Pioneering drum & bass vocalist MC Conrad has died at the age of 52. Tributes to the influential MC, real name Conrad Thompson, began pouring...
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The beloved British vocalist, producer and label founder leaves behind “an unmatched legacy”
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Faith 20 & Out, Aphex Twin Curates, Livity Sound in Bristol
Summer flew by faster than Boris Johnson’s parliamentary majority, but that’s no bad thing. Britain's busiest club night season is here, and it's looking good. ...
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The awards ceremony took place at Amsterdam ArenA on Saturday (20th October)...
Carl Cox has won the Highest Techno award in this year’s DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll. The British icon landed the No.53 spot overall...
Above & Beyond are one of the biggest acts in electronic music. Here, we chronicle 10 moments that have defined the trance titans...
For almost 20 years, Above & Beyond have helped shape and spread the feel-good sounds of trance around the world and this year is shaping...
Ready to talk openly about her traverses as a trans DJ, we sit down and get to know Octo Octa over Skype...
Shortly after coming out as transgender, Brooklyn’s Octo Octa released ‘Where Are We Going’ on Honey Soundsystem, an exceptionally classy piano-led house/techno album on which she embraces...
Bondax have enjoyed a swift rush to fame with their melodic, poppy garage house tracks, and it seems they're set to top the charts and...
The phone line is awash with chicken bravado. “We like to do a bit of cheffing when we’re on tour,” brags Adam Kaye one half...
<p>All shapes and sizes on the mainland once again...</p>
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Thievery Corporation return with ‘Saudade,’ an ode to music's ability to wring beauty from sadness...
Thievery Corporation resides on opposite sides of the North American continent. The duo’s Eric Hilton remains in its original home of Washington DC while the...
The seminal tracks that changed dance forever
As a teenage boy, music-obsessed Kris Needs ran the fanclub of '70s bluesy-glam band Mott the Hoople before becoming immersed in the London punk scene...
The importance of Belgium in the development of electronic music
With Belgium Booms, a series of events in London this October showcasing the country’s talent, and a new film The Sound of Belgium looking to change that public perception, we take a closer look at the country that gave us EBM, new beat, hardcore techno and so much more...
We twiddle knobs with Steve Strange and the gang
New Romantic pioneers Visage, best known for their multi-million-selling classic single 'Fade To Grey', are back with their first album — ‘Hearts & Knives’ — for 29 years!
After 20 years of fine-tuning Chicago jack beats, the legend of Sneak lives on
One of the early dons of Chicago's jackin' house scene who's still going strong, DJ Sneak's been mixing meaty, crunchy, flavoursome cuts on dancefloors since the good 'ol days.
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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From rich, experimental techno and ambient to festival-ready house and trance, here's...
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Native Instruments’ Maschine+ is an ambitious project; remodelling the popular hardware and software groovebox combo to operate as a standalone production unit. DJ Mag's Digital...
Above & Beyond are a genuine phenomenon. Arguably the biggest electronic DJing and production collective the UK has ever produced, inspiring almost unimaginable adulation in...
“It's wonderful and troubling at the same time, because there's this sense of responsibility when somebody lifts their shirt up and their entire back is...