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San Francisco's Loveparade is happening this year, despite previous news announcing a cancellation.

It's like a puzzle, wrapped in an enigma, hidden in the world's biggest Sudoku challenge.

First it was announced that San Fran's Loveparade was cancelled...

The UK has a new double festival this year, which combines dance music DJs with live bands. Will it lead to a large-scale ravers vs...

The UK has a new double music festival this year, which combines both live bands and DJs closely on the same bill.

Hi:Fi is the...

French DJ and producer Monsieur Dimitri From Paris was in the States last weekend, and agreed to keep a diary for DJmag.com.

Friday March 24th

It's been eight days on the road already.

I've been to Guatemala, Monterrey (Mexico), San Diego, LA, Miami and now I'm heading...

The End celebrates its tenth birthday this year. Listen to a recording of Laurent Garnier's first ever eight hour set from the club, and win...

Ten years ago, an architect named Douglas Paskin visited a dilapidated 19th century underground stable in central London.

His discovery was to change the face...

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Warsaw-based imprint ZEJŚCIE unites 20 artists making waves in the Polish electronic scene on its debut compilation, ‘ZSC004’. Hear Avtomat’s ‘Tatuś Hula (Unholy Ukrainian)’ below

A new bass-focused compilation spotlighting experimental Polish electronic music is arriving via Warsaw-based label, ZEJŚCIE. Have an exclusive first listen to Avtomat’s contribution ‘Tatuś Hula...

AC55ID

AC55ID is a new Bandcamp-style website that works via subscription

A new music marketplace called AC55ID has launched that allows artists to sell their music, merch, physical releases and more, all for free, with no...

Congo Natty

On his upcoming 25-track opus ‘Ancestorz’ — which he describes as his life's work — long-serving jungle soldier Congo Natty unites many voices from across the diaspora, joining dots through the history of Black music and celebrating the new jungle generation. In a series of in-depth interviews for DJ Mag, he talks to Dave Jenkins about love, revolution, unity, and reclaiming his place in the history books

“This isn’t an interview, brother, this is an outerview!” Congo Natty declares. He draws on his spliff, holding DJ Mag’s gaze with intensity. Even through...

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Since beatboxing first arrived on British shores from the US in the ’80s, the passion and innovation of UK acts have taken the art to unimaginable heights. Jak Hutchcraft charts the development of the scene, speaking to boundary breakers and educators, and finds it in ruder health than ever

DJ Mag is sat in Wembley Arena surrounded by thousands of singing children. We’re at a Young Voices event — the largest school choir in...

As dance music’s top-heavy, tour-focused infrastructure crumbles, people across the industry are wondering how new revenue streams can emerge to support artists during and after...

It’s been four months since COVID-19 sent dancers into deep freeze. With no sign of a vaccine, the suspicion is that clubs will stay closed...

Salute looking straight at the camera. They are wearing a multi-coloured fluffy sweater and leaning with their hands placed on a pool table

Vienna-born, Manchester-based salute’s DJ sets and productions shine at the intersection of garage, French house and ‘80s synth styles. Ahead of the release of their star-studded debut album on Ninja Tune, they tell Kamila Rymajdo about their musical upbringing, flying the flag for Black artistry, and their joyful sound that, simply, makes people feel good

salute is thinking about their legacy. “I want to make music not just for the sake of making music, I want to do it because...

At the centre of Daft Punk’s world-beating debut album lay a tribute to the architects of dance music, titled ‘Teachers’. With the help of Neil...

25 years ago today, Daft Punk graduated into the hottest electronic act on earth. If you gave every would-be student of dance music a starter...

Italian techno producer and live artist Giorgia Anguili began her musical journey in the classical realm, before gradually finding herself captivated by the power of...

“Forget prejudices. If the music is created with a pure soul, no matter about its genre, let the sounds resonate within you. Explore different things...

Prolific UK DJ and producer Mani Festo records a thunderous two-hour mix of rave futurism and hardcore nostalgia for the Recognise series, and speaks to...

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Editor's note: we will be updating this as a live directory, so welcome recommendations for additions. Please send to [email protected], DJ Mag supported Blackout Tuesday...

The relationship between dance music and British politics has often been fraught and confrontational. But in the last five years, promoters and politicians have started...

Ever since the late 1980s, UK dance music’s interactions with politicians, police officers and mainstream public opinion have been defined by suspicion, misunderstanding or outright...