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ISSUE: 13 May 2025

5 must see artists at EDC Las Vegas 2025. (EDMTunes)
Importance of going global: Rethinking artist development (Hypebot - Will ‘Shan’ Shanahan)
How Adam F’s ‘Circles’ became one of drum & bass’ all-time anthems. (DJMag)
Bradford and bassline, a story of working-class community and Yorkshire pride. (Skiddle)
From the archive: When Donna Summer made her comeback (Mixmag)
Silvie Loto: living the dream (DJMag)
Jaguar on morning routines, mental health, and her creative reset. (Magnetic)
DBN Gogo: connecting the dots (DJMag)
A natural bond: Chaos In The CBD’s free-spirited way of life blooms within their music. (Mixmag)
Pete Tong, TOKiMONSTA, Indira Paganotto and more share their impact on Coachella's expanded electronic music influence in 2025. (EDM)
A candid interview with deadmau5 reveals how losing his beloved cat sparked both a digital memorial and his ambitious leap into game development. (EDM)
How Sara Landry’s team moved her cancelled Brooklyn Mirage shows with just hours to spare. (Billboard)
Dance music is booming again. What's the difference this time? (NYTimes) Fans emerged from pandemic lockdowns primed to hit the floor. Now online platforms are bringing fresh sounds and budding stars to bigger audiences worldwide.
Daniel Ek’s vision for the future of Spotify: Why AI is driving the discovery of human creativity. (NYPost)
"Everyone tells me I'm terrifying." The powerhouse agent Maria May talks about being a woman in a male-dominated world and growing the careers of artists like David Guetta, Marlon Hoffstadt and Sara Landry. (RA)

ISSUE: 06 May 2025

The 15 best techno tracks of April 2025 (Magnetic)
Recognise 082: Kilbourne (DJMag)
In the studio with D.Ramirez and the launch of Raze.D. (Decode)
Inside DVS1's audacious, 174-speaker roof of sound (RA)
Belgian festival Horst isn’t like the other dance festivals. (Face)
Dance in protest: 30 years of the UK's anti-rave Criminal Justice Bill. (DJMag)
Once maligned as a scene marred by violence, bassline is booming once again thanks to pioneers such as Big Ang, Jamie Duggan and a T2 track that changed everything. (Guardian)
Manchester lads Mason Collective talk us through their steady rise from the infamous dancefloor at Sankeys to international house music sensations. (DJMag)
More than 25 years after the release of Air’s seminal debut album, the French duo enlist Vegyn to breathe new life into 'Moon Safari'. They sit down together to discuss the process. (Mixmag)
"It was so difficult to become someone." Theo Parrish talks about Chicago's competitive scene, developing a sound and letting go of his ego. (RA)
Shanti Celeste: head over heels (DJMag)

ISSUE: 29 Apr 2025

EX.762 FKA twigs (RA)
My Forever Studio: TOKiMONSTA nabs a historic synth (MusicTech)
DJ AliA wants to take you on a journey. (Face)
Hard techno, hard rave, hardstyle—whatever you call it, arena slammers have dominated the 2020s. But brand monopolies, spectacle hype and a declining grassroots scene have us wondering: when the euphoric bubble bursts, what will be left? (RA)
Emma B: "Rarity - that's what has always drawn me in" (Attack)
Patrick Mason: wild at heart (DJMag)
How Discrete manages creativity without burning out and why taking breaks makes better music. (Magnetic)
Whether she’s perfecting her punchy, emotional hybrid of jungle and footwork, or trying to make club nights accessible, the producer and the DJ Sherelle is always chasing growth. (NME)
Claude VonStroke is back, and wants to be ‘The Bill Murray of DJ-ing’. (Billboard)
“The constant ‘no’s make you tough. They make you say, ‘f**k everybody, I’m still gonna do it’” Claude VonStroke on building a career on his terms. (MusicTech)
Why Axwell sold his Axtone label to Pophouse and what’s next for Swedish House Mafia. (Billboard)
Music rights are increasingly drawing attention from asset managers, pension plans, and private equity. (BPM)
London’s underground dance scene is increasingly funded by inherited wealth. From Mike Ashley’s son to a Tetra Pak heir, moneyed promoters explain their motivations. (Guardian)
Atlantic veteran Gina Tucci launches indie dance imprint 146 Records: ‘We’re committed to sweating every detail’. (Billboard)
Interview: International Music Summit co-founder and artist manager Ben Turner. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 22 Apr 2025

Selections: Sully (DJMag)
A history of Tectonic in ten tracks. (RA)
How Kraftwerk’s ‘Autobahn’ altered the course of electronic music. (DJMag)
The Yorkshire-born producer relinquishes her awe for after-hours partying on her second album — aya talks about death metal, returning to Hyperdub and wanting to reach the nivarna between digital and acoustic. (Mixmag)
Goldie, the king of drum'n'bass, is back with new music. He talks about his rebellious spirit, what he's learned in Thailand and why we're failing young men like his son. (Standard)
Songs are getting shorter, thanks in part to Spotify and TikTok algorithms. (Washington Times)
Spotify’s Global Head of Editorial Sulinna Ong talks AI music, new editorial features and short-form video. (Billboard)
Meet the editors crafting some of Spotify’s top playlists. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 15 Apr 2025

Selections: Marte (DJMag)
The Art of Production: Sully (RA)
How Atlanta developed its own unique dance music sound. (Mixmag)
EX.760 The Economics of Independent Dance Music (RA)
Six emerging artists you need to hear: April 2025 (DJMag)
Spotlight: Five artists to check out in April 2025 (Mixmag)
Steller gets candid about her mental health journey and teaming with To Write Love On Her Arms, a non-profit mental health group, for her debut headline tour. (EDM)
“Instead of robotics replacing musicians, there’s a big opportunity for extension and augmentation”: Finis Musicae on programming robots to play live instruments. (MusicTech)
Australian DJ Willie Pake is carving out a new path in electronic music with a genre he calls YEEDM — a blend of country and dance music that reflects both his roots and a decade-long career behind the decks. (Attack)
Qrion talks new album, being vulnerable, soberness, and more. (EDMTunes)
Fritz Kalkbrenner: "It’s about crafting something that moves people – not just rhythmically, but emotionally" (Mixmag)
SHERELLE on bringing ‘Raw Energy’ to U.K. dance scene & her affordable gig prices: ‘I’m glad to add something authentic to the space’ (Billboard)
Why a wiser, more enlightened Elderbrook is done chasing superficial goals after a decade. (EDM)
20 questions with Indira Paganotto: ‘Psytrance was something alternative, but not a cool scenario for the techno people’ (Billboard)
Defected CEO Wez Saunders goes on the record about Pacha Ibiza return. (Ibiza Spotlight)
Is IMS Ibiza 2025 Worth It? (DT)

ISSUE: 08 Apr 2025

Selections: Lakeway (DJMag)
Top Ten Festivals 2025: May (RA)
A festival of two halves: Saint Martin is the shining star of SXM Festival. (Mixmag)
‘Thing’ documents the early days of Chicago House: ‘We were in the middle of history’ (Billboard)
All 34 tracks from Skrillex’s ‘F*** U SKRILLEX’ album, ranked (Billboard)
‘You have to fight the fight’: Inside Femme House’s Miami Music Week takeover (Billboard)
20 questions with DJ Koze: ‘The proudest moments of my career are when I see my work resonate with others’ (Billboard)
Letting expectations go: PinkPantheress is entering a new era. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 01 Apr 2025

The 15 best house tracks of March 2025 (Magnetic)
The 100 best dance songs of all time (100-1): Staff List (Billboard)
A history of '90s Latin House in ten tracks. (RA)
Recognise 080: NVST (DJMag)
How reggae and dub influenced your favourite music genre. (Mixmag)
Jessica Audiffred on psychology & bass music: ‘If they cry, if they scream of joy, if they sing out loud — it’s up to you’ (Billboard)
Doctor P and Flux Pavilion vs. The algorithm: Why fun is dubstep's secret weapon (EDM)
The Blessed Madonna: From mixtapes to global music icon (Red Bull)
DJ Koze talks about finding inner peace, overstimulation and his new album on Pampa Records. (RA)
What comes next may not look like what came before and technology’s role may be in ways we can’t yet imagine. My only request is, if vinyl’s involved – please can you press it in standard black? (RadioEdit - Patrick Clifton)
Ultra Music Festival’s 25th anniversary edition as it happened. (DJMag)

ISSUE: 25 Mar 2025

The 100 best dance songs of all time (100-81): Staff list (Billboard)
The world’s hottest dance music tracks (Ticketmaster)
EX.757 Ben Klock and Fadi Mohem (RA)
How Jamaican soundsystem culture changed dance music forever (Mixmag)
Marie Davidson wants you to dance away the algorithm. (Paper)
Clive From Accounts: “Give me a phone and I’ll happily make you tunes all day” (MusicTech)
How A Guy Called Gerald’s ‘Black Secret Technology’ redefined jungle (DJMag)
How Joe Smooth's 'Promised Land' harnessed the unifying power of music on the dancefloor (DJMag)
Kwame Safo hosts an expansive conversation with Kevin Saunderson, DJ Paulette and Lovie, reflecting on their journeys as Black electronic musicians, navigating the industry, and joining the dots between the past, present and future of dance music. (Mixmag)
Five years on from lockdown, dance music is stuttering on its quest for self-improvement. The mood out there is flat. Renewing our optimism requires a radical shift in thinking. (RA)
End of hedonism? Why Britain turned its back on clubbing. (BBC)
Fast Company's 10 most innovative companies changing the music industry: PgLang, Seeker Music, SoundCloud, Merlin, Red Hot, TuneCore, Alibi Music, Tone, Mechanical Licensing Collective, Music AI.
YouTube is treating content creators like TV producers, and it’s working. It is at No.11 of the overall list.
Why Factory Town Wednesday is the essential start to your Miami Music Week. (Magnetic)
A guide to the best parties and panels at Miami Music Week (RA)
A guide to Miami Music Week 2025: Pool Parties, clubs, raves, showcases and more. (EDM)
DJ Mag’s Miami Music Week guide, powered by DJTickets

ISSUE: 18 Mar 2025

Six emerging artists you need to hear: March 2025 (DJMag)
Five artists to check out in March (Mixmag)
A history of vocal dub techno in ten tracks. (RA)
Selections: DJ Holographic (DJMag)
Recognise 079: MoMA Ready (DJMag)
5 highlights from John Summit’s soaring set at Billboard’s The Stage at SXSW. (Billboard)
The new age of Nigerian Electronic Music. (Mixmag)
Hardwell’s full-circle Story: His start at Ultra Miami to headlining its 25th anniversary. (Haute Living)
‘Everyone knew who he was’: James Hamilton, the ‘eccentric aristo’ who catalysed British club culture. (Guardian)
Carl Cox talks about why he is going all in on performing live electronic sets and why DJs who don’t are succumbing to “laziness”. (MusicTech)
Author and journalist, Liz Pelly: “Spotify is not the music business – it’s the technology industry”. (MusicAlly)
Maeve de Bordons speaks with Jennifer Marr about her new venture, The Legal Centre for Dance Music, and its mission to provide legal support to professionals in electronic music. Part 1 & Part 2.
Whether you’re looking to improve your DJ or production skills, locate funding and resources, or network with like-minded people in the electronic music industry, DJ Mag’s community resource directory is a hub for the best new workshops, courses, grant schemes and more.

ISSUE: 11 Mar 2025

12 sound clash classics, chosen by the artists that play them. (DJMag)
From free parties to feeding the vulnerable: how a '90s rave organiser switched sound systems for community kitchens. (DJMag)
Kevin Saunderson and Fabio & Grooverider discuss the origins of techno and jungle, the Second Summer Of Love, and how Detroit and London have influenced each other musically. (Mixmag)
20 questions with Tokimonsta: ‘I want to feel the warmth of an audience, I want to feel chaos, I just want to feel alive again’ (Billboard)
John Summit has pulled off one of dance music's rarest feats: becoming a hard-ticket juggernaut with a signature sound, big-ass hits and intergenerational appeal. (Billboard)
How Spotify’s algorithm works. (Routenote)
Lyor Cohen talks music videos, AI, and YouTube hitting 125m paid subcribers. (MBW)
Dance music is still losing its pioneers. (FirstFloor)

ISSUE: 04 Mar 2025

The 15 best melodic techno tracks of February 2025 (Magentic)
The 15 best bass music tracks of February 2025 (Magentic)
Selections: Obeka (DJMag)
A guide to the best Carnival parties in Brazil (RA)
Franc Moody: “We don’t wait hours for the perfect take; we catch a vibe and move on” (MusicTech)
Dazegxd, gum.mp3 and Swami Sound are the latest East Coast club collective to break out. By splicing jungle, New York garage and hyper-online genres, they're electrifying a new generation. (RA)
CRSSD Festival 2025: Chris Lorenzo, Bon Entendeur, and Hayden James on their production & DJ secrets. (Attack)
Tyler Blint-Welsh is archiving techno history through tintype photography, documenting musical pioneers on metal portraits that will survive for generations. In a conversation with legendary photographer Normski, they discuss creative process, contributing to culture and the Black roots of dance music. (Mixmag)
Anotr was ‘afraid of getting judged’ for its new sound — but fans embraced it. (Billboard)
Is Charlotte Plank the saviour of rave? (Standard)
Anthony “Shake” Shakir: Detroit techno’s maverick genius. (DJMag)
Armin van Buuren on remixing a Bon Jovi classic: ‘He’s not enthusiastic about remixes, but he got my draft and said ‘This is insane”. (Billboard)
Stryv on his global hit ‘Move’ & what comes next: ‘I was like, this is so special - Just trust me, this is crazy’. (Billboard)
Paula Tape's Latin-infused acid is the trip of a lifetime. (Mixmag)
10 artists carrying the torch for Detroit dance music, according to Dantiez Saunderson. (DJMag)
How Kevin Saunderson’s Reese bassline transformed UK dance music. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 25 Feb 2025

Selections: LUXE (DJMag)
How Primal Scream’s ‘Loaded’ became Andrew Weatherall’s first masterpiece. (DJMag)
10 Chaotic Questions: Fatboy Slim (Guardian)
Rave against the regime: Serbia’s club scene is helping to fuel a revolution. (Mixmag)
Traxman is the essence of Chicago dance music (Mixmag)
James Blake on how musicians can take control of their careers, touring and releasing music off the grid. (Variety)
Odesza on their 23-minute remix of the ‘Severance’ Score: It’s got ‘Odesza Energy’ but keeps the ‘subversive’ vibe. (Billboard)
Kevin Saunderson: "Techno is more than just music; it's culture, history, and a movement that deserves recognition" (Mixmag)
Whether TikTok stays or goes is irrelevant to many in the music industry — now, players like Chartmetric are developing far more sophisticated solutions for spotting future superstars. (DMN)
The late Gwen McCrae brought emotion to dance music like no one else. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 18 Feb 2025

The Sound Of: Aus Music (DJMag)
Six emerging artists you need to hear: February 2025 (DJMag)
The Track ID debate: is tracklist secrecy ever justified? (DJMag)
What would Andrew Weatherall do? 13 tales of the Guv'nor's infinite wisdom. (DJMag)
Candi Staton: ‘I told him, If you kill me, you’ll die too’ (Independent)
The cupids of clubland: DJ HEARTSTRING will make you fall in love on the dancefloor. (Mixmag)
The Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands on creating an electronic score for historical drama, Mussolini. (Wallpaper)

