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The votes have been counted and the winners in this year’s DJ Mag of British Awards have been announced

This year marked the 13th edition of DJ Mag's Best Of British awards, our annual celebration of UK talent. Positioned as a counter-balance to the...

Ukraine’s Nastia could be techno’s most outspoken DJ — a world famous artist who matches her razor-sharp skills behind the decks with an honesty on...

When DJ Mag meets Nastia in the lobby of her upscale Berlin hotel one rainy winter’s afternoon, she doesn’t smile, and almost looks a little...

Simian Mobile Disco’s Jas Shaw deals in machine-driven techno delicacies, as his recent ‘Exquisite Cops’ solo album demonstrates. But having swapped the urban surroundings of...

We’re driving through Faversham, an unassuming Kent market town, with Jas Shaw, who’s telling us about the first visit he and his partner Jess made...

In a rare interview, the Music On don talks candidly to DJ Mag...

Marco Carola is an enigma. In a rare interview, the Italian techno DJ/producer and Music On promoter talks to DJ Mag about record shopping in...

Our annual roundup of the wettest and wildest parties you can’t afford to miss this Miami season...

This month, the DJ Mag crew is heading back to the Magic City for another round of Miami madness. To help guide you through this...

Photo of Imanu posing wth his eyes cast downward. A strip of rid light appears across his bleached hair

Rotterdam's IMANU crafts tracks and DJ sets that do away with genre, choosing instead to surf through styles, tempos and textures with a focus on emotional impact. Alongside a hair-raising Recognise mix, he speaks to Ben Hindle about changing up his production process, taking creative risks, and visualising his sound

“Imagine a blood-covered rose, and take a black and white photo of it. That’s it, that’s my music,” explains IMANU backstage at his 2023 headline...

On Cue: Chrissy

San Francisco’s Chrissy sprints from house, Hi-NRG and EBM into UKG and breakbeat hardcore in his ecstatic On Cue mix, and speaks to Marke Bieschke about reviving rave’s original mission on his Hooversound album, ‘Physical Release’

Does rave need a do-over? Three decades on, some of the movement’s most ardent believers have become its fiercest critics. 
“Our scene has failed to...

Bru-C in a beige coat, wearing a black hat against a grey wall

Having made his name as a key figure in the bassline and drum & bass collective CruCast, Bru-C is now pushing himself further with a signing to the UK wing of iconic hip-hop label Def Jam. He talks to DJ Mag about the importance of keeping it real

Realness: the rarest commodity in these filtered and manipulated times. Forever sought after, impossible to synthesise; realness can’t be controlled or counted or rated by...

Gobstopper Records head, Mr. Mitch, discusses Black experiences, the white gaze and his decisions as a label boss

My name is Mr. Mitch, I am Black, I am an artist, and for the past 10 years I have also been running the label...

Can you feel it: How Mr. Fingers ‘Ammnesia’ changed the house music experience

33 years after its release in 1989, Larry Heard’s debut album as Mr. Fingers is a profoundly moving document of timeless electronic music, brimming with tracks of unrivaled beauty from the then-young world of house

If you’ve ever wondered why Mr. Fingers — aka pioneering US producer Larry Heard — is so revered among house music aficionados (including, notably, Kanye...

Photo of CARISTA posing wearing a beige jumper, leather arm cuffs, and black tights

Utrecht's CARISTA is on a quest to bring club crowds together with her irresistible, energising DJ sets. Ria Hylton meets her to find out how her United Identities label is elevating new talent in the Netherlands, and how she’s branching into new areas of music.

No story of CARISTA would be complete without a recap of that 2018 Boiler Room X Dekmantel set, the one where she transformed a crowd...

After almost 30 years — minus a couple of splits — operating as Orbital, Paul and Phil Hartnoll are back with their first studio album...

Orbital are back. Hooray! One of the most important electronic bands of the last 30 years have split a couple of times over the years...

Two generations of Black women speak about their experiences in dance music

After reflecting on how we can tackle the issues around racism and racial injustice within the electronic music industry as a publication, we delivered our...

Josh White and Matt Lowe, aka Hybrid Minds, have become one of the biggest acts in drum & bass by sticking to their liquid style and doing...

There are points in an artist’s career where they feel on top of the world. Moments when the years of hard graft at the unforgiving...

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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...