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With the festival phenomenon showing no signs of slowing down, there’s something on offer for everyone in the UK this season...
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Back in February, Point Blank hosted a special event for International Women’s Day which featured a wealth of female and female-identified guests who presented the groundbreaking...
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There was a time when festivals were homogeneous beasts - a few tents in a green field was the most you could expect. These days...
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Irish artist Lighght records an immersive mix of ambient electronics, field recordings, traditional folk and R&B edits, and speaks to Eoin Murray about his organic...
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In this excerpt from Ears To The Ground: Adventures in Field Recording and Electronic Music, author and DJ Mag contributing editor Ben Murphy explores the use of found sounds in dance music as a means of examining and expressing cultural heritage in our surroundings
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Berlin-based Ziúr will release her second album, 'ATØ', via Planet Mu later this month. Hear the producer's glossy electronics on left-field pop anthem, 'All Lessons...
Ziúr will release her second album via Planet Mu later this month.
Exploring darker territories with gritty electronics on her first full-length release 'U Feel...
With Bloc in administration, we ask what next for London Pleasure Gardens?
The recent news that Baselogic, the holding company for Bloc, has gone into administration may have confirmed what we already expected, but the...
These two women are spreading their passion for electronic music and working to level the playing field through a program with Smirnoff that’s taken them...
Chicago’s dancefloors are second to none. One glimpse of the pulsing crowd that packs Smart Bar, the legendary no-frills club two blocks north of Wrigley...
Enter the sound of silence
Ibiza clubs are coming under new pressure from local authorities, which are now threatening to close down any venue that exceeds sound limits in one...
With Seth Troxler, Die Antword, Azari & III and more
Sónar is a favorite staple in the European electronic dance music calender, offering a huge array of music – from hip-hop to techno – day...
We meet the Scottish young gun ahead of his gig at DJ Mag Sessions this Friday...
A DJ since the age of 13 and son of one of Glasgow’s longest-serving house/disco selectors, Jasper James has classy dance music deeply embedded in...
Swedish progressive and electro two-some Dada Life know how to kick out the epic motherfuckers. Catch them at one of their Dada Land festivals, however...
Dada Life is all smiles after their latest Dada Land: The Voyage day festival in San Bernardino, where the nonsensical duo have rolled out the...
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For a third year in a row, DJ Mag’s readers have voted...
The festival in Essex releases a huge line-up for next year..
We Are FSTVL is back again for another year and the line-up looks bigger than ever before. The festival takes place at the beginning of...
Band's use of synths and samplers works against them...
An upcoming Kraftwerk show in Buenos Aires may be cancelled due to a ban on electronic music festivals, which the city enforced following that death...