ISSUE: 11 Feb 2025

The 15 best tech house tracks of January 2025. (Magnetic)
The best tracks of the year 2025 so far (Mixmag)
Spotlight: Five artists to check out in February 2025 (Mixmag)
Selections: Baalti (DJMag)
Recognise 076: Huerco S. (DJMag)
EX.751 Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst: "We're pro-AI and we're pro-consent. Those things don't have to be mutually exclusive." The activists and artists talk about the hot button issues facing AI's governance. (RA)
Ela Minus: “I never wanted to be signed to a label; I never wanted to play big festivals” (MusicTech)
The Martinez Brothers: a family affair (DJMag)
The Art of Production: Kevin Saunderson (RA)
Inside the creation of Anyma’s Sphere Residency: ‘This was something else entirely’ (Billboard)
Why community and collaboration matter in music—lessons from Will Clarke’s Midnight Mass. (Magnetic)
DeepSeek is a wake-up call for the music industry – and its data goldmine. (MusicAlly)
What the Grammys Best Dance/Electronic wins say about the current state of dance music. (Forbes)

ISSUE: 04 Feb 2025

The best Hi-Fi Bars to check out in London. (Mixmag)
Recognise 075: Jennifer Loveless (DJMag)
EX.750 Call Super (RA)
Leftfield’s game-changing debut Leftism turns 30. (Ticketmaster)
How Leftfield's 'Leftism' united electronic music in post-rave Britain (DJMag)
Meet the unsung heroes of New York's house music history. (DJMag)
Björk: Under the Veil (RA)
Joy Orbison: still striving (DJMag)
Ela Minus makes beats for 'dancing and crying'. (NPR)
How David Guetta is reading his future through Las Vegas' stars. (EDM)
Misogyny in music: ‘We need to look at all structures around abusers’. (MusicAlly)

ISSUE: 28 Jan 2025

The best 2025 festivals outside of the UK for sun, sightseeing and thumping bass. (Standard)
Selections: NAINA (DJMag)
Three dance music cruises embark from U.S. ports. Are the high seas big enough for all of them? (Billboard)
The New Sonic Frontier: The power of techno music (TrillMag)
The best dance albums don’t miss a beat. (British GQ)
These were the 50 most played tracks at Hï Ibiza in 2024. (Billboard)
These were the 50 most played artists at Hï Ibiza in 2024. (Billboard)
These were the 50 most played tracks at Ushuaïa Ibiza in 2024. (Billboard)
These were the 50 most played artists at Ushuaïa Ibiza in 2024. (Billboard)
Five ways David Lynch made his mark on electronic music. (Mixmag)
Suzi Analogue explores Black women’s influence on electronic music in new audiovisual live score. (DJMag)
Nooriyah: finding nowhere everywhere. (DJMag)
Nimino is more than his viral success: ‘My favorite song of mine is always the one about to come out’ (Billboard)
The centaur of attention: horsegiirL is captivating clubland (Mixmag)
Kygo and his manager Myles Shear discuss the biggest tour of Kygo's 10-year career. See exclusive behind the scenes footage from the shows. (Billboard)
‘It will be different’: How Crazy P is carrying on after the death of its singer. (Billboard)
AI’s impact on music in 2025: Licensing, creativity and industry survival. (Forbes)
Spotify is known for its algorithmic recommendations, but Sulinna Ong brings a human touch to finding new hits. (WSJ)
Music Ally Connect conference:
Understanding music fans: ‘This is about emotion and connection… not stats’. (MusicAlly)
Music Ally SI:X 2024: Six winning finalist startups pitch to Connect, with Different Breed favoured in an audience vote on the best presentation. (MusicAlly)
The rise of regional music: ‘This is creating a crossover culture’. (MusicAlly)

ISSUE: 21 Jan 2025

Spotlight: Five artists to check out in January 2025 (Mixmag)
In The Studio: BIIANCO (DJMag)
Can you handle the sci-fi rave duo BLUMITSU? (Face)
Jamie xx: south London's hottest export on politics, fame and finally growing up (Standard)
‘I Feel Love’ by Donna Summer: How a song intended to be an album track would leave a massive mark on music’s future. (MusicRadar)
Frankie Knuckles forever: 20 essential tracks and mixes from the Godfather of House. (DJMag)
Losing sleep in Tromsø, Norway's techno capital (DJMag)
Drumsheds can host as many as 15,000 people in a former Ikea and is lauded by many – but following a licensing review, there are concerns it’s too big to function. (Guardian)
Ditto hails ‘extraordinary growth’ amid global expansion as firm surpasses 2m registered artists. (MBW)
Audius on artists, money-making and industry control. (MusicAlly)
Music business trends, topics & stories to watch in 2025. (Billboard)
How TikTok music curators have reshaped music discovery and the potential for Spotify to step in for the win if the TikTok ban goes through. (Thematic)
What Spotify took from us by giving us everything. (Verge)
Spotify’s Billions Club tracks the world’s most popular songs, but dozens of greats are nowhere to be found. From TikTok to TV soundtracks, we explore the forces shaping pop’s new canon. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 14 Jan 2025

Six emerging artists you need to hear: January 2025 (DJMag)
Selections: Qrion (DJMag)
DJ Mag’s artists to watch in 2025 (DJMag)
How Fuse brought Detroit techno to the heart of Brussels. (Mixmag)
Being Bradford - The secret behind Bad Boy Chiller Crew. (BBC)
Anyma at The Sphere & the Future of Dance Music (Cultr)
How Rüfüs Du Sol became Australia’s latest stadium act. (RollingStone)
Music industry funding was defined by several key trends in 2024 – here’s what they mean for 2025. (DMN)
Industry experts gave their predictions about the state of music streaming in 2025. (TechRound)
Top music venues are now booking two years ahead, locking in acts for 2027, and festivals are rushing to announce lineups earlier than ever. (Observer) Mid-level artists who in the past might have significantly contributed to a festival’s sales are now “really struggling”.

ISSUE: 07 Jan 2025

Spotlight: Five artists to check out in December 2024 (Mixmag)
Selections: Azzecca (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 218: Maude Vôs (DJMag)
Anyma’s Historic Sphere Residency: 5 Best Moments (Billboard)
AI’s impact on music in 2025: Licensing, creativity and industry survival. (Forbes)
My family call it Old Lady Clubbing, but my giddy ‘nights out’ have lit up a dismal 2024. (Guardian)
25 years of Fabric: how the iconic nightclub continues to defy expectations (Standard)
Clubbing has changed dramatically in the past 25 years: is the party over, or just getting started? (Guardian)
The precipitous decline of UK nightclubs. (Guardian)
How Gen Z, Tinder and Spotify are disrupting clubbing capital Berlin’s rhythm. (myNews)
"It’s meticulously organised, down to every last detail." The long-running London party series Half Baked lifts the veil on promoting events, grappling with inflation and sustaining a growing community. (RA)
Henrik Burman, the director of the upcoming documentary "Avicii - I'm Tim," opened up about the intimate Netflix film. (EDM)
Director Henrik Burman discusses his new Avicii documentary, I'm Tim, which is narrated by the late producer and is on Netflix. (Billboard)
Artists To Watch in 2025 (Magnetic)
Dancing Astronaut’s Artists to Watch in 2025 (DA)
The top 25 artists to watch in 2025 (Mixmag)
Top Ten Festivals 2025: January (RA)
Dancing Astronaut’s 2024 Artist of the Year: ISOxo and Knock2 (DA)
Dancing Astronaut’s 2024 Album of the Year: Tinlicker – ‘Cold Enough For Snow’ (DA)
Dancing Astronaut’s 2024 Label of the Year: Drumcode Records (DA)
Dancing Astronaut’s 2024 Track of the Year + Top 100 Tracks of 2024 (DA)
The best electronic music industry leaders of 2024 (EDM)
The best electronic music producers of 2024 (EDM)
The best DJ sets and electronic music performances of 2024 (EDM)
The best EDM songs of 2024 (EDM)
The top 25 DJs who defined the year 2024 (Mixmag)
The top 25 breakthrough DJs of the year 2024 (Mixmag)
The top 25 producers who defined the year 2024 (Mixmag)
The best DJ mixes of the year 2024 (Mixmag)
The best DJ tracks of the year 2024 (Mixmag)
The best DJ albums of the year 2024 (Mixmag)
DJ Mag’s top mixes of 2024 (DJMag)
DJ Mag’s top compilations of 2024 (DJMag)
DJ Mag’s top tracks of 2024 (DJMag)
DJ Mag’s top albums of 2024 (DJMag)
Remembering DJ Alfredo (RA)

ISSUE: 17 Dec 2024

The 15 Biggest Dance Music Stories of 2024 (Billboard)
Staff List: The 50 Best Dance Tracks of 2024 (Billboard)
Hyperspecific: The Best Electronic Music of 2024 (Quietus)
These Were The 100 Most Played Artists at ADE 2024. (Billboard)
‘Blokes who would normally fight would get off their boxes and dance’: Sanctuary, the club that made Milton Keynes massive. (Guardian)
2hollis’ tenacity is finally paying off. (Face)
Fatboy Slim, Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy, DJ Paulette and Sherelle on how to pick tracks that will get everyone dancing at a party. (Guardian)
DJ Mag Best of British awards 2024: the winners (DJMag)
“I signed some contracts back in the ‘90s that I thought were amazing - I celebrated with a bottle of champagne. I look back now and think, ‘how the hell did I agree to sign this?’”: Sasha on breaking into dance music - and why it's not any easier in 2024 (MusicRadar)
Apple Music host Zane Lowe and vice president Oliver Schusser discuss the launch of three new Apple Music stations and their starry roster of presenters, from Rauw Alejandro and Becky G to FKA twigs and Brian Eno. (Independent)
British nightlife is still very much alive and kicking (iNews)
Snap out of it: Manchester club Amber joins growing trend to ban phone cameras. (Guardian)
Dance, drugs and drum and bass: The inside story of Fabric. (iNews)

ISSUE: 10 Dec 2024

Recognise: fka.m4a (DJMag)
Sublime Records and the dawn of Japanese techno (DJMag)
It’s that time of the year again when millions of Spotify users impatiently await their musical report card. But why? (KillTheDJ)
How artists can make the most of their 2024 Wrapped. (Spotify)
UMG on AI music: ‘Licensing, litigation, and legislation will eventually align’. (MusicAlly)
How Gala reclaimed ‘Freed From Desire’, her Nineties rave hit turned terrace anthem. (Independent)
Florian Picasso: “DJing is about connection, not the spotlight”. (Electronic Groove)
“I didn’t want the album to be all bangers — life isn’t always about bangers:” Carlita on producing her debut album, ‘Sentimental’. (MusicTech)
A for Alpha on the power of sampling and the gear that makes her 90s heart soar. (MusicTech)
Nia Archives on revitalizing U.K. Jungle and the importance of staying true to yourself. (Billboard)
Hardwell discusses the importance of authenticity, nearly 15 years of Revealed Recordings and upcoming projects. (YourEDM)
The Best Electronic Music of 2024 (Pitchfork)
The Best Records of 2024 (RA)
The Best Mixes of 2024 (RA)
The Best Tracks of 2024 (RA)

ISSUE: 03 Dec 2024

The 15 best bass music tracks of November 2024 (Magnetic)
Fresh Kicks 217: Lulah Francs (DJMag)
How UTA powered Kenya Grace's festival charge. (IQ)
Dankie Sounds is spreading diasporic dancefloor delight worldwide. (Mixmag)
Nature's Son Rises: How Of The Trees found his forest at Red Rocks. (EDM)
In conversation with Bicep, Kneecap, OR:LA, SOAK and TRAMP (BBC 6Music)
"It's like a new sound": Brighter Days Family are bringing positive change to dance music. (Mixmag)
Tom Noble's spirit world (DJMag)
Skee Mask: The Special One (RA)
"I put all of my energy into what I do." Joseph Capriati talks about his undying passion for music, his take on business techno and how the scene has changed over the course of his long career. (RA)
Dave Clarke - "Dance music is in disarray right now" (Attack)
How Alok is transforming ancestral sounds into a global call for sustainability. (Billboard)
As Spotify Wrapped beckons and fans jostle to be in the top one percent of their favourite artist’s listeners, our writer investigates the curious phenomenon of the earworm – and why he won’t stop listening to Brat. (Standard)

ISSUE: 26 Nov 2024

Spotlight: Five artists to check out in November 2024 (Mixmag)
Selections: Shampain (DJMag)
AI’s practical applications in music marketing and fan engagement. (Byta)
EX.740 Gabrielle Kwarteng (RA)
The Art of DJing: Djrum (RA)
Earlier this year, one of British radio's most influential figures, Annie Nightingale, passed away. A torchbearer for women in music broadcasting, her impact still resonates on air at the BBC. This month, Anna Wall meets the DJs following in her footsteps. (DJMag)
Childlike wonder: Inside the cinematic, reality-blurring world of Iglooghost. (Mixmag)
No sounds are out of bounds: how The Orb brought ambient house to the masses. (DJMag)
DJ EZ, the reality-bending maestro of the decks. (Guardian)
Maribou State on beating a serious brain injury and new album ‘Hallucinating Love’. (Billboard)
ATRIP and KAM-BU Talk ‘Ocean’, Emcee Culture and Electronic Music. (Notion)
Diplo & Switch on the 15-year anniversary of Major Lazer’s debut album: ‘It became bigger than either of us had expected’ (Billboard)
Mariesa Stevens, Liaison Artists: "I love seeing how far dance music has come. This is not a fad" (MBW)
IMS Dubai:
Dubai’s burgeoning music scene illuminated on the global stage. (Popspoken)
How Armando Hinojosa balances luxury and music at W Mina Seyahi Dubai. (EDMNomad)

ISSUE: 19 Nov 2024

The Sound Of: Qilla Records (DJMag)
The Art of Production: DJ Babatr (RA)
A look inside the Sony Music Immersive Tech Day in London. (Sony)
How artists can maximise the reach and impact of their digital content while maintaining their artistic integrity. (ICIYL)
More than just branding: How producers can maintain artistic direction throughout a career. (Magnetic)
How the 360-degree stage format is taking over the electronic music industry. (MusicTech)
Discognition’s thoughts on trends and the future of Electronic Music. (Magnetic)
Inside ‘HYPER: The Stevie Hyper D Story’ — could this be the greatest jungle film ever made? (Mixmag)
Disco Godfather Cerrone’s enduring influence on dance music. (Bandcamp)
Why dance music needs CCL. (Mixmag)
Or:la wants to get you all fired up. (Face)
The Blessed Madonna: “There’s never been a moment where I wasn’t learning something; this album is the sound of that” (MusicTech)
Clementine Douglas: true believer (DJMag)
"We're getting better at what we do." The Australian dance music trio Rüfüs Du Sol discuss their longtime creative collaboration and their new album, Inhale / Exhale. (RA)
Nia Archives: “I've got a lot of respect for what Honey Dijon is doing” (Mixmag)
In a conversation with John Summit & his manager Holt Harmon, the duo explain how they seized on the 2020 COVID shutdown to take the dance world by storm. (Billboard)
Chloé Caillet is the electronic-punk powerhouse lifting dancefloors to euphoria. (Mixmag)
IMS Dubai:
“There’s never a set list”, Adriatique on New Music and Future Residency (EDMNomad)
A New Era for Electronic Music in the Middle East (YUNG)
MENA Focus (EDMNomad)
Highlights: Day 1, Day 2 (IbizaByNight)

