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DJ Mag delves into the history of dance culture’s Woodstock...
In 1992 there was a festival in the UK that changed the course of dance music history. A culmination of the acid house explosion, it...
Back after a six-year hiatus, Technics’ all-conquering SL-1200 turntables return to reclaim their throne...
The Technics turntable has been a staple of the music industry since 1972. It's a groundbreaking design that's never been bettered, and includes the single...
The moment for Paco Osuna's next-level ascent has finally arrived — and not before time. We join the Spanish techno don in Madrid to hear...
Paco Osuna is techno’s quiet achiever. Crafting quality tunes for almost two decades, the producer/DJ is a legend in his native Spain, cultivating a fiercely...
Digitality digging in the crates
WhoSampled is the go-to website for dance nuts investigating the funk, soul and electronic music samples that underpin their modern day favourites. Growing from a...
The audiophile speaks out
DJ Harvey is one of the UK originators of the dance music scene. From his beginnings in Cambridge punk band Ersatz, he discovered hip-hop and DJing on a fateful trip to New York City, and later alighted upon an eclectic mishmash DJ style inspired by the B-Boy everything-in-the-pot approach of the NYC scene's first DJs. Later becoming a leading light for house music in the UK, his night Moist at London's Gardening Club cemented his reputation as a true original, where his mammoth sets became the stuff of legend, and where he also invited the legendary likes of Larry Levan as guests.
Phase Two of BPM Mexico 2012 announced
Scoping the online catalogue of photos on the BPM website — of buxom bikini babes by a pool, bare-chested lads in sunhats stomping under palm...
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ALY-US' 'Follow Me' gets re-released for the third time on Strictly Rhythm since its 1992 debut. This once haunting number now goes into the Harry...
T Scan Awards, pics and perfect products. Find out what was the best DJ Technology of 2004...
After an exciting year for new DJ products, we are proud to announce the winners from the 2004 T-Scan Awards, as decided by our readers...
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UK label Champion Records is celebrating its 35th year with a series of remixes of classic releases. The label's best-known hit is Robin S' ‘Show...
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Last month, 16,000 ravers attended Belfast's AVA Festival at its new home on the Titanic Slipways. DJ Mag traveled to AVA to discover how the event is creating a sense of unity, community and a second wave of rave in the city
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Soaring ascents, the kind that can take an artist from obscurity to stardom in what seems to be the blink of an eye, don’t occur often, in dance music or elsewhere – those who are lucky enough to have that experience often disappear just as quickly. But there’s little chance of a quick fade for South Africa’s Palesa Desiree Shilabje, the DJ and producer known to the world as DESIREE, who in just a few short years has proved to be one of the international festival circuit’s most exciting new stars. Here, Bruce Tantum hears her story, and about how her evolution through music has been as organic as they come
Over the years, has anything offered more sun-drenched hedonism than the Miami party season? Judging by the amount of bikini-ridden, buff-tan parties squeezed into Miami’s...
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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...
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Ireland’s venues and event promoters have struggled under archaic legislation for years, but thanks to the work of the Give Us The Night campaign, it...
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Born in Jamaica around half a century ago, dancehall music has found fans, artists and chart-topping success all around the globe in the decades since...