It’s the Thursday before Notting Hill Carnival and Linett Kamala, board director of Europe’s biggest street party, is weaving through the streets of Kilburn. Her...
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We interview Armin Van Buuren
He’s won the DJmag Top 100 poll an unprecedented three times, making him our most popular DJ ever, and earlier this month topped that up...
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Ben UFO, The Black Madonna, Noncompliant, and more have shared vocal support for #DJsForPalestine...
Members of the global dance music community, from DJs and producers to industry professionals and fans have shown solidarity across social media in support for...
The Norwegian duo talk us through their million-selling debut LP for Wall Of Sound
How a largely instrumental album by an unknown Norwegian duo became a word-of-mouth million-selling sensation at the start of the decade, thanks to some unique...
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The elusive Calibre on his new Fabric compilation.
Belfast drum & bass auteur Calibre is a true enigma. Prolific, classically-trained, with a melodic, futuristic style all his own, he shuns the limelight. But with a new mix CD for Fabric — his first — in the offing, we're granted a rare audience with one of the most fabled artists in dance music...
Almost a mini-festival in its own right, Space's Sunday session We Love... celebrate 10 years of marathon partying and Grade-A dance talent.
Ten years at the top in Ibiza's cut-throat market takes some doing but Space's Sunday session We Love... - brainchild of Darren Hughes - celebrates...
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...
Can Numark’s N4 controller deliver a welcome surprise and bring pro control to the entry level market?
Numark’s N4 controller is a slightly strange bit of kit as it brings four-deck control, as well as a host of high-end features, to a...
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Sound systems have driven the development of music in the UK, powered by hard work, passion and innovation. But preserving UK sound system culture, its knowledge and history, while also pushing it forward, is no easy task today. Ria Hylton traces its path through ska and reggae at blues dances in West Indian households, to soul, boogie, hip-hop and house in ’80s warehouses and at the Notting Hill Carnival, to nationwide tours and global popularity, and finds out how initiatives like the Sound System Futures Programme are seeking to secure its future
Fracture's footwork-inspired jungle experiments are something fresh...
In drum & bass back in the '90s, it was kinda frowned upon for people to start exploring other styles. But as the scene matured...
Gunshots fired at The BPM Festival’s Elrow closing party...
The BPM Festival was reportedly hit by tragedy in the early hours of this morning (Monday 16th January), as multiple people have been reported dead...
DJ Mag's annual celebration of the UK scene...
The nominations have been announced for DJ Mag's annual Best Of British poll, educated by Point Blank.
The poll – a celebration of the UK...
Sampadelic sorcerer Tim Simenon, aka Bomb the Bass, is the man behind such seminal, cut 'n' paste epics as 'Beat Dis', 'Megablast' and 'Bug Powder...
One of the first to contruct hip hop / acid house hybrids from vast library of samples and combine them with future synths – imbuing...
We meet the Italian techno don face-to-face in Barcelona...
Joseph Capriati is the rapidly-rising Italian techno star who's broadened his sound out for Ibiza to inject more groove into it. Leaving behind the Music...
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Next up on Or:la’s Céad label is Kincaid with two cuts of frosty, buoyant techno. Hear the sparkling acid of ‘It All Sounds The Same’...
UK producer Kincaid will release his new EP, All My Things Are Broken Because I am Broke’, on Or:la’s Céad imprint this month.
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Detroit's DJ Minx has been championing the electronic sounds of her hometown since day one, but has flown under the radar for much of her...