ISSUE: 12 Nov 2024

The 15 best progressive house tracks of October 2024 (Magnetic)
Recognise: Coffintexts (DJMag)
Selections: Arthi (DJMag)
The 2025 NAMM Show: Your guide to the top sessions and must-see events (Magnetic)
Bridges for Music: nurturing South Africa's next generation of electronic artists. (DJMag)
Meakusma Festival doesn’t stick to a conventional sonic blueprint (Mixmag)
"Transitioning together": Ponyboy is Glasgow's hair salon-cum-club night combining music, art, and performance (Mixmag)
House music legend David Morales reveals personal top 10 (Electronic Groove)
Laurence Guy opens up about his continuing love affair with vinyl, the importance of playing small venues, and why he’s back in his ‘fun music’ era. (MusicTech)
Steve Angello on ‘Hooligans’ single, working with The Weeknd & The Future of Swedish House Mafia. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 05 Nov 2024

The 15 best techno tracks of October 2024 (Magnetic)
Eight emerging artists you need to hear: November 2024 (DJMag)
Selections: JIALING (DJMag)
Serum’s winning formula (DJMag)
‘Dance music should bring people together’: Amsterdam tries to reclaim its night culture. High costs, property prices and stifling regulations have, along with Covid, damaged Amsterdam’s vibrant club scene. (Guardian)
999999999: “There’s a unique energy in Venice — the music community is pushing boundaries” (Mixmag)
Abrupt festival is an intriguing, unpredictable showcase of global sounds and subcultures. (Mixmag)
How Dialled In is championing South Asian music, culture and community. (DJMag)
How Juls’ globally-inspired music expresses the warmth of joy and community. (Mixmag)
“Now I realize how little you really need to create good music when you just pick the right sounds - whether that’s on purpose or by accident”: How Darude created Sandstorm, the meme-worthy trance anthem named after a synth preset. (MusicRadar)
Mura Masa: “I felt done with being a set of tools for an artist to use” (Mixmag)
"We need to give more people a seat at the table." HAAi talks about exclusivity in the music industry, neurodivergence and London's thriving lesbian scene. (RA)
Hayla spills the tea on Kx5 and John Summit collabs, debut album 'Dusk'! [video] (EDM)
How Hayla’s ‘DUSK’ redefines her artistic identity. (DA)
Hayla, one of the defining voices of current dance music, on releasing her debut album ‘Dusk’. (Billboard)
Tough Times, Hard Techno: Inside the rise of Sara Landry (Billboard)
Amsterdam Dance Event: 4 Days of hedonism, innovation and glorious electronic music excellence. (Magnetic)
Amsterdam Dance Event 2024 showcased Afrohouse in all its forms, evidencing the genre’s exponentially expanding influence and appeal. (EDM)
We sat down with managers from Kompass to explore their approach to artist management, redefining the intersection of creativity, community and the artist-fan connection. (EDM)

ISSUE: 29 Oct 2024

The key to making music that resonates is knowing who you're producing for. (Magnetic)
'A Hostile Takeover': Animosity and Betrayal at The Loft. (RA)
Enter Desna’s sonic world: Healing frequencies fused with Techno. (Forbes)
Fabian Balino talks simplicity and inspiration. (Magnetic)
"I’m not checking my emails on stage!": Autechre hit back against critics of electronic artists that perform with laptops. (MusicRadar)
"A system that's equal doesn't benefit the people that have the power." Bradley Zero talks about creating opportunities for Black artists and entrepreneurs, Caribbean conviviality and his abiding love for Peckham. (RA)
“I’m not a ‘musician’ - I was always scared of people who had studios”: How Burial produced the 21st century’s most influential electronic album on a “rubbish, dying” computer with outdated software. (MusicRadar)
'Freedom is risk': Superstar DJ The Blessed Madonna on Trump, drugs and her brilliant new album. (Standard)
How John Summit’s ‘Be Everywhere’ touring strategy elevated him to stadium shows. (Billboard)
As festivals look to guarantee attendance, and artists look to ensure their fans engage with them and their brand more deeply, festivals are going more niche to go big. (Bloomberg)
20 questions with Anna Lunoe: ‘I’m proud of all those late night, on my own, being scared and still pushing through moments’ (Billboard)
A non-annoying guide to supporting your favourite women DJs (Dazed)
Round's Will Franklin on how TikTok and Meta are redefining live music event marketing. (MW)
Music Publishing and AI: ‘It’s not two different sides. It’s partners…’. (MusicAlly)

ISSUE: 22 Oct 2024

The best organic house of September (Magnetic)
8 reasons why you need to go clubbing in Warsaw. (Mixmag)
These were the 40 most-played songs at Pacha Ibiza this season. (Billboard)
Why Mutek is the perfect festival for music producers with an audiovisual edge. (MusicTech)
Sunburn: Why Asia’s biggest electronic dance music festival still doesn’t have a venue. (Independent)
Fresh Kicks 215: Mera Bhai (DJMag)
Selections: Bianca Scout (DJMag)
The Sound Of: TREKKIE TRAX (DJMag)
EX.735 Sangre Nueva (RA)
Meet the emerging DJs playing ADE and DJ Mag’s 2024 CLUB Lab event (DJMag)
La Fleur chats to 909originals following the release of her long-awaited debut album, ‘Väsen’. (909Originals)
Jeff Mills: astral traveller (DJMag)
The Blessed Madonna: 'Rave degenerates saved my life'. (BBC)
The Blessed Madonna wants to be ‘a Little Shard of Glass’ in the industry’s foot. (Billboard)
Utah Saints’ Jez Willis and Tim Garbutt chat to 909originals.
Kelly Lee Owens on signing to Dirty Hit’s new dance imprint and euphoric new album ‘Dreamstate’. (Billboard)
The Welsh techno-pop artist Kelly Lee Owens is the first signing to Dirty Hit’s new dance label, dh2. (RollingStone)

ISSUE: 15 Oct 2024

The 15 best techno tracks of September 2024 (Magnetic)
On Cue: Jeremy Sylvester, UK dance music’s underground champion (DJMag)
Streaming services need to build a better ecosystem for artists to avoid fraudsters. (Variety)
La Resistencia: How Ibiza's DIY scene is challenging the Superclubs (RA)
Hï Ibiza's 2024 season offered a glimpse into the future of clubbing. (Mixmag)
Why Bangface – the UK’s last surviving rave-cation – must be protected at all costs. (RollingStone)
Inside Toronto's evolving electronic underground. (DJMag)
Some may say Time Warp is one of the pioneering institutions to bring techno to wider audiences. Its lineups, global reach, commitment to the genre and more prove it is a mecca for techno. (Forbes)
Look at this. We are back’: the impossible return of French touch titans Cassius. (Guardian)
KI/KI: totally entranced (DJMag)
DJ Paulette: Finding my voice through the Musicians’ Union. (MU)
“The more confusing I am as an artist, the better”: Or:la on music and mythology. (MusicTech)
How LP Giobbi followed her deadhead roots to the forefront of dance music. (Billboard)
“I would play solo piano gigs and a producer for Daft Punk came into the bar one night. He asked me if I wanted to join an all-female electronic band”: LP Giobbi on transitioning from jazz to dance music - and remixing Taylor Swift. (MusicRadar)
Rüfüs du Sol have found a new rhythm. (Mixmag)
Rüfüs du Sol on group’s fifth studio album: ‘We had to do a bit of growing up’ (Billboard)
It’s time for electronic music to turn its dreams into reality. (Pitchfork)
Dancing Astronaut’s five can’t-miss shows during ADE 2024. (DA)
The best parties (free and paid) to hit at ADE 2024. (Magnetic)
A guide to the best parties (and panels) during ADE 2024 week in Amsterdam (RA)
Remembering Jackmaster (RA)

ISSUE: 08 Oct 2024

Eight emerging artists you need to hear: October 2024 (DJMag)
5 new dance music albums that every audiophile should listen to this weekend. (What HiFi)
Selections: Kampire (DJMag)
At Home With: Just Her in Brighton (DJMag)
The Sound Of: Det Gode Selskab (DJMag)
How Tricky's ‘Maxinquaye’ forged a new frontier for Black British music (DJMag)
What have been the defining anthems of the 2024 Ibiza season? (IbizaSpotlight)
RIP Southport Pontins: The holiday park turned rave asylum that was the fuzziest place on earth. (Mixmag)
San Francisco’s Portola Festival is for the music heads — but still has room to grow (MusicTech)
"Our collaboration is greater than the sum of its parts." Mount Kimbie's Kai Campos and Dominic Maker discuss their new album on Warp and what it felt like to work together again after years apart. (RA)
Better and better: Verraco is perfecting his recipe for impactful club music. (Mixmag)
Nero and the human cost of technological progress. (EDM)
Cult DJ Midland on his musical journey through the Aids crisis. (Guardian)
How Midland's debut album brings his unique lens to queer history. (Mixmag)
Amy Lamé has stepped down as London’s night czar – and nightlife could be poorer for it. (Guardian)
Has social media pushed fandom to a point of no return? (NewStatesman - Tracey Thorn) It used to be people would respect your personal space – now, it’s all a bit sinister.
The record label recovery, Part III: Artist development. (Medium - Patrick Clifton) An interview with Nick Worthington on artist development and A&R in 2024.
Women in music are fighting for better representation, but could a wave of restructuring undermine the effort? (Bloomberg)
Dancing Astronaut’s five can’t-miss shows during Amsterdam Dance Event.
Amsterdam Dance Event: Essential Conferences and Panels to Attend in 2024 (Cultr)

ISSUE: 01 Oct 2024

Selections: Dar Disku (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 213: eoin dj (DJMag)
How to price your work as a music producer: What to charge per song at each stage of your career. (Magnetic)
How an annual Vanderbilt Dance Show has raised major money for good causes in Nashville. (Billboard)
The lesser told story of broken beat, the enigmatic sound that is yet to ‘break’ the mainstream. (Mixmag)
On the frontlines of New York’s renegade rave scene. (Face)
Debunking the weird myths about London's 24-hour party people. (Dan Hancox)
The Art of DJing: DJ Storm (RA)
“A spectacle to behold”: Celebrating 25 years of Defected & Glitterbox at Ushuaïa & Hï Ibiza (Mixmag)
Better and better: Verraco is perfecting his recipe for impactful club music. (Mixmag)
Delta Heavy's Ben Hall reminisces on how drum & bass changed his life, and the joy it brings him to see the genre's adoption on a global scale. (EDM)
DJ Hell: “The great power of electronic dance music is still sending out messages without any words” (ElectronicGroove)
LSDream and CloZee aren’t afraid to experiment as LSZEE: “I don’t know how to classify what we’re doing” (MusicTech)
Electronic dance music star Alan Walker is having his moment. (Forbes)
Amidst his return to the Ushuaïa Ibiza main stage, Armin van Buuren looks back on his history with the White Isle, and chats about the changing state of trance, staying true to his fans, and avoiding overthinking. (DJMag)
Jamie xx dares you to dance. (Office)
‘Not having a phone is the dream’: Jamie xx on dance music, modern life and getting hooked on surfing. (Guardian)
'The realities caught up with us': What's next for Berlin's club scene following Watergate and Renate closures? (RA)
After years of endless acceleration, dance floors had a different mood this summer. But which sounds captivated audiences, and which fell flat? Here's what we heard. (RA)
11 labels blurring the boundaries of ambient, dub techno and the dancefloor. (DJMag)

ISSUE: 24 Sep 2024

The History of the UK House Dance Scene: A new documentary shedding light on house dance culture. (Mixmag)
Selections: Steven Julien (DJMag)
Joker's king-sized sound (DJMag)
Nigerian super-producer and DJ Sarz grew up in a household that demanded academic success and dismissed artistic pursuits, now an international icon. (Mixmag)
Draaimolen's independent and collaborative approach allows for unique worlds to exist within the Dutch festival, with flawless soundsystems, production and sets that can move you to tears. (Mixmag)
Paul van Dyk talks Ibiza, phones, VENTURE X, and more. (EDMTunes)
‘My first impression was this person’s a genius’: the life and legacy of producer pioneer SOPHIE (Guardian)
AFROJACK: keeping it real (DJMag)
Jamie xx on dance music, modern life and getting hooked on surfing. (Observer)
Jamie xx didn’t ruin club music but that hasn’t stopped the producer from worrying about his impact. (Vulture)
How to produce a dance pop hit (MusicRadar)
How DJ Sonny Fodera hit the Top 10 twice in 12 months as a self-releasing artist. (MW)

ISSUE: 17 Sep 2024

Recognise: Nectax (DJMag)
Soundtracking with Ryan Elliott & Christian AB (RA)
15 years of Dalston Superstore, East London’s queer clubbing haven (DJMag)
Farewell to Oasis, Marrakech’s one-of-a-kind electronic music festival (Independent)
Sally C and Dr Banana: Earplugs are a dance floor necessity (RA)
Budapest’s thriving drum ‘n’ bass scene is energising the city’s youth culture. (Mixmag)
"They were wild and crazy years." Oscar Mulero discusses his early days in Madrid, running record labels and staying true to his sound for more than 30 years. (RA)
Kaytranada: king of the beats (DJMag)
Fred again.., EDM’s everybro (NewStatesman)
The Blessed Madonna: “Dance music flourishes in times of difficulty” (huck)
Four must-use Spotify features that bring you closer to your favourite artists. (Spotify)
Is there a high demand for music producers? How those with "IT" will stay relevant in the AI era. (Magnetic)
Beatport’s Sofia Ilyas on building global communities and championing diversity in electronic music. (TMN)
Opinion: The end of Aslice exposes dance music's hollow activism. (RA)
Richie Hawtin laments closure of DJ revenue sharing platform Aslice: ‘Famous’ DJs ‘failed us all’. (Billboard)
Aslice: The invitable end but does it have to be this way? (Attack)

ISSUE: 10 Sep 2024

The best organic house music in August 2024 (Magnetic)
The 15 best bass music tracks of August 2024 (Magnetic)
Eight emerging artists you need to hear: September 2024 (DJMag)
The Sound Of: Exit Records (DJMag)
South Africa’s youth-led rave scene is harder, faster and queerer than ever. (DJMag)
Taking homegrown talent to every corner of India, Hardline has steadily grown into one of South Asia’s most vital techno events. We chat with Hardline's founders about how it started, and the challenges of throwing parties in India. (Mixmag)
UNTOLD: tales from the main stage of Romania’s fantastical festival (DJMag)
Five Key Performances: Dimensions Festival 2024 (RA)
SoundCloud CEO Eliah Seton interviewed. (Hits)
Crusy: "The industry can make or break you" (Magnetic)
Le Boom’s Christy and Andy Leech chat to 909originals.
DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ: Meet the enigmatic producer that’s just having fun making dance music (MusicTech)
CRSSD Festival returns to the San Diego waterfront next month. We caught up with Rex The Dog, Azzecca, Narciss, Mathame and Skream for some gear guidance. (Attack)
Hedex: “Budapest has been flying the drum 'n' bass flag for a long time — the scene runs deep” (Mixmag)
Closing out festival season with CCL (Face)
Steve Bug on 25 years of Poker Flat, and the challenges facing emerging artists. (909Originals)
Sofi Tukker are coming to your town for a killer party of dance music. (Forbes)
Working almost in secret across countless aliases, Jeremy Sylvester is responsible for some of dance music's greatest tracks — particularly in UK garage. Now with the release of a debut solo album under his own name, the 'Underground Hero' is ready to step into the limelight and collect his flowers as a legendary artist. (Mixmag)
Barry Can’t Swim wants dance music to take itself less seriously. (RollingStone)
“Living in the moment”: How Paco Osuna has stayed at the forefront of dance music for 30 years. (Mixmag)
RIP Danielle Moore: Crazy P's beloved figurehead who personified the power of dancing. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 03 Sep 2024

