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A lot has changed since DJ Mag first witnessed Orlando Higginbottom wearing a dinosaur onesie hunched over a laptop at London's Cargo in 2007. In those days, his show (aside from pre-historic attire of course) was mostly about the music. Not that it isn't the case today. However, major label (Polydor) backing, Nokia sponsorship and an album that peaked at No.35 in the UK album chart to one side, few would deny that his live show is close to becoming the brightest string to his bow — especially now.

Simon Green's downtempo electronic act has morphed into an upbeat live behemoth...

WHAT exactly constitutes a live show will always be a source of endless discussion in underground dance circles. We’ve all seen a dude up onstage...

Scuba eschewed EDM light shows for a cooler retinal and aural extravaganza

Live dance music has got a pretty chequered heritage. Inevitably when Scuba decided to make the switch from DJing to presenting his tracks as a...

Best Of North America 2018

Despite being named after a sunken sea vessel, ODESZA is still floating high on festival flyers around the globe. In 2017, members Harrison Mills and...

Best Of North America Awards 2017

24-year-old Porter Robinson doesn’t jump off tables during live performances, or run from one end of the stage to the other yelling buzzwords into a...

Best of British 2015, educated by Poiny Blank

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BROTHERS IN RHYTHM
As they continue to innovate and rock some choice festival crowds, The Chems beat...

Orbital's glorious incendiary return

Before this year dance music, unlike rock & roll, hadn't really ventured down the comeback trail - possibly because a great deal of dance music...

Fastest Guns In The West: Dub Pistols’ live show is an explosion of raw, visceral energy and hedonism that leaves other dance bands in the...

Shooting from the hip is something London dubwise-dance-meets-hip-hop band the Dub Pistols are well-known for when they perform live.

“We are quite a high-energy band...

Chip With Everything! - The Hot ones kept the live stage sizzling in 2010

When electro-pop band Hot Chip played their final gig of 2010, they didn’t expect their performance to be cut short by a gang of armed...

The results are in!

Last night saw the Best of British Awards Party, at a ram-jammed night at Cable in London.

Find out who took the gongs at our annual celebration of the UK underground...

DJ Mag’s Best of British Awards took place tonight (Thursday 14th December), our annual celebration of the UK underground.

The event took place at EGG...

Armin van Buuren has won five prizes at the prestigious Trance Awards. Could he win this year's Top 100 poll?


New boy Sander van Doorn won 'Best New Producer'



Armin van Buuren has won five prizes at the prestigious Trance Awards, eclipsing the pre-ceremony favourites...

Eastern Europeans rewarded at 12th international Breakspoll event

The 12th international Breakspoll awards ceremony was dominated by eastern Europeans at a rocking event on Saturday night in London. Lady Waks from Russia...

Keep up to date with all the action from our annual celebration of the UK underground...

DJ Mag’s Best of British Awards is taking place tonight (Thursday 14th December) at EGG LDN.

Electronic music fans in the UK have been voting...