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In a few short years, UK drill has changed significantly. After a small number of producers that pioneered the sound left indelible marks on its...

Depending on who you ask, UK drill has two birthdays — when drill came to the UK, and when UK drill began. The first was...

Founded by Suraj Mandavia and Eugene Onyango, Kenya’s foremost Afro-house label, Gondwana KE, aims to take African electronic music where few have gone before. Alongside...

The Drumcode boss lays it all out in a candid interview...

 On the eve of Drumcode’s 20th anniversary, Adam Beyer sits down with DJ Mag to talk about his label, his family, and what’s possible...

Across the UK, there's a bubbling scene of young producers and DJs, re-shaping garage for a new generation of ravers. DJ Mag speaks to some...

“No matter how awful the vibe is, you can always stick a garage tune on and it’ll transform the room,” says Manchester producer and DJ...

With his DJ sets and productions that meld grime, techno, jungle and avant-garde experimentalism, Mumdance is one of the most original artists in UK dance...

Few DJs represent the spirit of UK dance music like Jack Adams does. A lifelong student of hardcore, drum & bass and grime, he is...

Meshing dancehall, dub, techno and industrial, Bristol’s Bokeh Versions label has carved a unique niche in the UK underground  Alongside a 100% Bokeh mix recorded...

The ADE parties you can’t afford to miss...

There are certain things you should avoid at ADE. The bikes and trams barrelling towards you when crossing the street would be one. Roaching the business card of that important new contact you made at the conference would be another.

Ireland’s drill scene has been blowing up since 2018, with homegrown rappers and producers putting their own spin on the world-conquering sound. Robert Kazandjian speaks...

Every drill scene has its transcendent track; one so potent that it blasts hyper-localised sounds out towards national and international listeners. ‘Don’t Like’, ‘Let’s Lurk’...

We've switched up our end-of-year coverage this year. Instead of ranked countdowns, we've asked 40 contributors to pick their favourite albums, tracks and compilations from...

You might expect Abra Cadabra’s debut mixtape to rely on the high-energy style of UK drill that racked up millions of views on 2020 singles...

Sam Shepherd, aka Floating Points, is returning with a new album — ‘Crush’, out this month — and a vital live show that he’ll be debuting this autumn. Born out...

In late summer, the rain falls in great sheets, and DJ Mag dives under the cover of shop awnings in Shoreditch, East London. On a...

Ambitious festival to take place in three different countries

Trance guru and two-time winner of the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll, Paul Oakenfold, is set to play the brand new three-part dance festival...

Bristol-born Banoffee Pies Records is best known for its sonic diversity, V/A compilations and plethora of series and sub-labels. But as its founder Ell Weston...

The cosmic electro of Cygnus 

The prolific Dallas, Texas electro producer builds a futurist cosmology that straddles sci-fi obsession and quiet storm roots, with unexpected brightness. Marke Bieschke catches up with the artist about his process, and his stunning recent LP 'LASER Mode'   

In Haruki Murakami's classic 1994 magic realist novel The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, lowly functionary Toru Okada sets off in search of his missing cat, journeying...

The fourth annual Electric Forest in Rothbury, Michigan, was a carnivalesque paradise...

It’s difficult to sum up Electric Forest, an overwhelmingly wonderful experience, as the festival covers so much ground, both literally and figuratively. How do you...

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Ria Hylton reports on some of the best performances from this year’s EXIT festival in Novi Sad, Serbia, including ANNA b2b Sama’ Abdulhadi, Denis Sulta, Budino, Honey Dijon and Jamiie b2b Kristin Velvet

The way into Serbia’s EXIT Festival is unlike any other. Every year, tens of thousands cross the Danube — Europe’s second largest river, running from...