The 15 best techno tracks of August 2024 (Magnetic)
Selections: Gina Jeanz (DJMag)
Breaking Through: Angel D'lite (RA)
What SEO taught me about artist development and growing a sustainable career in music. (Magnetic)
"The beautiful story starts again": 15 of the best images from Space Riccione's opening fiesta. (Mixmag)
The Ultimate Queer Moodboard: Body Movements 2024 in Pictures (RA)
20 Years of Bootshaus, Cologne's unmatched dance music superclub. (DJMag)
With Burning Man under way in Nevada, inside its network of more than 100 global events. (Billboard)
The evolution of Ukraine's dance music scene, decade by decade. (Mixmag)
On my radar: Jon Hopkins’s cultural highlights (Guardian)
The Art of Production: Olof Dreijer (RA)
Meet the electronic musicians collaborating with nature through bio-sonification. (DJMag)
Jon Hopkins has scored films and worked with Coldplay, but his new album turns inwards. (FT)
"I always find inspiration from my city." Anfisa Letyago talks about her love of Naples, moving from the underground to the mainstream and her new audiovisual show. (RA)
Scottish artist TAAHLIAH speaks about wanting to be known as more than just a DJ, transforming her sound on debut album ‘Gramarye’, some unpredictable influences, and her future artistic ambitions. (Mixmag)
A week ahead of the release of "Telos," his first album in nearly a decade, Zedd teamed up with 5 gum for the most intimate show of his illustrious career. (EDM)
Kaskade discusses the winning formula for a great music festival. (EDM)
For John Summit, the only real challenge is knowing when to slow down. (MusicTech)
Honey Dijon: “I want people to feel like they stepped into another world” (DJMag)
Kaytranada owns his influence. Once modern dance music’s best-kept secret, the Canadian DJ-producer is ready to go bigger. (Vulture)
Alex Pall, a member of The Chainsmokers, expanded on his group's decision to cancel their recent US tour dates. (LinkedIn)
As digital promotion becomes "a volume battle," fan pages are increasingly allowing artists and labels to flood the zone while keeping their own hands clean. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 27 Aug 2024

The 15 best house tracks of August 2024 (Magnetic)
The Sound Of: POLAAR (DJMag)
EX.727 James Massiah (RA)
Inside West Bengal's Booming Sound System Battles (RA)
Will Welsh gets well stuck into the Amsterdamse Bos for the flagship festival weekend of Dekmantel's tenth anniversary, experiencing first-hand why its success keeps on building. (Mixmag)
How rap and dance music fell in love with each other. (GQ)
Girls Of The Internet is actually built around one person, Tom Kerridge, who brings in a raft of collaborators when he performs with his full band. DJ Mag Ibiza meets him to talk house music history, the joy of collaboration, and his new album. (DJMag)
From the hardships of running a full-scale festival to the joys in nurturing new talent, Saoirse chats us through the many channels of her music career ahead of Body Movements 2024. (Mixmag)
Jon Hopkins on his new direction: ‘There are no nods to dance music. I’ve dropped all attempts to fit into anything’ (TheIrishTimes)
Sofi Tukker explains the ‘Over the Top, Sexy, Playful World’ of new album ‘Bread’. [video] (Billboard)
The Prodigy on Reading & Leeds 2024: “There’s only one plan – get on stage and tear the place apart” (NME)
EDMTunes chats with Timmy Trumpet ahead of U.S. debut of S20 Festival in Brooklyn.
The Blessed Madonna wants to be ‘A Little Shard of Glass’ in the industry’s foot. (Billboard)
'Edge of Saturday Night' is taking dancefloors everywhere by storm — it’s all thanks to the Blessed Madonna. (SundayTimes)
Marco Faraone: uncaged (DJMag)
Clean Bandit: We were told to stop making pop music. (BBC)
As the group prepare for Act 1.5, a Bristol festival aiming to have the lowest emissions of any big music event, Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack says decarbonised touring is possible. (Guardian)
Massive Attack are trying to change the music industry's record on climate action, which they say has been stuck for too long. (BBC)
The history of the White Isle: How did Ibiza become a party island? (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 20 Aug 2024

The best drum & bass tracks of all time: 27 timeless rollers that still crush it. (Magnetic)
Monty Luke on Nightdubbing (5Mag)
Live Report: Houghton Festival 2024 (Clash)
Is Houghton the UK’s best underground dance festival? (MusicTech)
At Home With: Finn in Manchester. (DJMag)
The Berlin DJ and producer, AKA DJ Daddy Trance, is one of the most popular—and polarising—artists in the scene today. Will Lynch interrogates his "feel-everything vibe." (RA)
DJ Paulette on the music community standing up to racism. (ITV)

ISSUE: 13 Aug 2024

The 15 best techno tracks of July 2024. (Magnetic)
Recognise: Daisy Moon (DJMag)
Selections: Atmos Blaq (DJMag)
Ambition and Excellence: Ten years of Dekmantel Festival. (RA)
Lissy Lü chats to... House royalty Kerri Chandler at Ocean Drive (IbizaSpotlight)
Tony McGuinness talks Salt, Above & Beyond, Fingerprint, and more. (EDMTunes)
At home with: Shampain in Galway (DJMag)
Bambii: beyond infinity (DJMag)
Uncle Waffles: the amapiano champ (DJMag)
How Paul van Dyk's ‘For An Angel’ changed trance forever. (DJMag)
How Sigala is transforming from radio rebel to rave revivalist. (EDM)
Fred again..’s team at Wasserman Music discusses how "creating moments in the now" reflects post-pandemic consumption patterns and represents the future of touring. (Billboard)
An introvert's breakout: How Don Diablo built his boldest show yet on a foundation of silence. (EDM)
As Juan Atkins blazes into the UK, he relives his wild times at early British raves. (Guardian)
Meta the Devil You Know: Educating artists about their metadata. (Synchtank)
The major record labels are struggling as the economics of the industry mutate. (Bloomberg)

ISSUE: 06 Aug 2024

Eight emerging artists you need to hear: August 2024 (DJMag)
10 essential house music documentaries to watch online now. (DJMag)
Artists who sound like Fred again..: 10 producers our team thinks every dance music fan will love. (Magnetic)
Away from the noise of online and hard and fast trends, Stone Techno Festival brings raw, pure techno to a breath-taking industrial setting, attracting a non-judgmental crowd and a noticeable lack of phone cameras. (Mixmag)
Recognise: Raji Rags (DJMag)
George Daniel, The 1975’s drummer and producer, is a key player in Charli XCX’s world-dominating Brat campaign. Now, he’s launching his club music career with a hard-hitting solo single and shiny new record label. So why does he find DJing small clubs so nerve-wracking? (Face)
The Art of DJing: DJ Ramon Sucesso (RA)
Soundtracking: Peach & Prosumer (RA)
iona is a DJ you can trust. (Face)
Raving in Electrolimbo: Why won't the industry embrace the future? (RA)
How AI is creating a wave of innovation and entrepreneurship that’s reshaping the music industry. (Billboard)
RIP DJ Randall: A jungle and drum 'n' bass master with a magnetic personality. (Mixmag)
Too hot to handle: RIP Randall, the jungle and drum & bass DJ’s DJ. (DJMag)
Remembering DJ Randall (DJMag)

ISSUE: 30 Jul 2024

Best melodic house music of July 2024 (Magnetic)
Here are the 10 most played tracks at Tomorrowland 2024 weekend one. (DJMag)
How the team behind Deep Tropics Festival infuses EDM into Nashville with a sustainable twist. (EDM)
Producers vs DJs: The big difference between the two sides of the same game. (Magnetic)
Selections: TT (DJMag)
Inside Mexico City's vibrant electronic underground. (DJMag)
Dance music’s elusive duo open up — or are they playing a game in front of our eyes? In a rare interview, Two Shell talk about their stylistic shift away from straightforward club records, resisting the matrix, gamifying dance music, and eyeing up fashion next. (Mixmag)
Developing as a label and event series after the pandemic, Tijolo has become a core meeting point for dance music communities in North and South America. Jamaal Johnson chats to head honcho SIXX4SIXX about creating dedicated spaces for Latin clubbers. (Mixmag)
Raising the Doof: The whirlwind success of DJ Hannah Laing (BBC)
Meduza's Mattia Vitale, Luca De Gregorio and Simone Giani reveal their production philosophy and the love for Italian traditional melodies that inspires their music. (Billboard)
Mochakk is a fully-fledged dance music phenomenon. (Mixmag)
Steve Aoki: core strengths (DJMag)
Numerous tactics, including payola-like deals on Spotify, are promoting artists people haven’t chosen to hear – but the industry refuses to discuss it. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 23 Jul 2024

Recognise: Matisa (DJMag)
Butik 2024: Paradise on the Emerald River (RA)
EX.722 Bicep (RA)
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats, an immersive VR experience embarks on an eight-city national tour this week with the aim of taking audiences back in time to the beginning of the acid house movement. (Guardian)
Watch me work it, I’m perfect! The return of electro-house, pop’s trashiest, brattiest sound. (Guardian)
DJ, producer and label owner Matt Edwards, aka Radio Slave, has made some huge changes in his life in recent years, and his creativity has gone into overdrive. He talks about life in Croatia, sobriety, new ways of working and how he keeps the output of his Rekids imprint so vital. (DJMag)
Vintage Culture: discovering the promised land (DJMag)
Amapiano’s Second Wave: Upcoming producers and the risks of exploitation. (Mixmag)
Creamfields festival has drawn up plans to massively reduce its impact on the environment. (BBC)
The 10 best moments of Tomorrowland 2024. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 16 Jul 2024

The 15 best techno tracks of June 2024 (Magnetic)
Fresh Kicks 211: Pizza Hotline (DJMag)
Selections: Om Unit & James Bangura (DJMag)
How to make money as a music producer: 7 fantastic ways of making ends meet in 2024 (Magnetic)
Kelly Lee Owens is having the time of her life. (Face)
The Art of Production: Hudson Mohawke (RA)
Charli xcx Forever (RA)
EX.721 Charli xcx: "I started in the clubs, and that's where my heart is." (RA)
Tommy Cash is always in his rave era. (ElectronicBeats)
Miss Monique: green light (DJMag)
Look inside Michael Bibi's emotional night headlining the largest electronic show in London's history. (EDM)
One of half of CamelPhat, Dave Whelan, talks about their Pacha Ibiza residency, that collab with Noel Gallagher, and doing everything in moderation. (Complex)
Together with Snapdragon and a horde of contrarian creatives, ODESZA developed "Echoes," an ambitious project that reimagined tech as a tool for real-world, tangible togetherness. (EDM)
John Summit’s ‘Comfort In Chaos’ debut album, relationship with Kaskade and more. (Billboard)
Floorplan’s divine house music (DJMag)
20 questions with Salute: On their debut LP and inclusion riders making lineups ‘Less Tokenistic and more like promoters give a F–k’ (Billboard)
Return to Genosys: The comeback of Block9's post-apocalyptic spectacle. (Mixmag)
Now that Block9's NYC Downlow is one of Glastonbury's foremost nightlife temptations, changes have been made to cope with demand. This year its dark and intimate 'Room Two', The Meat Rack, doubled in size and really came into its own. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 09 Jul 2024

Eight emerging artists you need to hear: July 2024. (DJMag)
The 15 best melodic techno tracks of June 2024 (Magnetic)
Selections: Kiss Nuka (DJMag)
“The Jilted Generation is all the kids who’ve grown up on this supposedly corrupt dance music”: revisiting The Prodigy’s era-defining second record, 30 years on. (Louder)
How The Prodigy’s ‘Music For The Jilted Generation' turned rave outsiders into defiant festival headliners. (DJMag)
People at the centre: MOGA 2024 was so much more than sun, sea, sounds and scenery. (Mixmag)
Something in the Ayr: Ewan McVicar's Pavilion festival is a celebration of hometown pride. (Mixmag)
House music all life long: 25 Years Of Defected. (DJMag)
Michael Bibi on beating cancer & ‘The very healing process’ of returning to music. (Billboard)
"It's a dream to share a passion with your best friend." German duo FJAAK talk about life on the road and writing their first album in six years. (RA)
Richie Hawtin is proving why DJs must embrace technology: “It’s about going beyond just putting two records together” (MusicTech)
“We didn’t see any good coming from not having humans involved in the process of human creativity” an interview with Soundraw. (KillTheDJ)
AI Briefing: The music industry raises the decibel for the fight over generative AI. (DigiDay)
Interview: Spotify Global Head of Editorial Sulinna Ong (Hits)
SoundCloud global head of music Emmy Lovell: “To have zero plays is soul destroying for musicians.” (MusicAlly)
The club-meets-pop hedonism of Charli xcx's Partygirl sent fans at The Levels into a frenzy... but there was plenty of 'Brat' to be had beyond Silver Hayes. (Mixmag)
The best sets at Glastonbury’s Silver Hayes dance area. (Face)
Babylon Uprising is Glastonbury’s best kept secret for heavyweight dance music (Mixmag)
How Arcadia transformed a war machine into a party paradise at Glastonbury. (Mixmag)
Glastonbury's Block9 in photos: raising the bar for electronic music stage production. (DJMag)
96 hours at Glastonbury 2024 (RA)
Opinion: Glastonbury hosts world-class electronic music. The problem is getting to see it. (RA)

ISSUE: 02 Jul 2024

The best melodic house tracks of June 2024 (Magnetic)
10 years on, AVA Festival is still flying the flag for Belfast's party scene. (Mixmag)
Get To Know: LUMI (DJMag)
The Sound Of: Love On The Rocks (DJMag)
Why Angus1 is no longer playing by the rules of the music industry. (MusicTech)
Atrym shares career trajectory and inspiration behind hit new single 'Enemy'. (Magnetic)
Sam Divine: the Queen of Defected takes Ibiza (DJMag)
Why are DJs playing so many new dance cover songs? (Billboard)
'It's a credit crunch': Why are so many festivals cancelling again in 2024? (RA)
The Top 100 Festivals of 2024 (DJMag)
Faithless at Glastonbury, an emotional step into a new era. (Mixmag)
Glastonbury icons Orbital on 30 years of breaking barriers. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 25 Jun 2024

A history of Mákina in ten tracks. (RA)
Rewiring Nairobi: the new era of electronic music in Kenya’s capital. (DJMag)
On Cue: Francis Mercier’s Afro house impact (DJMag)
Mix(es) Of The Day: Block9 2023 (RA)
Fields of dreams: how do we save the UK festival sector? (DJMag)
How The Chemical Brothers’ ‘Surrender’ became their biggest, brightest album. (DJMag)
The most influential electronic dance music DJs of All Time: 29 Pioneers, Icons, and Legends on the decks. (Magnetic)
Ahead of the debut set at Glastonbury, drum & bass DJ Ros Atkins - who's also a BBC News presenter - about raving in the '90s, running club nights, and the contemporary d'n'b scene. (Mixmag)
Sandbox is leading the charge for Egypt's newly burgeoning dance music era. (Mixmag)
Joseph Capriati: do it for love (DJMag)
"My place of rebirth was New York." BASHKKA discusses Brooklyn's queer ballroom scene and advocating for Munich's queer community at BLITZ Club. (RA)
Save Europe: the alt-right movement spreading hate with dance music. (Dazed)

