"It wasn’t designed to be dance music, it was designed to be a futurist statement.” So said Jeff Mills on the subject of techno back...
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Four crews from each city go head-to-head...
Having announced last month that Red Bull's Culture Clash would be touching down in Bristol and Manchester for the first time, Red Bull has unveiled...
The Vinyl Factory investigates...
Istanbul has a thriving vinyl scene if you know where to look.
Luckily, The Vinyl Factory is here to help — they’ve crafted an excellent...
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Featuring classic rave anthems from the likes of The Prodigy, Joey Beltram, LFO, Inner City and Orbital...
The official soundtrack for forthcoming UK rave culture film 'Beats' is available to stream now.
Produced by Steven Soderbergh and directed by Brian Welsh (whose...
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Science fiction has long been a muse for techno producers, but three acts – Lost Souls Saturn, Mat Playford and A Sagittariun – are taking...
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Growth of the festival industry shows no sign of slowing, but the sector faces more issues than ever before. Emissions and waste need urgent attention...
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Visitors will get an insight into the city’s cultural development following the fall of the Berlin wall...
A new exhibition, called Nineties Berlin, is to offer visitors the chance to revisit the city’s 1990s techno scene.
Created by the team behind Berlin’s...
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Ricardo Villalobos, Marcel Dettmann and Modeselektor are among the names involved...
The history of Berlin club culture is explored in a new exhibition, fittingly entitled No Photos On The Dance Floor! Berlin 1989 - Today.
Taking...
The Kreuzberg techno institution has won a a lengthy trial...
Berghain has been recognised as a space of “culture”, alongside Berlin’s theatres, museums and concerts, after winning a landmark legal case.
The Kreuzberg techno institution...
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The festival is facing financial hardship
Burning Man has launched a crowdfunding campaign to secure the future of the annual event.
After weeks of deliberation and uncertainty, which culminated in the ...
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What do you reckon?
Last week, Diplo appeared on the popular No Jumper Podcast. During the 90-minute interview he and the show’s hosts, Adam22 and Robesman, discussed everything from...
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An iconic 1970s soundsystem lives on inside a Coney Island attraction. Vivian Host catches up with sound engineer Dan Prosseda about the magical speaker stacks of the Eldorado Auto Skooter bumper cars
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Vinyl is more popular than it’s been in years, and wax-only labels are seen as some of the best in dance music. But is our...
We're still deep in the midst of a resurgence in vinyl culture. Vinyl sales continue to rise year on year, up 12% in 2018, and vinyl-only...
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Sónar Festival founder Enric Palau looks back at the event’s first quarter of a century with DJ Mag’s Sónar veteran Ben Osborne...
From 17th from 20th July, Sónar, one of the world’s leading festivals of electronic music, art and technological innovation, will return to Barcelona for its 25th year, and...
DJ Mag reflects on the legendary singer's impact on dance music...
George Michael, who passed away at the tail end of last year, started off in the clubs before making it big with Wham! As a...
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"You have NO BUSINESS DJing if you can’t match two beats together, plain and simple. But DJing is not just about matching two beats together"
A few months ago, three-time DMC-winning turntablist and DJ Mag HQ alumnus DJ Craze raised eyebrows everywhere when he proclaimed that ‘sync is your friend’...