Dublin-born Jordan Rafferty has been connected to Ireland’s electronic underground since before he can remember. With both of his parents immersed in Dublin’s ‘90s rave...
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Having run London clubs Caligula, labelled by MTV as ‘London’s answer to Studio 54’, nu-rave warehouse event All You Can Eat, celebrated as...
Willie Burns is the New York house producer everyone's raving about...
Willie Burns comes from the fringes. The US producer’s releases for Trilogy Tapes, L.I.E.S, Crème and Rush Hour have seen his left-of-centre house, techno and...
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Dublin’s Jordan Rafferty AKA DART steps up for the Fresh Kicks series with an eclectic mix of dreamy techno, vocal-heavy cuts and progressive club sounds, and speaks with DJ Mag’s Amy Fielding about emotive breakdowns, early inspirations, and AVA Festival
As DJs, producers and labels all get their biggest musical bombs ready for Miami’s annual musical showcase, DJMag looks back at the history of Big...
Is it the dance music equivalent of the Holy Grail or a merely an empty, outdated myth? That’s the question hanging over the concept of...
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'Rave Pride' wants to establish a new form of advocacy
A rave for LGBTQ+ rights is set to take place outside the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv this Friday, 30th July.
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Leeds' Back to Basics celebrates 21 years in the game...
Few parties in the whole of the UK are as established – or indeed, as revered – as Back to Basics. Established by Dave Beer and Ralph Lawson over 21 years ago, the party has become a byword for Northern clubbing, although its influence has proved both national and international over the years.
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The club has released an official response and apology...
Beirut nightclub The Gärten was recently shut down by government officials after a DJ played Quran verses during a set.
The venue was ordered...
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"We are now assessing the extent of the damage and hope to re-open soon"
A fire broke out in Berlin’s Club der Visionaere this morning, 15th June.
Firefighters were called to the beloved Kreuzberg club shortly after 8 AM...
DJ Mag chats to James Ford about making the new LP, aliens, cowboy ghost towns, destruction and drones...
When the Klaxons joked that their producer, James Ford, communicated with aliens through his hair, they weren’t only paying tribute to his curly black locks...
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Noncompliant (AKA DJ Shiva) delivers an hour of blistering, assertive techno. We catch up with the Midwest legend to learn about the Indiana rave scene...
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Our monthly label showcase, The Sound Of, puts the focus on the imprints we love; outlets that are championing new artists, dropping key releases and...
“We’ve always liked the term ‘mutant’,” write Daniele Guerrini and Francesco Birsa Alessandri when asked to describe the abstract sounds of their label, Haunter Records...
Propellerheads just can't stop improving their already popular Reason Production Suite
Reason 6 is the latest reincarnation of this very popular music production software, and comes with a host of new elements that edge it even...
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Nookie’s ‘Gonna Be Alright’ dropped as hardcore was morphing into jungle at the beginning of the 1990s. It lit up the raves and set Nookie up for a production career with Reinforced, Metalheadz, Moving Shadow and other key labels as the decade unfolded. Ben Murphy learns its story and speaks to Nookie about how, as the ‘20s roar into action, he is charged up all over again