ISSUE: 18 Jun 2024

The 15 best tech house tracks of May 2024 (Magnetic)
8 Tracks: There's something for everyone in this summer's dance music. (NPR)
10 amapiano DJs you need to have on your radar. (EDM)
10 essential artists for the 31st edition of Sónar Barcelona. (ElectronicGroove)
Renegade Riddims: Zammo (DT)
Fresh Kicks 210: Stella Zekri (DJMag)
The Art of DJing: GE-OLOGY (RA)
EX.717 DJ Pierre (RA)
Sammy Virji: global garage phenomenon (DJMag)
Spotify’s 2024 Songs of Summer predictions. (Spotify)
Amapiano's Second Wave: How innovations emerge from Black South African culture. (Mixmag)
Faithless are preparing their first live shows without their late frontman Maxi Jazz. They explain why they can’t replace his voice, but can continue his spirit. (Guardian)
Tove Lo and SG Lewis' guide to sexual tension on the dancefloor. (EDM)
"Music we truly believe in": 1,000 releases later, Hardwell's vision for revealed label remains the same. (EDM)
Lissy Lü chats to... Meduza and James Hype at Hï Ibiza. (IbizaSpotlight)
Lissy Lü chats to... Steve Angello from Swedish House Mafia. (IbizaSpotlight)
We speak with Aaron Velasquez about the art of sampling, why Ableton Live’s stock sounds are all you really need, and the recording session with Marc Rebillet that was more like a party. (MusicTech)
Avicii’s dad: 'I miss him every minute, but I get angry at him for leaving'. (BBC)
‘Don’t worry about AI. People want bodies in a room’: Faithless on the eternal power of rave – and the death of Maxi Jazz. (Guardian)
Minimal techno legend Robert Hood and his daughter Lyric Hood, who perform together as Floorplan, on navigating clubland as dance music's father/daughter duo. (Billboard)
The Circuit Group co-founders Dean and Jessica Wilson discuss how the company, which has expanded with seven new hires, is helping artists grow their businesses independently. (Billboard)
Love To Be... How one of the UK's most influential club brands is celebrating 30 years in the game. (Magnetic)
From collaborations between cult superclubs and emerging designers to fully-fledged brands by DJs, fashion is now a key strategy for cultivating community in club culture. (ElectronicBeats)
From topping the 90s charts to ‘very controlled and predictable’ today: is the remix dead? (Guardian)
As LP sales boom in the UK, so has the illegal trade in poor-quality fakes. But the record detectives are fighting back. (Guardian) Note: The feature should read "the pressing machines would have been seized also, had it not been for the fact they were much too big and dismantling them was considered potentially dangerous."

ISSUE: 11 Jun 2024

The 15 best pirate radio anthems, curated by Roni Size. (Mixmag)
Quality time: the new era of hi-fi listening bars. (DJMag)
Sync or swim: Navigating the fusion of AI and DJing. (Magnetic)
Solace Talent on the new breed of music influencers: ‘It has to be so genuine’. (MusicAlly)
Why young people aren’t going out anymore. (TimeOut)
Interview: Reach Up – Disco Wonderland’s Nick Halkes and Andy Smith (909originals)
Selections: Ibibio Sound Machine (DJMag)
EX.716 Wolfgang Tillmans (RA)
LUXE, the London DJ bringing her Welsh heritage to the dancefloor. (Dazed)
EDMTunes chats to Night Tales.
James Blake talks ‘anarchistic’ campaign behind his first single since going independent. (Billboard)
James Blake on why he’s stayed anonymous on other artist’s music: “They take it and make it 10 times worse”. (MusicTech)
Ahead of releasing his new collaborative album and the 25th anniversary tour of his record-breaking album ‘Play’, Moby talks about dating, creating in the age of cancel culture – and why he has a soft spot for Ricky Gervais despite what the comedian has said about transgender people. (Independent)
Booka Shade talks about new album 'Link To The Invisible' and more. (909originals)
Meeting Mathame at the beautiful Ibizan spot Las Dos Lunas. (Ibiza-Spotlight)
Detroit techno DJ Carl Craig: ‘I had a guy in the basement making sounds with electric saws and tools’. (FT)
FJAAK don't want to play the techno industry game. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 04 Jun 2024

Kygo prepares to ring in summer with the tried-and-true finesse of his anthemic sound. (EDM)
Smokin' Jo's autobiography 'You Don’t Need A Dick To DJ' is an inspiring and at-times brutal tale, detailing a turbulent adolescence and rise to become one of UK's most legendary DJs. (Mixmag)
Ahead of Mother Pride Block Party, Princess Superstar talks to 909originals.
Eight emerging artists you need to hear: June 2024. (DJMag)
As he celebrates 10 years on NTS Radio, Kasra V spotlights timeless Italo, house, techno and prog. (DJMag)
Birmingham artist Subb-an performs his new track, "Acid Sitar," and discusses his approach to sampling. (RA)
Following one of the wettest winters on record and dominant folk and country hits, will this summer's dancefloors still be lighting up with club bangers? (NME - Jonathan Kanengoni)

ISSUE: 28 May 2024

10 of the best UK funky tracks released since 2020 (Mixmag)
The Face’s guide to South African dance music. (Face)
The Sound Of: Nous’klaer Audio (DJMag)
Audio Erotica: the graphic design of rare vintage hi-fi brochures. (DJMag)
How Bronski Beat’s ‘Smalltown Boy’ became an enduring anthem of queer liberation. (DJMag)
Legendary DJ Smokin' Jo tells of her wild and glamorous career in the 90s and 2000s - and of the 'painful' sexism, racism and violence. (iNews)
Legendary producer and remixer Arthur Baker talks about new EP. (909Originals)
Brandon Weems and Craig Handfield, together known as musclecars, are core members of a group of Brooklyn DJs and producers who have been keeping things soulful in New York’s clubbing universe. But with the release of their debut album, ‘Sugar Honey Iced Tea!’, the duo goes further, placing their work as part of the full lineage of Black music and experience. (DJMag)
“People assume that live dance music isn’t really ‘live’. They’re convinced that some of it's coming from a drum machine or sequencer. I could do that if I wanted, but I’d miss the humanity”: Róisín Murphy on her remixes album, touring, and 'Sing It Back'. (MusicRadar)
Amnesia's 2024 opening party encapsulated the Ibiza spirit.. or at least the latest rendition of it. (Mixmag)
BT goes deep on his plugins: “There isn’t a producer on the planet that won’t want this”. (MusicTech)
Ahadadream is Bringing Joy to the Dance Floor. (Notion)
20 questions with Moby: On Trump, the 25 year anniversary of ‘Play’ and fame: ‘I experienced it firsthand and it’s stupid’ (Billboard)
20 questions with Subtronics: On his first EDC Las Vegas mainstage set and why ‘It feels like there’s a responsibility to push dubstep’. (Billboard)
Veteran producer Richie Hawtin on Techno’s recent vibrancy and the return of Plastikman. (WWD)
Recorded live at IMS Ibiza, Juan Atkins reflects on his legacy, the state of techno today and the city of Detroit. (RA)

ISSUE: 21 May 2024

On Cue: Hiroko Yamamura, Chicago’s underground champion. (DJMag)
Selections: Rachiid Paralyzing (DJMag)
Brighton Music Conference… is it worth it? (DT)
Recognise: LAVURN (DJMag)
Big-name ballet dancers and rising choreographers have found a new home in the Ministry of Sound where the after-party goes on until 5am. (Guardian)
From Fred again.. shocking ravers with a surprise set to deadmau5 ensnaring a drone with a butterfly net, EDC was full of mystifying moments in 2024. (EDM)
How ‘Euphoria’ brought trance to the masses. (DJMag)
How Jeekie and Raphaella produced and recorded ‘Change’. (MusicTech)
She's one of pop's most visionary stars. On her new album, Brat, Charli XCX opens up about everything from potential motherhood to her feelings about SOPHIE — and it’s addictive listening. (RollingStone)
EX.713 CJ Bolland (RA)
Simon Reynolds on the ‘very human’ future of dance music. (Dazed)
What is 3-Step, South Africa's latest house movement? Here are 12 essential tracks. (RA)
Why Hayla is ready to be more than the ‘featured vocalist’ on your favourite DJ’s biggest songs. (MusicTech)
How Illenium became Asian America’s favorite white boy. (RollingStone)
This Is Jordan: On their debut album, I. JORDAN shows exactly who they’re meant to be. (Mixmag)
Anastasia Kristensen doesn’t mind being a techno nerd. (Face)
The techno pioneer Jeff Mills blazes a trail to space, and beyond. (NewYorker)
Becky Hill on raving to the top – and her new album’s dark past (Guardian)

ISSUE: 14 May 2024

Eight emerging artists you need to hear: May 2024 (DJMag)
Breaking Through: EMA (RA)
The Sound Of: 1985 Music (DJMag)
5 artists you can't miss at EDC Las Vegas 2024. (EDM)
Indira Paganotto: state of the art (DJMag)
Meet Porij, the Coldplay-supporting new-rave band who are all about “dance music live”. (MusicTech)
The art of DJing: Teki Latex (RA)
Finding the "game" of being a musician frustrating, bbymutha just wants her music to be fun and connect people. Her new dance music-influenced album 'sleep paralysis' embodies this approach. (Mixmag)
Inside deadmau5's "Retro5pective" at the Hollywood Bowl, a dazzing homage to his career. (EDM)
A guide to reforming US artist visas. (RA)
The future of music consumption is taking shape. (Esquire)

ISSUE: 07 May 2024

Inside Tomorrowland's Nature-inspired Core, where techno dreams take root in the real world. (EDM)
Dance in protest: 30 years of the UK's anti-rave Criminal Justice Bill. (DJMag)
Justice just crushed Coachella. Eight years between albums, ‘We don’t like to be too exposed.’ (LATimes)
"Nightlife in New York was a celebration." Moby reflects on the '90s club scene and the state of dance music today. (RA)
Creating music with authenticity: An interview with MOLØ on her debut album ‘Aqua Lull’. (ElectronicGroove)
ESG’s infinite influence: how the South Bronx sisters shaped hip-hop and house. (DJMag)
IMS draws to a close with epic Grand Finale at Dalt Vila. (IbizaSpotlight)
Why Wolfgang Gartner used custom-trained AI vocals on ‘Automatic’. (MusicTech)
Rezz's crystal ball: Inside her wonderfully wicked mind and plans for new curated event, 'Hypno Circus'. (EDM)
Inside the UK’s thriving free party scene. (DJMag)
Explore how local musicians can leverage community ties to secure festival spots, with insights from Canyon Vibration festival's team. (Magnetic)
Spotlight: West Coast bass and video game-inspired trance from the Middle East. (Mixmag)
RIP MC Conrad: A peerless performer who became one with the music. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 30 Apr 2024

To commemorate ten years since DJ Rashad's death, collaborators, protégés and family reflect on his life and extraordinary legacy. (RA)
24-hour party people: raving and rebelling in Manchester’s Hulme Crescents. (DJMag)
Satisfying Liverpool's appetite for global club sounds, Chop.Life is the party that refuses to follow the tried-and-tested recipe. (Mixmag)
Vinyl will generate over $1 billion this year — so why aren't artists selling limited-edition releases that drop before the streaming date? (Billboard)
What is 'mixed music'? DJ Gilles Peterson on the state of the genre and where it's headed. (Magnetic)
Explore the best 90s house music songs, curated from iconic tracks by legends like Frankie Knuckles. Dive into a nostalgic musical journey! (Magnetic)
As Spotify amasses power, some artists find success without it. (Bloomberg)
Frank & Tony: "Compression won't make it better" (Attack)
“Everything changed”: How Anetha is powering up her artistry. (Mixmag)
In creating her deeply personal second album, Becky Hill has become more sure of herself and it’s showing in her music. (RollingStone)
13 questions with Justice: New album 'Hyperdrama', music production and more. [video] (Mixmag)
"There are more safe spaces for women to be themselves." Nia Archives discusses the diversity of the jungle scene and her new album, 'Silence Is Loud'. (RA)
Porter Robinson left behind the club scene for pop stardom. He opens up about sobriety, his ‘meltdown’ in Australia, and why he used to fantasise about ‘alienating all my rave fans’. (Independent)
Why global demand is soaring for groundbreaking DJ-producer Peggy Gou: "I worked hard to have a glamorous life" (Billboard)
Steve Aoki has no problem using artificial intelligence to build tracks: ‘You can’t stop AI… you just have to ride the wave’. (Billboard)
Steve Aoki on his new music, big bets and becoming the ‘Loud’ Asian American hero he always wanted. (Billboard)
How the potential TikTok ban might influence the music industry and smaller artists. (KillTheDJ)
From the BPI’s ‘In Tune With Tomorrow’ conference -
Louis VI on the climate emergency: ‘We need to speak to those left out’. (MusicAlly)
Music Declares Emergency climate movement: ‘Everyone has a role to play’. (MusicAlly)
Justice’s Hyperdrama Coachella show sets the bar for electronic music performances — again. (MusicTech)
An embracive interview with Heather Shaw, whose subversive design of Quasar pushed the Coachella experience into the future. (EDM)
This year's Coachella showcased an array of transformative performances and unexpected musical alliances, solidifying the festival's pivotal role in shaping the future of dance music. (EDM)
Is clubbing declining on a global scale? (ElectronicGroove)
Explore the Future Talent Awards 2024, a pivotal platform under the Pete Tong DJ Academy that propels budding DJs and producers to global prominence. It features industry partnerships and advanced training opportunities. (Magnetic)
Meet the winners of The Beatport Awards (IMS Ibiza 2024) (Beatport)
IMS conference 2024:
Day one: Rebuilding our community (IbizaSpotlight)
Day two: The old and the new (IbizaSpotlight)
Five lessons on superfans from IMS Ibiza 2024: ‘Something as simple as a WhatsApp Group can be amazing’ (Billboard)

ISSUE: 23 Apr 2024

Electronic artists not to miss at The Great Escape Festival 2024. (Magnetic)
On Cue: Cormac and queer dance music history (DJMag)
SheSpace Tbilisi is a new film by Carmel Köster & Mariana Berezovska, highlighting the work of women who are carving out much-needed spaces for freedom and expression within the music and nightlife industries in Georgia's capital city. (Mixmag)
"Grassroots is from the ground up": Inside studio Monkey Shoulder, the new grassroots music initiative. (Mixmag)
Heavee is flourishing through footwork. (RA)
How to choose the right record label for your music: Jeremy Olander talks demo-signing strategies. (Magnetic)
DJ, producer, Headlabel and music instructor: The many facets of Max Porcelli. (Magnetic)
The Art of DJing: Freddy K (RA)
sim0ne wants to make you sweat. (Face)
Ears To The Ground: Dance music, found sounds, and cultural heritage. (DJMag)
Uncle Waffles' international success represents an exhilarating era for southern African music. As her groundbreaking career continues its ascent, the Eswatini DJ, producer and performer speaks about the ancestral power of log drums, the universal language of dancing, and touching grass. (Mixmag)
“I'm almost ashamed to be known as a DJ”: Dave Clarke on the state of dance music and the making of Archive One. (MusicRadar)
Bad Snacks’ electronic journal entries. (DJMag)
20 Questions: Mount Kimbie (XLR8R)
Sara Landry: hard techno’s high-frequency priestess. (DJMag)
Daft Punk is dead, long live Daft Punk: the limits of a brand beyond the band. (DJMag)
Dance giants Justice return: ‘The only thing we argued over were the bongos’ (Guardian)
Rüfüs Du Sol drive down memory lane at Coachella — and tease their next move. (RollingStone)
For Michael Bibi, Coachella was a "range of mixed emotions" as he played his first show since getting cancer treatment. (BBC)
The dark side of the White Island — Ibiza as it really is. (Times)
How Time Warp has achieved 30 years of hard-hitting techno and next-level stage productions. (MusicTech)
For dance artists, is playing in the US worth costly visas? (RA)

