It’s Sunday afternoon, 16th March 2008, and the dancefloor of Turnmills is packed with dancers in varying states of undress. Watching over them, grinning maniacally...
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The fierce LGBTQ+ party Trade was the UK’s first legal after-hours club event, opening at 3am and closing at 9am. It laid the groundwork for a new on-and-on party culture, while its sexual and gender diversity was a forerunner for today’s queer club scene. As it celebrates its 30th anniversary, and prepares for its 24-hour birthday party at Egg London, Joe Roberts speaks to some of its regular DJs, designers and founder Laurence Malice about Trade's boundary-breaking legacy
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A new photography book, Drumz Of The South: The Dubstep Years 2004-2007 captures the early years of dubstep, depicting an important cultural moment in UK musical history. Charlie Bird talks to photographer Georgina Cook about the invention and excitement of the time, the influence of South London, and how that moment is influencing a new generation
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Born in Jamaica around half a century ago, dancehall music has found fans, artists and chart-topping success all around the globe in the decades since...
When is a band not a band? We aim to find out...
When is a band not a band? When it’s one or two electronic music producers recording albums that sound like bands? The dividing line between...
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Manchester-based DJ Paulette — pivotal in several of the most significant moments in European electronic music history — has won this year’s Lifetime Achievement award
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In the summer of 1989, DiY collective — one of the first house sound systems in the UK — emerged onto the rave scene. In this excerpt taken from founding member Harry Harrison's book, Dreaming in Yellow, he discusses DiY's role within that movement, and the importance of free parties during the '90s rave scene
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Midland, Ben UFO and Shanti Celeste are among the names on The Silver Hayes area’s massive bill...
Glastonbury has locked in Four Tet, Jayda G, Peggy Gou and Ben UFO, among others, for its Silver Hayes area dance programme.
The legendary Somerset...
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Flawless DJ, frequent hitmaker, dedicated mentor: Tony De Vit was a true hero of UK dance music. The most high-profile resident at hedonistic queer club Trade, he helped create the hard house sound, and was renowned not only for his impeccable mixing, but his compassion and care for others. Ahead of a new documentary, and with hard house at large once more, Stewart Who? reflects on his legacy with those he was close to, and those he influenced
We talk to three DJs who have subsequently become mental health & wellbeing practitioners in their own individual ways
The Chemical Brothers, Major Lazer & Ice Cube set to headline...
Parklife festival has unveiled an insane line-up for this summer's festival with The Chemical Brothers, Ice Cube and Major Lazer all set to headline the...
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As exam boards start to include DJing as part of their music GCSE, DJ Mag sent some legends of the artform back to school, and put...
Late for the school bus, boring assembly, double maths, a quick gossip or kickabout at lunch — followed by a music lesson playing banging techno...
Chemical Brothers to play live in London's Trafalgar Square
Becks Beer and the ICA have hooked up to bring us Becks Fusions - a series of unique audio-visual events in the UK and Ireland...
The incredible Gatecrasher Summer Soundsystem rolls into Turweston Aerodrome on 24th-25th May and features the kind of line-up that rave dreams are made of.
Dance music colossi The Prodigy and Chemical Brothers headline, phalanxed by Simian Mobile Disco, CSS, Soulwax Nite Versions, Dizzee Rascal, and trance god Paul Oakenfold....
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It wasn’t their song and they didn’t play any instruments, but Saint Etienne’s Balearic classic ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’ caught the tailwind of...