When first encountering ‘Consumed,’ Richie Hawtin’s third studio album under the Plastikman name, a normal reaction might be like that of the prehistoric hominids in...
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Brooding and austere, Richie Hawtin’s third album under the Plastikman alias is a minimalist masterwork
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It has been a terrible time for UK club culture. We lost a big one, perhaps the biggest, with the passing of all round musical...
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In this series, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, CORIN spotlights “glitched beats, ecstatic trance synths, heavenly vocals and sci-fi realms”
We've switched up our end-of-year coverage this year. Instead of ranked countdowns, we've asked 40 contributors to pick their favourite albums, tracks and compilations from...
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It’s an exciting time to be both a new and old fan of African music, but how does it feel for African artists raised and working in the diaspora? As producers and consumers, these artists have a unique vantage point on this cultural shift. Jessica Kariisa speaks to Nazar, Hagan, Juba and Chief Boima and asks: what does music from “back home” mean today?
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The Covid-19 crisis has thrown up many problems for the manufacturing and distribution of vinyl. Bruce Tantum speaks to a selection of record shops, labels...
London’s Point Blank Music Learning Facility is setting up shop in LA...
Point Blank is about to open a new chapter in Los Angeles. DJ Mag touched base with founder Rob Cowan and new business partner and...
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Pirate Studios has given thousands of young producers and musicians affordable access to recording and DJ studios, encouraging collaborations, community and creativity. As an uncertain...
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THC delivers a vinyl-only mix of high-energy house and classic rave thumpers for the Fresh Kicks mix series, and chats to Eoin Murray about her love for ‘90s dance music, the Venus Vessels non-profit collective, and building her name during the pandemic
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From the birth of acid house and the free party scene, through the era of super clubs and into the digital age, flyer design has...
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As we enter a new decade, the ways in which we define electronic music styles are rapidly changing. Chal Ravens explores the etymological evolution of...
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In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp...
Roland’s VR-5 is a little box of delights that’s bringing club nights into the homes of party-goers everywhere. Now you never have to miss the...
Popular London hotspot, Fabric are keen to push the clubbing boundaries and also spread their reach out to as many clubbers as possible. To this...
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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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Alison Wonderland has won the Highest Climber award in this year’s DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll. The bass star landed the No.44 spot overall...