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Plus we grab five with the Mobilee Records boss...

Anja Schneider has been involved in dance music in one form or another for a long time. Currently a world famous DJ/producer and label boss...

With the Amsterdam Dance Event almost here, DJmag.com caught up with the geezer who runs it, to discuss why it's worth going.

"There wasn't really anything in Europe back in 1996 when we started that was bringing the dance music community together.

"Of course, there was the...

"What we talkin' about, New York City? Staten Island stand up! Wu vs. Wu. Raekwon vs. Ghostface Killah... dates to come."

Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah and Raekwon’s Verzuz battle will take place later this month.

In February, following a performance from D'Angelo, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland announced that...

Eli and Fur: a dynamic duo dedicated to making deeply melodic vocal house cuts...

With their eyes fixed firmly on the prize, Jennifer and Eliza better known as Eli and Fur have been spending as much time as they...

Fastest Guns In The West: Dub Pistols’ live show is an explosion of raw, visceral energy and hedonism that leaves other dance bands in the...

Shooting from the hip is something London dubwise-dance-meets-hip-hop band the Dub Pistols are well-known for when they perform live.

“We are quite a high-energy band...

The seminal tracks that changed dance music forever

X-Press 2 were one of the principal house acts in the early '90s, rocking the floors with cuts like post-hardcore progressive house cut 'Muzik Xpress' — with its memorable “Music, music, music” refrain — and the cowbell-tastic 'London Xpress'. The trio of acid house originals — Rocky, Diesel and Ashley Beedle — went their separate ways for a while in the late '90s, before coming back together just before the Millennium.

The seminal tracks that changed dance music forever

As was the case in many towns and cities in the UK in the late '80s, a sizeable portion of the youth of Stafford were infected with the rave bug. More or less equidistant between London and Manchester in the West Midlands (18 miles south of Stoke-on-Trent, 16 miles north of Wolverhampton), Stafford became notable for spawning two of the rave scene’s most successful acts – Altern8 and Bizarre Inc. And then, later, Chicken Lips too.


We talk to rising star Ashley Wallbridge about what Vegas crowds expect (and how to keep them entertained)

Stoke-On-Trent's Ashley Wallbridge has gone from a trance newbie to one of the hottest names in big room dance in a matter of years. Now...

We interview the alternative electronic star

Gold Panda has been causing pandemonium in electronica circles since releasing his glistening debut album, 'Lucky Shiner'

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...

Recognise is DJ Mag's new monthly mix series, introducing artists we love that are bursting onto the global electronic music scene. This month we speak...

Whether it’s chugging cold wave, slo-mo electro or warped neo-trance, the music Manfredas writes and spins maintains a wild off-kilter charm that makes him one...

That’s Christmas sorted then...

Berghain Ze Game, the card game based around letting the right people into the legendary Berlin techno club that we revealed last month, is now...

It all started with radio DJ Steve Dahl destroying disco records on air...

The Major League Baseball team, Chicago White Sox, have announced they will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the controversial 1979 Disco Demolition night.

Steve Dahl...

We caught up with New York duo The Knocks during CMJ week...

If you do something long enough, no matter what the reaction the outside world has in the beginning, trends will keep changing, and the best...

We catch up with Bassnectar to discuss his new album 'Noise Vs Beauty'

Lorin Ashton grew up in a commune in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the first art he created was mini-movies on his dad's cine-camera...