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The man, the myth, the legend...

One of the great characters in global electronic music, Mr C is a visionary, artist, actor and activist. He’s been prominent in the underground for...

DJ Empress and Ida Engberg recently shared their accounts on social media

Two well-known DJs, DJ Empress and Ida Engberg, have published detailed personal testimonials on social media alleging that they were sexually assaulted or had their...

With Miller Genuine Draft...

The Republic of Korea – more commonly known as South Korea – is arguably Asia’s most defined region for electronic music. While it lacks the...

Sonar can't be beaten when it comes to mixing the banging with the experimental. For over 20 years the Barcelona festival has kept it real...

There are many contenders to the crown but only one king. When it comes to festivals, there's nothing else like Sonar — the Barcelona event...

Bass icon plays ten inspiring records

Drew Lustman, aka FaltyDL, grew up in Connecticut and after flunking out of college by doing too many drugs, was lucky enough to have his early music signed by Mike Paradinas, aka µ-Ziq, for Planet Mu Records in the UK. He moved to New York and began making mutated garage-influenced stuff, bringing in grime, dubstep, house and broken beat influences into his sound as it progressed and he became a favourite of the blogosphere and won supporters such as Thom Yorke from Radiohead and Flying Lotus.

Nab a free download of ‘Day to Die’ from High Rankin’s new EP...

Groaning, grizzling dubstep sounds swamped with fast-paced gurgling synths and hi-hats is what High Rankin does best. And moustaches. And comedy spoofs, among other things...

Akai’s APC20 hardware controller proves less is more...

Ever since Ableton became popular with the masses and started to pop up in cooler studios and DJ boxes across the planet, the arms race...

The Vestax VCM 600 Midi controller injects fun into DJing with Ableton Live

It seems the whole DJing and production world is looking for the ultimate Ableton hardware controller, and Vestax are the latest to rise to the...

Selections: FOQL

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Pointless Geometry's FOQL spotlights experimental electronic sounds from the Polish underground

“I am not really a DJ in a club way, more of a plunderphonist!” says Justyna Banaszczyk, aka FOQL, whose Selections feature a fascinating assemblage...

DJ Couza

Get to know Bloemfontein, South Africa's DJ Couza, the DJ and producer fusing deep house with indigenous African sounds

We’ve said it many times in these pages, but it bears repeating — some of the most soul-stirring house music around is coming out of...

You've probably seen the word MIDI all over your DAW – in her latest Beginner's Guide column Emma Davies aka E.M.M.A. explores what it is...

Starting life as a way of supporting the artists and labels impacted through the coronavirus pandemic, as well as releases supporting other causes and initiatives...

The pandemic of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has had a devastating impact on our scene, leading to the cancellation of countless club nights and festivals...

DJ Mag team up with Relentless Energy and LWE to bring you an exclusive live stream from SPHERE, the launch party on Saturday 15th February

Photo of colourful lights and a large crowd at Simple Things 2024

Returning to the city after a five-year hiatus, Simple Things delivers a 10th anniversary programme that celebrates Bristol’s vibrant music scene whilst welcoming a kaleidoscope of international sounds into the fold. DJ Mag’s Olivia Stock reports back

There’s always been a certain irony to Simple Things, in that, there’s nothing really simple about the Bristol festival at all. Its line-up sprawls across...