By the early ’90s, dance music in the UK was already a complex beast. US house and techno cross-pollinated with synth-pop, rare groove and soundsystem...
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Alan Fitzpatrick and Eats Everything will perform at the first edition of the event
There's a festival in a medieval castle this summer, Acropolis.
Taking place in May in the grounds of Tutbury Castle in Derbyshire, Acropolis will welcome acts...
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They will perform in five cities in Europe and the UK
Major Lazer will perform a handful of intimate shows in Europe and the UK next month.
Following the surprise drop of their 'Soca Storm' EP...
Features
One of the first legal UK mega-raves to bring dance music culture to the masses was Fantazia. With its emphasis on spending big production budgets...
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The London artist documented the process behind his 2019 album
Kano has shared a documentary giving a behind-the-scenes look at the process behind his 2019 album, 'Hoodies All Summer'.
The album, released in 2019, serves...
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DJ Mag will partner with the Leeds-based music festival and conference
Inner City Electronic has announced the festival acts for its 2020 event, which takes place in multiple venues across Leeds on Saturday 7th March 2020...
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The tour will take place in December
Pete Tong has announced a new show and five-date tour for December 2020.
Following another year of successful performances alongside The Heritage Orchestra, conducted by...
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Pete Tong will play the opening party
A new, 1,000-capacity club space will open its doors next weekend.
Located in Stoke-On-Trent, the new club, District 3, is located in the city's Spode...
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'Ravecity Riverfront' is the first single from the release
Sharda will drop a new EP via Local Action Records next month.
The first release since his two-track 'Peace & Love' EP on Conducta's Kiwi...
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The Drumcode boss is heading to Newcastle for a one-off performance
Adam Beyer will perform a headline club show in the UK this November for DJ Mag Presents.
The Stockholm-based DJ, producer and label boss will...
Features
Meet the MC is DJ Mag's new monthly interview series, getting to know emerging MCs on the electronic music scene. This month, DJ Mag’s Amy...
Master Peace is settled into a booth at The Courthouse Hotel in Shoreditch. Nestled amongst bare bricks and leather seats, the South London MC oozes an infectious...
Features
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...
Features
Joy Orbison's debut, 'Hyph Mngo', is 10 years old. DJ Mag reflects on a track that signalled a seismic shift in UK dance music
“Big, big, big.” It’s June 25th 2009, and one hour into his still-pirate Rinse FM show, Blackdown is jittery. An unmastered new track is drifting...
Meet the MC is DJ Mag's new monthly interview series, getting to know emerging MCs on the electronic music scene. This month, DJ Mag’s Amy...
Features
With a new EP driven by the rave and jungle sounds that first inspired her, and her Batty Bass club-night revived, Hannah Holland is having...
Rewind to the early noughties in London: Turnmills and The End were still in full swing, and Hackney still had a lawless feel with its...
Opinion
Greeted with both derision and delight from the outset, the cartoonish covers and soundtrack of happy hardcore’s defining, and to some damning, Bonkers series were...
“Bonkers, light in the head; slightly drunk. Perhaps from bonk, a blow or punch on the bonce or head.” It's a word whose origins come...
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With his DJ sets and productions that meld grime, techno, jungle and avant-garde experimentalism, Mumdance is one of the most original artists in UK dance...
Few DJs represent the spirit of UK dance music like Jack Adams does. A lifelong student of hardcore, drum & bass and grime, he is...
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There were over 680 reports of raves of unlicensed and music events in 2017...
Illegal raves are on the rise in the UK, according to a new report.
According to Sky News, there were 682 reports of illegal...
Music
femme culture’s Ehua steps up with her debut single, ‘New Moon’. An atmospheric and percussive house cut, this one is perfect for home listening and...
We’re massive fans of London’s femme culture here in DJ Mag HQ. Co-founded by recent Fresh Kicks selector Elkka and Ludo Guerrieri, the collective have...
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The deadline for registration is only a few weeks away...
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2,000+ interviews have made for some very encouraging findings...
According to a new study drawing from 2,023 interviews, over one-half of the UK's youth consider music to be their main passion.
Carried out by...