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It's been another bumper year for quality dancefloor tracks. Here's our discerning pick of the best...

Bicep, Koze and Woolford are just a few names that have become reassuringly prevalent in our end-of-year pages in recent times — and, yes, there's...

Hardstyle festival Defqon.1 announces massive full line-up

The Dutch festival will welcome artists like Angerfirst and Headhunterz when it returns this June

The full line-up for hardstyle festival Defqon.1 has been announced. The event, which is the work of leading hardstyle promoter Q-Dance, will return this June...

Over the last few months DJs from all over the world had been vying for a place at the Miller Soundclash Grand Finale in Las...

An unprecedented number of DJs had submitted their mixes to the MGD MixCloud competition page and out of these, 15 lucky DJs were picked to...

Wordcolour

'The trees were buzzing, and the grass.' indulges a fascination with the hyper-real world of Foley and film sound effects"

Wordcolour has released his debut album, 'The trees were buzzing, and the grass.', on Houndstooth. Check it out below. The album features contributions from percussionist...

UK rave specialist Paul Woolford, aka Special Request, pens a love letter to all the club styles that have fed into his sound over the...

Under his Special Request alias, Leeds DJ and producer Paul Woolford has specialised in exploring various manifestations of UK dance music. Albums like ‘Soul Music’...

Indira Paganotto in a red, white and black jacket

Spanish DJ, producer and ARTCORE label founder Indira Paganotto’s irresistible hybrid of techno and psytrance has made her a huge star on festival stages and in superclubs, but her rise to the top has been beset with challenges. Niamh O’Connor speaks with her about sticking to her principles, her love of psytrance, the importance of the underground, and the balancing influence of family

Few artists have fused the worlds of bright psytrance and booming techno as smoothly as Indira Paganotto. The Spanish producer, DJ and founder of the...

Premiere: Jaeho Hwang ‘Betweeness/사이\’

Jaeho Hwang blends industrial techno, experimental electronic music and traditional Korean instrumentation on his new EP, ‘Inner-self’ for CHINABOT

Jaeho Hwang will release his new EP, ‘Inner-self’, via CHINABOT on 1st June. Listen to, and watch the self-directed video for, ‘Betweeness/사이\’ below. ‘Inner-self’ is...

We talk to the slo-mo house heads, The White Lamp

When slo-mo disco cut 'It's You' by The White Lamp appeared on Futureboogie in 2012, DJ Mag thought that a new talent had arrived. With...

Mira Calix, award-winning Warp Records artist and composer, has died

The multidisciplinary artist and composer was one of the first women to be signed to Warp in the ‘90s

Mira Calix, the award-winning multidisciplinary artist, composer and longtime Warp Records member has died. News of the artist born Chantal Passamonte’s passing was confirmed today...

On Cue: Chrissy

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’

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...

The biggest tunes on the underground this month

Since winning Best Label at the DJ Mag Best of British Awards in 2011, Defected have continued to go from strength to strength. Adroit at raising their finger to detect the prevailing wind of change, they've earned their rep by transforming the stirrings of the underground into mainstream success, pushing the likes of Tensnake to even greater heights and introducing house legends such as MK, Murk and Kevin Saunderson to a new generation of clubbers.

Classic bangers from 20 years ago...

Back in the ‘90s, DJ Mag’s Hype Chart was the definitive dance analysis of the biggest tracks compiled of votes from over 500 of the...

Ben Cardew revisits Björk’s ‘Debut’ album which encompasses elements of rave, jazz, pop and so much more to explore how it laid the groundwork for...

If the world Björk inhabits on ‘Debut’ sounds a little every-day for such an extraordinary star, its because Björk made it so. Of course, the concept...

Hooversound announces new EP from THUGWIDOW and Bruised Skies, ‘Blimey’

Response and Denham Audio contribute remixes exclusively available on the digital release, out later this month

Up next on SHERELLE and NAINA's Hooversound Recordings is a joint EP from THUGWIDOW and Bruised Skies called 'Blimey', out 22nd July. Alex Lowther-Harris's THUGWIDOW...

Mall Grab Metaphysical

The producer is also preparing to embark on an Irish tour this month

Mall Grab has shared a new single and accompanying video, 'Metaphysical'. Check it out below. The Australia-born, London-based producer has released the track on his...