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The charming southern town of Charlotte, North Carolina is known for many things, among them its scenic beauty, “whole hog”-style barbeque and the NASCAR Hall...

Visiting Envy’d Lounge is a lot like living a lucid dream. On one side of the door exists a pumping, state-of-the-art nightclub equipped with a...

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DJ Semtex ramps it up into 2008 with Dizzee Rascal and the DVJ-1000s

BBC 1Xtra's DJ Semtex is back mixing it up with hip-hop champ Dizzee Rascal, kickstarting the beefiest beats for their UK tour with Babyshambles. They've...

MF DOOM biography, The Chronicles of DOOM, to be published this year

The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast will also feature exclusive interviews and a behind-the-scenes look into his life

A new MF Doom biography has been announced. The book, set to be published 7th November via Faber, will chronicle the life and career of...

Adrian Shala and Adrian Schweizer share where’s best to eat, shop and party in the Swiss city...

Adriatique have a massive summer ahead of them. On deck at Circoloco and 10 Years of Diynamic at DC-10 on the White Isle, as well...

Mr Benn has the ultimate summer recipe

When Mr Benn leaves his house at 52 Festive Road, possibly wearing a black suit and bowler hat, he enters his studio via a magic door. But how does he decide which outfit supplied by a shopkeeper he is going to try on today? “It depends what I have planned for the studio that day,”

Photo of a large crowd of people protesting against the Criminal Justice Bill

1st May 1994 was the first big London protest against the looming Criminal Justice Bill, the piece of legislation that first proscribed a genre of music — rave music, “wholly or predominantly categorised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats” — in law. Despite widespread demonstrations at what was seen as draconian power-grabs by the UK authorities, the Bill became law later in 1994. Here, Harold Heath looks back at the reaction from the dance music community at the time, and the Act’s lasting impact on the rave scene today

The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act was passed into UK law in November 1994. Infamous for targeting events that played music “wholly or predominantly...

Outspoken and self-reflective, GRiZ is back with his sixth studio LP, ‘Ride Waves’. DJ Mag met the Detroit star recently to talk life's highs and...

Grant Kwiecinski has found his zen. Better known to fans as the saxophone-slinging GRiZ, the 28-year-old producer, DJ and instrumentalist is one of those precious...

The mainstream media seems to think so – we know different.

Yesterday, following stats released about club closures over the past decade in the UK, BBC Newsbeat produced a report about the current state of clubbing...

A shot from AUDRA festival in Kaunas featuring Caterina Barbieri's synth performance in a tower-like hall

From AUDRA festival in Kaunas, Lithuania, Martin Guttridge-Hewitt reports on a long-standing, tight-knit and thriving electronic music scene often overlooked by outsiders

Pergalė is a sprawling industrial complex in a forgotten corner of central Kaunas, Lithuania’s modest-sized second city. A gated entrance obscures interior yards from view...

To celebrate 25 years of the DiY collective, here are some memories from the early 90s

The late 1980s, early '90s were a halcyon time for music. Free parties, electronic music, protest and what later became known as the “second summer...

Steve Aoki is the EDM superstar that fans adore and haters love to hate. 

He’s built a musical empire on DiY ethics, hard work, punk rock drive and lots and lots of cakes. As he prepares to headline the...

DJs Against Apartheid campaign receives over 500 signatures upon launch

The new campaign takes a stand against Israel's ongoing occupation of Palestine

Hundreds of DJs have added their signatures to a new campaign taking a stance against Israel's 75-year occupation of Palestine. Launched yesterday (Thursday, 22nd February)...

IKLECTIK launches crowdfunder for new ART LAB space following venue closure

The London grassroots music and arts venue was forced to close this past weekend as all Old Paradise Yard small businesses were evicted to make way for planned new offices

London grassroots music and arts venue IKLECTIK is fundraising to support a new space following its forced closure and eviction due to planned property development...

The Dutchman made it three in a row as he retained the No. 1 title at the Amsterdam ArenA...

Martin Garrix has been revealed as the winner of the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll 2018, with the 22-year-old Dutch superstar making it three in a row...