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Independent record labels are thriving by adapting to new models and branching out into management, distribution, publishing and clothing. DJ Mag finds out more...
If there’s any sector in dance music that has had to be genuinely run ‘for the love’ and ferociously adapt to survive the music industry’s...
We drill down into the nitty-gritty of the 2015 placings, and congratulate this year's new No.1 act...
It's the poll everybody in dance music is still talking about. Love it or loathe it, DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs poll is still the...
We spoke to three of the most important people behind the club to find out how it's endured and remained fresh after all this time...
“I did two Cream after-parties here in 1994. The Chemical Brothers did one, and Pepe [Roselló, the owner of Space] walked up to them after...
An electronic music OG who's been repping dance beats since the '90s...
DJ TJR owned 2013. His bullying electro calling card 'Ode to Oi' stomped onto the playlist of every big name DJ out there. Somehow he...
With a host of monikers and diverse productions to his name, DJ Pierre has driven the development of dance and is still at the forefront...
Phuture, Pfantasia, Phantasy Club, Photon Inc, Audio Clash, Darkman, Doomsday, P-Ditty, The Don… all past aliases for Nathaniel Pierre Jones, better known as DJ Pierre, the man credited with kickstarting a movement in 1987 with ‘Acid Tracks'. Although a seismic claim to fame, this happened over a quarter century ago, most recently reactivated on Terry Farley's monumental 'Acid Rain' box-set. But, since then, Pierre has continued to chart one of the most idiosyncratic paths in house music, undyingly committed to developing new sonic mutants to send crowds bananas on his punishing schedule of globe-trotting DJ gigs.
2019 was a year in which deeply personal and boldly political music ruled the long-player format. Below, you'll find the 50 albums that defined the...
Timeline and the next generation of talent from Underground Resistance
Debuting the latest incarnation of their ever-evolving live show at this year's Movement festival, Timeline is the next generation of talent from Underground Resistance –...
Dublin-born, Berlin-based techno producer Matador is turning up the heat with his tasty productions...
Gavin Lynch discovered a love for electronic music at a very early age. An avid vinyl collector and dab hand in the kitchen, he took...
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Sound systems have driven the development of music in the UK, powered by hard work, passion and innovation. But preserving UK sound system culture, its knowledge and history, while also pushing it forward, is no easy task today. Ria Hylton traces its path through ska and reggae at blues dances in West Indian households, to soul, boogie, hip-hop and house in ’80s warehouses and at the Notting Hill Carnival, to nationwide tours and global popularity, and finds out how initiatives like the Sound System Futures Programme are seeking to secure its future
Is this the end of the road?
Pre-2014, Malaysia was one of the hottest places in South East Asia for music events. Boasting a culturally diverse nation with a very healthy and...
UK DJ/producer Doorly is living the dream. Resident in LA, he's working with his house heroes, has a new comp due on Toolroom and is...
It’s a normal Wednesday afternoon in Silverlake, LA and, in a minute, says DJ/ producer Martin Doorly, Idris Elba is “popping over” to record some...
We meet the Indian DJ causing a riot...
The fortunes of Niles Hollowell-Dhar, aka KSHMR (pronounced ‘Kashmir’), have skyrocketed since he adopted his chosen moniker, with a nod to his Indian heritage. The...
We meet Jason Kendig and Jackie House of the San Fran party starters, in a converted Leyland Roadrunner backstage of Block9 at Glastonbury this year...
Shortly after 9pm on the Thursday night at Glastonbury this year, Jason Kendig and Jackie House of Honey Soundsystem are opening the Genosys stage of...
Field Maneuvers is the selector’s haven placing intimacy and ease at the centre of the party: Review
Five this year, the UK’s hidden gem encapsulates much of what there is to love about festivals...
Field Maneuvers celebrates its fifth birthday in 2017, but five years in it’s pretty much business as usual for the not-for-profit festival, which has steadily...
With Marc Romboy, Jules Buckley, Max Richter, Carl Craig and more...
At first glance, we’re led to believe that the worlds of classical and electronic music are galaxies apart. But there are more parallels and crossovers...