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Berlin and Manchester-based experimental electronic duo Space Afrika explore inner space on their incredible new album for Dais Records

Space Afrika, the duo of Berlin-based Josh Reidy and Manchester-based Joshua Inyang, delivered an experimental electronic masterpiece with their 2018 album ‘Somewhere Decent To Live’...

The Diplo-led American trio has broken sound barriers and world records. With the group’s final album on the horizon, DJ Mag chronicles a decade of...

A consummate crate digger and sonic explorer, American DJ and super producer Wesley Pentz, aka Diplo, has been on a lifelong hunt for the ultimate...

A slew of quality releases this year proved the compilation is still a vital format for taste-making selectors to present a snapshot of where we’re at...

10. Dimitri From Paris
‘Salsoul Mastermix’
Salsoul

One of dance music’s most popular disco connoisseurs delved deep into the back- catalogue of NYC’s legendary Salsoul...

Danger Mouse & Black Thought: cheating the system

Although it features guests like A$AP Rocky, Run The Jewels and Raekwon, the best moments on Danger Mouse and The Roots legend Black Thought's new LP are in its filmic rhymes, woozy psychedelic loops, soul snippets and jazz and blues rhythms. Here, Ben Murphy speaks to them about their long-awaited collaboration

Hip-hop is ingrained in the work of American musician and producer Danger Mouse. Though he’s made records with Beck, Karen O, Gorillaz, Michael Kiwanuka, Adele...

Misogyny in music industry is "endemic", requires urgent action, WEC warns

The UK Parliament committee said the "boys club" of the music industry persists despite increased participation by women and recommended reforms like nixing NDAs

A new report by the UK Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has confirmed "endemic" misogyny in the music industry and urges government and industry bodies...

The Minimal Wave boss digs deep to pick 10 industrial, post-punk and new wave cuts that mean the most to her...

Though best known for her label Minimal Wave, founded in 2005, and specialising in rare synth wave from the ‘80s, it's surprising that New Yorker...

2019’s best compilations celebrated innovative styles and fusions from across the globe, as well as some of underground dance music’s formative sounds. Below, you'll find...

As styles and sounds establish themselves in the ever-expanding electronic and dance music landscape, there are few better crash courses than a good compilation. In...

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections...

With the launch of his new label, AP Life, in February 2021, Bok Bok found a new lease of life. During the pandemic, the London...

Get acquainted with Huey Mnemonic, the Detroit-based artist producing futuristic, funk-filled techno

A rising number of producers are making music that creates a soundtrack to those calmer moments in life. DJ Mag investigates...

Summer is in full swing, Ibiza still rocks and festival season has blossomed into hundreds of live-music infused explosions, happening in far-flung spots all over...

DJmag.com reveals our favourite dance artists for this fortnight - Annie Mac, Pentatonik, J*S*T*A*R*S, and Silicone Soul - we salute you!

Annie Mac
Supporting dance music: Annie Mac

Radio 1's Annie Mac should be applauded for her constant support of decent dance music.

Since her current...

Refuge Worldwide resident Stem whips up a vortex of percussive, experimental club music for the Fresh Kicks mix series, and chats to Niamh O’Connor about...

Greeted with both derision and delight from the outset, the cartoonish covers and soundtrack of happy hardcore’s defining, and to some damning, Bonkers series were...

“Bonkers, light in the head; slightly drunk. Perhaps from bonk, a blow or punch on the bonce or head.” It's a word whose origins come...

Amsterdam techno legend Steve Rachmad delivers a ferocious mix of (mostly) original productions and remixes recorded at this year’s 909 Festival. From triumphant melodic techno...

Steve Rachmad has been at the helm of the European techno scene for over 25 years now. An Amsterdam club stalwart and an influential DJ/producer...

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.