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DJmag.com chatted to Defected Records' boss Simon Dunmore about Ibiza, and running club nights at Pacha.

When Pacha poached Defected from El Divino last year, the harbour-side club was not happy.

During their two-year tenure, Defected had become El Divino's flagship...

Todd Terry, Joey Negro, Horse Meat Disco and The Revenge

Glitterbox will take over at Space Ibiza for the very first time this season, with a 16-week run kicking off on 12th June. The...

Moodymann, Jayda G and Floorplan will also be heading to the Adriatic coast next month

Armand van Helden, Honey Dijon and Roger Sanchez are among the artists locked for Defected's Croatia festival next month.

Taking place from the 6th to...

For 20 years, Simon Dunmore's Defected has been dedicated to the finest in house music, from its label and numerous associated imprints, to its events...

“I’m a collector of labels. My ambition was for people to have a Defected rack in their collections in the same way they'd have a...

It's the label's first ever festival on the White Isle

Defected has announced the lineup for its brand new four-day festival in Ibiza.

The inagural Defected Ibiza Festival is set to feature headline DJ sets...

Club announces Winter line-ups...

Ministry of Sound has released the dates and line-ups for the rest of the year, complete with line-up for their 26th birthday party this Saturday. ...

LET THERE BE HOUSE House is back in a big way — and soulful stalwarts Defected are spearheading the revival...

12 years on from founding Defected Records, Simon Dunmore is still at the coalface. You could forgive the boss of one of the UK's most...

Armand Van Helden, David Morales, Dimitri From Paris and more...

Glitterbox has announced their Ibiza 2017 season line-up and opening party for its new residency at Hï Ibiza — and it's looking massive!

Set to...

Defected’s Sondela imprint announces Ibiza’s first Afro house residency at Bora Bora

 Line-ups are still under wraps, but expect key figures from the London Afro house scene like Kitty Amor

Ibiza is getting its first Afro house residency, helmed by Defected's Sondela label at beach club Bora Bora. Label heads Sef Kombo and Louie Dunmore...

Defected Ibiza

After two years the house music institution returns to the island, along with sister event Glitterbox

Defected has announced its line-ups for this year's Ibiza season. The UK-based house music institution will host events at two iconic clubs on the White...

As DJs, producers and labels all get their biggest musical bombs ready for Miami’s annual musical showcase, DJMag looks back at the history of Big...

Is it the dance music equivalent of the Holy Grail or a merely an empty, outdated myth? That’s the question hanging over the concept of...

Michael Watford, legendary house music singer, dies

The prolific gospel-trained vocalist worked with the likes of Masters At Work, Kerri Chandler and En Vogue, and was part of the early Jersey house scene

Legendary house vocalist Michael Watford has died. The American singer's son Solomon Watford announced the news on Sunday, 28th January, via Facebook, confirming the date...

Sam Divine, Dennis Ferrer, Sonny Fodera...

When Simon Dunmore left his major label A&R job with AM:PM, the dance offshoot of A&M Records, to start his own independent dance label, even...

Whole Fest

This year’s Whole Festival marked the biggest underground electronic music-focused queer festival on the planet, bringing together LGBTQ+ collectives, artists and ravers from around the globe. Marke Bieschke heads to Germany to find out how Whole has created a world of its own

In its fourth incarnation, delayed two years due to the pandemic, this year’s Whole: United Queer Festival is the hot ticket for LGBTQ+ folks from...

Inside the UK Afro house renaissance

The Afro house sound is an ever-growing presence in UK dance music, with new labels, club-nights and a dedicated radio station springing up. Alongside a mix from Mr Silk, Ria Hylton explores the sound’s history, and speaks to some of the scene’s key players about forging strong connections with their growing audiences, and their aim to nurture a unique UK Afro house identity

Afro house is steeped in the percussive materials of South Africa’s townships. For decades, its polyrhythms played out on traditional African instruments — bongos, congas...