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Ahead of a crazy Ibiza season, Jackathon boss Heidi shares her thoughts on the island, past, present and future...

A one-time staffer behind the desk at Phonica, an esteemed selector and a celebrated radio presenter at BBC Radio 1, Heidi is the sort of...

In this regular feature, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp...

Clubs around the world are shut, and opportunities to find new music out in the wild have been ripped from under our feet as a...

The Sheffield-based DJ/producer and promoter delivers a blistering mix inspired by his recent Fabric set. He also discusses all things Hope Works, musicianship, and his...

Photo of Branko in an ornate corridor with blurred figures passing across in front of him

Buraka Som Sistema co-founder Branko calls on a litany of local Lisbon talent and global vocal guests on his fourth LP, ‘Soma’. Hear the pan-flute theatrics of ‘Impulso’ now

Branko will release a new album, ‘Soma’, later this week via his Enchufada label. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Impulso’ below. The fourth LP...

Crossing over to practically every genre, DJ and dancefloor in 2005, ‘Rej’ is an evergreen classic. Ahead of the 100th release on Innervisions,  Âme discuss...

Few tracks capture the exciting crux and flux of mid-2000s house and techno quite as succinctly as Âme’s ‘Rej’. A palpitating journeyman beacon flashing urgently...

Hot Natured have already dented the UK charts and sold out Brixton Academy in their first appearance as a live act. Now, with their debut...

Following the 20-year cycle of cultural revival, it's not just '90s fashions and sample libraries that have come back around onto dancefloors. Buoyed by America’s repackaging of dance music as EDM and pop’s perpetual shapeshifting, house music is finally back at the top of the charts.

The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From thunderous techno and languid house to colourful bass and EBM, here's...

Yura Khlop, aka SE62, is a permanent fixture within Kiev’s dance music scene. After being invited to play alongside Mike Huckaby in 2015, he joined...

Proof that the scene is still going strong

Despite a succession of club closures during 2016, the UK scene has remained bullish. In London, Fabric has been saved to everyone’s relief and a...

Having experienced natural disasters and political uncertainties, a group of young Nepalese artists and organisers are looking to re-create an electronic music scene of their...

Nepal has always captivated imaginations. Nestled in-between two superpowers in India and China, and settled atop the Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world...

We speak to Berlin’s sampling bootleg king ahead of SW4...

At what point does sampling become plagiarism? It's a common question in dance music, but with few occasions has the debate become as contentious as...

Ready to talk openly about her traverses as a trans DJ, we sit down and get to know Octo Octa over Skype...

Shortly after coming out as transgender, Brooklyn’s Octo Octa released ‘Where Are We Going’ on Honey Soundsystem, an exceptionally classy piano-led house/techno album on which she embraces...

A selection of 8 press shots of artists featured in DJ Mag’s April emerging artists feature

The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From rowdy breaks and dreamy deep house to ambient electro and otherworldly techno, here’s April 2024’s list of upcoming talent you should be keeping track of

“I love music that just catches your attention from the get-go,” says JWY, describing the kinds of tracks you might hear in one of her...

With his latest album, the artist proves his genre-defying feats have only just begun...

 

Alexander Ridha loves sound. He uses the word 45 times in 62 minutes of conversation. That’s once every 82 seconds, if you’re counting. “My...

clubbing with crowds and plants

Emerging technology, BODYHEAT, promises to make clubs more carbon neutral. Sophie Lou Wilson speaks to those behind it, the first club to trial it (SWG3 Glasgow), and others about how it works, as well as its potential and limits

Fifteen minutes’ walk from the site of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, there’s a nightclub. SWG3 is an independent venue that has put on...

We meet the Italian techno don face-to-face in Barcelona...

Joseph Capriati is the rapidly-rising Italian techno star who's broadened his sound out for Ibiza to inject more groove into it. Leaving behind the Music...