Does rave need a do-over? Three decades on, some of the movement’s most ardent believers have become its fiercest critics. “Our scene has failed to...
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Ten influential records from the mighty Twitch
This Take 10 feature could almost have been invented to showcase the Optimo duo's magnificently eclectic influences. Renowned for their legendary Sunday night sessions at the Sub Club in Glasgow in the nineties and noughties.
You won't need reminding that, for five days during October, Holland's capital is a swarming hive of clubbing activity — even more so than during...
From bicep-flexing big-room monoliths to achingly cool cats of underground fame, Amsterdam Dance Event has it all and everything in-between. With the many workshops, panel...
One of the UK’s busiest — and best — DJ/producers, Maya Jane Coles has a jam-packed Ibiza season this summer. DJ Mag Ibiza corners her...
Maya Jane Coles is a busy woman. Not only is she spinning at Hï Ibiza, Pacha and Ushuaïa throughout the season, she’s also been putting...
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The gatekeeping around DJ tech has to end...
Picture the scene: You’re wrapping up an incredible set, outstretched arms are begging for sweaty high-fives from the packed dancefloor; your plus-one's grinning wildly, eyes...
With Dimitri From Paris & more
When we opened the Sunday paper earlier this year to find the headline 'HORSE MEAT TESCO' (on retrospect, perhaps with a colon), DJ Mag got very excited. Some of the world's best parties have taken place in shops.
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Defected's Where Love Lives documentary is a moving journey through self-acceptance, expression and the power of community
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San Francisco’s Chrissy sprints from house, Hi-NRG and EBM into UKG and breakbeat hardcore in his ecstatic On Cue mix, and speaks to Marke Bieschke about reviving rave’s original mission on his Hooversound album, ‘Physical Release’
The band who inadvertently defined the Balearic sound
The Woodentops were an '80s avant-funk indie band who ended up becoming more experimental and electronic and recording the definitive Balearic anthem, 'Why Why Why'. The track was picked up by legendary Ibizan DJ Alfredo, it became an anthem at Amnesia on the White Isle
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DJ Mag's Solid Gold series revisits and examines the ongoing significance and influence of electronic albums throughout history. In this edition, Ben Cardew discusses how Leftfield's...
Bastardisation has long been at the heart of the British musical soul. The Beatles had it, tying up US R&B into wonderful new forms in...
Mixed up in The Hague
It's impossible to overstate The Hague's impact on dance music. In the early '90s, this small city in northern Holland crafted a bastardised version of the sounds bubbling out of Detroit, a ravey mash of jacking house and techno that, at the time, sounded almost impossibly futuristic.
The results are in for DJmag's Tech Awards 2006. Which DJ kit is the best? Here's what DJmag readers and our panel of experts said.
As DJ technology continues to develop at an astonishing rate, it's been another great year for new products.
DJmag's annual Tech Awards is a chance...
The German producer reflects on his plight to becoming the in-demand DJ he is today and the importance of keeping true to what he most...
“Actually, this is one of my most productive years so far.” Thomas Gold smiles broadly into the camera, his face framed by simple, black-rimmed...
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Over the past 10 years, DJing has undergone seismic transformations in technology and process. New styles of DJing have emerged, and some have had huge...
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The 83rd returns after a three year hiatus with a genre-smashing six-tracker, ‘c r u $ h c i t y’
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Shanghai’s pioneering SVBKVLT label is creating a bold new future for electronic and club music, spearheading a movement inspired as much by Chinese tradition as avant-garde...