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The grime MC's six-track project will be released on 20th January 

Grime MC Novelist has announced the release date and tracklist of his new album ‘Inferno’. 

The Lewisham rapper’s six-track project comes out on 20th January...

Sister Midnight The Carpet Shop Fundraiser SMFM

DJ Kojay, Rohan Rakhit, Ri Mistry, and more play this weekend 

Sister Midnight has announced a fundraising party to cover the costs of new radio studio equipment. Running from 11PM to 4AM on Friday 29th March...

The south Londoner also asks Jeremy Corbyn not to resign...

Novelist has been showing support for Labour for some time now, as well as a lot of disdain for the Tories, but now he’s gone...

King Yoof's wicked junglistic dubwise breakbeat

King Yoof grew up in Lewisham, south-east London with his mum.

“When she was at work, a Jamaican family who lived next door looked after...

UK sound system culture’s past, present and future to be explored at Goldsmiths event

Sound System Outernational's eighth event tackles themes of "continuities and disruptions" this 5th November

The past, present and future of UK sound system culture is the subject of an upcoming event at Goldsmiths. Sound System Outernational, an initiative from...

The biggest tunes on the underground this month

Five tunes you need in your box

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...

Coby Sey’s music sounds particularly special in winter. The Lewisham musician, producer, vocalist and DJ’s frosty, nocturnal sound envelopes its listeners like a thick fog...

The Sound Of: Touching Bass

Encompassing parties, a record label and a beloved radio show, Errol and Alex Rita’s Touching Bass has created an open space to celebrate Black music in all its forms, from jazz to jungle and beyond. Alongside a woozy mix exploring the DNA of Touching Bass’ past, present and future by Sammseed, Ria Hylton documents the movement’s ethos and story so far 

“Touching Bass is a musical movement,” Errol Anderson tells DJ Mag. “And when I say movement, I’m thinking of forward movement — energy.” Alex Rita...

sbk shot by Sam Singer

In this month’s Meet the MC, Amy Fielding speaks with London-based artist sbk about coming up through the capital’s grime scene, his debut mixtape, and a new creative direction

At just 13-years-old, an MC going by the name of sbk sent an email to Lewisham artist and XL Recordings affiliate, Kwadwo Quentin Kankam, better...

Meet the MC is DJ Mag's interview series, getting to know emerging MCs on the electronic music scene. This month, Felicity Martin catches up with...

“Shaybo, ya dun know”: the name might be new to casual listeners, but to early followers of UK road rap, Shaybo is no newcomer. There’s...

Cocoon In The Park, Strange Places, Kallida... 

Just when you thought you’d escaped the portaloo, they pull you back in, with almost all July 2019’s top UK events void of plumbing. Not...

Flux Day & Night, Cocoon In The Park, Farr Festival, Sequences, Nozstock and Shine says goodbye to Mandela Hall...

Britain is in the midst of its best summer in years, so thankfully the Top 30 UK events in July 2018 afford plenty of opportunities...

In the UK grime scene, the spotlight has usually shone on MCs. Instrumentals have long remained a niche point of interest, a topic for more...

Who are the producers shaping the sounds of UK rap and grime right now? 2019 seems as good a time as any to be considering...

Tiga, DJ Hell, Boy George, Danny Howells and Soulwax talk about Bowie's impact...

It was Bowie’s ability to experiment, trend-spot, paint lyrical images and create new personas — chameleon-like — in the '70s that gave him such a cult following.

Tiga, DJ Hell, Soulwax, Boy George and Danny Howells on David Bowie's influence on electronic music


David Bowie's back with a new album at the age of 66 — and he's never been more inspirational. A musical and cultural icon, it's his immense influence on dance and electronic music that's been his greatest contribution. DJ Mag talks to some of the biggest Bowie fans in dance and pop to find out why