ISSUE: 16 Apr 2024

Fresh Kicks 208: Akanbi (DJMag)
Selections: Eddington Again (DJMag)
Recognise: RIOT CODE (DJMag)
Building Blocks: Fauzia (RA)
Jess Glynne was on the verge of quitting music. Now she’s back with a new album – and a high-profile relationship with Alex Scott. (SundayTimes)
20 questions with Orbital: ‘There’s just this open, puppy dog joy that seems to come with an American crowd’ (Billboard)
Nia Archives on unleashing a Yorkshire rave revolution. (Guardian)
Justice reveal how they made their first studio album in eight years — and why their singular ethos hasn't changed. (Billboard)
The State of the Scene: Drum & Bass meets the mainstream (DT)
Dance Dance Revolution. (Baffler)
“The level of wealth really shocked me” - Zara McDermott on following the money in Ibiza: Secrets of the Party Island. (BBC)
AI is going to hyper-accelerate the shift to personalised discovery of music, by making the existing discovery algorithms of the various platforms much more sophisticated and much more customised to the tastes of individual listeners say Duetti CEO and co-founder Lior Tibon. (CMU)
Labels, streamers and promoters want to get superfans to spend more money, each with a different approach. Which will be more effective? (Billboard)
Launched in 2004 as a home for underground house and techno acts, Liaison Artists has grown significantly as the sound has taken over major venues and festivals like Coachella. (Billboard)
Future-proofing festivals: CAA veteran Alex Becket on why EDM is the sound of success for Coachella and more. (EDM)

ISSUE: 09 Apr 2024

The 15 best tech house tracks of March 2024. (Magnetic)
Eight emerging artists you need to hear: April 2024 (DJMag)
Tunes Of The Month – Hottest Tracks Of March 2024 (EDMTunes)
Preview of the top artist sets to watch at Time Warp's 30th anniversary. (Mixmag)
Breaking Through: Toumba (RA)
The Sound Of: ESP Institute (DJMag)
20 questions: Mount Kimbie (XLR8R)
Selections: Anastasia Kristensen (DJMag)
The duality of Mau P: An underground advocate becomes a house music vanguard. (EDM)
salute: push the system (DJMag)
Throwing curveballs: SHINDIG has cracked the code of unique clubbing experiences. (Mixmag)
Music videos were once cultural events almost as important as the music they promoted. In an era of digestible bite-size content on TikTok, the art form is in danger of being lost for ever. (Guardian)
Is there still a future for music curators? (Reprtior)
IMS Ibiza 2024 is gearing up for its 15th edition, and it’s shaping up to be a must-attend event for anyone passionate about the electronic music scene this year. [video] (DT)
Winners and losers of Miami Music Week 2024. (EDMTunes)

ISSUE: 02 Apr 2024

5 dance music artists to celebrate for Women's History Month. (Forbes)
The 15 best bass music tracks of March 2024. (Magnetic)
The 10 best moments of Ultra Music Festival 2024. (Billboard)
10 electronic music acts you must see at Coachella 2024. (EDM)
The 15 best house music tracks of March 2024. (Magnetic)
On Cue: Yen Sung, Lisbon’s dancefloor lodestar (DJMag)
Is Spotify Showcase worth it? See artists’ real-world results. (DMN)
On Anetha's debut album, the French techno titan celebrates feminine energy. (DJMag)
Cavo Paradiso: the evolution of a legendary dancefloor. (DJMag)
Oden & Fatzo defy genres with inspirational electronic music. (Sun)
The Art of DJing: Ellen Allien (RA)
A sweeping interview with the drum & bass supergroup of Dimension, Sub Focus, Culture Shock and 1991, who are leading the genre's stateside surge as WORSHIP. (EDM)
Under the electric storm: Here's what you missed at Ultra 2024, a rainy rave dreamscape. (EDM)
Given the complexity of their duties, is it high time for club security to reassess how they interact with individuals managing type 1 diabetes? (Attack)
A techno obsession: Inside the hard, fast rise of Teletech. (Mixmag)
“When everyone has the same tools that can make professional quality stuff, then you get to see the actual talent really rise to the top”: Grimes discusses the potential of AI in music. (MusicTech)
Kevin Saunderson is the past, present and future of techno. (MusicTech)

ISSUE: 26 Mar 2024

Selections: CORIN (DJMag)
EX.705 horsegiirL (RA)
Recognise: re:ni (DJMag)
Five things to do before you even think of getting an artist manager. (MusicX - Charlotte Caleb)
Techno legend Magda speaks to 909originals. (909Originals)
Oslo producer Suchi swapped a corporate job for a pair of decks. (Face)
From footwork to infinity: Jlin is an era-defining artist. (Mixmag)
John Summit is making dance music’s biggest hits in bed. (RollingStone)
Dance music continues to take off from Northern Ireland. (BBC)
Opinion: Berlin didn't invent Techno. So why no mention of Detroit in the UNESCO honour? (RA)
It's a lot easier to capitalise on people's dreams of being an artist than it is to actually market whatever music they make. (FirstFloor - Shawn Reynaldo)
Is UMG’s TikTok standoff creating more opportunities for independent artists? (Billboard)
Stifling the scene: How rigid artist visa rules impact US dance music. (RA)

ISSUE: 19 Mar 2024

5 supporting DJs blowing up not to miss at Ultra Music Festival. (Cultr)
These are the artists playing DJ Mag's 2024 Miami Pool Party (DJMag)
Spotlight: 131bpm, Delasi, Krithi, PPJ & Small Crab (Mixmag)
Fresh Kicks 207: Aletha (DJMag)
Louie Vega: ride on the rhythm (DJMag)
ANOTR: open your mind (DJMag)
Mary Anne Hobbs talks about her All Queens party, her love for SHERELLE and music as a force for good. (RA)
Logic1000: one of dance music’s most intriguing artists enters a new era. (Guardian)
With a new residency at Resorts World Las Vegas, MEDUZA sets out to redefine the clubbing experience, merging their underground club roots with the vibrant energy of Sin City. (EDM)
Music helped saved Illenium’s life — and now he’s doing the same for others. (Billboard)
Music festivals canceled this year reveal rising costs of producing large events. (Bloomberg)
Long live pub raves: How big-name DJs are helping to save British pubs. (MusicTech)

ISSUE: 12 Mar 2024

Discover the hottest events at Miami Music Week 2024, from pool parties to label takeovers and afterparties featuring diverse genres and top-tier talent - all you need to know to make the most of this epic week! (Magnetic)
12 best Miami Music Week 2024 parties (MiamiNewTimes)
The best dance music playlists on Spotify. (Magnetic)
Eight emerging artists you need to hear: March 2024 (DJMag)
Selections: Manuka Honey (DJMag)
Recognise: Piezo (DJMag)
What makes something jungle? [video] (RA)
Is generative music really the next Napster? (Trapital)
Riot Games, Monstercat and Noisestorm reveal what went into bringing "Crab Rave" to teamfight tactics. (EDM)
Simple Things 2024: Bristol’s kaleidoscopic showcase of leftfield music returns. (DJMag)
An interview with SVDDEN DEATH, Eptic and Space Laces, whose "extremely rare" performance at Ultra 2024 could deeply influence the next generation of dubstep artists. (EDM)
How Voices From The Lake reshaped ambient techno. (DJMag)
How Logic1000’s ‘Transformation during motherhood’ influenced new album ‘Mother’. (Billboard)
Air revisit Moon Safari: ‘French music was horrible — we weren’t part of it’ (Times)
"Every opportunity to learn something new is what's going to grow your craft as an artist." Ciel talks about discipline and gaining self-confidence as a producer. (RA)
After disbanding cult pop act the Knife, Olof Dreijer helped migrant musicians and resisted the Swedish far-right. His wondrous new club tracks now reconsider how art can inform politics. (Guardian)
King Britt is honouring the Black origins of dance music. (Face)
Some evidence suggests that music videos are not as impactful to an artist’s success as they used to be. Should musicians even bother? (Chartmetric)
‘Surviving the AI apocalypse’: here’s what we learned at AVA Festival’s AI panel. (PRS)
After a report into the epidemic of misogyny and abuse in the British music industry, female musicians, managers, photographers, agents and A&Rs share powerful statements about their own experiences. (Independent)
International Women’s Day: Five women pushing dance music forwards. (Clash)

ISSUE: 05 Mar 2024

The 15 best bass music tracks of February 2024 (Magnetic)
The 15 best melodic techno tracks of February 2024 (Magnetic)
On Cue: Sepehr's rave mythology (DJMag)
Girls Don’t Sync: rise together (DJMag)
How Fred again.. instantly sold 100,000 tickets (and counting) by being ‘in the now’. (TheMusic)
How Charli XCX returned to her rave roots for 'Loud and Bold' new album. (Billboard)
Aluna on new album 'Renaissance' and making dance music inclusive again. (Grammys)
What do Atlanta trap and techno have in common? In this essay, Afrofuturist DJ and writer gum.mp3 argues why it's important to acknowledge rap and dance music's shared genealogy. (RA)
Let’s predict the future of curated playlists in the streaming era. Will AI's efficiency outplay human creativity, or can both coexist in harmony? (KillTheDJ)
Outernet: Meet the man behind London’s biggest tourist attraction – and maybe the future of advertising. (CityAM)
While giant promoters rake in billions, smaller venues are struggling to make ends meet – even when gigs are selling out. We go on tour to find a glimmer of hope. (Guardian)
Don’t sit at home mourning the loss of Britain’s nightclubs – go out and rave. (Guardian)
The history of dance music is built on "undervalued, unattributed and unpaid" women. Singers talk about the struggle to be recognised and recompensed - and how they're disrupting the status quo from the inside. (Sky)

ISSUE: 27 Feb 2024

A history of Baltimore Club in ten tracks. (RA)
Selections: Dirty K (DJMag)
Meet Mary Droppinz: A multifaceted sonic storyteller in the world of dance music. (Forbes)
T.Williams: no limitations. (DJMag)
MZ Worthy on improve visibility and opportunities for trans and non-binary artists in house music. (Magnetic)
François K's creative force. (DJMag)
The Metalheadz co-founder, jungle pioneer and all-around British legend Goldie calls in from his home in Thailand to talk Bowie, ’shrooms and that machete he keeps under his bed. (Face)
DJ Python is ready to enjoy the milestones. (Mixmag)
An embracive interview with Subtronics, whose new album is the culmination of a journey from downhearted yet starry-eyed teenager to generational music producer. (EDM)
Nia Archives has taken her beloved genre into fresh territory and earned the respect of the scene’s older heads. Her next trick? A debut album that fuses euphoric breaks with the guitar-powered swagger of Britpop. Let’s have it. (Face)
"The road is incredible but has a lot of pitfalls." Daniel Avery discusses striking the balance between DJing and production, the challenges of life on tour and choosing to stick out. (RA)
How to get into Spotify daily charts within 72 hours. (Medium - GeekMarketing)
How to market a record label in 2024: Soave's marketing manager and founder office advice to founders and label managers. (Magnetic)
Seven ways to promote music on TikTok in 2024. (AmplifyYou)
Unlocking Spotify algorithms: Proven strategies from two years of boosting artist visibility on streaming platforms. (MusicTomorrow)

ISSUE: 20 Feb 2024

Selections: Nkisi (DJMag)
The Sound Of: Mechatronica (DJMag)
Studio Digest: No Rebekah, no party (RA)
The Art of Production: Octave One (RA)
The fraught life cycle of regional music trends. (FirstFloor)
Shaquille O’Neal — aka DJ Diesel — Discusses his Billboard Chart hits. (Billboard)
Kaskade on why his historic Super Bowl set was a different kind of high: "In a lot of ways, it felt like home". (EDM)
Feel the euphoria: Why Shygirl is reshaping classic club sounds. (Mixmag)
DESIREE: the ascent of South African house music’s brightest star. (DJMag)
A new report from music data company Chartmetric shows the long odds of going from undiscovered to mainstream in a single leap. (Billboard)
Why is everybody a DJ all of a sudden? And the worst of the lot are the 'celebrity' DJs. (Standard)
Clubs and bars struggling to keep afloat as hard-up young people forgo midweek nights, says Rekom CEO. (Guardian)
What is the future of London clubbing? (DJMag)
How Boiler Room’s portal to global club culture has become a ‘Wildly Famous’ form of documentary journalism. (Billboard)
Detroit’s Blueprint presents the first in a new three-part series exploring the untold history of Detroit techno from the perspective of the women who built it. (RA)

ISSUE: 13 Feb 2024

Selections: NEXCYIA (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 207: Toribio (DJMag)
Class of 2024: Meet the artists changing the fabric of electronic dance music. (EDM)
The Grammys’ new Pop Dance category functioned pretty much perfectly at the 2024 Awards. (Billboard)
Mister Saturday Night: 15 years of New York’s “by us, for us” party. (DJMag)
Discover how Pulse Events champions Asian-American talent in the music festival scene, promoting diversity with artists like SLANDER, Gryffin, and Alan Walker. (Magnetic)
HiTech are on a mission to save club culture. (Face)
CARISTA: unifying the dancefloor (DJMag)
sim0ne is mixing music for hedonistic nights out. (Notion)
Bianca Oblivion, a Million-Genre DJ (RA)
We went to the Super Bowl with Kaskade: Go inside the stadium with first in-game DJ. (Billboard)
Orbital’s Paul and Phil Hartnoll on bricklaying, bust-ups and going to therapy. (Guardian)
DJ Paulette on taking a leap of faith and becoming a musical trailblazer. (RollingStone)
Are algorithms killing music discovery? (RA)
5 artists share their tips on how to produce when you have tinnitus. (Mixmag)
How tinnitus affects DJ's life and work in music. (Mixmag)
Why younger ravers are embracing earplugs (Mixmag)
Nightclub closures: Cash-strapped clubbers make their nights out count. (BBC)
As the rave generation hit their 50s, Day Fever club event is a big hit at London debut after success in Sheffield. (Observer)

ISSUE: 06 Feb 2024

The 15 best bass tracks of January 2024. (Magnetic)
The 15 best house tracks of January 2024. (Magnetic)
The 10 best makina tracks, curated by Schak. (DJMag)
Eight emerging artists you need to hear: February 2024 (DJMag)
9 ways to make living with tinnitus easier. (Mixmag)
Selections: They Hate Change (DJMag)
The Sound Of: Pressure Dome (DJMag)
The Art of DJing: CCL (RA)
How New Order embraced Ibiza's anything-goes energy on 'Technique'. (DJMag)
As pop-up raves grow in popularity, DJs are once again scouring SoundCloud for fresh music untarnished by the saturation of popular EDM festivals. (EDM)
Teddy Swims on his accidental success in EDM and his most exciting year yet. (EDM)
PinkPantheress may have conquered TikTok, and then the Billboard charts, but she is still learning how to be herself in public. (Guardian)
Dom Dolla talks first Grammy nomination, hopes to bring his mom to the ceremony: ‘I enjoy sharing these moments with family’ (Billboard)

