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EDM doesn't need rappers legitimising its stadium-sized stasis and banality

Kraftwerk’s nostalgia trick

It’s time for fading '90s producers to stop hyping their own records with snotty attacks on EDM and focus on writing some decent tunes…

I’m sure you’ve heard the great news — vinyl is back, baby: back on the shelves, back in our collective conscious, back in the clubs. Everyone and their mother’s brother is now walking around like the cat who's got the cream, because they are true collectors, true music heads, true audiophiles and their addiction to black crack has finally been vindicated.

I’m going to tell you a little story about dancing — this is a dance music mag, after all. It’s 1991. I’m deep in some ramshackle Northern warehouse rave. I’m at one with the universe, have just had my sixth life-changing conversation of the evening and am now busy chatting with my fourth new best friend in the last hour.


“Money can’t buy you love,” sang The Beatles, although most people do want to be loved. This is especially true of a lot of top-flight DJs, narcissists at the best of times, who feel all at sea if they aren’t constantly getting reassurance about how great they are — and popular.

There are so many nonsensical phrases that people love blindly bandying about. You know the ones, the proverbial drivel that people throw around in states of cod-philosophical self-approbation, even if it actually makes about as much sense as Joey Barton’s Twitter feed.

It seems like only yesterday that Crosstown Rebels popped up on the global scene, yet a decade has passed since their first release. In that time Damian Lazarus' imprint has branched out into events, a TV series and even a Mayan festival in Mexico.

Along with Sasha, Dave Seaman is a still-current international DJ who has had perhaps the longest-standing association with influential, long-running club brand Renaissance. It was...

Houghton has revealed the lineup for its third edition.

Returning this August, the festival will host a number of dance music's biggest names. Returning DJs...

Gottwood has added more than 50 acts to its 2019 lineup, including the likes of Shanti Celeste, DVS1 and Seth Troxler.

Aurora Halal and The...

The first wave of acts to play DJ Mag’s Miami Pool Party during Music Week has been revealed.

Taking place on Wednesday 27th March at...

The BPM Festival has announced the first wave of acts for its European debut, which takes place between 14th and 17th September on Praia da...

Wave Week's line-up continues to impress with Anja Schneider, Soul Clap, WAFF and Serge Devant joining by likes of Simian Mobile Disco, Crazy P and...

Simian Mobile Disco, Crazy P and Clive Henry are among those playing at the new Croatian festival Wave Week.

Run by the team behind Croatia...