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The ESP Instituer Logo on a blurry grey blue background

Continuing the legacy of his Lovefingers blog, Andrew Hogge’s ESP Institute is a truly anything-goes imprint, unbound by genre or style. Alongside a mix from its catalogue, he tells Anna Wall about how how his DIY attitude and digger’s mentality has helped him unearth countless new musical gems

Los Angeles’ ESP Institute has delivered over 120 releases since its inception 14 years ago – an impressive feat for a label that remains fiercely...

RL Grime to headline DJ Mag Presents party at Academy LA

January’s North America cover star will take to the booth in Los Angeles this March

DJ Mag has announced its first party of 2024, headlined by RL Grime. Following recent shows with DVS1 and Waajeed, DJ Mag Presents will return...

Kraftwerk Los Angeles residency 2024

Each night will see a different album performed in its entirety 

Kraftwerk have announced a career-spanning, nine-date residency in Los Angeles this summer, taking over Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown. The pioneering German electronic music...

Clubs and bars in California required to provide drink spiking tests under new law

Bar owners in California will be required to have testing kits available from July

From this summer, clubs and bars in California will be required to provide drink spiking tests under a new law. Coming into force in July...

Photo of Lauren Mia wearing a black shirt beneath a blue and yellow light

At the height of grief, LA-based producer Lauren Mia never imagined her debut LP ‘RE:BIRTH’ would be bubbling in her subconscious — but it turns out the stars had greater plans

Many people will experience three “Saturn Returns” in their lifetime. Unless you’re savvy to natal charts and horoscopic astrology, that sentence is likely a head-scratcher...

Perfume inspired by “high-octane energy of hardcore techno raves” goes on sale

The manufacturer has described the scent as "dark and hard" 

A new perfume inspired by the "high-octane energy of hardcore techno raves" has gone on sale. Developed by niche fragrance brand UFO Parfums, 165 BPMs...

Photo of Sha Sha Kimbo wearing black sunglasses surrounded by glitchy pink flowers and lights

SoCal native Sha Sha Kimbo celebrates a decade in dance music with a rowdy, career-spanning record on her Planet Bliss imprint

Sha Sha Kimbo will release a new album, ‘10 Years of Chaos’, later this winter celebrating her club music evolution. Have an exclusive first listen...

Photo of AK Sports crouching down wearing a black bodice and a pink tutu

AK Sports’ launches the Club Madhouse Records label with an EP that channels the same chaotic, punkish spirit as their WARP MODE parties

AK Sports celebrates the launch of their new Club Madhouse Records label this summer with a brand new EP, ‘Club Madhouse_001’, out on 1st August...

Charlotte de Witte announces all-night set in Los Angeles

It marks her first set of this length since a 10-hour performance in 2021

Charlotte de Witte has announced details of an all-night set in Los Angeles. A month on from heading out on a run of tour dates...

onyx plant

It's the brainchild of L.A. DJ and producer Drumcell

A new vinyl pressing plant has opened in Los Angeles County. The brainchild of L.A. techno DJ and producer Drumcell, Onyx Record Press is based...

Photo of LP Giobbi and a friend posing with a skateboard in front of a river

The producer’s defected debut comes with a video celebrating the power of friendship

LP Giobbi has shared a video for her recent single, ‘Giodisco’, released via Defected Records. Watch the video below. Released today (13th July), the ‘Giodisco’...

Photo of Laurel Halo wearing a grey suit

The new album will be the first release on Halo’s Awe label

Laurel Halo has announced a new album, ‘Atlas’, set for release via her new label, Awe. Listen to the lead single, 'Bellville', featuring Coby Sey...

Jessy Lanza seen up close in front of a purple and blue background

The third single off the Canadian producer's new album comes with bizarre visuals featuring inversion table

Jessy Lanza has released the music video for ‘Limbo’, the latest single taken from her forthcoming album ‘Love Hallucination’. The squelching electronic R&B track follows...

Soul Swap’s logo in a cursive black font

The imprint’s debut compilation spotlights an intersection of LA’s rising electronic talent

LA party Soul Swap has launched a new label, SLSWP, with a V/A compilation. Listen to the project below. The 21-track project, released on Friday...

Chris Lake

Lots of artists come and go, burning out before leaving a mark with their sound. Others hit a stride and never stop growing — like Chris Lake, who’s spent more than two decades cultivating a career in house music on his own terms. DJ Mag caught up with the UK-born, LA-based producer to learn about his history, and how he’s bestowing life’s biggest lessons on the new artists of Black Book Records 

What’s the secret to igniting a lasting career in dance music? Some artists harp on the necessity of evolution — one must be malleable to...

Jessy Lanza Don't Leave Me Now Hyperdub

The Los Angeles-based artist will also embark on a US tour next month with Yaeji

Jessy Lanza has shared a new single and video, 'Don't Leave Me Now', which is out now on Hyperdub. Take a listen and watch the...

Flume Things Don't Always Go The Way You Plan

A new headline US show has also been announced

Flume has dropped a surprise album of previously unheard music from throughout his career, marking ten years since his debut album. You can hear the...

Theophilus London found safe and well after being reported missing, family confirms

“At this time the family would love prayers and privacy. Thank you all!!!”

US rapper and musician Theophilus London has been found safe after being reported missing late last year, his family has confirmed. A missing persons report...

Liv.e Girl in the Half Pearl

The LA artist's second album was developed from an artist residency in London

Liv.e has announced a new album, 'Girl In the Half Pearl', and shared the video to the second single, 'Wild Animals'. You can watch that...

"This book is a door to your destiny. Crack it open and ride these waves"

A new book delves into the history of the Los Angeles independent online radio station dublab. Across 260 pages, Dublab: From the Archives of Future...