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The London duo have broken their silence with ‘Junto,’ their seventh album, and are bringing the dance back to the dancefloor...

Simon Ratcliffe is attempting to cook tofu stir-fry for dinner at his home in London when we get a hold of him, via a fuzzy...

Blames dance music’s demise on “spineless” hipsters...

One week on from his final rave, Bloc co-founder George Hull had some choice words for the “spineless” hipsters who he blames for the demise...

The techno pioneer made the comments in a recent interview...

Jeff Mills has said that he thinks electronic music has become too “middle class”.

Speaking in a recent interview with France24, the legendary Detroit-born DJ/producer...

If you’re telling people to “keep politics out of music”, you’re missing the point. Here, DJ Mag’s Harold Heath explains why politics are an integral...

Ever since the revelations in Hollywood about film producer Harvey Weinstein, and the subsequent #MeToo stories of sexual misconduct, the dance music world has been...

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“To be honest, it’s easier to come up with a time something sexist DIDN’T happen. There are so many instances I don’t know...

It first happened at a media dinner about five years ago. I was sandwiched rather uncomfortably between two older international journalists — one from Amsterdam...

The exhibition will open at the British Library in 2024

The British Library and the University of Westminster have announced a new exhibition exploring the history of Black British music. 

The partnership have teamed up...

Faithless confirm new music is on the way

Sister Bliss and Rollo made the announcement on social media, direct from their studio 

Faithless have confirmed they have new music and more live shows on the way. The UK dance music icons made the announcement on social media...

Black-owned music organisations, radio stations and record labels are helping to create vital platforms for Black producers and DJs who’ve been held back by systemic...

Though all genres of Black music have been subjected to exclusion, commodification and whitewashing, Black ownership in music varies. While rap and hip-hop are largely...

Charisse Beaumont Black Lives in Music

The organisation wants mandatory annual pay gap reporting to be published alongside commitments to address disparities

The founders of Black Lives in Music (BLiM) have called on UK politicians to intervene and level out gender and ethnicity pay gaps within the...

The Bird’s The Word - Acid house and breaks hero Annie was the first lady to push dance music on Radio 1 — and she’s...

“Working in radio is like phoning up your mate and playing a piece of music down the phone to them,” says Annie Nightingale MBE, radio...

WORLDWIDE APPEAL: Label owner, producer, Radio One and club DJ, dance music ambassador: Gilles has done it all. And he’s still doing it...

“Representing British club culture is an important part of what I’ve always done,” says Radio One DJ Gilles Peterson. “At the moment I play almost...

Look Mum No Computer jams out our favourite club classics in this exclusive video...

Picture the scene – a single beam of sunlight slices through the air of a dusty warehouse rave. You’ve been dancing for hours, lost at sea...

The 34th edition of the awards were held virtually on 1st April

Avicii’s ‘TIM’ won the award for Best Album at this year’s International Dance Music Awards.

Earlier this month, the annual award ceremony (IDMA) hosted its...