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Charting the story of EBM, New Beat, house and techno

Music documentary 'The Sound of Belgium' is free to watch online now via Vimeo. 

An Instagram post by Josh Cheon, boss at the much-lauded...

The importance of Belgium in the development of electronic music

With Belgium Booms, a series of events in London this October showcasing the country’s talent, and a new film The Sound of Belgium looking to change that public perception, we take a closer look at the country that gave us EBM, new beat, hardcore techno and so much more...

Taking to the Mediterranean in August...

The Ark Cruise has just announced its first stage partners for the event, which is set to take to the Mediterranean Sea between Thursday 31st...

Nightclubs in Belgium to reopen from 19th February

The news comes amid the easing of a number of COVID-19 restrictions across the country

Nightclubs and bars in Belgium will be given permission to reopen without restrictions from this Saturday, 19th February. The news comes as a number of...

Charlotte de Witte’s KNTXT label launches archive exploring history of Belgian clubbing

The Belgian techno star's new mix celebrating '90s Lokeren club Cherry Moon is out in June

Charlotte de Witte is starting up a new archival offshoot of her KNTXT label called Époque. The Belgian techno star wants to highlight the history...

Born in the UK in the early ‘90s, during a period of explosive creativity, the freeform breakbeats of jungle became the soundtrack to many producers’...

An avalanche of snare drums, sub-bass that pulverises your rib-cage, possessed divas wailing from the abyss; fragments of funk, shards of techno, dabs of dancehall...

As part of our August cover story, on 15 years of Hyperdub, we shine a spotlight on five young artists who are taking the label...

PROC FISKAL

Proc Fiskal is a 22-year-old Scottish grime producer who rejects nostalgia as a concept, yet walks slap-bang into it. Last summer’s winsome debut...

EBM has been simmering on the underground in recent years, and now DJs including Nina Kraviz and Helena Hauff are utilising the sound – alongside...

Dance music has been alive with talk of the return of electro in recent months. And while long-time advocates of the scene including DJ Stingray...

With Miller Genuine Draft

To celebrate the Miller Genuine Draft SoundClash DJ competition - where we challenge you to create the ultimate DJ mix for a chance to play...

Luke Solomon’s quirky house sound is as British as buttered toast, and equally tasty.

“I never latch on to one particular trend when it comes to music,” says Luke Solomon. We’re talking about the New Jersey house revival currently pumping energy bubbles into the British underground house scene. And the reason we’re talking about it is because old school New Jersey house, says Luke, is something he loved and lived through the first time round.

The ADE parties you can’t afford to miss...

There are certain things you should avoid at ADE. The bikes and trams barrelling towards you when crossing the street would be one. Roaching the business card of that important new contact you made at the conference would be another.

It took decades and many mutations for dance music to develop into the genres we know today. Here's what happened before DJ Mag was born...

“In the beginning there was Jack... and Jack had a groove!” So the old Mr Fingers track goes, but of course music made for dancing...

Birmingham-via-Berlin’s techno stalwart Rebekah has conquered her demons to become one of the most in-demand DJs and producers out there. Winner of our Best Of British Best...

It’s 1997 and a 17 year old Rebekah Teasdale is just finishing work at a French restaurant in the centre of Birmingham. With 30-odd pounds worth of tips...

Todd Edwards is a house and garage veteran whose signature productions have lit up dancefloors for decades, and whose collaborations with Daft Punk sit in...

Every genre has a resident ‘“nice guy”, but it’s doubtful that they come nicer than Todd Edwards.Todd has been an effervescent presence in dance music...

After discovering videos of rapid-fire MCs spitting in Portuguese over baile funk-flavoured beats, London DJ and Butterz co-founder Elijah linked up with Brazilian artists CESRV...

In 2012 Japan hosted the Club World Cup, where the winners of that year’s Champions League played the winners of equivalent tournaments from every continent...