“I’m finally home.” Those three words are among the first that the South African DJ and producer Palesa Desiree Shilabje utters when DJ Mag catches...
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One of the godfathers of Bacardi house has sadly passed...
South Africa's DJ Spoko— real name Marvin Ramalepe— has died aged 35, due to complications arising from a long-term illness, according to reports.
An underground...
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The travelling investment and mentorship program will support grassroots music scenes around the world...
Applications are now open in South Africa for Boiler Room & Ballantine's True Music Fund. The investment and mentorship program, which initially launched for Spanish...
The Dutch EDM star visits Cape Town and Ultra South Africa...
Martin Garrix has unveiled the second episode of The Martin Garrix Show, which sees the Dutch EDM star head to South Africa. You can watch...
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The first single and video, 'B£E', has dropped, with rhymes courtesy of Blackhaine
Space Afrika have unveiled details of their highly-anticipated new album, 'Honest Labour', which will drop via DAIS on 27th August 2021.
The production duo, real...
We catch up with Russian DJ ahead of her Coachella appearance...
She’s infamous, she’s Siberian and she utterly blew the roof off Snowbombing, playing inside an igloo at the top of a mountain to a select...
Chicago trio on their b2b2b tour
Three of Chicago's most respected DJs, they're repping real house music harder than ever in an age of commercialisation and corporate EDM. Touring together as Back to Back to Back, we thought it was time to pick their brains about their Chicago beginnings, the switch to digital, the US dance boom — and where they're at now...
Italian imprint to visit four cities in February
Founded in 2010 by DJ Tennis and Greg Oreck (one half of Thugfucker), Life & Death has been growing by leaps and bounds over the...
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Soaring ascents, the kind that can take an artist from obscurity to stardom in what seems to be the blink of an eye, don’t occur often, in dance music or elsewhere – those who are lucky enough to have that experience often disappear just as quickly. But there’s little chance of a quick fade for South Africa’s Palesa Desiree Shilabje, the DJ and producer known to the world as DESIREE, who in just a few short years has proved to be one of the international festival circuit’s most exciting new stars. Here, Bruce Tantum hears her story, and about how her evolution through music has been as organic as they come
"It is with great pain in our hearts that we have to announce the cancellation of Into the Castle 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa..."
Music Goes Further, the company behind forthcoming South African festival Into The Castle, has been forced to cancel the festival, which was set to take...
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Kicking off in L.A. on 13th October
Nina Kraviz has announced a North American tour.
A couple of weeks on from sharing another set from her 2019 festival performances, the трип label boss...
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“Dreaming Of A White Wonderland”
Already sick of the overplayed tune “Winter Wonderland” playing overhead at every store you did your holiday shopping...
Latin America has traditionally been well represented in the annual Top 100 DJs poll. Until a few years find out more
Latin America has traditionally been well represented in the annual Top 100 DJs poll. Until a few years ago artists like Hernan Cattaneo, DJ Vibe...
With Miller Genuine Draft
The EDM tidal wave that continues to flow over North America has not only triggered a surge in the popularity of dance music worldwide, but...
Ahead of Jaunt at Basing House
Chicago don Mark Farina is a DJ with two distinct sides. Although he is perhaps best known by clubbers for his jacking, upbeat, chicago house sound, he is equally adored in trip hop and downtempo circles for his epic collection of Mushroom Jazz compilations.
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You can listen to 'Vanity' with Jennifer Walton now
Manchester artist Iceboy Violet has shared details of their debut mixtape, 'The Vanity Project'.
Set for release on Finn's 2 B REAL label, the...