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The artists primed for big things in 2013!

If you thought 2012 was a fine vintage for speaker-cracking sounds, get a load of these lot. They're some of the cats who'll be making the dancefloor an intoxicating place to be this year. Serving up everything from deep disco vibes to subterranean bass darkness, these are the DJ/producers destined to make a splash in 2013...

We take a look back at the news of 2015 through the prism of the international dance music scene. It's been quite a year!

January is a notoriously slow month in clubland — a time when gym memberships take priority over all-nighters and pennies are scraped together. Many top...

Maya Jane Coles spreads her artistic wings wider with a new album under the moniker Nocturnal Sunshine...

Maya Jane Coles emerges from the gloom of her hotel lobby like a tiny beacon. She instinctively reaches her slim arms out for a hello...

Rising Dutch star Quintino provides a master class in humility, giving back to his fans and explaining why you should never go soft..

This year's results are now in, check them out here!

The most wide-ranging annual survey of dance music technology and kit is back. Every year we aim to improve the way we deliver the DJ...

Photo of Cavo Paradiso and the surrounding coast from above

Thirty years on from first opening its doors, Cavo Paradiso is a true destination club. Having made its name during the peak of progressive house, this Top 100 Clubs staple now caters for an international crowd. Martin Guttridge-Hewitt hears about the ups, the downs, and the secret to Cavo’s longevity

As the first ruby rays of summer sunshine pierce the endless horizon, slowly revealing subtle differences between the shade of sea and sky, it’s pretty...

Billy Nasty shot by Carl Loben

A stalwart of the UK’s dance music community for over 30 years, DJ Billy Nasty was a pioneer of '90s progressive house before launching his techno and electro labels, Tortured and Electrix. A true vinyl devotee, he now runs the Vinyl Curtain record shop in Brighton. Harold Heath meets him in his home town to talk mix CDs, underground dance music history, running labels and the enduring importance of vinyl DJing

It’s fitting that DJ Mag meets acid house original, world-class DJ, UK techno trailblazer, mix-CD pioneer and vinyl-devotee Billy Nasty in his record shop The...

Ron Trent sat at a table in a high rise building

Ron Trent has a deep understanding of electronic music. Beginning his production career in his teens, the venerated Chicago resident has travelled through techno, deep house and Afro house over the years. His latest album ‘WARM: What Do The Stars Say To You’, produced with a live band, demonstrates the duality of his work: it’s futuristic and somehow ancient, cosmic and aquatic. DJ Mag's Ria Hylton catches up with the Chicago house legend to learn more

In October 2019, Tama Sumo and Lakuti held a Your Love party in east London’s Moth Club, and somewhere in the final hours of the...

As dance music’s top-heavy, tour-focused infrastructure crumbles, people across the industry are wondering how new revenue streams can emerge to support artists during and after...

It’s been four months since COVID-19 sent dancers into deep freeze. With no sign of a vaccine, the suspicion is that clubs will stay closed...

The past few years have seen mental health pushed to the forefront of conversation in electronic music; however, the effects of racism are still not...

Nilaari (meaning self-worth or value) is a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community-based charity, delivering culturally appropriate counselling, social care support, advice and advocacy...

MHYSA’s thought-provoking work looks toward a post-binary, post-male-dominated future. It’s also some of the most atmospheric, beautifully immersive music around

“I am not grappling with notions of identity and representation in my art. I’m grappling with safety and futurity. The black diva is an archetypal...

With clubs and festivals back in full swing in the UK, DJ Mag speaks to a range of club-goers, from DJs and bar staff to...

When clubs in England first reopened on 19th July after over a year of lockdowns, social distancing and isolation, thousands flocked to dancefloors across the...

While clubs have been closed during the pandemic, there has been an abundance of excellent dance music documentaries to fill the void left by their...

Whether celebrating individuals and movements that helped shaped where dance music culture is today, or commemorating everything coronavirus took from us in spring 2020, the...

DJ Mag USA speaks with the SCI+TEC label boss, and sound/live show innovator, Dubfire...  

It’s 10am in Tokyo. The witching hour for most DJs who would probably be asleep at this time, tangled in a mix of hotel...

Swedish DJ/producer Axel Boman's name crops up on all the best festival and club line-ups, DJ set lists and label discographies. His imaginative, freaky tunes...

Axel Boman is “trying out a new look”. He’s wearing an all black turtle-neck jumper and floppy black cricket cap, but he’s not sure it’s...