlin’s sampling bootleg king ahead of SW4...

At what point does sampling become plagiarism? It's a common question in dance music, but with few occasions has the debate become as contentious as...

Stepping away from EDM, musical foundations, why Ibiza still trounces Las Vegas, and more...

Kölsch is a man of taste. Well over six foot tall and wearing his signature black Panama hat, he exudes warmth and charisma when we...

As part of our special edition on fighting racism and racial injustice in the dance music industry, we have collated alphabetical lists of collectives, organisations...

We will be updating this as a live directory, so welcome recommendations for additions. Please send to [email protected] Organisations working to benefit the Black and...

Dog Blood, FISHER and Solardo & Eli Brown all made the cut

1001Tracklists have released the annual A State Of Dance Music report.

Tallying up the moments that defined dance music in 2019, the report shares insights...

Hot Natured: Jamie Jones is on fire

Jamie Jones will now have to get rid of the words 'rising star' that have stuck in front of his name in print like particularly...

The trance DJ suffered a broken spine and brain trauma earlier this year...

Paul Van Dyk has opened up for the first time about his life-threatening stage fall at an A State Of Trance event in February, explaining...

Mixed up in The Hague

It's impossible to overstate The Hague's impact on dance music. In the early '90s, this small city in northern Holland crafted a bastardised version of the sounds bubbling out of Detroit, a ravey mash of jacking house and techno that, at the time, sounded almost impossibly futuristic.