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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...

Nina Las Vegas has cultivated a fierce reputation for herself as Australia’s queen of club music. Hard work is something she’s always risen to, but...

Jaye Ward, Honey Dijon, JD Samson, Mandidextrous and DJ Sprinkles talk gender identity, safe spaces, privilege and the power of the internet...

Words: JOE ROBERTS // Pics: JEF McMAHAN, COMATONSE RECORDINGS

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“Trans is so hot right now,” chuckles Jaye Ward, the Hackney-based DJ whose lineage of...

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Tottenham rapper Oscar #Worldpeace has always kept it real, unafraid to bare his soul, tackle communal hardships, and speak about the ups and downs of life in his lyrics. He talks to DJ Mag about spreading his music, his North London home, and the people who’ve inspired him most along the way

Oscar #Worldpeace is a long way from home; 10,493 miles to be precise. The Tottenham born-and-raised artist joins DJ Mag on Zoom from Melbourne, Australia...

SNO_by Matome “The Balladman” Rampedi

As likely to play South African hip-hop as she is Congolese rumba, Egyptian jazz or Brazilian boogie, Gauteng-born, Manchester-based SNO is spreading the word about music often overlooked by the Western industry. Alongside her genre-spanning Recognise mix, she speaks to Kamila Rymajdo about familial influence, her chance start in DJing and sharing the music she loves

As a child, SNO — whose DJ name is the acronym of her government name — would spend Sundays listening to records with her uncle...

The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From driving house, dark dancehall and cinematic drum & bass to fearsome...

DJ Mag's tunes of the year

2014 was the year house heads reignited their love for melody. While shufflers continued to go wild for garage, a new generation have reared their...

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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...

The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From future-facing UKG and electro to funk-infused liquid d&b and warehouse-ready breaks...

Inspired by seeing her friends on the decks at parties and wanting to join in, Tañ began learning the ropes of mixing in 2019. Within...

The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From UK funky fusions and ferocious techno to celestial house and EBM...

Logic1000

Over the years, enigmatic Sydney-born DJ and producer Logic1000 has been Australia’s best-kept secret. Her self-titled debut release, released on Melbourne-based label SUMAC, married...

Dallas has long been a hub of razor sharp electro, but its history is lesser known than that of Chicago or Detroit. Here, Ben Murphy...

Dallas, Texas is an unlikely nerve centre of electro music. The city’s small but tight knit cabal of producers and DJs have been releasing essential...

Dirty South sits still long enough to dissect his magnum opus, an album-turned-movie, ‘With You.’

It’s no coincidence Dirty South’s savagely popular 2010 debut record shared the same name as his label, “Phazing.” The 35-year-old’s propensity for making bold changes...

Award-winning radio presenter and proponent of the diversity-focused Radio Silence movement, Kay-Lee Golding, explores the lack of Black representation in mainstream UK radio

In 2020, you would think that radio would be diverse and full of opportunities. But unfortunately, you would be wrong. The UK radio industry really...

DJ Nite Fleit sat looking down and to the right on a dark red background with a pinkish red light across her face

Italy-based, Australia-born DJ and producer Nite Fleit has made her name with tough-as-nails electro, but her recently-released debut album reveals a more emotional side. Alongside a storming mix for the Recognise series, she speaks to Claire Francis about her formative years in Melbourne, her natural flair for DJing, and how making music helps with her ADHD

There’s lots of smiles and laughter when DJ Mag speaks to Alysha Fleiter, and the 34-year-old Australia born, newly Italy-based DJ and producer certainly has...

Cakes Da Killa by Ebru Yildiz

Blending hip-hop, house and influences from New York’s ballroom scene, Cakes Da Killa has been opening up the conversation around LGBTQ+ artists in rap. He speaks to Nathan Evans about developing his style, the appropriation of queer and ballroom culture, and finding inspiration in the Harlem Renaissance for his new album ‘Svengali’

In 2014, Cakes Da Killa’s uniquely sharp and agile club rap earned him an interview on New York’s premier hip-hop station, Hot 97. He never...

Timmy Trumpet: brass tacks

An accomplished jazz musician, Timmy Trumpet made the switch to electronic music some years ago and has quickly become one of the world’s biggest DJs, famed for his ecstatic energy, collaborative mindset and improvised trumpeting on stage. DJ Mag speaks to Timmy — and his wife Anett — about his journey so far

“My friends and I used to make fun of dance music when I first got into it,” laughs Timothy Jade Smith, rather sheepishly. At that...