It’s the Thursday before Notting Hill Carnival and Linett Kamala, board director of Europe’s biggest street party, is weaving through the streets of Kilburn. Her...
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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
For long-serving Berlin techno queen Ellen Allien, a return to the physical — in both the way she plays and makes music — has re-energised...
She's been playing gigs in record shops, buying and playing lots of vinyl, and made her new album, 'Nost', using mainly analogue equipment. Her seventh...
Brooklyn, NYC duo Wolf + Lamb aren't just a DJ/production outfit. They're a movement, a label, a club, and extended family of like-minded artists, offering...
Few artists inspire a devotion bordering on the religious. But the gospel according to Wolf + Lamb has already spread far and wide, their near...
Tracing the journey of the d&b kid from the Midlands...
Goldie is back with an amazing new album. And not just any old album either. Hugely ambitious in breadth and scope, 'The Journey Man' is...
For 20 years, DJmag has been in amongst it, at the vanguard of dance and electronic music culture, commentating, conversing and partying within the scene...
By the middle of 1991, the UK had experienced the biggest youth revolution since punk. Acid house had swept the nation in the late '80s...
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Jamz Supernova is spearheading the next generation of radio DJs with her residencies on BBC Radio 1Xtra and Selector Radio. While equally at home behind...
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Throughout the pandemic, grassroots activists and nightlife representatives have worked tirelessly to create a more sustainable, accessible and protected environment for dance music. DJ Mag...
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Amsterdam Dance Event returned for its annual industry takeover earlier this month, showcasing more than 1,000 events at over 200 venues. With ADE back in full force post-pandemic, DJ Mag's Amy Fielding, Ben Hindle, Carl Loben, Ria Hylton and Rob Mccallum head out to the Dutch capital to sample the plethora of panels, parties and workshops on offer
We meet the Leeds man in London to talk about hardcore history, subliminal messages and breaking free of genre constrictions — and much more...
Reinvention is a tough gig. But if you get it right, a whole new life is possible. No one in dance music's managed this more...
The undiluted opinions of Kris Wadsworth
Raised in Detroit but currently residing in "Uranus", Kris Wadsworth has been scrapping away for some time now, hitting big with releases for the likes...