In the mid-1990s, the very idea of a Moodymann record seemed almost impossibly exciting, arousing a stomach-churning feeling of nervous glee spurred on by the...
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DJ Mag meets Róisín Murphy on the brink of her new LP, 'Hairless Toys'...
Róisín Murphy is the ultimate career woman. From teenage runaway to cult sensation, the mother of two has managed to truly have it all, thanks to...
Clubs
Junction 2, Inner City Electronic, DJ Kicks Tour, Gottwood, Wigflex x Multimodal, AVA Festival...
If last month's choice selections didn't make it clear already then the Top 30 UK events in June 2018 certainly will. It's now festival season...
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Born in the UK in the early ‘90s, during a period of explosive creativity, the freeform breakbeats of jungle became the soundtrack to many producers’...
An avalanche of snare drums, sub-bass that pulverises your rib-cage, possessed divas wailing from the abyss; fragments of funk, shards of techno, dabs of dancehall...
A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...
We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...
Features
In 1997, Moodymann released his debut LP, ‘Silentintroduction’, via Carl Craig’s Planet E imprint. A compilation of some his best early tracks, the album captured...
Features
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...
News
Alfresco Festival, AVA Festival & Conference, Wigflex City Festival...
Panic on the streets, or mass protests with Massive Attack’s 3D, moors ablaze and a distressed David Attenborough. The less said about the world...
What is it that we love about festivals? Barry Ashworth takes a light-hearted look at some essential festival survival pointers...
With the near-demise of the super-clubs in thew UK, festivals have emerged as the primary big dance music events. Each year there are more and...
We catch up with Ashley to learn about his DJ roots, new 'Yardism' solo project and more...
Ashley Beedle is a don. In a time when the dance world is riddled with superstar DJs, touting supersized egos, and bitching like babies at...
Tech
The latest version of the popular DJ software makes bold claims around stem separation. But does it actually work?
Features
On Cue is our flagship mix series, celebrating the pivotal DJs and producers whose influence has shaped the world of electronic music, both in their...
If you could only listen to one track, on loop, for an entire night on the dancefloor, what would it be? It’s a question that...
Features
DJ Mag's new Solid Gold series revisits and examines the ongoing significance and influence of electronic albums throughout history. In this month's edition, to mark...
‘Selected Ambient Works 85-92’ was the creation of the fevered imagination and unique musical mind of Richard D James, an artist who’s gone under a...
Brothers Chris and Alex Andre are big room dance titans DVBBS. With their immense stadium-smashing hits taking over the world, a new residency at Hakkasan...
Now that the initial Stateside EDM explosion has had some time to settle, its lasting impact on the music-loving youth of the day is finally...
Brothers Chris and Alex Andre are big room dance titans DVBBS. With their immense stadium-smashing hits taking over the world, a new residency at Hakkasan...
Now that the initial Stateside EDM explosion has had some time to settle, its lasting impact on the music-loving youth of the day is finally...
Features
From the underground mixtape beatmakers, to those crossing over into the rap mainstream and drill scenes at home and abroad, Colin Gannon asks — who...