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Kasra on ten years of Critical Records

Back in 2002 on a sofa somewhere in North London, the concept of a new label was being brewed in the mind of a young DJ named Kasra, a hazy vision that became a reality after an intoxicated conversation with some colleagues.

DJ Mag visits Time Warp to see if it's still got it

Back in the early days of Time Warp, the organisers faced some scepticism from the community of Mannheim about an annual all-night rave...

Northern Ireland's clubbing environment has never been more exciting. Nor have its DJs/producers and promoters ever been more a part of the international dance music...

From Stiff Little Fingers, Therapy? and The Undertones to David Holmes, Phil Kieran and The Divine Comedy, Northern Ireland's musical output has, for decades, had...

Featuring music from Justice, Luciano and Paul Kalkbrenner...

Matthias Meyer celebrates the 15th anniversary of Berlin clubbing institution, Watergate, with 15 tracks from the venue’s illustrious history.

As a resident at the club...

Despite some health problems, MC Fats is about to release his brilliant debut album.

Few vocalists within drum & bass command the respect of MC Fats. His wicked reggae soundsystem toasting style has been livening up DJ sets for...

Bristol-based Brazilian S.P.Y has just made the album of his career by looking back to early jungle. But as he explains, his recreation of the...

Everyone’s a junglist these days aren’t they? You’re a junglist. Your dear old dad’s a junglist. Even that nice little old lady next door and...

As dance music’s top-heavy, tour-focused infrastructure crumbles, people across the industry are wondering how new revenue streams can emerge to support artists during and after...

It’s been four months since COVID-19 sent dancers into deep freeze. With no sign of a vaccine, the suspicion is that clubs will stay closed...

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...

This was the year many dance music scenes, industries and communities started to claw back everything that was lost in 2020. Elusive and secretive UK...

fabric 19th Birthday, No Bounds Festival, Simple, Simple Things Festival, At One, Terminal V... 

If there were arguments as to whether the UK’s regional cities were undergoing an electronic renaissance then this month settles it. 

Not that London’s October...

In DJ Mag's March artist charts, four DJs select their top 10 tracks of the month, spanning moody jungle, '90s acid, classic reggae and dubby...

UK trio Denham Audio have entrenched themselves at the front of the new wave of breakbeat hardcore producers through a multitude of racuous cuts and...

Bumako Recordings' Jenifa Mayanja records an hour of smooth deep house and funk-fuelled grooves for the On Cue series and, in the midst of a...

Julia Toppin selects 10 essential documentaries that paint a portrait of 30 years of jungle drum & bass, charting the stories of its origins to...

When compared to other UK dance music genres, the documentary coverage of jungle drum & bass is remarkably thin on the ground, largely limited to...

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The funding of independent radio stations is always precarious, but the current cost-of-living and energy crises threaten their survival. Following the shuttering of Worldwide FM and Bristol’s SWU FM, we look at the challenges facing these beloved cultural lifelines

UK independent radio is one of the most important aspects of DJ culture and the dance music scene. It plays a vital part in driving...

Andy C explains how he's always kept the faith with drum & bass...

“When you’re drum & bass, you really are — you get it, and there’s nothing else like it. You can’t get assimilated into 4/4...

One of the world’s most respected clubs, Berlin’s Tresor, has been at the forefront of underground dance music for three decades. Led by Dimitri Hegemann...

Interfisching in outer space: the Dada yearsDimitri Hegemann wanted to change the world. His ideas were too big for the small village he grew up...