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DJ Law, the man behind drumtrip.co.uk — “where it's '94 everyday”...

We decided to talk to the man himself to learn a little bit more about it...

Bowie, Prince, Space, Trump: We look back at an eventful year – to put it mildly – through the prism of the electronic dance music...

For better or worse, 2016 has been a whirlwind year.

The world seems to have crammed about a decade’s worth of news into a mere...

For 20 years, DJmag has been in amongst it, at the vanguard of dance and electronic music culture, commentating, conversing and partying within the scene...

By the middle of 1991, the UK had experienced the biggest youth revolution since punk. Acid house had swept the nation in the late '80s...

Cheap Thrills mean something

The man Herve only went and produced one of THE compilations of the year, when he came up with ‘Cheap Thrills’. We’re all over its...

We pick out 10 of the best books inspired by the early days of acid house

“Those were good days in Edinburgh, in 1990,” says author and screenwriter Trevor Miller, who wrote the acid house culture’s first novel, published in...

As part of our end of year and end of decade coverage, we've written about our favourite albums, tracks and compilations. Here, DJ Mag staff...

DJs and producers are supposed to be on the same side. For decades now, producers have made the music, and DJs have played it. Simply...

"It's become impossible not to stand up and take action against this urgent climate crisis," the duo's James Priestley says

Promoters Secretsundaze are launching a new sustainability initiative.

Dance 2 Sustain will see the DJ duo, made up of James Priestley and Giles Smith, introduce a number of...

Is wealth and privilege damaging British dance music, and if so, what should we do about it?

WORDS: Matt AnnissPICS: Nicola Nodland & Jillian Edelstein

Since acid house swept the UK 30 years ago and united a generation, British dance has proudly proclaimed its egalitarian credentials. Many believe that the loved up, misty-eyed utopianism...

A dizzying, somewhat cloudy, very busy recounting of this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event

ADE. All the techno, EDM, leather jackets, live streams, networking and café pit stops you can handle. Don’t expect to sleep. We certainly didn’t. DJ...

Dance music has a mental health problem. Sirin Kale speaks to artists such as Luciano, Courtesy and Marie Davidson, as well as some PRs and...

March 2017. Luciano, real name Lucien Nicolet, is in Frankfurt airport, and he’s bent double with heart palpitations. He knows something isn’t right: things are...

Dance music prize draw Ukrainian

Signed copies of books, exclusive and rare vinyl, art prints, event tickets, clothing and more 

A dance music prize draw has been announced to raise money to help those feeling and trapped in Ukraine following the country's invasion by Russian...

One year on from our Women In Dance Music issue, we ask the question...

Almost one year ago to the day, DJ Mag published a Women In Dance Music issue. I know, because I edited it. We put New...
Album of the Month: Dance System ‘In Your System’

Dance System pens a club-ready love letter to Daft Punk’s filter house and the Chicago sounds that inspired it on his new album, ‘In Your System’

As one of the founders of Night Slugs, James Connolly — formerly known as L-Vis 1990 — helped usher in the post-dubstep era of deconstructed...

With Miller Genuine Draft

The remix is an essential part of dance music tradition. Whether it is creating live edits in front of a crowd or preparing bootlegs to...

As part of DJ Mag's round-up of all the best in dance music in 2019, and in the 2010s, we decided to spotlight some of...