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Neurodiversity refers to a wide range of neurological conditions including ADHD, autism, dyslexia and Tourette syndrome. After being diagnosed with ADHD and suspected autism earlier this year, DJ Mag writer Harold Heath began to wonder: is there a particularly high number of neurodivergent people in the scene? Here, he embarks on a personal journey to try and understand the relationship between neurodiversity and dance music, and its wider relevance within the scene

I’m Harold Heath: music writer, former small-time DJ/producer, and life-long club culture fanatic. Earlier this year I was diagnosed with ADHD and suspected autism. Why...

Virtual Self, Jon Hopkins, Fisher and Justice have also been nominated...

The nominations for 2019’s Grammys have been revealed, with some exciting prospects getting the nod in the ‘Best Dance/Electronic’ categories.

In the ‘Best Dance Recording’...

Avicii’s death last year shocked the dance community and laid bare the serious problems surrounding mental health in the music industry. Now, his father Klas has set up...

A year after the death of Avicii, and his suicide continues to stand as a symbol for the failings of the electronic music industry to...

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In this excerpt from Ears To The Ground: Adventures in Field Recording and Electronic Music, author and DJ Mag contributing editor Ben Murphy explores the use of found sounds in dance music as a means of examining and expressing cultural heritage in our surroundings

At its most cutting edge, dance music is a laboratory of sonic experimentation. Field recordings, foley and samples from the real world have long been...

Black Coffee, The Martinez Brothers, more...

Words: SCOTT ENMAN || Photos: CHRIS LAVADO

It's Halloween in Brooklyn. 4am to be exact. The Martinez Brothers are about to hop on the decks...

Castlemorton 1992: photographing the Illegal rave that changed UK dance music forever

2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the biggest and the most infamous illegal rave that ever took place: Castlemorton – a week-long, 20,000-person party deemed so anarchistic that it shook Middle England to its core. Here, photographer Alan Lodge tells his story of capturing a week changed UK dance music forever

It started on a particularly sunny bank holiday weekend, on the 22nd May 1992. A ramshackle convoy of vehicles, which served as the rag-tag homes...

DJ Mag's new Solid Gold series revisits and examines the ongoing significance and influence of electronic albums throughout history. In this month's edition, to mark...

‘Selected Ambient Works 85-92’ was the creation of the fevered imagination and unique musical mind of Richard D James, an artist who’s gone under a...

Sexual harassment is a widespread problem that remains prevalent in our supposedly progressive dance music scene. A number of new initiatives have proposed a solution...

In the year since the #MeToo movement, those who were previously unaware have, at last, been waking up to the horrifying pervasiveness of sexual harassment...

Recommendations for touring, venues, economics, and self-awareness are all included 

DJs for Climate Action has launched a new initiative to help the electronic music industry realise a more innovative, sustainable and environmentally friendly dance music...

We drill down into why the London-based bros are such a hit...

Not only are brothers Danny and Kieran Clancy the minds behind London's hugely respected Krankbrother parties, a string of top-notch house and techno releases and...

On the gorgeous island of Hvar, boutique raving at its finest...

It's not often we're found recreating the 'Rio' video with Mark Ronson on a speed boat or witnessing a private set on a boat from...

R3 Sound System announces fundraising rave for Ukraine in London

The Blessed Madonna, Midland and more will play the club event

R3 Soundsystem, the London-based protest and music collective responsible for a number of mobile music-based protest events in recent years, is putting on a fundraising...

Amsterdam-based brit Paula Temple is renowned for her full-throttle hybrid performances and punky industrial productions, which have earned her wide respect across the techno scene...

It feels like our world is right on the edge. Climate change is looming exceedingly large, threatening our entire species in ways we often have...

SXM Festival 2022

Marco Carola, Magdalena, and Innellea are among those heading to Saint Martin next month

SXM festival has announced more names for its 2022 edition, which returns to the Caribbean island of Saint Martin next month. Audiofly, Layla Benitez, Magdalena...

The season will run from October through December

In:Motion has revealed the first wave of acts joining their 10th anniversay season.

Taking place from 28th September to 20th December, the Autumn/Winter season of...