NQ is reshaping Manchester’s musical identity one mega-hit at a time. An entertainment company consisting of a record label, management and publishing house based in...
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Through its nurturing of new superstars like Aitch and other young local talent, Manchester’s NQ has become a veritable institution of modern UK rap, helping elevate regional artists across the UK. James Keith meets members of the crew during a recent takeover at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, and heads to NQ’s northern base to discover the secret to its success
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Miami bass and electro innovator Danny Daze takes DJ Mag’s Megan Venzin on a tour of his home studio and some lesser-known pockets of his hometown, and chats about his Cuban-American heritage, and mentoring the creators of South Florida’s next big sound
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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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Ireland’s drill scene has been blowing up since 2018, with homegrown rappers and producers putting their own spin on the world-conquering sound. Robert Kazandjian speaks...
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Audio-visual artists have always played a vital role in shaping the distinctive aesthetic identity of electronic music. In the evolution of analogue slide projectors to...
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Science fiction has long been a muse for techno producers, but three acts – Lost Souls Saturn, Mat Playford and A Sagittariun – are taking...
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DVS1 is one of techno’s most well-respected DJs. He’s paid his dues, spent a couple of decades getting to where he is today, and it’s...
Ahead of Paper Recordings' new doc, Northern Disco Lights...
Birthed in Bergen in the '90s, the quirky, elusively pinned down sound of Norwegian/Scandi/nu/cosmic disco — or whatever you call it — is a difficult...
Youth and popularity - the fabric that makes up today's music industry. Enter Madeon, he's young, he's popular. Yet, in our five-hour conversation with the...
In under 10 minutes of speaking to Hugo Leclercq, the man behind the construction known as Madeon, it is clear the musical phenom is, inarguably...
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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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From blissed-out breaks, twisted bass and techno into metal-inspired d&b, trance and more, here's July 2022's list of upcoming talent you should be keeping track of
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The Prodigy’s fans — nicknamed the Ant Army — are some of the most dedicated for any band. Ahead of their new album, Prodigy expert...
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Berlin’s techno superstar Paul Kalkbrenner is back with a new LP that pays tribute to the city’s halcyon early rave days. We find out more...
Berlin is a city that’s always maintained an uneasy relationship with celebrity culture. It was here that David Bowie went to get away from the...
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A new crop of charity record labels has sprung up in the UK and France, donating their entire profitshare to worthy causes, and fighting poverty and inequality in...
Despite austerity hitting all but the most affluent, charity giving continues to rise. According to the Charities Aid Foundation’s annualUK Giving Study, British people donated a whopping £10.3bn to charity in 2017...
When is a band not a band? We aim to find out...
When is a band not a band? When it’s one or two electronic music producers recording albums that sound like bands? The dividing line between...