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What could the demise of HMV mean for dance music?

Darius Syrossian arguing that truly dedicated record buyers, those with an eye for specialist vinyl – house, techno, d&b, breaks etc – shouldn't lament the downfall of a corporate chain such as HMV raises some interesting questions.

DJ Mag boards London's most unusual clubbing location

It's 6am. Two U-turns beside an industrial estate, we are no closer to knowing where we are — or if our cabbie's even on the right route. E6 (only a stone's throw from Essex) is where we are meant to be headed. Apparently.

New DJ software from PCDJ enables three-deck mixing, and digital vinyl control.

New for PC-based DJs is Reflex (£150) from PCDJ. The three-deck mixing software has all the usual features, including looping, effects and BPM auto-mixing. All...

This month in London town

Needing no introduction, the dancefloor-decimating duo of Jas and James, known to most as Simian Mobile Disco, have been doing their thing for donkey's now. Starting out as four-piece indie band Simian in 2000, they've now got four albums under their belt as the techno outfit they converted to in 2006.

Win one of five copies

Hed Kandi has always stood for sexy house music. But while once that meant hooking up with the fluffy bra brigade - not necessary a...

Catch them at special Records & Machines gig

Ibiza goers may have read our Simian Mobile Disco interview in DJmag Ibiza in which they waxed lyrical about their love of sampling strange foreign...

Dance acts announced for maritime area

Bestival, Rob Da Bank's annual Isle Of Wight fun-filled festival, has just announced its dance line-up for The Port area.

German techno über-lord Sven...

India Arkin hmv

The label's first signing is India Arkin, a singer from Newcastle

hmv is launching a vinyl-only record label, 1921, with a new artist discovered through its Live & Local gig programme. The British entertainment retailer, which...

Brexit, poor Christmas performance and an overall decline in physical media sales are to blame... 

HMV has gone into administration for the second time, placing the UK music and movie retailer's 125 stores and 2,200 jobs at risk. 

Poor Christmas...

Check out the geekdom...

If you're feeling plucky why not try making your own Midi controller out of a hard drive. Serious geeks should follow the instructions at indistructables.com...

Asteroid 81948 (2000 OM69) is no more...

Brian Eno has had an Asteroid named after him.

On Monday night at the science festival Starmus V in Switzlerland, the ambient music pioneer was...

Recent inspections found that both clubs had made illegal structural alterations to increase capacity...

Ibiza clubs Amnesia and Privilege have had their licenses temporarily suspended by San Antonio council.  

As reported in Diario de Ibiza, inspections carried out...

It was the “gift of the year” in 2015

Vinyl players seemed to be the must-have gift this Christmas, as confirmed by sales reports that reveal HMV sold a turntable a minute in the...

Fresh Kicks 175: Thea HD

NTS resident and The Leaf Label A&R Thea HD records mix of glitchy minimal techno, abstract beats and percussive deep house for the Fresh Kicks series, and chats to Eoin Murray about the importance of variety and her lifelong love of percussion

Listen to Leeds-based DJ and The Leaf Label A&R Thea HD’s monthly show on NTS, and you’ll hear everything from country to krautrock: ‘70s soul...

ESI have impressed the production community with their built quality.

ESI have impressed the production community with their German-designed, Taiwanese-built quality for some time now, and their latest offering is a rather sneaky audio solution...