Rave
Tom Cruise, legal highs & classic Chicago sounds
Dori Oskowitz has been announced as the director of a new, as-yet-untitled independent film about the ecstasy-fuelled rave movement in Dallas, Texas, during the mid-1980s. ...
Sparkly garms, rude jumpsuits & '90s attitude in a rare vid from Wigstock.
It's been 25 years since Deee-lite debuted with their massive global hit 'Groove Is In The Heart' from their LP 'World Clique', and now some...
Plus the London Astoria and more
Four of the nation’s favourite lost but not forgotten music venues, The Haçienda (pictured below), Wigan Casino, London Astoria and Eel Pie Island Hotel, are the newest additions to...
With Miller Genuine Draft
Zouk has more history and heritage than most clubs in existence today. A destination venue for all serious clubbers, it's been in operation since 1991...
An old theatre turning on Southampton? DJ Mag flicks on the light...
The brainchild of four partners, Switch opened in what was once an old cinema theatre in the middle of September. Seth Troxler, Sigma, Groove Armada...
Should DJs who have never taken illegal drugs be banned from the decks?
Dance music used to be all about getting off your chops to some amazing futuristic electronic sounds. The DJs would get as fucked up as...
We interview Jim Tang about the return
To readers of a certain age, and those who know their UK rave history, the name Dreamscape will evoke memories of a transitional period between...
DJ Mag delves into the history of dance culture’s Woodstock...
In 1992 there was a festival in the UK that changed the course of dance music history. A culmination of the acid house explosion, it...
Should dance music be organic and 'real'? Should it fuck, the more synthetic the better says our resident ranter...
Time was, in the '80s and '90s when dance music was so massively marginalised by mainstream culture (yeah, so what’s new?) that trying to get...
Watch classic UK rave video
Legendary label Vinyl Solution are celebrating their 25th anniversary by making their entire back catalogue available digitally for the first time.
The seminal group bolster an already stellar line-up
Just when you think Playground Festival couldn't get any better, they've upped their game once again with another huge announcement.
For Exit 10th Birthday
Bad Company, the 90s drum & bass supergroup consisting of dBridge, Maldini, Fresh and Vegas are set to reunite for one night only.
Crosstown Rebels prepare third comp
Last week we told you that Crosstown Rebels were embarking on a world tour.
In light of this Crosstown Rebels are set to release their...
Madchester hell raisers back in the capital this summer
Following their acclaimed two night residency at London's Roundhouse last December, the Happy Mondays have announced a return to the capital for a one off...
At what point did remixing mainstream pop rubbish become acceptable?
Don't get DJ Mag wrong, there's been a long tradition of the remix as a credibility boost in the music industry. Back in the day, from the late '80s and the first crossover of house music onwards, dire popstrels of the ilk of Simply Red and the Spice Girls (or rather their record companies) would be queuing up for a taste of authentic dance flavour, getting cool names to remix their tracks in order to boost sales of 12”s.
Loops Of Fury's incredible electro-tech
From Brisbane, Australia and loved by cats such as Erol Alkan and Boys Noize, Loops Of Fury have been causing a commotion with their peak-time electro/techno/rave hybrid over the last couple of years. Signed to U&A Recordings, the guys are school pals who both discovered electronic music at around the same time in ‘93/’94 — “early Prodigy, Chems, hardcore and jungle”.