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Pirate Studios has given thousands of young producers and musicians affordable access to recording and DJ studios, encouraging collaborations, community and creativity. As an uncertain...

Since 2010, the UK has seen a decimation of local authority culture and arts budgets, with almost £400m being stripped out of annual spending since...

Photo of Tiffany Calver and the artwork from her DJ Mag selections picks

In this series, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Tiffany Calver spotlights head-turning UK rap and garage, punchy bass, big-room amapiano and more

Tiffany Calver’s landmark four-year run on the Radio 1 Rap Show established her as a DJ at the top of the rap game. Alongside showcasing...

Sheffield-born, Berlin-based DJ, producer and Breaker Breaker Recs founder, Haider, steps up with an hour of tough, technicolor house, disco, breaks and acid for the Fresh...

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...

Photo of NikNak beneath a blue, pink and purple spotlight

Turntablist NikNak has a unique style, cutting and scratching field recordings and samples into ambient tracks — but her latest album finds her leaning into the dance music you might hear in one of her club sets. Ben Murphy speaks to her about Afrofuturist sci-fi, trip-hop, pop, and why she loves found sounds

DJ, turntablist and producer NikNak approaches the decks differently. The Leeds-based artist’s debut album, ‘Bashi’, released in 2020, found her using turntables to manipulate field...

Pioneer DJ’s new CloudDirectPlay ushers in a new era for DJing

Pioneer DJ announced a new firmware update for their flagship CDJ3000 player last week, called CloudDirectPlay. The new feature lets users access files stored in...

UK drill videos have played a crucial role in the sound's meteoric rise, with platforms like Mixtape Madness, Link Up TV, SBTV, and Pressplay Media...

A camera’s view taken from a drone rises above an London cityscape, revealing countless rows of suburban houses and greenery. Below, a ballied-up teenager starts...

On Cue is our flagship mix series, celebrating the pivotal DJs and producers whose influence has shaped the world of electronic music, both in their...

It’s 2006 in Northern Ireland, and Belfast-born DJ Jordan is performing to 10,000 people on stage at the now-defunct Planet Love Festival, which is being...

Representing Brazil in Las Vegas...

The Miller SoundClash finalists are busy preparing for their trip to Las Vegas for the Grand Final. In the lead up, we'll be profiling each...

Stimming is delighting the club scene and music community with his new “4D” approach...

Stimming is an artist looking to challenge the norm, pushing boundaries with his productions and his “live” sets. Part of Solomun’s DIYnamic crew, he's made...

Drum & bass supremo Icicle is dropping some ice-cold beats on to the streets...

Dutch DJ/producer Jeroen Snik, better known to the world as Icicle, is regarded as one of the most technically advanced and highly-respected producers in his...

We join ever bumping UK garage king DJ EZ for a night on the town in LA

Noisy traffic lanes buzz cacophonously, scores of people lost in conversation, taking photos, following every star sign. City tour and nightlife street promoters are poaching...

Reloop's new Beatpad Controller gives iPad DJs professional hands-on control...

In the four years since the release of the first iPad there has been a steady stream of music-making and DJing apps that have got...

12 tracks in 12 months plus a host of remixes — welcome to the crazy world of Jesse Rose...

Recording and releasing 12 tracks over a year — one each month — might seem like a sure-fire way to hit that creative wall, but...

DJ Mag's alternative choices

Beyond the Top 100 DJs poll 2013 there's a whole world of underground DJs pushing the boundaries of their art-form and championing the most forward-thinking new music. The DJs in our annual Alternative Choice feature represent a selection of unsung heroes selected by the DJ Mag team.