Brazil

Our focus on the planet’s up and coming DJs continues this month in Brazil. As the country prepares to host the World Cup, their electronic...

Gui Boratto produces some amazing pop-infused techno — and his new release for Kompakt continues his rich vein of form.

DJmag.com has the exclusive stream...

Who do you want to win the World Cup?
“Brazil, of course. Why? Because it’s the most traditional soccer team in the world. It’s the...

Who do you want to win the World Cup?

“I want Portugal to win the World Cup. Well, first it is my home country, and...

Who do you want to win the World Cup?

”Kazakhstan, because it would piss a lot of people off.”


Who's going to win the World...

Who do you want to win the World Cup?
“I'd like Brazil to win the World Cup. We don't have the best team, but Brazilian...

DJ Mag has just launched an online petition to try to persuade footballing authority FIFA to have some DJs playing at the World Cup in...

Norman Cook welcomes the DJ Mag crew into his house in Brighton on the south coast of England, then nips upstairs to change into his...

In case you hadn't heard, 2014 sees Brazil host the return of the World Cup. To mark this global celebration, awarding-winning São Paulo nightclub D-Edge...

2014 has been the biggest ever year for Top 100 Clubs, powered by Miller Genuine Draft. Over 350,000 of your cast your votes from all...

Away from the fanfare of carnival, with its vibrant samba and tropical grooves, Brazil is a country where dance music plays second fiddle to rock...

Club eggheads around the world don't need to be told the significance of Sao Paulo's D-Edge club.

One of the most accomplished female DJs in the game, Elisa Do Brasil made a name for herself as a key figure in the French drum & bass scene

Next weekend sees the DJ Mag World Tour touch down in Brazil, as we take on Brazil's legendary Anzu Club.

Gold Panda has been causing pandemonium in electronica circles since releasing his glistening debut album, 'Lucky Shiner'

Henrique Oliveira tells DJ Mag that he was listening to electronic music for years before he decided he wanted to get involved and create his own music. He was a breakdancer before he threw himself into dance music, and as his home city of Curitiba is quite a big city, he was able to come across an electronic music scene quite easily.

High-roller clubbing isn’t a particularly new concept, but it’s definitely one that’s gained momentum in recent times thanks to the EDM explosion Stateside, and specifically, in Las Vegas. Brazil’s Music On Board (MOB) crew, meanwhile, has been busy bringing more than a touch of class to their own country’s electronic music landscape for the past six years — even at sea!

It’s the middle of November, at the very beginning of the first ever Dream Valley festival, and it’s hot. So hot.

MixHell, the Brazilian electro outfit started by Iggor Cavalera — the former drummer in tribal funk-metal muthas Sepultura — and his wife Laima Leyton, are back with a new album. Signed to Boys Noize Records, 'Space' sees them explore a more organic live electro sound, aided in no small part by the expert live bass guitar-playing of former studio cohort Max Blum, who has now become a full member of the live act.

While Mardi Gras celebrations transform the streets of Rio De Janeiro into an explosive carnival, just round the corner, only a modest 220 miles around the gigantic South American coastline, clued up club heads in Brazil's largest city will enjoy a party atmosphere of a very different nature.