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The full story ahead of Bloc London series launch

While the Bloc 2012 catastrophe has been widely documented, speculated to high heaven by bloggers, journalists and hordes of self-appointed pundits on Twitter, the actual reasons for the event's failure remain a little unclear to most. We sat down with Bloc's George Hull for the full story...

Let's go— Egg's 15th Birthday, System & Set One Twenty's Terrace Party, Alfresco Festival, Virgo Festival, Leftfoot & Shadow City, Electric Frog & Pressure Riverside...

A quick scan of the Top 30 UK events in May 2018 proves one thing: you have to try really hard not to wind up...

Our end-of-year list compiling 2018's biggest tracks...

2018 has been a huge year for electronic music.

The industry is the biggest its ever been, both within a globally thriving underground and on...

A new London club night No ID, aims to spotlight South Asian DJs and artists. DJ Mag visited the party's first edition at Peckham's Rye...

“When I rack my brain to think of famous South Asian names in mainstream music,”  says Nabihah Iqbal, “the only two I can think of...

GGI 끼 East and Southeast Asian queer club night returns to London’s Yard club next month

Founder June Lam "want[s] to create a space where we can come together as a community and celebrate our culture, music and art and dance freely, without fear of being fetishised or erased."

GGI 끼, the east London club night centering queer, trans and non-binary East and South East Asian (ESEA) folks, is coming back to Hackney Wick...

Ghostpoet, known to his folks as Obaro Ejimiwe

Ghostpoet reveals his Lucky 7…

Read the future house don's tour diary

Making his name on Hot Waves back in 2010, Alexis Raphael has refused to be pinned down, dropping house, techno and everything in between onto labels such as Lower East, Hot Creations and Heidi's Jackathon Jams in recent years. Scoring a nomination for Breakthrough DJ at our Best Of British Awards last year, he's a dab hand on the decks too, as likely to be found spinning at the world's biggest rooms as he is the hidden basements of the globe's most cultured cities. With recent gigs in Mexico, Italy and Equador making up his schedule, as well as a set at the Gist tent at Brownstock Festival on Sunday 1st September, we asked him to tell it like it is...

Josey Rebelle is a reluctant cover star. The North London DJ's career has been a real slow burn, building a loyal UK fanbase through her Rinse...

In November 1994, London pirate station Kool FM celebrated its third birthday at the Astoria. The party caused havoc on Tottenham Court Road when thousands...

Recognise is DJ Mag's monthly mix series, introducing artists we love that are bursting onto the global electronic music circuit. This month, DJ Mag’s Dhruva...

As we grow, and shed layers of our past, we often don’t recognise the changes happening. We feel bitter in these moments; the cards we’re...

With a new EP driven by the rave and jungle sounds that first inspired her, and her Batty Bass club-night revived, Hannah Holland is having...

Rewind to the early noughties in London: Turnmills and The End were still in full swing, and Hackney still had a lawless feel with its...

Our top track's of 2013

It's official — dance is dominant again. Not just EDM cheese but credible, interesting, exciting music bubbling up from the underground. The latter fed the...

Best of British 2022

Shining a spotlight on the UK stars that fill the pages of our UK magazine each month

The nominees for DJ Mag's Best Of British awards 2022 have been announced. This year marks the 16th edition of the awards, our annual celebration...

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections...

A Saoirse DJ set is an essential experience for any raver worth their salt. The Dublin-born, London-based DJ is synonymous with electrifying, eclectic mixes that...

The seminal tracks that altered dance forever

‘Killer’ started life as an instrumental, and it was only ever going to be one until I met Seal,” Adamski tells DJ Mag. “He came to [big rave] Sunrise 5000 at Santa Pod, although I didn’t meet him there. He walked in when I was playing and he had an epiphany.” Seal wanted to record with Adamski immediately, and Adamski — real name Adam Tinley — liked the sound of Seal’s voice from a demo of ‘Crazy’ that he’d heard.

Carl Craig takes Detroit everywhere.

With the release of a triple CD 'Masterpiece' compilation, Carl Craig shows why he's one of Detroit's most travelled and respect prodigies...