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Every era of British dance music has its myths and over-simplified narratives — hell, even little known local scenes have urban legends. Below, Matt Anniss...

We need to think about how we document dance music culture. It may seem odd saying this when there are so many magazines, podcasts, and...

With Miller Genuine Draft

The remix is an essential part of dance music tradition. Whether it is creating live edits in front of a crowd or preparing bootlegs to...

EBM has been having a major influence on techno recently, but many of the DJs playing/producing the sound still utilise the genre’s classic tracks in...

The unstoppable influence of EBM has been clear to see recently.

The term EBM (electronic body music) was first coined by Ralf Hütter of Kraftwerk...

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...

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Featuring memorabilia from Shroom, Fantazia, FAC51 Hacienda, Jungle Fever, and many more

A new book collecting classic UK rave and acid house membership cards is set to be published on 1st September by Velocity Press. The deluxe...

Dorothy Classic Hip Hop Stamp Collection

LPs from Gang Starr, Cypress Hill, BDP, Run D.M.C., Queen Latifah and Lauryn Hill all feature

A new stamp card-style print has been released paying tribute to 40 hip-hop albums, tracing the genre back to its early-1980s roots and celebrating its...

Watch Dance System live from DJ Mag HQ, this Friday

Dance System will play a live stream from DJ Mag HQ this Friday from 17:00 (GMT)

This Friday (4th March) we welcome Dance System to DJ Mag HQ for a 60-minute livestream. Ahead of the release of his new album, ‘In...

No Limitations - James Blake’s Neon Future Funk

“If anyone is hating on it, it’s evident they’re not really behind me as an artist, they’re just behind certain releases. That’s not necessarily unexpected...

For 20 years, Simon Dunmore's Defected has been dedicated to the finest in house music, from its label and numerous associated imprints, to its events...

“I’m a collector of labels. My ambition was for people to have a Defected rack in their collections in the same way they'd have a...

The event will take place in a yet-to-be-revealed location this May

A new festival celebrating dance music from the ‘90s and ‘00s will take place in Manchester this summer. 

Flashback Festival, organised by Dance Generation...

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"Remixing such a classic was an absolute honour," said the Berlin-based DJ and producer

Logic1000 has released her remix of Groove Armada's 2001 single 'My Friend'. The Sydney-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer - real name Samantha Poulter - has...

If you’re telling people to “keep politics out of music”, you’re missing the point. Here, DJ Mag’s Harold Heath explains why politics are an integral...

It first happened at a media dinner about five years ago. I was sandwiched rather uncomfortably between two older international journalists — one from Amsterdam...

Classic trance database collects 150,000 tracks from 1988 to 2009

Creator Koncz Dávid is confident that the database has been compiled with at least 90% accuracy

A new database collecting 150,000 classic trance tracks has gone online. The comprehensive spreadsheet, which uses vinyl releases as a reference, was created with the...

Featuring pictures by famed New York nightlife documentarian Bill Bernstein and music by JKRIV, Morgan Whiley, Jitwam and TEYMORI

A series of rare Studio 54 images, along with a new 8-bit video game based on the seminal New York club, have been developed into...