March 2017. Luciano, real name Lucien Nicolet, is in Frankfurt airport, and he’s bent double with heart palpitations. He knows something isn’t right: things are...
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Dance music has a mental health problem. Sirin Kale speaks to artists such as Luciano, Courtesy and Marie Davidson, as well as some PRs and...
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Today marks the midpoint in the voting in the 2020 edition of DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs poll. In unprecedented times for the electronic music...
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When it was released in 1995, ‘Boulevard’ consummated the union between house music and jazz, whilst clearing the path for a wave of French house...
‘Boulevard’, the 1995 debut album from Parisian producer Ludovic Navarre — aka St Germain — was by no means the first time jazz had mixed with house. Larry...
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Held in Berlin's jawdropping Kraftwerk building, the radical and avant-garde ethos of Atonal has solidified its status as one of the most crucial experimental music...
There’s hardly a festival that embodies Berlin’s free spirit better than Berlin Atonal. Launched in 1982 by Dimitri Heggemann at the legendary SO36 venue, Atonal...
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Our monthly label showcase, The Sound Of, puts the focus on the imprints we love; outlets that are championing new artists, dropping key releases and...
It’s not your average label that can claim to have slick garage from DJ Q, Finn’s hyperspeed disco and the boundary-pushing R&B of singer-songwriter...
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Two of Nottingham’ disco powerhouse pick the tracks that have inspired them...
Crazy P were originally called Crazy Penis when they formed in Nottingham two decades ago, but they lopped off the ‘enis’ after a few years...
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Re-Textured, Bangface Weekender, Tuff Life...
It's a month of change to say the least, with British summertime arriving and EU leaving drinks still possible. Some things always stay the same though—...
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The last decade has yielded some extraordinary innovations in dance and DJ culture. Below, we count down some of the most significant technological tools to...
It’s 2008. Armin Van Buuren has won the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll for the second year running. Gordon Brown has shakily taken the...
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Though more and more artists are bringing live elements into their tech riders, Saytek is no bandwagoner. His first shows were in 2003, when a...
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As electronic music and live performance continue to intertwine, our new series explores how some of the best artists take their studios on the road...
Why was it important to you to develop a live show over just DJing?
"We initially didn't even involve DJing in our sets, we actually...
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As electronic music and live performance continue to intertwine, our new series explores how some of the best artists take their studios on the road...
Ahead of their live show for The Hydra at Printworks on March 3rd alongside Kerri Chandler, John Talabot, Job Jobse and Lindstrøm, we spoke to Tiger &...
The New York club stalwart delivers a propulsive and percussive mix lifted from a recent set in Brooklyn's Good Room. He also gives us some...
Eli Escobar has been at the heart of New York’s club scene for over two decades now. Born and raised in the city, the DJ/producer...
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What do you buy the producer who has it all? That is, of course, a trick question – no producer ever has it all. There’s...
When it comes to trance, few DJs can hold a candle to Paul van Dyk. One of the genre’s true superstars and a bonafide legend...
From humble beginnings in East Germany, Van Dyk came of age when the Berlin wall fell, a dramatic moment that would have a lasting impact...
DJ Mag explores the often overlooked Warsaw club scene, discovering everything from techno to weirdo-pop in the process...
Forget what you think you know about Warsaw because the chances are unless you live there or know someone who does, you’ve been getting the...