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Subb-an to Launch Essex's new prized party

Believe it or not, Chelmsford is the birthplace of radio (we are so proudly reminded by a road sign on the way in). Yet, walking...

Left: 10 album packshots chosen by Nkisi. Right: Nkisi performing live, leaning over a table of electronic equipment while blowing on a digital wind instrument

In this series, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Nkisi spotlights ritualistic acid rhythms, “electronic voodoo music”, Belgian new beat, EBM and more

Nkisi’s fiercely rhythmic music maps a route from ancient rituals to futuristic hard dance. In her live performances and catalogue of releases for labels like...

Bemz by Andy Lowe

Sent to live in a tiny town on the west coast of Scotland in his teens, Bemz took up music to reconnect with what he’d lost. Over a decade later, he’s cementing a legacy for himself, his family and the Scottish rap community

Everything Bemz does is driven by one thought: “For every pound I spend on music, I take that away from my daughter’s mouth. So I...

SHERELLE’s BEAUTIFUL label and AIAIAI partner on new initiative for Black and LGBTQI+ artists

The project will encompass a new studio space, academy and workshop programme, and an exhibition series 

SHERELLE's BEAUTIFUL label and the Danish audio firm AIAIAI are partnering on a new initiative aimed at supporting Black and LGBTQI+ artists, comprising free workshops...

The summer of 2021 has seen a perfect storm of drug-related risks hit the UK dance scene: from an abundance of first-time ravers who turned...

Ever since the birth of acid house in the late ‘80s, UK dance music has been defined, legislated against and demonised on the basis of...

Underworld are nothing short of a British institution. Alongside contemporaries like The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy and Orbital, they’re one of a handful of acts...

The Prodigy have defined a movement, a generation. Their new album is out today

“I think we should be a British institution. Everyone goes on about all of these other people from the '90s like Blur and Oasis, but...

Nicole Moudaber is the techno queen with a rock & roll attitude. She’s the fast-driving petrolhead who’s as at home behind the wheel as she...

Nicole Moudaber is hooked on adrenaline. As a DJ, producer, label owner and promoter, she’s created a huge fan-base thanks to a constant schedule of parties...

From Los Angeles club night to leading bass label, SMOG has engulfed the world

Flashback to 2006, dubstep in America. "In my opinion, Los Angeles was ripe for it,” Drew Best, co-originator of SMOG, tells DJ Mag. “We had...

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Daniel Avery, Floating Points, Amaliah and more are set for the new 25,000-square-foot venue in Soho

New London club HERE at Outernet has revealed its full opening season programme. Officially opened on Friday, 9th September with Annie Mac's Before Midnight club...

Hooversound is the burgeoning UK club label run by SHERELLE and NAINA. As the much-hyped imprint celebrates its first release, prepares for the future, and...

A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...

We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...

The Bristolian bass merchant speaks out on his late success, and his plans for the Miami 2013!

The last 18 months have seen Bristol’s Eats Everything seemingly come from nowhere to land international success as a DJ and release a string of well-received productions on top labels such as Dirtybird and Pets Recordings. As he prepares to play at one of DJ Mag’s renowned Miami parties at WMC, he talks candidly about Transatlantic crowd-pleasing, his upcoming raft of collaborations and how his success has, in truth, been anything but overnight...

Jack Revill's love affair with decks goes back to his days kicking about Glasgow...

Around the time his mum passed away, Jack Revill met Calum Spencer on Byers Road in Glasgow. “Are they real vinyl records?” he asked in...

Leslie delivered the most educated, informed and damning defense of the evening...

fabric had its licence revoked in the early hours of this morning (7th September), at the end of a licensing hearing that saw Islington Council...