As soon as he sits down for a long conversation with DJ Mag, François Kevorkian, the NYC-based dance-music polymath universally known as François K, brings...
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Ever since the revelations in Hollywood about film producer Harvey Weinstein, and the subsequent #MeToo stories of sexual misconduct, the dance music world has been...
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“To be honest, it’s easier to come up with a time something sexist DIDN’T happen. There are so many instances I don’t know...
DJ Mag attempts to find out just why he's so popular...
Mladen Solomun is a big chap. A big, bearded Balkan bombshell with a penchant for mashing up epic strings and sprawling synth-scapes with the odd...
Exit Festival is the gem of the Eastern European festival circuit
It’s the evening before Exit Festival in the north Serbian city of Novi Sad, and the alleyways that line the far end of the city centre are rammed with people, bustling in and out of the numerous bars stacked alongside each other.
After nearly five decades in music, nobody could blame François Kevorkian for taking it easy. But that’s not in the France-born, NYC-based polymath’s DNA. Shortly after celebrating his 70th birthday, Bruce Tantum hears his story, and learns about the curiosity and drive that keeps him going
After intensive, early lockdowns, China's events industry is gradually returning to pre-pandemic levels, with safety measures in place. Bruce Tantum speaks to a selection of DJs...
Claire Francis travels to Stihia festival to find an event that serves as a vital platform for emerging DJs from within Uzbekistan, as well as supporting local sustainable development
The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From astral ambience and minimal grooves to frenzied footwork and techno, here's...
Rachel Lyn
Rachel Lyn is the founder of Modular Gang, an event series and collective dedicated to modular synth performances. Originally from London, but now...
The Warehouse Project returned for its final year at its “spiritual home” of Store Street last weekend. DJ Mag’s deputy digital editor Rob McCallum looks...
The UK club scene has changed hugely since the mid-noughties. The End is gone. As are The Cross, Turnmills, The Arches, Sankeys and countless more...
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...
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...
Kiwi is the former photographer who now rubs shoulders with Duke Dumont & Andrew Weatherall. We sit down in Dalston to chart his rise...
Making it as a successful DJ is a tough gig. It takes commitment, passion and most of all, persistence. No one knows this better than...
German tastemaker walks us through his remixers
Following the success of 'Powers of Ten', Stephan Bodzin’s most profound full-length album to date, the German producer has invited a star-studded group of artists...
Check out the latest album reviews by DJ Mag below!
Artist: Floating Points
Album: Elaenia
Recording Label: Pluto
Rating: 8.0
Sam Shepherd is a genius. Not just musically — although we'd be inclined to argue...
A resourceful Brit, Damian Lazarus has helped bring through many of today’s major talents and has been creating his own unique brand of cosmic electronic...
Words: Stephen Flynn
When it comes to electronic music, few of those in the contemporary domain can hold a candle to Damian Lazarus. Having caught...
This year's results are now in, check them out here!
The most wide-ranging annual survey of dance music technology and kit is back. Every year we aim to improve the way we deliver the DJ...