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U K, G?: the electronic music collectives opening up conversations around mental health
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U K, G?: the electronic music collectives opening up conversations around mental health

Sticky Tapes, eott and Don’t Keep Hush tell Jack Ramage how they’re helping to shift perceptions around wellbeing in dance music

The stigma surrounding mental health has drastically changed over the last decade, with people beginning to realise how important it is to talk about their...
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Meet Nhạc Gãy, the collective leading Vietnam's new era of electronic music

Georgina Quach discovers how Saigon crew Nhạc Gãy's homegrown sound, queer-friendly ethos and raucous raves are an antidote to tourist-centric nightlife in Vietnam

When Hanoian punk band Cút Lộn stormed the stage at Ho Chi Minh City club Arcan last June, a mosh-pit ensued. Red light bathed the...
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These are this week's vital Bandcamp releases (27th March)

As a show of solidarity to support the artists and labels impacted through the cornavirus pandemic, we've launched a weekly roundup of the most vital...

The pandemic of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has had a devastating impact on our scene, leading to the cancellation of countless club nights and festivals...
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How independent radio has thrived in the pandemic

During a year decimated by lockdowns and venue closures, our need for sonic connection has sparked the resurgence of independent radio across the UK. Here...

16th March 2021 marks the grim one-year anniversary of Matt Hancock’s statement to the House Of Commons that all “unnecessary social contact” across the UK...

MC Conrad, legendary drum & bass vocalist, dies aged 52
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MC Conrad, pioneering drum & bass vocalist, dies aged 52

The beloved British vocalist, producer and label founder leaves behind “an unmatched legacy”

Pioneering drum & bass vocalist MC Conrad has died at the age of 52. Tributes to the influential MC, real name Conrad Thompson, began pouring...

Boomtown bar staff report poor treatment, discrimination and neglect at 2022 festival
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Boomtown bar staff report poor treatment, discrimination and neglect at 2022 festival

Workers subcontracted through Freemans Event Partners say the were threatened, neglected, overworked and suffered invasions of privacy at the Winchester festival earlier this month

This story was updated on 25th August 2022 to include statements from Boomtown concerning Freemans Event Partners and its share sales to Live Nation, SJM...

Electronic music industry value rose to $6 billion in 2021, IMS report reveals
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Electronic music industry value rose to $6 billion in 2021, IMS report reveals

Other key findings from the report include a "permanent" shift in expectation around diversity within the industry

The value of the electronic music industry grew to $6 billion in 2021, according to the International Music Summit's annual Business Report. That's up from...
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DJ Mag Top 100 DJs 2021: 1.3 million people vote in the world's biggest music poll

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...
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The ecstasy despite the agony: photographing gay clubbing in ‘90s northern England

Photographer Stuart Linden Rhodes, known mononymously Linden, spent the ‘90s capturing the queer clubbing scene in the north of England on his camera. Now his...

Throughout the 1990s, Stuart Linden Rhodes was a teacher by day and a writer and photographer covering the north’s gay clubbing scene at night. In...
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How club workers are feeling about the return of events

As the UK looks toward the end of lockdown and the reopening of clubs and festivals, Giulia Bottaro speaks to nightlife workers from different parts...

Ollie Clarke is out delivering Amazon parcels around Bristol in spring 2020. He’s one of many new workers that Royal Mail hired during the beginning...
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Top 100 Clubs 2020: Analysing this year's key trends

Our annual Top 100 Clubs poll is back for another year. DJ Mag readers from around the world voted in their droves for their favourite...

As we go to press with our 2020 Top 100 Clubs results, the future is, at best, uncertain. The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic has stopped...
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Top 100 voting closes today

The poll will end at 23:59 BST

DJ Mag's annual public vote to uncover the world's most popular DJs is almost over for another year, and we've been evolving to fit a...
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How Tidy Trax embodies the loud, proud spirit of Northern hard house

The Tidy Boys and their label Tidy Trax epitomised the early ‘00s hard house scene, at one point selling a million records a year. As...

“From 1998 to 2005 we had seven years of glory, then nobody wanted to be a DJ in hard house,” admits Amadeus Mozart, one half...
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How Dublin Digital Radio created a home for Ireland's independent music scene

Since its inception in 2016, Dublin Digital Radio has become a vital community outlet for many Irish DJs and producers, and has been of added...

For music fans that feel at odds with the algorithmic nature of streaming platforms, online radio is delivering an alternative source of music discovery and...

Get To Know: Regularfantasy
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Get To Know: Regularfantasy

Get acquainted with Regularfantasy, the Montreal-based artist producing addictive house music with a pop sparkle

From the outside, it would seem that Olivia Meek, the artist known to DIY dance and pop music aficionados as Regularfantasy, had a more productive...