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Some high-profile DJs have been criticised for playing big, crowded legal shows — dubbed ‘Plague Raves’ — in Europe during the COVID-19 crisis. Some have...

As society has been tentatively emerging from various forms of COVID-19 lockdown over the last few months, each of us has been faced with a...

Norma Jean Bell LP cover

Detroit saxophonist, producer, and vocalist Norma Jean Bell is responsible for some of house music’s most glorious moments, and has worked alongside the likes of Moodymann, K-Hand, Ron Trent and George Clinton. Her full-length opus, 'Come Into My Room', released in 2001, proved that she really is “the baddest bitch in this room”

If you look in the ‘about’ section on Norma Jean Bell’s Facebook page, it says, simply, “I’m the baddest bitch in this room...” It's a...

Festival crowd artwork

Most DJs love playing festivals, but what should you do when you’re asked to play one for free, and even cover certain costs yourself? Ria Hylton speaks to DJs Sheba Q, Harold Heath, Charlie Dark and others, along with festival organisers, to find out

Imagine this: you’ve been playing lowkey sets around your hometown for some years, run a small but well-loved party series and have landed a regular...

Olof Dreijer debuts on AD 93 with new EP, 'Coral': Listen

Out next month, the three-track EP will be the Knife cofounder's second solo project after a 14-year gap

The next solo project from The Knife's Olof Dreijer will land on AD 93 next month. Listen to new single 'Coral' below. The three-track EP...

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CamelPhat are stepping up to the big stage this season as they bring their Ibiza residency to Ushuaïa. DJ Mag Ibiza caught up with Dave Whelan from the duo

The meteoric rise of Liverpool duo CamelPhat over the past few years hasn’t been an overnight success — far from it. The pair grafted in...

Green Valley in Brazil experienced a double disaster last year. First came the COVID-19 pandemic, then the venue itself was destroyed in June by a...

At the start of 2020, everything was looking great for Green Valley. The Brazilian venue, which is more like a festival experience, had been voted...

Putting on parties demands optimism even at the best of times. After an unimaginable 20 months, the limits of hope continue to be tested. Will...

Joshu Doherty has been putting on parties for nearly 15 years, but it’s never been this difficult. “The last five months,” he says, “have been...

The summer of 2021 has seen a perfect storm of drug-related risks hit the UK dance scene: from an abundance of first-time ravers who turned...

Ever since the birth of acid house in the late ‘80s, UK dance music has been defined, legislated against and demonised on the basis of...

It marks the Norwegian duo's first new track since 2016's 'Never Ever'

Röyksopp have shared a new single, titled ‘(Nothing But) Ashes’.

A week on from teasing new material with the launch of an official Instagram account...

A series of socially distanced live-broadcast events kick off next week...

Boiler Room & Ballantine's True Music project is back in an evolved format set to reflect the new normal. In The Round is a series...

Veteran DJ will take on the role of music director for the project...

Fatboy Slim has signed as music director for Julien Temple's upcoming documentary, Ibiza - The Silent Move.

Otherwise known as Norman Cook, the legendary DJ...

We catch up with Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim

NORMAN Cook is the Brighton-based beat king famed for his hugely popular incarnations as Beats International, Mighty Dub Katz, Pizzaman and, of course, Fatboy Slim....

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Fatboy Slim talks us through his classic record, 'Praise You'...

By the mid-'90s, Norman Cook had been involved in three UK No.1 records. First there was the acapella 'Caravan of Love' in 1986 with Hull-based...

We visit Norman Cook to get an insight on just why he's so popular in Brazil

Norman Cook welcomes the DJ Mag crew into his house in Brighton on the south coast of England, then nips upstairs to change into his...