ISSUE: 30 Jan 2024

Remembering Silent Servant (RA)
Selections: Nene H (DJMag)
Breaking Through: TAAHLIAH (RA)
Inside Destructo’s Friendship Music Festival Cruise. (Forbes)
How Underworld alchemised rave and rock on 1994's ‘Dubnobasswithmyheadman’ (DJMag)
On Cue: Youngsta, and the history of dubstep (DJMag)
London's nightlife, especially its queer spaces, is under constant threat from civilians and public servants. (Standard)
Discover how leveraging a high-impact playlist can be your crucial asset in the music industry with insights from PlaylistSupply's experts on growing your career. (Magnetic)
Music Ally Connect:
Music and AI, Roblox, gaming (MusicAlly)
Deezer CEO talks artist-centric: ‘We want quality over quantity’. (MusicAlly)
Video, innovation and music startups (MusicAlly)
UMG’s Michael Nash talks AI, superfans and ‘the journey to a billion subscribers’. (MusicAlly)

ISSUE: 23 Jan 2024

Revisiting Zurich’s 90s techno scene – in pictures. (Guardian)
The most experimental drum & bass artists pushing the genre forward in 2024: Vol 1 (Magnetic)
As Justice return and Cassius’s scene-defining album 1999 turns 25, we revisit the sample-powered, disco-fabulous sound that carried Daft Punk and others to fame. (Guardian)
Fresh Kicks 206: Mincy (DJMag)
Selections: Giulia Tess (DJMag)
A journey through dance music in video games. (DJMag)
It's been a while since we haven't heard much of metaverse in the music industry, but it seems like it's gaining a new surge in 2024. (KillTheDJ)
Horse Meat Disco: 20 years of queer joy on the dancefloor. (DJMag)
In this re-run from 2020, the late DJ and radio host Annie Nightingale reflects on memories from BBC Radio 1, disrupting the patriarchy and the keys to success in broadcasting. (RA)
How Stephani B's rabid improv drumming is injecting new blood into live electronic music. (EDM)
RL Grime: play hard (DJMag)
How Robert Hood’s ‘Minimal Nation’ became the defining work of minimal techno. (DJMag)

ISSUE: 16 Jan 2024

EX.695 Eastern Margins (RA)
Three expert predictions on sync in 2024. (Musiio)
Cost Of Living: A list of help and resources. (Mixmag)
Is it worth getting influencers on TikTok or IG to feature your music in 2024? It might not be as impactful as you'd think. (Magnetic)
Are Odetari & 6arleyhuman the future of dance music? (Billboard)
DJ Mag’s artists to watch in 2024 (DJMag)
LP Giobbi, Haliene and more on Groove Cruise's 20th anniversary sail: "More than just a festival" (EDM)
Annie Nightingale didn’t only kick down doors in radio – she held them open. (Guardian)
Remembering: Amp Fiddler (RA)
Len Faki talks to 909originals.
Anané: riding high (DJMag)
DJ Paulette has always been one step ahead. (Mixmag)
Ben Hemsley: advancing the trance (DJMag)
Alison Wonderland on her momentous year of music and motherhood: "It felt good for my soul" (EDM)
Amapiano: our guide to the music sensation sweeping the world. (Standard)
Relentless' Shabs Jobanputra talks 'amazing potential' for new stars plus returning artists in 2024. (MW)
Beatport's leadership aims high for music creators: How Matt Gralen and Helen Sartory see the future of dance music's biggest marketplace. (Magnetic)

ISSUE: 09 Jan 2024

The dance floors of 2023 in pictures. (RA)
The Sound Of: Over/Shadow (DJMag)
Underworld’s 20 best songs – ranked! (Guardian)
Generational dance anthems that turn 10 in 2024. (EDM)
Eight emerging artists you need to hear: January 2024 (DJMag)
20 of the best dancefloor bangers from 2023. (Mixmag)
The top 25 producers who defined the year 2023. (Mixmag)
The top 25 DJs who defined the year 2023 (Mixmag)
12 unexpected moments from the year in music 2023. (Mixmag)
Artists to watch in 2024. (Mixmag)
Dancing Astronaut’s Artists to Watch in 2024. (DA)
The 13 best electronic music tracks of 2023. (Attack)
2023 in review: 5 trends that defined dance music (Grammy)
EX.694 Crystallmess (RA)
EX.693 SALOME (RA)
AfroTech is a prominent dance music style in clubs around the world — but in its country of origin the genre's future hangs in the balance. Setumo-Thebe Mohlomi reports on the need to support creativity and spirituality within South Africa's scene. (Mixmag)
At home with: Madam X in Athens (DJMag)
Lauren Mia: flow state (DJMag)
Explore the transformative journey of DJing with Lars Schlichting's insights on technology, creativity, and Pioneer DJ's innovative role. (Magnetic)
HoneyLuv: smooth operator (DJMag)
Once reduced to nameless vocals or excluded altogether, women are now topping the charts with self-produced tracks. Kenya Grace, Piri, Venbee and Anz explain how they broke open the boys’ club. (Guardian)
Smaller clubs are losing out to mega raves, private events and even livestreams, say music industry insiders. (Observer)

ISSUE: 19 Dec 2023

Jess Glynne, queen of the dancefloor banger, on how love, loss and a stint in LA transformed both her career and life. (MoS)
Overmono on the journey to global dance domination. (RollingStoneAustralia)
The best mixes of 2023 (RA)
The best albums of 2023 (RA)
The 25 best electronic albums of 2023 (Paste)
The best DJ sets and electronic music performances of 2023 (EDM)
The best electronic music producers of 2023. (EDM)
EDM.com's best of 2023: Industry leaders (EDM)
The top 25 DJs who defined the year 2023. (Mixmag)
The top 25 breakthrough DJs Of The Year 2023. (Mixmag)
The top 25 producers who defined the year 2023. (Mixmag)
The 15 best dance albums of 2023: Staff picks (Billboard)
The 30 best dance tracks of 2023: Staff picks (Billboard)
DJ Mag’s top compilations of 2023
DJ Mag’s top tracks of 2023
DJ Mag’s top albums of 2023
AI of the storm: Artificial intelligence and the music industry in 2023. (Synchtank)
How Big Finance is impacting clubland. (RA)
What mini-residencies, and major stadium shows, taught us about the future of dance music. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 12 Dec 2023

Eight emerging artists you need to hear: December 2023 (DJMag)
Recognise: DJ Voices (DJMag)
EX.690 Moritz von Oswald (RA)
Inside dance music’s hidden mental health crisis. (Dazed)
How South Africa's queer underground is remaking ballroom in its own image. (DJMag)
Teksupport produced 104 dance events in 2023, but founder Rob Toma isn’t ready to rest: ‘You’re only as good as your last show’ (Billboard)
Nia Archives: one for the headz (DJMag)
Sailing into the Future: 20 Years of Armada Music (DJMag)
2023 in Review: What's pop got to do with it? (RA)
The 10 best electronic albums Of 2023 (Stereogum)
Year In Tunes – The best albums of 2023 (EDMTunes)
The best electronic music of 2023 (Pitchfork)
The best DJ Mixies of the year so far (Mixmag)
The best albums and EPs of the year so far (Mixmag)
The best tracks of the year so far (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 05 Dec 2023

The best DJ mixes of 2023 (Pitchfork)
The best house tracks of November (Magnetic)
Selections: Bell Curve (DJMag)
The Sound Of: International Chrome (DJMag)
The subtle evolution of selling out (Attack)
Move over Ableton – you might write your next song in… Google Lyria? (DJTechTools)
Machine yearning: diving deep in Spain's electro underground (DJMag)
“It covers my utilities bill”: German electronic musician Hainbach reveals how much his 1 million Spotify streams earned him in 2023 (MusicRadar)
Sofia Kourtesis: pursuit of happiness (DJMag)
Jaguar is the DJ bringing new British dance music to the masses. (Dazed)
"All I want to do is express what I love." The beloved Berghain resident, DVS1, talks about learning from failure, putting in the time and how good sound systems have changed his life. (RA)
How a DM from PinkPantheress to Ice Spice led to ‘Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2,’ one of the biggest songs of 2023. (Variety)
Have labels hit a breaking point with data-driven A&R? Analytics can predict hit singles, but skeptics say it's far less effective at identifying enduring artists. (Billboard)
Spotify Wrapped 2023: 'Music genres are now irrelevant to fans' (BBC)
Making the case for AI-Powered music marketing. (Billboard)
AI in Music: Is the music industry repeating its past mistakes? (Hypebot)
Spotify Wrapped:
Here’s what’s in store for your 2023 Wrapped. (Spotify)
How Spotify’s playlists captured the biggest music trends of 2023. (Spotify)
Me in 2023 reveals the streaming habit that defined your listening. (Spotify)
Spotify’s Head of Global Marketing Experience explains why this year’s Wrapped is the realest yet. (Spotify)

ISSUE: 28 Nov 2023

The most unexpected moments in the history of electronic dance music. (Magnetic)
Fresh Kicks 205: Suze Ijó (DJMag)
Get To Know: Honeydrip (DJMag)
Breaking Through: Bored Lord (RA)
'Where are the decks?': 10 DJs share the story of their worst ever set (DJMag)
Harnessing the power of nature sounds in electronic music: A case study with Hinako Omori. (Magnetic)
EX.688 Juliana Huxtable (RA)
Burning Down The House: how Talking Heads' ‘Speaking in Tongues’ ignited New York's dancefloors. (DJMag)
When Skepta and Jammer stepped into the booth of Ibiza's legendary DC-10 club for the soft launch of a new project Más Tiempo, they surprised many — but the UK rap icons' relationship with DJing and house music runs deeper than you might realise. Robert Kazandjian gets the full story. (Mixmag)
"Post-Rave Paradigm": Exploring the future of dance music and psychedelic spaces with Michelle Lhooq. (EDM)
The Athens DJ and producer Babynymph discusses her formative friendship with Sophie and an "unhinged" forthcoming album. (i-D)
Vintage Culture shares his musical journey and thanks fans. (EDMTunes)
Eliza Rose’s house and garage is taking over—hit by hit. (Complex)
How Liverpool's legendary Club 051 was brought back from the brink of demolition. (Mixmag)
Has Techno lost its groove? (Attack)
Tbilisi, Left Bank and a club scene in evolution. (RA)
Latin America's electronic underground is breaking barriers to secure its global future. (DJMag)
Roblox talks music: ‘There’s always more growth and tools coming’. (MusicAlly)

ISSUE: 21 Nov 2023

Here are the Top 25 tracks played at ADE 2023 (Billboard)
5 reasons you should support grassroots nightlife venue. (Mixmag)
Why do people care less about music as they get older? (NewRepublic)
Music leaks have become more common — but less harmful. (Billboard)
Artificial intelligence has made it easier than ever to identify samples in music. Is it an existential threat to the art form or just a new snitch to outsmart? (Ringer)
Explore how Tim Engelhardt's LIFEFORMS is redefining artist support in the electronic music industry. Discover the unique blend of originality and cutting-edge technology that empowers artists, fosters creativity, and shapes the future of music. (Magnetic)
Holly Herndon uses machine learning to make strange, playful work. She also advocates for artists’ autonomy in a world shaped by A.I.(NewYorker)
20 questions with Tiga: ‘I like to think we make dignified bangers’ (Billboard)
How Steve Aoki is building a universe beyond music. (RollingStone)
PinkPantheress is remastering the Y2K aesthetic. (Vulture)
Armin van Buuren talks about his set, the evolution of trance, his side projects, his best sets, and what he’s got in store for us in the coming months. (EDMTunes)
"DJs don't hit their stride until their 40s." Seth Troxler discusses maturing as an artist, having a family and navigating the worlds of contemporary art and cuisine. (RA)
Legendary DJ, producer, label owner and live performer, Carl Cox has kept dancefloors jumping for well over three decades. He’s been at the forefront of acid house, rave and techno, ever-present in the Top 100 DJs poll, and he’s still innovating today. Anna Wall traces his extraordinary career, and learns about what motivates him in 2023 (DJMag)
DESIREE is the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs 2023 Future Star winner (DJMag)
DJMag Top 100 DJs 2023: the next 50
DJ Mag Top 100 DJs 2023: Analysis - 1.3 million people vote from 237 territories in the world's biggest music poll

ISSUE: 14 Nov 2023

Eight emerging artists you need to hear: November 2023 (DJMag)
Selections: Purelink (DJMag)
The Art of Production: Galcher Lustwerk (RA)
What is an artist manager? (and how to find the right one) (RA)
In Uganda, queer electronic music artists face the impact of a global anti-LGBTQ backlash. (DJMag)
Interview: BAMBII (Fact)
East Forest on his new album, avoiding ‘information sickness’ and the advice he gave Aaron Rodgers. (Billboard)
Scuba's top five tips for building a career as an artist. (Mixmag)
Global Underground’s Andy Horsfield chats to 909originals about the past, present and future of the iconic mix series. (909Originals)
At Poland's Unsound festival, SHERELLE, the London-based ambassador of footwork and jungle opens up about recent musings about legacy and the art of letting go. (RA)
PinkPantheress: ‘I don’t think I’m very brandable. I dress weird. I’m shy’. (Guardian)
Don't Ever Stop: Tony De Vit, Trade, and the infinite energy of hard house. (DJMag)
TikTok can boost streams — but can it jump-start ticket sales, too? (Billboard)
How Spotify's editorial team makes their playlists using a mix of human curation and machine learning. (Magnetic)
Within electronic music media, the line between editorial and advertising has become exceedingly fuzzy. (First Floor)

ISSUE: 07 Nov 2023

The 15 best techno tracks of October 2023. (Magnetic)
The 15 best house tracks of October 2023 (Magnetic)
Recognise: gyrofield (DJMag)
Sunday with: DJ Carl Cox (Observer)
Curses: passion and attitude. (DJMag)
Lissy Lü does Amsterdam Dance Event. (IbizaSpotlight)
Kaskade’s EDM Philosophy: Lessons for emerging artists. (EDMTunes)
The Art of DJing: dBridge (RA)
Upon the release of his new album ‘LXXXVIII’ on Ninja Tune, Actress speaks about his creative drive, artificial intelligence and fatherhood. (Mixmag)
‘My mother’s neurosurgeon loved Berghain’: producer Sofia Kourtesis on love, loss and her debut album. (Guardian)
Ayesha’s fascinating rhythm (DJMag)
20 questions with Green Velvet: ‘I don’t feel legendary, because my best work is yet to come’ (Billboard)
"I don't complain, I create." Honey Dijon talks about her new multi-platform project, Honeyverse, and using music as a way to celebrate the Black queer community. (RA)
Drumsheds: What it's like to go clubbing in an old Ikea? (BBC)

ISSUE: 31 Oct 2023

Inside Mixmag's 40th anniversary photo exhibition at ADE with A|X ARMANI EXCHANGE. (Mixmag)
Get To Know: Dana Lu (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 204: Fafi Abdel Nour (DJMag)
Is the healing power of Electronic music real? (ElectronicGroove)
30 Years of House of God (RA)
Getting your music signed can help your career in music take off. We've shared some tips in the guide below, alongside info on how the Amex Gold Unsigned initiative could be your big break. (Mixmag)
Bandcamp is beloved and unique. I shudder at its corporate takeover. (Guardian)
How CRSSD Festival is using synths to transform electronic music fans into producers. (MusicTech)
Awakenings: how the Dutch techno institution stays on top of the game. (DJMag)
Lukid: “Dance music can be a bit snobbish about melody - but for me, the marriage of rhythmic and melodic elements is where the magic happens” (MusicRadar)
Carlita: sweet symphony (DJMag)
Upon the release of highly anticipated debut album ‘When Will We Land?’, Barry Can't Swim speaks about his fast-rising popularity and accepting his emotions. (Mixmag)
Trance music is coming back. Evian Christ is part of the revival. (NewYorkTimes)
X-Press 2 talk about their interests outside of music. (Attack)
'Sensorium Galaxy': EDM icon Carl Cox on his upcoming debut DJ set in the metaverse. (Euronews)
CamelPhat: "We want a legacy, something to show our kids we weren't just 'DJs'" (Mixmag)
'He pushed me to listen to my heart': Remembering Jamie Tiller (RA)
Women, life, freedom! Iranian electronic musicians reflect on a year of protest. (Guardian)
Sync in 2023: Opportunities, challenges, uncertainties and revisions. (SynchTank)
Emerging markets, revenue streams, Track IDs and Beyoncé: 10 takeaways from ADE 2023 (Billboard)

