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Orbital’s eponymous debut album, also known as The Green Album, was released via FFRR in 1991. As part of our Solid Gold series, Ben...
Techno don is joined by Tom Demac and Ralf Kollmann for Brighton bash
Dave Clarke is headlining our party at the Brighton Music Conference (BMC) next week. The techno don, a former Brighton resident who now lives in...
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Point Blank London were joined by rave legend, DJ Billy ‘Daniel’ Bunter, to discuss his fascinating life in the music industry and how to survive as...
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Four years ago, DJ Mag first bore witness to the raging, painted energy of Scottish act Drums of Death after booking him to play at...
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A rapper, producer and head of the No Days Off brand, Knucks smashed into the UK album charts this year with his ‘Alpha Place’ project, presenting his ‘chill drill’ sound in all its evolved glory. His triumphant homecoming show at KOKO in Camden saw collaborators like Stormzy, SL, Youngs Teflon and Ragz Originale join him on stage. Here, Yemi Abiade meets the Londoner to learn how there are now no limitations on his future
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The ‘Museum of Soviet Synths’ will have you occupied for hours...
You can now get acquainted with the many types of synthesiser designed in Russia throughout the last century.
Considering the huge part Russia has played...
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"We require you to welcome this funding on your social media accounts"
Venues and arts organisations in the UK were ‘forced to thank the government’ publicly to receive the Culture Recovery Fund grant this week.
A total...
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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...
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The gesture comes on the 30th anniversary of the Criminal Justice Bill which sought to deal with illegal raves in the '90s
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The money will go some way to making up for the UK government's decision to reduce spending on international aid
Massive Attack have auctioned two rare prints by elusive UK street artist Banksy, raising more than £140,000 for charities in the process.
The pair of...
DJ Mag talks to Dave about the track series that propelled him to stardom...
We’re outside the Dylan Hotel in Amsterdam, the night after Dave Clarke’s sell-out ADE party. Your DJ Mag hack is somewhat the worse for wear...
They’ll pay £24k p.a. for the right candidate...
Yeo Valley, the Somerset based dairy company, are advertising for a mobile DJ position on their website, who will travel to spin at festivals in...
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Last month, 16,000 ravers attended Belfast's AVA Festival at its new home on the Titanic Slipways. DJ Mag traveled to AVA to discover how the event is creating a sense of unity, community and a second wave of rave in the city
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The party will take place in December
Fabio & Grooverider have confirmed the return of their seminal party, Rage.
Rage, the legendary club night that ran between October 1988 and 1993, will...
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1st May 1994 was the first big London protest against the looming Criminal Justice Bill, the piece of legislation that first proscribed a genre of music — rave music, “wholly or predominantly categorised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats” — in law. Despite widespread demonstrations at what was seen as draconian power-grabs by the UK authorities, the Bill became law later in 1994. Here, Harold Heath looks back at the reaction from the dance music community at the time, and the Act’s lasting impact on the rave scene today