The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act was passed into UK law in November 1994. Infamous for targeting events that played music “wholly or predominantly...
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As part of our August cover story, on 15 years of Hyperdub, we shine a spotlight on five young artists who are taking the label...
PROC FISKAL
Proc Fiskal is a 22-year-old Scottish grime producer who rejects nostalgia as a concept, yet walks slap-bang into it. Last summer’s winsome debut...
A rising number of producers are making music that creates a soundtrack to those calmer moments in life. DJ Mag investigates...
Summer is in full swing, Ibiza still rocks and festival season has blossomed into hundreds of live-music infused explosions, happening in far-flung spots all over...
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1st May 1994 was the first big London protest against the looming Criminal Justice Bill, the piece of legislation that first proscribed a genre of music — rave music, “wholly or predominantly categorised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats” — in law. Despite widespread demonstrations at what was seen as draconian power-grabs by the UK authorities, the Bill became law later in 1994. Here, Harold Heath looks back at the reaction from the dance music community at the time, and the Act’s lasting impact on the rave scene today
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Ever wished you could hear dance music's biggest anthems — think Fatboy Slim, Eric Prydz, Shapeshifters and more! — played completely live by an orchestra...
Back after a six-year hiatus, Technics’ all-conquering SL-1200 turntables return to reclaim their throne...
The Technics turntable has been a staple of the music industry since 1972. It's a groundbreaking design that's never been bettered, and includes the single...
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Next up on Lisbon’s Paraíso is local hero, Violet. Hear the cascading arpeggios and sharp house rhythms of ‘New Visions’ now...
In case you haven’t realised, we’re big fans of Violet here at DJ Mag HQ. Founder of one of our labels to watch for 2019,...
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Kyiv, Ukraine club, ∄, launches its multidisciplinary label and platform, Standard Deviation, with a split EP from Nene H and Poly Chain. Hear Nene H’s...
Kyiv, Ukraine club, ∄,will launch its multidisciplinary label and platform, Standard Deviation, this month.
The label will debut with a split EP from local artist...
DJ Mag caught up with this inspirational figure at the end of another great year...
“I hear things in pieces.”
Kerri Chandler is on the phone in his studio, talking about how he processes music after thirty-plus years in the...
With an internet following consisting of more people than some small countries, trap duo Flosstradamus create an ultimate HDYNATION manifesto
The depths and channels of the world wide web are staggering, many of its areas have yet to even be truly dredged. For some, the...
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They have also unveiled new in-ear headphones, TZ700
Technics have launched their new range of DJ headphones, EAH-DJ1200.
A successor model to the RP-DJ1200 - which has sold more than 500,000 units since...
In an exclusive adaptation from his new book on the ever-so-slightly eccentric Godfather Of Funk, KRIS NEEDS looks at George Clinton's influence on the electronic...
George Clinton stands alongside James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone as among the most visionary and influential black music pioneers to emerge from the...
Out of control
Expect festival-sized production sets, state-of-the-art lighting and gigantic LED walls which backdrop performers flown high above the dancefloor
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The Brooklyn institution will sadly be no more in 2019 after the sale of the building...
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He's been teasing albums since January this year
Skrillex has shared a new track.
After teasing fans about the potential follow-up to his 2014-released debut album, ‘Recess’, since January this year, DJ and...
We investigate the experimental electronic music festival
Unsound Festival is an annual forward thinking celebration of experimental music and art that's based in Poland, with a New York offshoot that's just wrapped...