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Amsterdam Dance Event 2010 is a veritable treasure trove of dance music brilliance. Now 14-years-young, the conference has expanded with each annum, growing from its...

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.

Here's the up-and-comers we've got our eye on...

Theo Kottis
Theo Theo Theo!


If you haven't seen Theo Kottis' name about town yet, it won't be long until you do. Picked for Groovefest...

In collaboration with AZ Magazine, a publication for LGBTQ+ Black people and people of colour, writer Isaac Eloi highlights the importance of spaces that support...

The LGBTQ+ community has left an indelible mark on our cultural productions. From fashion to art, music, dance and cosmetics, wherever one finds an innovation...

Chicago’s Trax Records sued by over a dozen artists over unpaid royalties

Rolling Stone reports that Adonis, Marshall Jefferson and co-founder Vince Lawrence are among the claimants

Trax Records, the Chicago record label that played a key role in the development of house music, is being sued by over a dozen artists...

When Gerd Janson was looking for someone to mix a Running Back compilation to mark 15 years of his quality imprint, he asked a master if he...

The summer of 1981, Brooklyn-born DJ Tony Humphries would compile extended ‘mastermixes’ of the hottest records coming out of (mostly) New York and Chicago for...

As part of DJ Mag's round-up of all the best in dance music in 2019, and in the 2010s, we decided to spotlight some of...

CC:DISCO! steps up with an hour of uplifting and soulful dancefloor heat and chats to DJ Mag's Amy Fielding about her beginnings in rock cover...

djmag · On Cue: CC:DISCO!

“I couldn’t have had a better year in 2019 to be honest, and one good thing about isolation is reflecting...

Ron Trent sat at a table in a high rise building

Ron Trent has a deep understanding of electronic music. Beginning his production career in his teens, the venerated Chicago resident has travelled through techno, deep house and Afro house over the years. His latest album ‘WARM: What Do The Stars Say To You’, produced with a live band, demonstrates the duality of his work: it’s futuristic and somehow ancient, cosmic and aquatic. DJ Mag's Ria Hylton catches up with the Chicago house legend to learn more

In October 2019, Tama Sumo and Lakuti held a Your Love party in east London’s Moth Club, and somewhere in the final hours of the...

DJ Mag’s Solid Gold series revisits and examines the ongoing influence of seminal albums throughout history. Here, DJ Mag's Digital Tech Editor Declan McGlynn examines how Prince's...

As the chorus for ‘Purple Rain’ rang out of First Avenue in downtown Minneapolis on a humid August evening in 1983, no one sang along...

From Paradise Garage to the Space Terrace, David Morales has played it all. His DJ sets and releases dominated dancefloors across the world for more...

You’re living in Europe now after a long stint in NYC. Why did you decide to move over?

“The quality of life is so much...

Techno at Caprices Festival, Crans Montana, Switzerland...

There’s not much that isn’t clean about Switzerland, perhaps except for the graffiti. From our SWISS flights, to the Sierre-bound SBB railway journey (for information...

47. The WMC & DMC DJ Spin Off


Reckon yourself as a bit of deck demon or just fancy checking some ill skills? Get on...

Chicago's local authorities are supporting the city's first ever house music festival: DJmag.com interviewed the festival's organisers.


Chicago will host its first house music festival (Move!) in July


The local authorities are supporting Move! Festival


Lady D will DJ at Move! Festival...

Japan is producing some of the world’s most vital techno, though its roots go way back to the late 1970s. We talk to some of...

Since the end of World War II, Western culture has loomed large over everyday life in Japan. The decades since have brought about a wide...