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Collage of various images from panels and parties at ADE 2023

Amsterdam Dance Event returned earlier this month, with the world’s biggest electronic music conference delivering its usual, unrelenting whirlwind of parties, panels and so much more. Here’s a handful of highlights from DJ Mag’s week at ADE 2023

DJ Mag’s involvement with the ADE Lab — the conference’s four-day tech-focused programme that takes place in and around the Flemish Cultural Center de Brakke...

A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...

We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...

DJ Mag spends an action-packed weekend with Len Faki...

“There he is – Len Faki! It's time to go to the stage!” exclaims one of the harried stage managers around me. It's a beautiful...

Kuedo's widescreen synth futurism

Kuedo’s first album, 2011’s ‘Severant’, blended filmic synths with trap beats and provided a blueprint for synthwave artists the world over. But after scoring a Blade Runner animation with Flying Lotus and various other projects, his new record offers a more expansive vision. George Bass quizzes him about avoiding nostalgia, eco-anxiety, and finding the confidence to make his music more emotional

The passing in May of composer Vangelis showed just how much influence the Greek synth pioneer has over electronic music. A BBC tribute showcased tracks...

Hospital Records' hottest new signings Fred V & Grafix are a duo equally at home crafting neon-lit d&b as they are electronic Fly Lo-style hip-hop.

Jet-lagged and laptop-laden, Fred Vahrman types away to DJ Mag on behalf of himself and his production partner Josh Jackson. Fred V & Grafix have...

Tech house king

Joris Voorn is the tech house king who's risen to become one of Ibiza's biggest DJs in a matter of years. His restless work ethic...

As she prepares for another crazy summer season on the frontline at one of the world's most famous clubs - Pacha Ibiza - resident DJ...

She went on holiday to Ibiza in 1999 and never went home, she loves piano house, she shared an Ibiza residency with Pete Tong, she's...

12 emerging artists you need to hear this May

The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From deep Afro-house and trance-infused techno to atmospheric jungle and beyond, here's May 2022's list of upcoming talent you should be keeping track of

A rising star among deep and Afro-house lovers, vocalist and producer Miči’s Instagram feed reads like a blow-by-blow account of her story so far. The...

DJ Mag's tunes of the year

2014 was the year house heads reignited their love for melody. While shufflers continued to go wild for garage, a new generation have reared their...

The London duo have broken their silence with ‘Junto,’ their seventh album, and are bringing the dance back to the dancefloor...

Simon Ratcliffe is attempting to cook tofu stir-fry for dinner at his home in London when we get a hold of him, via a fuzzy...

Techno rises in the heart of the Midwest and with it, a bold call to action.

 

DJ Mag meets Lisa Smith on a winter afternoon in The Black Madonna’s crowded Chicago apartment. A large film crew is staging lighting...

DJ Mag's latest monthly mix series puts the focus on the labels we love; outlets that are championing new artists, dropping key releases and driving...

Through its near 10-year history, Dark Entries has established itself as a buy-on-sight imprint for lovers of dark-edged, brooding or idiosyncratic sounds that were born...

DJ Mag’s Solid Gold series revisists and examines the ongoing significance and influence of inspiring electronic albums throughout history. In our latest edition, DJ Mag’s...

By the time James Murphy made it to the studio to record LCD Soundsystem’s second album, he’d already been a live sound engineer, a bouncer...

He’s spent the last seven years honing an undeniable sound. Now Tchami will unveil his first full-length album, ‘Year Zero’

The collar that Martin Joseph Léonard Bresso dons while performing on stage as Tchami is a meaningful accessory. It is symbolic of the spirituality he’s...

These are the most exciting amapiano producers right now

Amapiano has become a world-conquering genre since emerging in South Africa over a decade ago, with the sound mutating in recent years to solidify its place as an embedded dance music culture. Here, Shiba Melissa Mazaza asks: who are the South African artists carrying the torch for amapiano right now?
 

Amapiano (also known as ipiano or ’piano) began in the streets of Gauteng, South Africa, in the early 2010s. The now world-conquering sound is a...