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The fight to preserve Ukraine’s electronic music culture in a time of war

Amidst the horrors of russia's war on Ukraine, local DJs, producers and music professionals have had their lives ripped apart, but many have passionately continued their work at home and abroad, using their experience to provide funds and direct aid to causes on the ground. Here, Tanya Voytko talks to artists from across the country about their personal experiences over the past six months, and to learn how they’re striving to preserve and promote their rich and diverse electronic music culture

I started writing this article on 22nd June, the day of remembrance for the victims of World War II in Ukraine. At dawn on that...

New manifesto for gender equality in music industry, All Things Equal, to launch with IWD event

Urban Projections, Loraine James, Shannen SP, Girls Don't Sync and Princess Arinola Adegbite are all involved in the launch event

Manchester-based creative music charity Brighter Sound has teamed up with Manchester promoter Submerge to launch a manifesto for equality in the music industry, All Things...

Thievery Corporation return with ‘Saudade,’ an ode to music's ability to wring beauty from sadness...

Thievery Corporation resides on opposite sides of the North American continent. The duo’s Eric Hilton remains in its original home of Washington DC while the...

Analysing the key trends from the voting in this year's DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll, in aid of Unicef

The Covid pandemic has adversely affected a lot of elements of the international electronic dance music scene, but it doesn’t seem to have dented the...

Techno would not exist as it does today without Kevin Saunderson. Some of the Detroit techno architect’s most revolutionary work has been released under the...

Techno is the language of machines speaking to each other, the vocabulary of shiny circuitry, the sound of the future in the here-and-now. But when...

The Manchester-born DJ hopes her book will inspire a more inclusive future for dance music

DJ Paulette has announced the release of her first book, Welcome To the Club: The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman DJ. 

The work...

While clubs have been closed during the pandemic, there has been an abundance of excellent dance music documentaries to fill the void left by their...

Whether celebrating individuals and movements that helped shaped where dance music culture is today, or commemorating everything coronavirus took from us in spring 2020, the...

Desperados Rave to Save

Watch Sunday’s live stream on DJ Mag’s Facebook and YouTube

Desperados ‘Rave to Save’ returns on Sunday 24th July for a fundraising live stream direct from Ibiza. The event — which will be produced and...

Gobstopper Records head, Mr. Mitch, discusses Black experiences, the white gaze and his decisions as a label boss

My name is Mr. Mitch, I am Black, I am an artist, and for the past 10 years I have also been running the label...

These two women are spreading their passion for electronic music and working to level the playing field through a program with Smirnoff that’s taken them...

Chicago’s dancefloors are second to none. One glimpse of the pulsing crowd that packs Smart Bar, the legendary no-frills club two blocks north of Wrigley...

TYGAPAW: music for the revolution

TYGAPAW makes music with a message of liberation, and of working toward a world where everyone is free to be true to themselves. It also happens to be music that slams. Bruce Tantum meets the Brooklyn-based artist to learn about their long journey to get to where they are now, and the road ahead

There’s a documentary called Underplayed, released in 2020, that focuses on gender, ethnic, and sexual equality issues within the electronic music world as seen “through...

The high-end filter plug in that is dance music's secret weapon

Welcome to Plugin Corner our monthly expose of some of the best Plug-ins around for creating electronic music

She will play one final club-oriented show in Montreal next month

Marie Davidson has spoken of her plans to retire from live club music after one final show in that vein in Montreal next month.

Taking...

Debut single from this hot new London drum & bass band

Animal Music are a new live drum & bass act from London, currently making waves on the blogs and in the live arena. Fusing the...

Thursday 27th March

It wouldn't be Music Week without our annual trip to the Dirtybird BBQ, this year held in Cafeina Wynwood Lounge, an exotic garden venue on...