The 2024 IMS Business Report was published yesterday, Wednesday 24th April, and shows the dance music industry is now valued at $11.8 billion, up 17%...
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Strong growth across live and recorded reflects rocketing demand, but artists are finding bookings harder to get, and gender inequality remains widespread
We shine a light on the names destined to have it large this year...
Last year was the one of many highs and lows. From Brexit to the return of breaks, it had moments to forget and plenty to...
Ex-Bizarre Inc dudes pick their seven
Andy Meecham and Dean Meredith are Chicken Lips, pictured here in their cartoon guise; they were also the dudes formerly known as Bizarre Inc
Meet Berlin's benevolent queen...
As a crusader for social justice, Germany’s Monika Kruse brings much more than techno to the global dancefloor. From Munich to Miami, her mission...
Acid house don Eddie Richards takes 10...
Eddie Richards is one of acid house's principal pioneers. A hugely important figure, he started out DJing in the early 1980s when he and a...
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After almost 30 years — minus a couple of splits — operating as Orbital, Paul and Phil Hartnoll are back with their first studio album...
Orbital are back. Hooray! One of the most important electronic bands of the last 30 years have split a couple of times over the years...
The Crosstown Rebels man opens up about his path to dancefloor domination, rising from the figurative dead, his belief in the Crosstown “family”, the Rebel...
Damian Lazarus is the leader of Crosstown Rebels — not just a label, but a globe-trotting party and network of like minded artists. Celebrating 10 fiercely independent years of always innovative house and techno in 2013, the Lazarus man opens up about his path to dancefloor domination
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More than a club night and record label, Rupture has become a nexus point for the global jungle/drum & bass community, helping to galvanise a new generation while re-energising seasoned heads. Founders and life partners Mantra and Double O tell DJ Mag’s Ben Hindle about its evolution, and the importance of championing inclusivity and musical freedom
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Get acquainted with Scotland-born, Berlin-based producer Dream_E, whose sound moves from blissed-out ambient to rave-ready breaks
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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From futuristic UK funky and full-throttle techno to blissful soul and house...
A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...
We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...
Secret Solstice festival sweeps us across Reykjavík and into Iceland’s wilderness on a groovy trip of unimaginable extremes...
“HOLY GOD, IT’S FREEZING!” We aren’t sure who screams that line. Could be us. Most probably is. But regardless of whose mouth utters the...
Hercules & Love Affair’s new album features songs about heartbreak, love, freedom and feminism.
It might be a long time since the word discotheque was shortened to ‘disco’ and nightclubbing became ‘clubbing’, then ‘raving’, but in all that time...
Native Instruments' Maschine is back for V2
Native Instruments have been changing the face of music production for some years now, and as one of the very first companies to produce synthesisers...
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Electro’s breakout star Ngoni Egan demonstrates his boundary-pushing sound for the Fresh Kicks mix series, and speaks to Claire Francis about paying tribute to his familial roots in Botswana with the ‘Re Teng’ EP