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"There is a lot of whooping and screaming, especially when you have 40 women on a hen party"

Members of Edinburgh City Council have spoken out about the growing trend of “silent discos” taking place on the Scottish Capital’s streets.

In an interview...

With an hour of gritty club sounds and percussive techno heat, Glaswegian DJ, producer and Eyeangle Records boss Liam Doc is next up in the...

“It wasn’t even meant to happen,” Liam Doc laughs over the phone. “I was meant to be driving and being sensible!” He’s telling a story...

Eastern Electrics, Creamfields, Houghton Festival, Yard: Open Air, Lost Village, Numbers @ EIF... 

The nights might be creeping in but that doesn't mean summer is anywhere near over, as the Top 30 UK events in August 2018 go...

An 86-year-old gran watches bagpipe rendition of Faithless 'Insomnia' by grandson’s band

"I don't think rave music and bagpipes is her thing. I think she just goes to offer her support"

A video of an 86-year-old gran stoically watching her grandson's band perform a bagpipe rendition of 'Insomnia' by Faithless has emerged online. Marjorie Lawrie was...

Featuring over sixty original interviews with former directors, clubbers, bartenders, artists, audience and staff

A new book celebrates legendary Glasgow club The Arches.

Announced last November, Brickwork: A Biography of The Arches is an oral history by two...

As founder of Almaty's vital DIY club night, ZVUK, and as a formidable DJ in her own right, Nazira has fostered immense change in Kazakhstan’s...

At the forefront of Kazakhstan’s burgeoning underground club scene is Nazira Kassenova. As founder of the vital DIY club night, ZVUK, in the city of...

Glasgow club SWG3 starts using dancers' body heat to power venue

It's hoped that the new energy system will help the venue to reduce its carbon emissions by about 70 tonnes of CO2 a year

Glasgow warehouse venue SWG3 has installed a new energy system that recycles dancers' body heat to power the space. With the new system, BODYHEAT, set...

New community ownership initiative launched to protect the UK’s grassroots music venues

According to Music Venue Trust, 93% of the UK's grassroots music venues are tenants with an average of 18 months remaining on their lease

Music Venue Trust is launching a new endeavour to 'Own Our Venues' in an attempt to provide stability and longevity to live music venues. An...

Starting life as a way of supporting the artists and labels impacted through the coronavirus pandemic, we've launched a weekly roundup of the most vital...

Starting life as a way of supporting the artists and labels impacted through the coronavirus pandemic, DJ Mag launched a weekly roundup of the most...

Let's go— Egg's 15th Birthday, System & Set One Twenty's Terrace Party, Alfresco Festival, Virgo Festival, Leftfoot & Shadow City, Electric Frog & Pressure Riverside...

A quick scan of the Top 30 UK events in May 2018 proves one thing: you have to try really hard not to wind up...

Printworks, Bangface, Junk, Motion, House of God, Maximum Pressure; tickets, please... 

The year is gathering momentum like a runaway techno cut, so it's already time for the top 30 UK club events in March 2018.

Amazingly festival...

Dirtybird, Need2Soul and more...

Septembers pick of the best nights around your town

Pedro Winter plays us his landmark Ed Banger cuts

It’s a very special version of Take 10 this issue. Usually we ask people to talk about the 10 tracks that have influenced them over the course of their lives, but seeing as pioneering French electro label Ed Banger is 10-years-old this month — and releasing a big comp to celebrate — we thought we’d get Ed Banger boss Pedro Winter, aka Busy P, to talk about 10 landmark Ed Banger releases.

A chat with the Northern Irish techno king

After making a name as a hard house DJ, with his own show on Radio 1, Fergie became disillusioned with the genre and sought out...

From cosmic house and disco to rich electro, Lord The Isles’ versatile DJ sets and productions conjure vivid imagery of lush landscapes and galactic excursions...

As Lord of the Isles, Neil McDonald has always made music that strikes a perfect balance between otherworldly and grounded, feeling simultaneously mythical and pastoral...