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Sound advice from the Soundboy.

Launched last year in Birmingham, Soundboy UK is a clothing label with its heart set firmly on creating and nurturing street styles and attitudes.

New live shows announced

Acclaimed, versatile electronic producer Trentemøller returns to the UK in April. He'll be bringing his live band to Manchester's Academy 2 on 12th April, followed...

KiNK, Perc, and Oscar Mulero all set to feature...

London’s leading techno night We Concur has unveiled a stellar summer line-up across multiple venues with the likes of Perc, KiNK, Oscar Mulero, Matthew Johnson...

A new initiative, started by the founder of Love Parade, aims to have Berlin's techno scene recognised as a cultural practice, supported and preserved by...

It’s a grey, wet Tuesday morning in Berlin, and inside an unassuming building in Wedding, a fourth-floor apartment is buzzing with activity. It’s the home...

In a rare interview, the Music On don talks candidly to DJ Mag...

Marco Carola is an enigma. In a rare interview, the Italian techno DJ/producer and Music On promoter talks to DJ Mag about record shopping in...

She’s the Paris-based New Yorker who’s overcome the struggle of addiction and dance music industry tokenism to forge her own path. Louisa Pillott, aka LOUISAHHH...

"Oh, I’ve done a lot of very different stuff,” LOUISAHHH!!! grins at DJ Mag across a backstage corridor. “I’m a certified cycling instructor, for example,”...

Last year was an incredible year for party boys Solardo. Playing over 200 high-profile gigs, traversing the globe like a well-oiled machine, the Manc lads...

The Solardo boys are standing by the canal in Haggerston, east London. They’re dressed in sharp black suits and bowler hats, a far cry from...

Major cities have long been the central hubs for dance music, in part thanks to their appeal to travelling DJs and fans. With coronavirus massively...

What a difference 12 months makes. This time last year you might have been making travel plans for Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), getting final kicks...

The first ever Official UK Afrobeats Chart will launch on Sunday

The UK's first official Afrobeats chart will launch this week.

Broadcasting on BBC Radio 1Xtra this Sunday (26th July), The Official UK Afrobeats Show will announce...

When Dax J made worldwide headlines last year for dropping an Islamic call to prayer sample during his set in Tunisia, it looked for a minute...

'Public indecency and offending public morality'. Before April last year, those words probably meant about as much to Dax J as his name did to...

Fatboy Slim announces 2023 UK tour

The 11-date tour will take him to London, Manchester, Brighton, Birmingham, Cardiff and elsewhere

Fatboy Slim has announced an 11-date UK tour for March 2023. Kicking off on 2nd March, the ‘Y’all Are The Music, We’re Just The DJs’...

Sven Vath's annual fest comes back to the north of England

Cocoon head honcho Sven Väth is once again bringing his team of techno heavyweights to Leeds this summer for the sixth annual Cocoon In The...

Featuring Chris Liebing, Helena Hauff, DJ Stingray...

Neopop returned for a 12th edition in 2017, celebrating all things techno in Viana Do Castelo near the city of Porto in northern Portugal. 

Nestled between the...

Get up to speed with Native Instruments' Traktor S8 controller

Don't miss your chance to experience the brand-new TRAKTOR KONTROL S8 all-in-one DJ system first-hand in an exclusive workshop near you.

Inside the UK Afro house renaissance

The Afro house sound is an ever-growing presence in UK dance music, with new labels, club-nights and a dedicated radio station springing up. Alongside a mix from Mr Silk, Ria Hylton explores the sound’s history, and speaks to some of the scene’s key players about forging strong connections with their growing audiences, and their aim to nurture a unique UK Afro house identity

Afro house is steeped in the percussive materials of South Africa’s townships. For decades, its polyrhythms played out on traditional African instruments — bongos, congas...