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DIY Collective

The DiY Collective were one of the first house sound systems in the UK

A new book celebrating the history of '90s UK rave sound system, DiY Collective, is set to be published in March. Dreaming in Yellow, penned...

Get acquainted with the 19-year-old MC taking UK drill by storm

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In this excerpt from Ears To The Ground: Adventures in Field Recording and Electronic Music, author and DJ Mag contributing editor Ben Murphy explores the use of found sounds in dance music as a means of examining and expressing cultural heritage in our surroundings

At its most cutting edge, dance music is a laboratory of sonic experimentation. Field recordings, foley and samples from the real world have long been...

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Night Time Industries Association’s Alan Miller endorses London Mayor’s suggestion of a clubbing representative in open letter.

If 2014 felt like an annus mirabilis for UK’s clubbing scene, than 2015 might be a year marked by the tentative beginnings of some positive...

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Stormzy

 “Album 3. Coming 2022.” 

Stormzy has revealed that his third studio album is coming later this year. The news was unveiled during a live gig in Cardiff last night...

DJ Mag spoke to two of the scene’s icons about their takes on the scene in 2013, their manifold future plans, and the enduring spirit...

When DJ Mag enters a disused pub in south-east London’s Rotherhithe, we find LTJ Bukem has arrived early and is waiting patiently for us on a sofa in the pub’s old bar area. A true originator of drum & bass, Bukem, aka Danny Williamson, then throws himself into his part of the photo-shoot in a small, sparsely-lit room, which, much to everyone’s amusement, was once the gents’ toilets in the now-converted boozer.

DJ Mag talk tunes, gigs and birthdays with the d&b duo.

2013 marks a special year for the London drum & bass and dubstep duo Chase & Status. Celebrating their 10th anniversary, the production couple of Saul Milton (Chase) and Will Kennard (Status) have delivered a sound that dips into breaks, hip-hop, dubstep, d&b and jungle since their first release ‘Like This’ on Vehicle Records in 2003.

Hot Natured have already dented the UK charts and sold out Brixton Academy in their first appearance as a live act. Now, with their debut...

Following the 20-year cycle of cultural revival, it's not just '90s fashions and sample libraries that have come back around onto dancefloors. Buoyed by America’s repackaging of dance music as EDM and pop’s perpetual shapeshifting, house music is finally back at the top of the charts.

If anyone knows how to throw a party for WMC it's Robbie Rivera, whose Nikki Beach partyathon is one of the juiciest gigs during conference...


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Robbie guides us through the tracks he's selected for this issue's covermount CD…





1. Robbie Rivera The Hum Melody


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salute links up with Empress Of on new single, 'system', on Ninja Tune: Listen

The new cut pays homage to UK club culture and comes with feel-good lyrics

salute has released a new standalone single, 'system', through Ninja Tune. Listen it below. Featuring feel-good vocals from LA-based artist Empress Of, the new cut...

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The five-track ‘Soft Fascination’ EP lands on 1st March

LA party series Fast At Work will launch its own imprint with an EP from co-founder and resident Carré. The five-track inaugural project – titled...

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Bristol’s Elpac debuts on local label Amity with four slabs of hard drum heat, featuring MC-on-the-rise Grove

Elpac has a new EP on the way, featuring Grove, titled ‘An Ode To Brentry Road’. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Hard Body’ below...

Nia Archives shares video for new single, ‘Luv Like’: Watch

The third track taken from her forthcoming EP, 'Forbidden Feelingz'

Rapidly rising jungle and drum & bass DJ, producer, and vocalist Nia Archives has dropped her new single, 'Luv Like'. The track is the third...