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Here we go again, eh? It feels like the time between the closing bashes and the Ibiza opening bell rung annually by the International Music...

Ahead of his first ever shows as pioneering Detroit electro unit Cybotron, techno innovator Juan Atkins tells us why he’s revisiting his past — and...

Juan Atkins has always been, in his own words, “a music lover”. Growing up in Detroit, he would treat his parents’ dinner parties as an...

Brexit happens early next year, but its impact upon musicians working in the EU remains unclear. We delve into the potential effects of the UK’s...

NOTE: This article is over two years old and some information may be out of date. Please refer to this feature, written in January...

We meet the Italian techno don face-to-face in Barcelona...

Joseph Capriati is the rapidly-rising Italian techno star who's broadened his sound out for Ibiza to inject more groove into it. Leaving behind the Music...

Black and white image of a graffiti'd wall that reads "Kitchen Top Floor"

In the midst of the ruinous Thatcher era, Manchester’s Hulme Crescents estate became a haven for squatters, anarchists and acid house ravers, who converged in the hedonistic flat-turned-studio and after-hours club, The Kitchen. Kemi Alemoru speaks to former residents, DJs and familiar guests from the Madchester scene about the lasting impact this space had on the city’s cultural landscape

Welcome to Hulme Crescents, Manchester, an inner-city public housing experiment that, in the ’80s, became an amphitheatre of chaos and creativity. In this estate, acid...

As healthier lifestyles have become more prevalent in the dance music industry, some have turned to the legal compound CBD for its benefits. But who uses it...

It’s Monday morning, and the painful cocktail of a weekend club life and weekday deadlines hits hard. Focus seems impossible and every platform is bleeping...

He.She.They is a globetrotting party devised by Steven Braines and Sophia Kearney, aiming to bring together ravers of all genders, sexualities and ethnicities. DJ Mag joined them...

Steven Braines and Sophia Kearney of The Weird & The Wonderful are perhaps one of the most admirable success stories in the music industry. As...

Nile Rodgers is the man behind Chic and countless disco classics and mega hits. Always moving with the times and updating his classic guitar licks...

In late 1976, a guitarist named Nile Rodgers and a bass player named Bernard Edwards bribed an elevator operator $10 to keep quiet about an after-hours...

The relationship between dance music and British politics has often been fraught and confrontational. But in the last five years, promoters and politicians have started...

Ever since the late 1980s, UK dance music’s interactions with politicians, police officers and mainstream public opinion have been defined by suspicion, misunderstanding or outright...

From the birth of acid house and the free party scene, through the era of super clubs and into the digital age, flyer design has...

Floating Bstrd is the illustration guise of Marko Vuleta-Djukanov, the Serbian artist who rose to prominence with work for the likes of Vladimir Ivkovic, Lena...

The worlds of computer gaming and electronic music are merging like never before, with virtual raves, AI-generated musicians and concerts inside massive multiplayers like Fortnite...

What if the next electronic music concert you went to was just... a game? Imagine for a moment: the concert would happen virtually on a...

The original DJ cover star, Sasha was the face of ’90s clubland success and excess. His new Refracted:LIVE show redefines his special talent, delivering a...

It’s a cold, rainy night in 2013 at a spit-and-sawdust East London venue, the exact location of which is lost in the mists of time...

The past few years have seen mental health pushed to the forefront of conversation in electronic music; however, the effects of racism are still not...

Nilaari (meaning self-worth or value) is a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community-based charity, delivering culturally appropriate counselling, social care support, advice and advocacy...

As events begin to reschedule dates for 2021, and with some selling out months in advance, the practise of ticket touting is once again an...

Electronic music artists, venues and promoters are failing to do enough to protect fans from online touts, who are selling tickets for more than 10...

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Tiffany Calver is redefining the role of the rap DJ. As well as helming the influential Rap Show on BBC Radio 1Xtra, she hosts club nights, runs her own label, and DJs for superstars. But, as she reveals to Christine Ochefu, her journey to the top hasn’t always been easy

When Tiffany Calver was a child, her mother made sure she knew exactly who she was. “It was a standard in my house; my mum...