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The funding of independent radio stations is always precarious, but the current cost-of-living and energy crises threaten their survival. Following the shuttering of Worldwide FM and Bristol’s SWU FM, we look at the challenges facing these beloved cultural lifelines
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Defected's Where Love Lives documentary is a moving journey through self-acceptance, expression and the power of community
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Avicii’s death last year shocked the dance community and laid bare the serious problems surrounding mental health in the music industry. Now, his father Klas has set up...
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The actor/DJ is keeping the 007 rumour mill running...
Idris Elba played the James Bond tune tune at the beginning of his DJ set at Elrow Town London this weekend (19th August).
The actor/DJ...
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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
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The UK government recently announced that from September, people will be required to have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to enter nightclubs
Carl Cox has urged fans to get vaccinated against coronavirus in a new interview.
Following the announcement last month that proof of full vaccination against...
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The Avalanches’ debut ‘Since I Left You’ is one of electronic music’s all-time classics, a sample-heavy travelogue which charmed the globe in 2000-01. Then they...
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For 30 years, Dave Beer has presided over Back To Basics: the Leeds club event that has grown into a global institution thanks to its...
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What could the ideal safe space club look and feel like? Michelle Lhooq imagines a possible future for nightclubs where everyone is free to dance...
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Creating a safe environment on the dancefloor is crucial for the mental wellbeing of all club-goers, particularly those from marginalised communities. Christine Kakaire speaks to...
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Scottish hardcore visionaries Clouds, together with designer David Rudnick, have gone above and beyond for their new album project, creating a nightmare future, yet finding...
It’s past midnight and DJ Mag is roaming around the grounds of a former prison in the arse-end of Amsterdam. We’re here with Clouds, a...
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The artist has dubbed the record a “a new sonic universe”
The Weeknd has released his new album, ‘Dawn FM’, just days after announcing its impending arrival.
The artist’s fifth album, which he described as “a...
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We asked a host of the biggest names playing this year's festival for their advice on how to make the most of (and ultimately survive)...
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Clubs across England opened dancefloors for the first time in 16 months during the early hours of Monday morning (19th July). But while people hit...
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Horse Meat Disco held their first party at what would become known as The Eagle pub in Vauxhall, London on New Year’s Day 2004. As their weekly Sunday night queer party grew, so did their international reputation, and they haven't stopped since. Here, Andy Thomas charts the soaraway success of the disco house collective over the last two decades