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As Ultrafest celebrate their 10th birthday during WMC, we look back at the festival's highlights over the years

Timeline: Ultra Music Festival


1999 The very first Ultra is more of a party than a festival, taking place on Miami Beach. Even then...

30. Remix Hotel Logic Tuition


For the fifth year running, the National Hotel on Collins Avenue will be transformed into the 'Remix Hotel' – a...

DJ Mag chats with international superstar Fei-Fei, who proves that dreams can come true...

As police sirens ring in the distance and a pink sunset spreading its vapors over the Los Angeles skyline, Fei-Fei embodies urban royalty and creativity...

Ben Cardew looks back at how Louie Vega and Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez’s rapturous 1997 homage to their musical roots

Two decades before Daft Punk rolled back the technological years on ‘Random Access Memories’, another iconic house duo went back to their roots. Kenny “Dope”...

The on-the-road diary of the world's top DJs treading the globe!

Layo & Bushwaka The DJ/production partnership of Layo Paskin and Matthew Benjamin has come a long way since delivering their first album 'Lowlife' on End Recordings in 1999

Avid are not new to the digital DJing arena — but will they be the talk of the town with their Torq 2 digital DJ...

It all started with Jimmy Savile. Spinback to 1947, and legend dictates that Sir Jimmy, armed with nothing more than two turntables and a microphone...

If anyone knows how to throw a party for WMC it's Robbie Rivera, whose Nikki Beach partyathon is one of the juiciest gigs during conference...


Track by track


Robbie guides us through the tracks he's selected for this issue's covermount CD…





1. Robbie Rivera The Hum Melody


"'The...

TSHA surrounded by flowers, shot by Nicole Ngai

London-based DJ, producer and live artist TSHA has risen rapidly in the scene, and is receiving her flowers with grace. But it hasn't always been easy.  As she prepares to release her stunning debut LP, 'Capricorn Sun', on Ninja Tune, she speaks to Amy Fielding about overcoming online trolls, astrology, the art of DJing and more

Across one bitterly cold weekend in February 2017, Ninja Tune’s revered live act Simon Green, AKA Bonobo, descended on South London for two sold-out performances...

The UK's essential nights out

Novembers top club nights

Jon Carter and Alex Blanco discover that Akai's new APC40 Controller is the perfect bedfellow for Ableton Live

Midi controllers are two-a-penny these days, but every now and then something special comes along. The Akai APC40 — designed specifically with Ableton Live in...

Formidable DJ/producer/promoter Katie Rex steps up with a fierce mix of hammering electro and techno. We catch up with the Brooklyn mainstay to discuss her...

Katie Rex describes herself as a “sound enthusiast and friend of dogs”, so she’s already a winner in our books.

Over the past four years...

A selection of 8 press shots of artists featured in DJ Mag’s February emerging artists feature

The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From quaking dubstep and tripped-out rap, to healing house, R&B and beyond, here’s February 2024’s list of upcoming talent you should be keeping track of

Danish-Honduran artist Julie Pavon has so far released just one EP, but is already rising swiftly. The vocalist and songwriter’s six-track debut ‘Watch Her Dance’...

AVA Festival shot from above

Last month, 16,000 ravers attended Belfast's AVA Festival at its new home on the Titanic Slipways. DJ Mag traveled to AVA to discover how the event is creating a sense of unity, community and a second wave of rave in the city

In 2015, Belfast’s first AVA Festival and conference found its home beneath the towering yellow Harland & Wolff cranes — affectionately named Samson and Goliath...

DJ Mag's weekly Solid Gold series examines the ongoing significance and influence of electronic albums throughout history. In our latest edition, Ben Cardew revisits Daft Punk's...

It is not too much of an exaggeration to say that dance music entered a brave new world on February 26, 2001, when Daft Punk...

We follow the fun-loving DJ duo on tour — here's what happened when they hit Marbella, Ibiza and more...

"We won’t bore you with aircraft tales. It’s the usual procedure, check in, sweat about baggage allowance (not such a panic these days since Serato...