“I’m finally home.” Those three words are among the first that the South African DJ and producer Palesa Desiree Shilabje utters when DJ Mag catches...
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Free and easy access to drinking water at clubs is crucial for ravers' safety, but some venues remain insistent on charging prices that are prohibitively...
Water is a human right, essential to our daily survival. In places where the human body is subjected to excessive heat, exercise, and dehydration —...
Features
Modular electro master and Irish underground stalwart DeFeKT steps up with a formidable, energised mix – With a new EP on Sunil Sharpe's Earwiggle, a...
Few artists have been as pivotal in Ireland’s electronic evolution of the past decade as DeFeKT. A formidable producer and live artist, the modular electro...
Music
Recognise is DJ Mag’s new monthly mix series, introducing artists we love that are bursting onto the global electronic music scene. This month, we speak...
Bold and ferocious, but possessing infinitely eerie depths, both the DJ sets and productions of Manchester staple, Djinn, have become essential listening in the brooding...
London producer Swindle draws on assorted jazz, hip-hop, funk and dubstep influences in his great new album 'Long Live The Jazz'.
“I know what you mean, like on ‘Forest Funk’. I played that guitar! I just do what feels right. I mean, I’ve grown up around great music, especially jazz and funk and of course drum & bass, garage and everything else. I just like to play around. I’ll play with any instrument that I can get my hands on. A little bit of madness. I like to try and get my head working crazy, to make crazy music.”
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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
Claude VonStroke and his Dirtybird label celebrate 15 years with the wind beneath their wings this year. To mark the anniversary, the label head is celebrating...
Features
On Cue is our flagship mix series, celebrating the pivotal DJs and producers whose influence has shaped the world of electronic music, both in their...
Nina Las Vegas has cultivated a fierce reputation for herself as Australia’s queen of club music. Hard work is something she’s always risen to, but...
Tech
Features
The use of ghost producers is seen as cheating by many in dance music, but producers have been working with studio collaborators and engineers for...
In an era when misdirection and mistruth is commonplace, its seems natural to question the authenticity and authorship of the music we love. If an...
Features
The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From high-octane footwork, frenetic techno and fiery house to radiant bass here's...
Fauzia
Fauzia Habib is one of the many talents unearthed by NTS who is now going on to make a mark on her own terms...
Music
Recognise is DJ Mag’s monthly mix series, introducing artists we love that are bursting onto the global electronic music scene. This month, we speak to...
DJ Lag is a pioneer of one of the most exciting electronic music movements to surface this decade. Over the last few years, gqom has...
News
fabric 19th Birthday, No Bounds Festival, Simple, Simple Things Festival, At One, Terminal V...
If there were arguments as to whether the UK’s regional cities were undergoing an electronic renaissance then this month settles it.
Not that London’s October...
Tech
As electronic music and live performance continue to intertwine, our new series explores how some of the best artists take their studios on the road...
Henrik Schwarz's inimitable sound combines acoustic and electronic elements like no one else. His DJ sets and live performances combine emotive soundscapes and slamming beats...
Features
Europe’s festival market continues to flourish, with long-running staples stronger than ever, and new markets exploding in regions like Portugal and new Mediterranean hideaways like Albania...
MEADOWS IN THE MOUNTAINS
SET in the picturesque mountains of Polkovnik Sera movo, this magical festival is now in its 8th year and attracts over 2,000...
Clubs
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...