One day in 1979, a young Renee Scroggins imagined what it would be like if a UFO landed in the housing projects of the South...
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When the South Bronx dance-punk outfit ESG released their Martin Hannett-produced debut EP in 1981, they had no idea how pivotal their stripped-back, funk-fueled sound would be on the evolution of hip-hop and house music: ‘UFO’ has been sampled over 500 times; ‘Moody’ was a staple in Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage sets. Four decades later, ahead of their set at Melting Pot & Optimo’s Queen’s Park Spring Weekender, Daniel Dylan Wray tells their story
We took this year's Space theme very seriously...
Each year, Secret Garden Party adopts a new theme for its annual run, kicking off in the idyllic meadows of Cambridgeshire every July. Having been...
Dirt Crew are desperate to inject some soul and emotion into German electronic music. DJmag.com chatted to them about the state of the German club...
Minimal, minimal, minimal. With so much good minimal music coming out of Germany these days, you'd be hard pressed to hear about a dance music...
After hitting creative block, techno DJ and producer Chris Liebing made some big changes to his life and way of working. Now he's made the...
“You could mistake me as an older guy who is already past his best times,” says Chris Liebing, who is 50 in December. And he’s...
Analysing the key trends from the voting in this year's DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll, in aid of Unicef, as Martin Garrix takes the top spot
A guide to dance music's pre-rave past
A guide to dance music's past
Chicago-born vocalist and musician KeiyaA’s debut album ‘Forever, Ya Girl’ was self-released last year, and won praise for its multi-layered and tender sound. Christine Ochefu...
DJ W!LD's top 10 most influential tracks
Brought up on disco, funk and hip-hop in Dijon in eastern France, DJ W!ld took his name from the seminal 1983 hip-hop documentary Wild Style...
After 20 years of fine-tuning Chicago jack beats, the legend of Sneak lives on
One of the early dons of Chicago's jackin' house scene who's still going strong, DJ Sneak's been mixing meaty, crunchy, flavoursome cuts on dancefloors since the good 'ol days.
We love Amsterdam, especially when essential industry conference ADE — the 20-year-old Amsterdam Dance Event — and our mega-enormo Top 100 DJs party are taking...
Whether industry hack, diehard dance fan or something in between, there's little doubt that Amsterdam Dance Event is a must-do. Kicking off every October in...
We run through some of the finest parties on offer during Miami Music Week 2024
The tunes that ruled 2016...
Thank god for Shazam, eh? Gone are the days of hearing a killer tune and painstakingly searching for it. Singing a hook to a bemused-looking...