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Top 100 voting closes today

The poll will end at 23:59 BST

DJ Mag's annual public vote to uncover the world's most popular DJs is almost over for another year, and we've been evolving to fit a...

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New mobile record store opens on canal boat in West Yorkshire

"I hope it can bring people together like music does, especially in these times of division," says founder Myles Greenwood

A new mobile record store has opened on a canal boat in West Yorkshire. A self-described "floating record shop and cafe canal boat", Rubber Ducky...

Berlin club Tresor announces two month-long festival and exhibition celebrating 31 years
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Berlin club Tresor announces two month-long festival and exhibition celebrating 31 years

Tresor 31 will run across July and August

Berlin club Tresor is hosting a seven-week in-house festival this summer to celebrate 31 years since the venue first opened. Tresor 31: Techno, Berlin und...

Pikes Ibiza announces line-up for opening weekend
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Pikes Ibiza announces line-up for opening weekend

John Acquaviva, Ben Westbeech and Manchester promoter Homoelectric will help get the summer season going

Following two years of limited events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pikes Ibiza will fully reopen for the summer season later this month. All of...
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How North American clubs and festivals are approaching their return to the dancefloor

In the U.S. music fans are eagerly awaiting the safe return of clubs and festivals, but there are risks to consider before going back to...

It’s been a heavy year — one many wish to shake off, preferably in an invigorating bath of strobe lights, lazers and amplified sound. Those...
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BLM: diversity & equality report Q3 2020

Our first quarterly update following our pledge in July, addressing how we can tackle racism and diversity issues within the electronic music industry as a...

DJ Mag has partnered with the Young Urban Arts Foundation (YUAF) to create a series of virtual DJ workshops and masterclasses — to inspire hard-to-reach...

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Hï Ibiza voted world’s No.1 club in DJ Mag Top 100 Clubs poll 2022

The Ibiza superclub tops our readers' poll of the world's best clubs for the first time

Hï Ibiza has been voted the World’s No.1 Club in this year’s Top 100 Clubs poll. Top 100 Clubs is a celebration of the world’s...

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Amaliah, Club Fitness and Reece Spooner set for Fiasco! party at Pickle Factory

The East-London queer party returns for the first time since lockdowns began 

East-London queer party Fiasco! returns this month with a party in Pickle Factory, featuring sets from Amaliah, Club Fitness and founder Reece Spooner. Taking place...
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Promoters in northern England are pushing for a more inclusive return to clubbing

Slowly but surely, dance music in northern England is rebuilding, and the past year has encouraged some promoters to rethink how they can make clubs...

“The clubs are coming back, pass it on!”Like a whisper rippling through a crowd, excitement is mounting as venues prepare to reopen their doors. But...

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How long Covid has impacted dance music professionals

Even as pandemic restrictions have lifted, and clubs and festivals have returned, the spectre of coronavirus lingers for many due to the debilitating impact of long Covid. Here, Dhruva Balram speaks to people in the dance music industry about how the effects of long Covid, and a lack of understanding around it, have impacted them, and asks whether it should be recognised as a disability

“My energy levels have never returned to what they were,” says London-based DJ and broadcaster DEBONAIR. “I don’t have the muscle strength and energy that...
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Drug harm minimisation is more important for UK clubs than ever — the policies around it need to change

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...
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Tomorrowland's virtual festival set a new standard for digital events — here's how they did it

With an IRL event impossible this year, the team behind Belgian mega-festival Tomorrowland created a revolutionary interactive virtual world in under three months. Here’s how...

Tomorrowland has never been one for subtleties. As the Belgian festival scaled up from more humble beginnings in 2005, the Boom location became an array...
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GALA: a joyful return for London dance festivals

GALA, London’s first outdoor dance music festival in over 16 months, took place in Peckham Rye Park last weekend. With exceptional programming and an emphasis...

Approaching the gates of GALA, London’s first full-capacity, outdoor dance music festival since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, a familiar feeling emerges. As muffled...
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Paul Johnson (1971-2021): One of the most essential house musicians of all time

Chicago house legend Paul Johnson has died, aged 50

Paul Leighton Johnson was one of a kind. Even in the face of enormous adversity, the Chicago icon lived life with the same irrepressible spirit...