As styles and sounds establish themselves in the ever-expanding electronic and dance music landscape, there are few better crash courses than a good compilation. In...
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The award winner announcements will kick off at 3:12pm GMT
DJ Mag's Best of British 2021 award winners are set to be announced online later this week.
Following the cancellation of DJ Mag's in-person event...
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Join us at The Steel Yard in December for the Best Of British Awards party
The first wave of acts slated to perform at DJ Mag’s Best of British Awards party have been announced. Limited £6 tickets are on sale...
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From: Croydon, UKFor Fans Of: Stray, Commodo, ShlohmoThree Tunes: ‘For Sudden’, ‘Around’, ‘Scope’
Words: Ben Hunter
Deft is the alias of Yip Wong. Born in Croydon, he has a talent for loping, sophisticated beats which, if you didn’t know otherwise, might...
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Eats Everything, Breakwave, Ellie Cocks, Jamz Supernova and Mason Maynard are the first names announced to play our annual celebration of UK talent...
The nominations have been announced for DJ Mag's annual Best Of British poll, powered by Relentless energy drink.
The poll – a celebration of UK...
Andy Butlers musical box of delights
Since the “EDM” beast started to roam, much like the all-consuming blob in that ‘50s B-movie, house music has undergone reconstruction — a re-branding process...
2019’s best compilations celebrated innovative styles and fusions from across the globe, as well as some of underground dance music’s formative sounds. Below, you'll find...
With summer's subterranean smash tune ‘Jack’ signed to a major and chart success beckoning, Ben Westbeech, aka Breach, tells us how he’s heading for the...
Pop music has always run from the sublime to the irredeemable. The charts have rotated from gold to grot since the dawn of the Hit Parade, and the model doesn’t look likely to change anytime soon. So whilst there are always dark periods when commercial radio is little more than a cemetery of tired ideas, dug up and forced to fandango one more time, every now and then a new generation of musicians kick down the door, reset the rules, and party ‘til the lights come on.
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"We all knew within five minutes we were gonna make a UKG summer sunshine banger."
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Shining a spotlight on the UK stars that fill the pages of our UK magazine each month
The nominations have been announced for DJ Mag's Best Of British awards 2021.
This year marks the 15th edition of the awards, our annual celebration...
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Dubbed ‘the first lady of Detroit’, Kelli Hand stood as an oft-unsung champion of the sounds that have defined the city's landscape for almost three...
Kelli Hand, also known as K-Hand — one of the most important pioneers of Detroit techno — has died. Her passing was confirmed by friends...
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Cornwall's annual party on the shore returns in two weeks, taking over Fistral Beach from Wednesday 8th to Sunday 12th August, and we can almost...
This year's Boardmasters looks set to be the finest yet, a celebration of all things surf, sun (assuming the UK heatwave continues) and serious tunes...
The year's most memorable selections...
Despite the free music market we live in today, 2013 coughed up another smorgasbord of good quality comps from clubs, labels and collectives committing to...
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When the pandemic hit, Hyperdub-signed Canadian musician and vocalist Jessy Lanza packed up and moved to the sunny West Coast, where she began a...
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Valencian upstart Pépe delivers an irrepressible mix of dubbed-out house, breaks and bass as part of our Fresh Kicks series...
It's easy to forget when listening to Pépe’s Fresh Kicks mix that he’s only 23-years-old. The same sentiment resonates through his own productions, emitting the...
It'd be rude not to really...
Let's cut to the chase. While your nan might be happy with her champers and 'Auld Lang Syne', we know you lot like New Year...