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There were plenty of great artist albums released in our scene this year, more than ably demonstrating how the long-player format is still crucially important...

50. Ellen Allien ‘Nost’
BPitch Control

49. Bjørn Torske & Prins Thomas ‘Square One’
Smalltown Supersound

48. Sense MC ‘The Elephant In The Room’
Diffrent Music

47. Beastie...

Dog Blood, FISHER and Solardo & Eli Brown all made the cut

1001Tracklists have released the annual A State Of Dance Music report.

Tallying up the moments that defined dance music in 2019, the report shares insights...

100 years of electronic music

In March 1913 Luigi Russolo, the Italian futurist, stormed out of a classical concert in Milan and published an open letter demanding a new form of modern music.

There’s a first time for everything.

It’s the phrase typically heard by this writer as DJMag USA dives into unusual-animal-meat, payment-via-moonshine or dinner with estranged exes. It was also the phrase...

Born in the UK in the early ‘90s, during a period of explosive creativity, the freeform breakbeats of jungle became the soundtrack to many producers’...

An avalanche of snare drums, sub-bass that pulverises your rib-cage, possessed divas wailing from the abyss; fragments of funk, shards of techno, dabs of dancehall...

The Jamal Edwards Self Belief Trust announces new youth support initiatives

The three new programmes were revealed on the two-year anniversary of the late SBTV founder and MBE recipient's death
 

The Jamal Edwards Self Belief Trust is launching three new initiatives to support young people in London. The West London organisation set up honour of...

Legendary underground venue needs your support...

Legendary Southampton-based nightclub Junk has come under fire today, following an explosive article published in local newspaper the Southern Daily Echo (pictured below). 

Described by...

The Sound Of Trick

Hosting its first residency in Ibiza at the legendary DC-10, Patrick Topping's Trick imprint has seen a release break through to the UK charts, and grown from an imprint to an empire. With Australian DJ/producer Airwolf Paradise on mix duties with an hour of club-ready label cuts, DJ Mag sits down with Patrick Topping to talk about his vision to share the versatility and imagination of electronic mainstays, and giving breaks to the undiscovered underground

Nine years ago, Newcastle-born DJ and producer Patrick Topping played his first ever sets within the deep red-painted walls of Ibiza’s DC-10. Then a fast-rising...

Meet the MC is our latest DJ Mag Originals video series, combining a freestyle platform with in-depth fly-on-the-wall interviews, exploring the stories of these crucial...

This page will be updated as new episodes land.Meet the MC is our new DJ Mag Originals series, introducing the most vital artists in rap...

history-of-bassline

From its beginnings in Yorkshire clubs to becoming a nationwide dance music phenomenon and chart success, the bassline sound has survived and thrived, despite the efforts of the police and club licensing authorities. Matt Anniss charts its rise, fall, resurgence and influence on a new generation of DJs, producers and ravers

A quarter of a century ago, a record slipped out on Rumour Records that would change the course of UK dance music history. Created by...

DJing around the world, working on your debut album for Ninja Tune, and completing a Masters degree would be hard work for most people —...

A defining moment for Jayda G came in 2017, with her Boiler Room set during Amsterdam’s Dekmantel Festival. She gave a sweaty, euphoric performance that...

Beautiful madness from the UK trio...

Ivy Lab close out the week with a wonky rework of Dutch singer-songwriter Sofie Letitre.

Having just scooped Best Breakthrough Label for their 20/20 LDN...

It features contributions from Goldie, Mantra, Double O and more

A new documentary celebrates 25 years of the much-loved drum & bass labels A-Ko Recordings and AKO Beatz.

The short film, 'AKO Beatz...25 Years In...

With his DJ sets and productions that meld grime, techno, jungle and avant-garde experimentalism, Mumdance is one of the most original artists in UK dance...

Few DJs represent the spirit of UK dance music like Jack Adams does. A lifelong student of hardcore, drum & bass and grime, he is...

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...

Every drill scene has its transcendent track; one so potent that it blasts hyper-localised sounds out towards national and international listeners. ‘Don’t Like’, ‘Let’s Lurk’...