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Gonzo's

With its on-the-pulse line-ups, great sound and inclusive atmosphere, Gonzo's Two Room is making Norwich a dance music destination. Here Ben Murphy heads to the club, and chats to its team, to learn what makes it so special

It’s one in the morning and a capacity club crowd is bristling with excitement. The rammed dancefloor is a diverse mix of ethnicities, genders and...

With a string of powerful releases, including the recent ‘Panther In Mode’, Alewya creates a musical universe that merges the spiritual and the physical. DJ...

In early summer of 2020, in the deepest depths of the pandemic, a reminder of the life we were missing came in the form of...

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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

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...

Anastasia Kristensen next to the album artwork of releases she chose for her Selections

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, Anastasia Kristensen spotlights ten idiosyncratic techno gems and electronic experiments

Anastasia Kristensen debuted on Tiga’s Turbo label last month with three club-ready cuts. The swaggering, synthy ‘I’d Love To Do It’ has something of Marie...

Classic photo of De La Soul posing in front of a blue curtain

The hip-hop landmark will be repackaged with bonus material, while a live stream and a Rough Trade New York event are also planned

De La Soul have announced a 35th anniversary digital edition of their debut album, '3 Feet High and Rising'. Set to land on streaming services...

Photo of I.JORDAN wearing an emerald green shirt and clasping their hands against a green background

Watch the video for the first single, ‘Real Hot n Naughty (feat. Felix Mufti)’ now

I. JORDAN has announced their debut album, ‘I AM JORDAN’, on Ninja Tune. Check out the video for the first single, ‘Real Hot n Naughty...

Selections: SPFDJ

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, SPFDJ spotlights hard, fast and hallucinatory techno

SPFDJ’S ascent in the years prior to the Covid pandemic was as hard and fast as the music she plays. From becoming a Herrensauna resident...

Stormzy receives honorary degree from University of Exeter

He's received the honour for his commitments to philanthropy and supporting higher education

Stormzy has been given an honorary degree by the University of Exeter. The UK rapper, real name Michael Owuo Jr, was given the honour for...

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

As well as making up one half of Floorplan alongside her father and Underground Resistance founding member, Robert Hood, Lyric Hood is a force to...

The votes have been counted and the results are in! Here are the winners in DJ Mag’s Best of British awards 2021

Tim Reaper’s star has been rising for over a decade. In junglist circles, he’s moved past being the exciting new kid on the block to...

You've probably seen the word MIDI all over your DAW – in her latest Beginner's Guide column Emma Davies aka E.M.M.A. explores what it is...

Funk-dripped drum & bass head plays us his most inspiring tracks

Always that most steadfastly independent genre, today drum & bass is splintered into a panoply of micro camps. In one corner, the giant, fizzy-pop electro chords and high fructose rushes of labels like Hospital; in another, the clipped, dark minimalism and sub bass caverns of its most underground soldiers, the Critical crew.

Photo of Dirty K next to the packshots of releases chosen in his Selections

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, Dirty K charts a history of ‘90s and early ‘00s East Asian rave music in ten tracks

The hyperactive tracks on Chinese producer Dirty K’s ‘Myogi 妙義’ EP serve a dual purpose. Released via Eastern Margins – a London-based label dedicated to...

Massive Mason Competition

Any collaboration between DJMag's favourite fruit-loop Roisin Murphy, ex of Moloko, and electro dons Mason, aka Iason Chronis and Coen Berrier, was always...

Rhyw by Kasia Zacharko

Fever AM co-founder Rhyw steps up for the Recognise mix series, and chats to Eoin Murray about his forthcoming release, his childhood obsession with The Prodigy and the all-important element of surprise in his hallucinatory club music

Rhyw wants to surprise you. In his catalogue of warped, oddball techno, linear beats are twisted into unpredictable shapes. The Welsh-Greek DJ and producer –...