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The mainstream media seems to think so – we know different.

Yesterday, following stats released about club closures over the past decade in the UK, BBC Newsbeat produced a report about the current state of clubbing...

DJ Mag reflects on the legendary singer's impact on dance music...

George Michael, who passed away at the tail end of last year, started off in the clubs before making it big with Wham! As a...

California's rave history is rooted in outdoor free parties that celebrated psychedelic music and and unique environments. DJ Mag's Matt Anniss speaks to the Bay...

Every summer since 2005, Claude VonStroke’s DirtyBird crew has hosted a “BBQ” party in one of San Francisco’s many harbour–side parks. They’re not alone, either...

The Haçienda, Factory Records, more memorabilia featured at new British pop culture exhibition

Exhibited at Manchester's John Rylands Research Institute and Library, it will launch next month

Legendary Manchester nightclub the Haçienda, as well as the city's Factory Records label, are set to form part of the focus of a new British...

Brian Eno, Damon Albarn and more sign open letter penned by Bob Geldof...

A number of music figures have put their backing behind an open letter led by Bob Geldof arguing that Britain’s music industry will be worse...

Soul II Soul

Soul II Soul helped give Black British music and UK club sounds a truly unique identity. Collective founder Jazzie B talks about their ground-breaking debut, ‘Fairplay’, and traces his journey from London soundsystem culture to global star with Ben Osborne

When, after a series of near misses, Jazzie B and DJ Mag finally connect, Jazzie’s in a taxi heading for a video shoot. “I’m not...

The book includes images from parties and events of various genres and cultures

A new book from photographer and artist Matthew Smith, AKA Mattko, is to explore UK rave culture from the turn of the millennium until 2005. ...

Or:la, Overmono, Little Simz, Yung Singh, Ghetts, Joy Orbison, and Printworks London are among the winners in the 15th edition of DJ Mag’s annual UK...

DJ Mag has announced the winners of its annual Best of British awards, during a digital rollout across its social media channels and website.

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God bless this country.

From the classic steak and kidney pie, fish and chips by the sea, an unflinching reluctance to complain, the stiff upper lip and a fair...

The handpicked nominees, and public voted winners, represent the very Best Of British in 2010. For the results, read on...

The tiny island of Britain may appear small in geographical terms, but it sure makes up for it when it comes to those massive, home-cooked...

We're hosting the first ever British dance music awards party and you're all invited!

A whole raft of awards will be presented in such categories as Best British DJ, Best British Live Act, Best British Large Club etc, and...

The Block9 field is a temporary autonomous zone every Glastonbury that showcases the best of the counter-cultural underground. 

With amazing post-apocalyptic constructions and great soundsystems, this audio-visual wonderland — which includes the NYC Downlow, the wild gay space — has been a fantastic...

The Second Coming: the finest d&b seduction

'Breakthrough' producers of the year Instra:Mental may be, yet Damon Kirkham and Alex Green are no overnight success story. For the first records bearing the...

Educated by Point Blank 

DJ Mag is a UK music mag — born and bred. So every year, as a counterweight to the international Top 100 DJs poll, we...

Underground maverick taking the over ground by storm in 2009...

"It's got a lot to do with my basslines, I'm pretty good at writing them," shrugs master of the understatement Jamie Jones matter-of-factly, when asked...