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Get To Know: Elle Shimada

Get acquainted with Elle Shimada, the Tokyo-born, Melbourne-based artist exploring the meaning of home with luminous electronic beats and shimmering vocals

For Elle Shimada, the concept of home is ever-changing; it is the current which flows through her debut album, ‘Home ≠ Location’, released on Australian...

Berlin's Rave The Planet Parade announces line-up and floats for 2022

Established by the founders of the original Love Parade, crews from Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, UK and Ukraine are all involved, with over 200 artists. 

Berlin's Rave the Planet Parade has announced the line-up and floats involved in this year's free event, which takes place on Saturday 9th July. A...

DJ Mag Best of North America 2022 logo

DJ Mag's Best of North America awards show will take place at Kings Hall (Avant Gardner) next month

The line-up for DJ Mag's first-ever Best of North America awards show is here. Following the announcement of 2022's nominees last week, DJ Mag will...

Compilation of the Month: Various Artists ‘Ritmo Fantasía: Balearic Spanish Synth- Pop, Boogie And House (1982-1992)’

DJ Trujillo curates a superb time capsule of early Balearic dance music for Soundway Records, from languid pop and sensual wave music, to velvety house anthems

Throughout the ’80s, the iconic Ibiza nightclub Ku (now Privilege) held a regular party known as Noche Española, in which trendy party goers would dance...

Get acquainted with London-based party starter, Jyoty

From: Kraków, Poland

For Fans Of: Beau Wanzer, Lena Willikens, Identified Patient

Key Tunes: ’Skawa’, ‘Paj', ‘Szelestt’

It’s fair to say that Oliva changed the face of her local scene, and she’s now making her mark around Europe. The Kraków native came...

The Martinez Brothers: reaching new heights

As they kick off their Tuesday night headline residency at Hï Ibiza, New York natives The Martinez Brothers catch up with DJ Mag Ibiza's Mick Wilson about  their love for the White Isle and their big plans for the coming season

Straight outta the Bronx in New York City, The Martinez Brothers — and yes, they are actually siblings; Stevie is three years older than Chris...

One of dance music’s most recognisable characters is growing up. We talk to Seth about the repetitive party lifestyle, being a catalyst for change, and...

Seth Troxler’s reputation is such that he’s on first-name basis with the whole of electronic music. He’s put himself out there — often literally —...

Johannesburg-based artist Jazzuelle is driven by intuition, experimentation and personal evolution. We speak to one of South Africa's most vital talents about his new album...

Cape Town born, Johannesburg-based Jazzuelle AKA Thando Tshoma has been one of the most prevalent artists in the South African dance music scene for some...

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...

After a close encounter in a techno-themed Death Star, Richard Norris and Martin Dubka’s project Circle Sky was born...

WORDS: Declan McGlynn
PICS: Richard Stow

Duos are nothing new to Richard Norris. As one half of the hugely successful ’90s act The Grid, he...

We catch up with Ashley to learn about his DJ roots, new 'Yardism' solo project and more...

Ashley Beedle is a don. In a time when the dance world is riddled with superstar DJs, touting supersized egos, and bitching like babies at...

With a host of monikers and diverse productions to his name, DJ Pierre has driven the development of dance and is still at the forefront...

Phuture, Pfantasia, Phantasy Club, Photon Inc, Audio Clash, Darkman, Doomsday, P-Ditty, The Don… all past aliases for Nathaniel Pierre Jones, better known as DJ Pierre, the man credited with kickstarting a movement in 1987 with ‘Acid Tracks'.
Although a seismic claim to fame, this happened over a quarter century ago, most recently reactivated on Terry Farley's monumental 'Acid Rain' box-set. But, since then, Pierre has continued to chart one of the most idiosyncratic paths in house music, undyingly committed to developing new sonic mutants to send crowds bananas on his punishing schedule of globe-trotting DJ gigs.

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...

François X has helped shape the identity of Paris’ modern techno scene. Now, he wants to understand more fully how that sound shapes him. The...

An exhilarating race through classic house, percussive techno and otherworldly electro from Brooklyn’s Bizaarbazaar founder, Bergsonist, as part of our Fresh Kicks series

As Bergsonist, Selwa Abd’s distinct artistic ethos has made her an essential figure in New York’s ever-changing, mercurial underground. As founder of multidisciplinary label Bizaarbazaar...