By the early ’90s, dance music in the UK was already a complex beast. US house and techno cross-pollinated with synth-pop, rare groove and soundsystem...
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One of the first legal UK mega-raves to bring dance music culture to the masses was Fantazia. With its emphasis on spending big production budgets...
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Richie Hawtin is one of the most pioneering artists in electronic music, and a true proponent of techno’s future-focused ideology. As the winner of DJ...
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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...
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Düsseldorf is a city steeped with a history of artists and clubs that have existed on the bleeding edge of alternative music – from Kraftwerk...
It’s 3am at a packed out Salon des Amateurs, and Vladmir Ivkovic is playing b2b with Toulouse Low Trax. The Belgrade-born DJ has just dropped...
These are the DJs set to battle it out in Vienna
Following incredible NYDJAY events in some of Europe's hottest clubs, it is time for the NYDJAY by NEW YORKER Grand Finale, which takes place at...
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They’re touted as a legislative firewall to keep Aussie partygoers safe, but have Australia’s unpopular ‘lockout laws’ irreparably damaged Down Under’s nightlife for good? DJ Mag...
A few weeks ago, a pair of successful Australian DJs wrote a letter. The now-famous note wasn’t to a manager, a booking agent or even...
Critically acclaimed and wholly unstoppable, musical genius BT doesn’t break boundaries. For him, they don’t exist.
Everyone told BT it was impossible. Record labels and agents, promoters and peers said his vision for ‘Electronic Opus’, a unique mixture of live electronic...
An intimate look at the bass wizard behind Flux Pavilion reveals a magnetic soul who uses his feelings as a force to drive his creations
Flux Pavilion is a man in touch with his feelings. He prefers love over hate, chords over kick drums, and wants desperately to play for...
After decades connecting the dots of disco, the timeless Nile Rodgers unearths Chic music of the past to create a future where his sounds will...
“What’s up, baby?” Nile Rodgers answers the phone in arpeggio. For those who have never partaken in a conversation with the storied band Chic’s co-founder...
It might officially be part of the United States, but Hawaii's Asylum club exists in a magical world of its own...
Hawaii may be America's 50th state but anyone who's been there will agree that it feels like a distant refuge from the US mainland. Two...
We talk Boiler Room, Daft Punk and SW4 in this exclusive back-to-back interview between Tottenham’s DJ EZ and legendary US producer Todd Edwards...
Legends is a word that is bandied around so lazily these days that it often loses all meaning, but with Todd Edwards and DJ EZ, the cap well-and-truly fits.
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Kuedo’s first album, 2011’s ‘Severant’, blended filmic synths with trap beats and provided a blueprint for synthwave artists the world over. But after scoring a Blade Runner animation with Flying Lotus and various other projects, his new record offers a more expansive vision. George Bass quizzes him about avoiding nostalgia, eco-anxiety, and finding the confidence to make his music more emotional
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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...
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Influenced by emerging electronic techniques and the rave scene, industrial outfit Coil's third album 'Love's Secret Domain' is full of trippy, drug-fuelled dichotomies and collaborations...
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Working for free is rife among producers and engineers, with 77% having worked for free in the last 12 months alone. But is it just...