From countries and regions marred by fraught political and social systems, rises a frenetic counter-cultural scene. A post-Troubles Belfast birthed raging punks and clanging industrial...
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With mental health and wellbeing one of the principal keynote topics at the International Music Summit (IMS) in Ibiza at the end of this month...
Flying high in the music industry can seem idyllic, but is there a price to pay? Coupled with the perceived glamour is a 24/7 lifestyle...
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From more inclusive dancefloors to world-confronting techno festivals, DJ Mag’s Anna Cafolla speaks to the collectives, crews, and scene stalwarts pushing Poland as a radical clubber’s...
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The dance music history of East Anglia is rich, multi-layered and messy — and little documented. Matt Anniss chats to some of the scene’s longstanding figureheads about the region’s airfield parties, seaside throwdowns and forgotten clubs, discovering a vital but rarely discussed stage in the UK’s rave evolution
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On his upcoming 25-track opus ‘Ancestorz’ — which he describes as his life's work — long-serving jungle soldier Congo Natty unites many voices from across the diaspora, joining dots through the history of Black music and celebrating the new jungle generation. In a series of in-depth interviews for DJ Mag, he talks to Dave Jenkins about love, revolution, unity, and reclaiming his place in the history books
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...
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The Black Madonna is the real deal. Raised in Kentucky but born in the DJ booth of Chicago's Smartbar, she's unleashed the true spirit of...
It’s a Sunday in 2015 on the third day of UK festival Field Maneuvers, a back to basics ‘dirty little rave’ held in a eld just...
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NTS resident and The Leaf Label A&R Thea HD records mix of glitchy minimal techno, abstract beats and percussive deep house for the Fresh Kicks series, and chats to Eoin Murray about the importance of variety and her lifelong love of percussion
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New York’s Olive T records an hour of mood-lifting, ceiling-smacking house and techno for the Fresh Kicks series, and chats to Anna Wall about her varied early influences, her The Lot Radio show and her evolving musical output
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Brooklyn-based DJ and producer JADALAREIGN records a mix of “sweet, sexy ‘90s house and rave sounds” for the Fresh Kicks series, and speaks to Ria...
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Get acquainted with Shaun J.Wright, the Chicago-born DJ, dancer, producer and vocalist who lives and breathes house music
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Few countries have been as devastated by Covid-19 as India, with recent studies estimating that the death toll has likely exceeded three million, more than...
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The results for 2019’s Top 100 DJs poll have been announced
Skrillex has won the Highest Bass award in this year’s DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll. The Los Angeles artist has held his position at...
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DJ Mag visits Kuala Lumpur to find out how a growing infrastructure of venues and unlikely rave spaces is putting Malaysia on the map for...
It’s just gone midnight and in a Kuala Lumpur basement, a heaving, sweaty crowd are watching a DJ bang out techno in near-darkness. It’s easy...
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Two of Nottingham’ disco powerhouse pick the tracks that have inspired them...
Crazy P were originally called Crazy Penis when they formed in Nottingham two decades ago, but they lopped off the ‘enis’ after a few years...
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Greeted with both derision and delight from the outset, the cartoonish covers and soundtrack of happy hardcore’s defining, and to some damning, Bonkers series were...
“Bonkers, light in the head; slightly drunk. Perhaps from bonk, a blow or punch on the bonce or head.” It's a word whose origins come...