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Black-owned music organisations, radio stations and record labels are helping to create vital platforms for Black producers and DJs who’ve been held back by systemic...

Though all genres of Black music have been subjected to exclusion, commodification and whitewashing, Black ownership in music varies. While rap and hip-hop are largely...

Japan is producing some of the world’s most vital techno, though its roots go way back to the late 1970s. We talk to some of...

Since the end of World War II, Western culture has loomed large over everyday life in Japan. The decades since have brought about a wide...

Artists to watch 2022

Introducing the artists set to make waves this year: From Jersey club, Afrotech, and hardcore to UK rap, Brazilian grime, Ghanain asakaa and beyond, these are the DJs, producers and MCs pushing tomorrow’s sounds today

The hyper-kinetic pulse of Jersey club is taking over the world, and one of its most prolific young talents is New Jersey polymath, SJAYY, whose...

The two stars of South Africa's music scene were en route to perform at a concert

Amapiano artists Mpura and Killer Kau have died after being involved in a car accident while travelling en route to a concert in Rustenburg, South...

Having laid the groundwork last year, here are the five essential acts set to make 2019 their own...

 

KETTAMA (from Galway, Ireland)

Key tunes: 'Body', 'Kilt', 'Raw Cuts'

For fans of: DJ Haus, Mall Grab, Lone

Evan Campbell talks at about a...

Noods Radio announces artist development programme

Applications for the 10-month scheme close 25th February 

Noods Radio has announced a new artist development programme called Bloom. The initiative will offer emerging musicians in South-West England and South Wales the opportunity...

January’s Cheeky Bubblers...

Morgan
Fiercely low-slung tech

Morgan is the Australia-born, Barcelona-based selector that first came on to DJ Mag’s radar with her ‘The Queens EP’ on Sunday...

A 42% visa price hike is coming into effect in December...

United States’ Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a 42% rate hike for foreign artists applying for a visa to work in the U.S...

New Berlin event series, Soy&Synth, celebrates South Asian and South American diasporic artists

Soydivision, L_KW and Midnight Shift come together to highlight emerging experimental artists through a series of improvisational performance and discourse events, plus a live compilation

A new event series in Berlin aims to celebrate emerging experimental artists from the South American and South East Asian diasporas. South by South Sonic...

The grant aims to help emerging artists pursue a new or ongoing project with a community focus

Pirate have launched their new Project Fund initiative which gives artists free studio time throughout 2022, and applications are now open. 

The scheme provides opportunities...

TikTok launches music distribution platform, Sound On, with most royalties going to artists

Artists will also pay no fees, and have access to promotional tools and professional support 

TikTok is launching a music distribution platform, Sound On, with the promise of giving 100% of royalties directly to artists for their first year, and...

SHERELLE’s BEAUTIFUL label and AIAIAI partner on new initiative for Black and LGBTQI+ artists

The project will encompass a new studio space, academy and workshop programme, and an exhibition series 

SHERELLE's BEAUTIFUL label and the Danish audio firm AIAIAI are partnering on a new initiative aimed at supporting Black and LGBTQI+ artists, comprising free workshops...

The deadline for submissions is Friday 1st November... 

NTS has opened applications for its 2020 artist development programme, Work In Progress. 

The online radio giant, which currently operates out of London and Manchester...

DJ Fresh has had a life of vertiginous highs and crushing lows — from his time in drum & bass supergroup Bad Company, to having No.1...

DJ Fresh still vividly remembers where he was the moment he knew his health was in trouble. “I was sitting in traffic on the Hammersmith flyover, driving home from the...

How the global boom of African music is resonating with electronic artists in the diaspora

It’s an exciting time to be both a new and old fan of African music, but how does it feel for African artists raised and working in the diaspora? As producers and consumers, these artists have a unique vantage point on this cultural shift. Jessica Kariisa speaks to Nazar, Hagan, Juba and Chief Boima and asks: what does music from “back home” mean today?

In the early 2000s, there was a small, unassuming stall on the second floor balcony of Kampala’s Bugolobi market. Stocked with computers, scanners and other...