Bristol has had an advisory night-time panel since 2018, where nightclubs meet with people from licensing, planning and musician’s unions. It’s one thing to have...
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Throughout the pandemic, grassroots activists and nightlife representatives have worked tirelessly to create a more sustainable, accessible and protected environment for dance music. DJ Mag...
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It's the follow-up to ‘Raving Disco Breaks Vol. I’, which dropped back in 2019
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After hitting creative block, techno DJ and producer Chris Liebing made some big changes to his life and way of working. Now he's made the...
“You could mistake me as an older guy who is already past his best times,” says Chris Liebing, who is 50 in December. And he’s...
Kings of the road
Once upon a time DJs roamed the planet with boxes filled with enough vinyl to cripple a sherpa and synthesisers that were so big and heavy they required two roadies to wrestle them onto the stage. Fortunately, these days, all it takes is a laptop with a couple of controllers plugged into the USB ports to do the job. Korg have been around since the beginning of the electronic music revolution, and while once they were manufacturers of hardware behemoths, they have kept abreast of the times by releasing a wide range of products in both hardware and software formats, from bulky workstation synthesisers designed to live in a studio to their micro range of keyboards, which are the perfect size and weight to be taken on the road.
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Carl Craig heads to Ibiza!
Kicking off on 14th June at Space Ibiza, Carl Craig will be joined by one of the Motor City’s brightest talents and ULTRAMAJIC label founder...
Kick up your heels with Bicep, Midland and more!
DJ Mag is set to celebrate 20 years on the White Isle at Space Ibiza this season and, oh boy, are we going big!
Kicking...
One of house music's first voices passes away
Darryl Pandy, one of the most distinctive voices in house music, has died aged 48. He shot to prominence as the voice on the...
Once focused on the techno of Detroit, Joris Voorn’s latter-day productions have conquered his native Holland, Ibiza and the world. While some have accused him...
From a devotee of Detroit to becoming the leading light of the Dutch underground scene, Joris Voorn’s ascent has been as methodical and measured as...
Movement returns to Italy...
Movement Detroit's sister festival, Movement Torino, returns to Italy this October and the first phase line-up looks huge, featuring the likes of Sven Väth, Octave...
The festival is set to go down at a virgin Amsterdam venue...
Dockyard Festival returns to the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) on Saturday 21st October. Sven Väth, Âme, Eats Everything, Ben Sims, Kirk Degiorgio, and Octave One...
Akai’s aggressively-priced mini laptop controller aims to do it all on the cheap. But can it compete with Korg?
Akai MPK Mini
In the not-too-distant past, the idea of a portable studio was a man in a van with a flight case of hardware...
The move of La Comunidad's Imagine to Privilege promises cosmopolitan crowds and warm Detroit and European techno.
It's a new home and new concept for Pepo Lanzoni's cosmopolitan techno haven La Comunidad, as they move to Privilege and launch Imagine.
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Dutch event drops massive 2017 line-up...
Dockyard Festival has revealed a huge line-up for its 2017 Warehouse event, topped by Canadian house don, Art Department, and Cadenza boss, Luciano.
Joining the...