Steven Zhu can’t sit still for long. It’s a characteristic that has always served the artist, better known simply as ZHU, quite well. Since he...
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During the early part of the pandemic, DJ and producer ZHU went on a road trip with his bandmates, recording his new album in remote...
Last month, 16,000 ravers attended Belfast's AVA Festival at its new home on the Titanic Slipways. DJ Mag traveled to AVA to discover how the event is creating a sense of unity, community and a second wave of rave in the city
The aftermath
You may have followed the gonzo tweeting from our roving US reporter, Drew 'Drewzilla' Millard, on the ground at Ultra Festival, Miami, for 2011’s...
Featuring Aly & Fila, London Electricity, Matador & Alok
This year’s Top 100 Clubs results, powered by Miller Genuine Draft, demonstrated the love and support for our international nightclub scene. More than 600,000...
The Drumcode boss lays it all out in a candid interview...
On the eve of Drumcode’s 20th anniversary, Adam Beyer sits down with DJ Mag to talk about his label, his family, and what’s possible...
Dave 1 and P-Thugg, better known as the sapid duo Chromeo, are about to release their most zestfully slick album to date, ‘Head Over Heels’...
Experiencing Chromeo is like taking a step back in time—but with all the luxuries and comforts of today. It’s in the duo’s music, which takes...
Fresh acts rising to the top...
DJ Mag brings you 9 acts to check out in May.
AUTARKIC
New wave love songs
‘I Love You, Go Away’; a beautifully...
From AUDRA festival in Kaunas, Lithuania, Martin Guttridge-Hewitt reports on a long-standing, tight-knit and thriving electronic music scene often overlooked by outsiders
What is it that we love about festivals? Barry Ashworth takes a light-hearted look at some essential festival survival pointers...
With the near-demise of the super-clubs in thew UK, festivals have emerged as the primary big dance music events. Each year there are more and...
Baldy DJ Lee Burridge sends us his diary every month. This time he reports from Down Under, where he narrowly avoided getting eaten by a...
I had my heart set on Melbourne as one of the seven locations for 365 in the first year.
I chose it for many different...
In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections...
On the history of dubstep and 'Fabriclive 61'...
Pinch, aka Rob Ellis, boss of the trail-blazing Tectonic Records, is one of a few heads in a unique position to dissect the...
A handy guide to all the best Halloween parties across the USA...
Halloween means freedom. It’s the one holiday all year where you don’t have to worry about family politics or social niceties. It’s a euphoric, alcohol-soaked...
DJ Mag visits Time Warp to see if it's still got it
Back in the early days of Time Warp, the organisers faced some scepticism from the community of Mannheim about an annual all-night rave...
New album and live dates from the Mancunian post-punkers
Formed in 1979 from the ashes of punk, and named after a Brian Eno lyric, A Certain Ratio’s influential blend of punk, funk, disco...