ISSUE: 24 Oct 2023

A history of 2000s drum & bass in ten tracks (RA)
Selections: Tarzsa (DJMag)
Breaking Through: Ogazón (RA)
III Points founder on learning from his mistakes and looking for those “F–king God’ moments ahead of 10th anniversary show. (Billboard)
How Vivid Presents is helping spearhead the resurgence of Seattle nightlife. (DMNW)
Ed Banger: the story of the electronic label in 10 songs – as told by label founder Busy P. (NME)
Carlita: sweet symphony (DJMag)
Goldie: Orchestrating Drum & Bass (RA)
Fatboy Slim’s ‘You've Come a Long Way, Baby’ at 25: Norman Cook's rock & roll opus. (DJMag)
The reader interview: Chemical Brothers (Guardian)
Marshmello on creating his first Latin album, working with Young Miko and more. [video] (Billboard)
'Long live drum & bass': Inside Chase & Status' stunning chart resurgence. (MW)
Dive into techno's unique dance style, its deep influence on movement, and the challenges faced when adapting to different musical terrains. (Magnetic)
Here for a rave, not a Rönnskär: How Drumsheds built a superclub inside an old Ikea. (Independent)
How the Amsterdam Dance Event shapes the global electronic music scene. (Tech.eu)
The major labels, angel investors, venture capital execs and more that are putting their money behind the innovative ideas that could move the music industry forward. (Billboard)
Is music hardware environmentally sustainable? (Attack)
Palestine: How to help, resources, messages of solidarity (RA)

ISSUE: 17 Oct 2023

Record of the Day: Sock Drawer - Serious Tune (Shadow Child Emo-Rave Remix) (RotD)
EX.682 Eris Drew (RA)
The Sound Of: Pointless Geometry (DJMag)
Goldie: The key component is soul (RA)
AMÉMÉ: Afro house to the world. (DJMag)
Chris Stussy: house music all night long. (DJMag)
Danny Tenaglia on cancer diagnosis: “You start to think all those things like, wow, is this it?” (Mixmag)
From Becky Hill’s belters to Jess Glynne’s jams, chart dance music has long had a distinctive quality. Think: pitch-shifted vocals, catchy hooks and house beats. Welcome, dear listener, to Happy Huncore. (Face)
Chicago's ARC Music Festival brings the global house scene home. (DJMag)
“No frills, just house”: inside Defected’s sparkling Eden Ibiza season finale in San Antonio. (DJMag)
How Mala Junta disrupted Berlin's nightlife. (Mixmag)
Q&A: Roxanne Oak - Relationship Manager for dance music genres at PPL (Phonographic Performance Limited). (Attack)
What should the music industry learn from the world of e-Sports? (MBW)
How Roblox is opening up a huge global audience for artist discovery. (MW)
How Bandcamp makes more money than Spotify. (FastCo) What the vinyl renaissance says about delivering true value—and not just in the music business.
The Orbit Grassroot Support Programme wants to build a fairer dance music industry. (DJMag)
Discover the perks of ADE 2023 without breaking the bank. Explore our ultimate guide to free parties and events that deliver an authentic ADE experience, no ticket required. (Magnetic)
Parties, Panels and pro tips: 23 things you can't miss at the 2023 Amsterdam Dance Event. (EDM)

ISSUE: 10 Oct 2023

8 emerging artists you need to hear: October 2023 (DJMag)
Selections: DJ Lynce (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 203: ohmydais (DJMag)
Gabber at 30: hard, fast, and louder than ever. (DJMag)
A Northern Sound: The story behind bassline's revival. (RA)
Meet the chart-topping electro DJ Andy Cato who became a revolutionary National Trust farmer with a mission to transform the way we grow food. (Mail)
For Alewya, everything starts with a dance. (RA)
New York DJ Livwutang will put you in a trance. (Face)
Pangaea aka Kevin McAuley's latest record is the culmination of a change in mindset, working with his peers and bouncing off the club. (Mixmag)
Damian Lazarus: casting spells (DJMag)
20 questions with M83: ‘Emails, socials, my phone, they are my worst enemies — my imagination saves me from turning insane’ (Billboard)
Generative AI is revolutionising music: The vision for democratising creation. (Forbes)
Testing songs on TikTok before an official release has become a standard practice to gauge demand. But songwriters say it takes money from their pockets. (RollingStone)
The must-see events at Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) 2023. (EDMTunes)
Hands in the air: London revels in the return of rave (Standard)
Since Europe’s clubs reopened after pandemic lockdowns, young partygoers have been drawn to a hard, driving style of techno. It’s changing the way people dance. (NYTimes)
Where once there was a hulking great IKEA in north London, now there's Drumsheds, a cutting-edge palace for electronic music with bars as far as the eye can see. (Face)
Drumsheds: how an Ikea became one of the world’s biggest nightclubs. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 03 Oct 2023

The 15 best house tracks of September 2023 (Magnetic)
Ranked: Detroit techno tracks (Guardian)
Selections: DJ Perception (DJMag)
On Cue: Gacha Bakradze (DJMag)
The Art of Production: Jennifer Loveless (RA)
The combined power, tastes and abilities of Royal-T, DJ Q and Flava D are something to behold. (Complex)
Bashkka’s hi-tech sound will make you feel sexy. (Face)
20 questions with CloZee: Ahead of her tour launch, producer talks Denver and the best feedback she’s gotten from a fan. (Billboard)
Fatima Hajji: a force of nature (DJMag)
Saqib: “I’m really looking forward to ADE” (ElectronicGroove)
Deborah de Luca: homeward bound (DJMag)
"We've never known what we're doing." Disclosure talk about fame, inadvertently ending up on the pop charts and their new album, Alchemy. (RA)
Scott Cohen talks new song investment platform JKBX: ‘We feel very strongly that these are securities’. (TMN)
The point of playlists is not to make money or get more streams. Yes, the ultimate goal is to make a living from music, and playlists can bring in more streaming revenue. But it’s deeper than that. (DMN)
Is the Amsterdam Dance Event worth it? (DT)
Portola founder Danny Bell on expanding the electronic festival’s ‘Grown Up’ vibe for year two: ‘It’s an event focused for the older fan’ (Billboard)
Naples party Woo! bows out with 15th anniversary. (RA)
Over the course of 15 years, British Columbia’s Bass Coast has expertly toed the line between independent curation and production while championing the global bass scene. (Mixmag)
Powered by new venues and the open-minded energy of young DJs and collectives, Warsaw has become a clubbing haven to rival the likes of Berlin and Amsterdam. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 26 Sep 2023

How to find new music on Spotify to DJ: Crate digging tips for the world's largest streaming platform. (Magnetic)
The Sound Of: Butter Sessions (DJMag)
EX.679 McKenzie Wark (RA)
C.006: Jlin - Composing on a bare canvas (RA)
Recognise: Jonny From Space (DJMag)
The rise and decline of Tropical House: What happened? (WeRaveYou)
How Arc Music Festival's global appeal is uplifting Chicago's world class house scene. (Mixmag)
Paco Osuna is on a Hï now. (Mixmag)
Timmy Trumpet: the art of chaos (DJMag)
20 questions with Fatboy Slim: What he’s learned from David Byrne, a lost night out with Cher and 25 years of ‘You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby’. (Billboard)
Vinyl resurgence examined in Holland, market correction ahead? (Attack)
What is the future of sampling? (DJMag)
As his trailblazing record label Metalheadz turns 30, Goldie talks about the Nineties, cancel culture and his A-list mates. (SundayTimes - Laura Craik)
Bashkka’s hi-tech sound will make you feel sexy. (Face - Jade Wickes)
Kali Malone: The composer and sound artist on the endurance element of her work and the epiphanies of her new album. (Fact)

ISSUE: 19 Sep 2023

Danny Byrd's top 10 essential jungle records. (Magnetic)
Fresh Kicks 202: myst milano. (DJMag)
Selections: ABADIR (DJMag)
Soundtracking: D.Dan & DJ TOOL (RA)
Brutalismus 3000, the 'Anti-techno' duo with explosive energy. (RA)
Avicii’s ‘True’ at 10: How a disastrous debut performance and unlicensed SoundCloud mix made the album a global hit. (Billboard)
Only bombs: How Italian techno artist T78 energises dancefloors. (Mixmag)
Chris Lake: “If you’re trying to sound like everyone else, how are you going to stand out?” (MusicTech)
Connecting… Oneohtrix Point Never. (Crack)
Who's Kitty Amor | A story about identity and expression (Defected)
EX.678 Nastia (RA)
Call Super: human nature (DJMag)
Peggy Gou’s ‘Nanana’: How a festival video and a mashup turned it into a breakout dance hit. (Billboard)
The legalities of emulations. (Attack)
With music created using artificial intelligence software now commonplace, Thomas Hobbs speaks to experts to determine whether it should be seen as the 'new sample' or a dangerous technological innovation. (Mixmag)
The rise of AI music: A force for good or a new low for artistic creativity? (Mixmag)
How can we make clubs more accessible to autistic ravers? (DJMag)
Why are there so many neurodivergent people in electronic music? (DJMag)

ISSUE: 12 Sep 2023

The 20 best indie electronic tracks of the summer 2023. (Magnetic)
Eight emerging artists you need to hear: September 2023 (DJMag)
Selections: Chrissy (DJMag)
Recognise: Introspekt (DJMag)
Tzusing's shapeshifting club music (DJMag)
Alan Walker 'Faded' | The making ofan EDM smash hit [video](DJMag)
Why James Blake says his new album is a return to form: ‘It’s picking up where I left off’ (Billboard)
London-based DJ and broadcaster Papaoul talks about the Epoka club night he helms with Bushbby, educating UK dancefloors, and flipping the dembow riddim. (Mixmag)
For re:ni, music is a family affair. (RA)
For Romy, dance music is best when it 'pulls your heart out' (NPR)
Romy on her spectacular solo debut: “This album is an invitation to dance” (NME)
David Guetta's Ibiza journey [video] (DJMag)
Deena Abdelwahed: forging futurism from tradition (DJMag)
How Fred again.. defied his ‘nepo baby’ accusers to become the world’s hottest DJ. (Telegraph)
‘How can we get to the part of people that wants to come alive?’: Chemical Brothers want new album to make you feel something. (Billboard)
For rave-ready electronic duo the Chemical Brothers, a 10th studio album is a feat and a challenge. (Independent)
A look at rights and AI, developments in the Fix Streaming campaign, and how the MU is negotiating the best rates for members. (MU - General Secretary Naomi Pohl)
Clubbing is becoming big business. What does this mean for dance music? (RA)

ISSUE: 29 Aug 2023

Selections: BADSISTA (DJMag)
Introducing: Ødyzon (Attack)
EX.675 Playing Favourites: Donato Dozzy (RA)
Rampage Sound System on 30 years at Notting Hill Carnival. (DJMag)
Eight artists taking kuduro and batida to the next level. (DJMag)
Recognise: Malibu (DJMag)
Burning Man’s Mayan Warrior art car was destroyed in a fire: Founder talks about what happened and what’s next. (Billboard)
Review: Houghton is a festival the UK is lucky to have (Mixmag)
Houghton Festival 2023: A harmonious confluence of music and nature (ElectronicGroove)
Get to know Adam Beyer 2023 Hï Ibiza Resident [video] (EDMTunes)
The Art of DJing: The Ghost (RA)
Craig Richards: steering the ship (DJMag)
DJ Babatr: the roar of raptor house (DJMag)
Jax Jones: The UK dance super producer on a mission to break down barriers (RollingStone)
How speed remixes and wacky mashups are taking over the music industry and forming a giant musical landfill. (NoBells)
AI is remixing music—but the DJ is still a human. (Forbes)
Robb McDaniels’ Beatport wants to cultivate a new wave of creators and build “the Connected DJ Booth” of the future. (MusicTech)

ISSUE: 22 Aug 2023

The best dance albums of all time, ranked (GQ)
Selections: Bianca Oblivion (DJMag)
A Guide to Montreal, via MUTEK (RA)
25 essential pieces of advice every DJ wishes they could tell their younger self. (Magnetic)
How to get a Beatport Number One with Notorious Lynch (DT)
Spray Shop is the former car garage fuelling Liverpool's underground renaissance. (Mixmag)
Natural wonder: how night drives inspired DJ Python and Ana Roxanne's collaborative album. (DJMag)
Dr Dubplate talks about his journey from Plastic People's cloakroom to DJ and label owner, the importance of gratitude and approachability, and why pretentiousness needs to die. (Mixmag)
Outsider perspective: Why Yu Su's electronic music is fearless and free. (Mixmag)
LP Giobbi: life in the major key (Mixmag)
How AI helped get my music on all the major streaming services. (ZDNet)
Dequency CEO Keatly Haldeman on why every metaverse needs a music strategy. (MW)
David Guetta, Calvin Harris & more: 20 years of Billboard’s Dance/Mix show airplay chart (Billboard)
What ever happened to the chillout room? (DJMag)
From dance floor to dashboard: How Techno is helping change the sound of cars fo the better. (Attack)
Why electronic music lessons should be taught in secondary schools. (Mixmag)
The great edits debate isn't actually about edits. (FirstFloor)
How Keinemusik became a movement (Forbes)

ISSUE: 15 Aug 2023

The best melodic house songs in July 2023. (Magnetic)
RA.896 Kerrie (RA)
Selections: Tristan Arp (DJMag)
Breaking Through: Bambii (RA)
Eight emerging artists you need to hear: August 2023 (DJMag)
How Everything But The Girl’s ‘Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix)’ became the ultimate club-pop crossover (DJMag)
Inside UTA’s new London office. (Pollstar)
John Curley's guide to Chicago: 5 essential spots (Mixmag)
Best clubs in London: where to rave in the capital in 2023, from Fabric to Fold (Standard)
Rally 2023: South London’s new leftfield music festival shines in spite of rain (DJMag)
Why Tomorrowland 2023 was the embodiment of dance music's new golden era. (EDM)
In Tokyo's DIY underground, raving and fashion collide (DJMag)
A Requiem for Techno Twitter: a.k.a. People who want to talk about electronic music no longer have a central place to go. (FirstFloor)
EX.673 Future Proof with Moxie (RA)
Honey Luv - "My last day job was in the military" (Attack)
Keep your TikTok routines – DJ Casper’s Cha Cha Slide is the dancefloor’s great leveller. (iNews)
DJ Marky: "I was on Top of the Pops! I didn't even know what Top of the Pops was!" (Mixmag)
Major League Djz: amapiano’s global ambassadors (DJMag)
Jungle's Josh Lloyd-Watson on the London duo's fourth album and the benefits of going DIY. (MW)
Moving forwards: James Blake’s return to club music is focused on the future (Mixmag)
Kieran Hebden is now playing arenas in a bromance with Fred Again and Skrillex. In a rare interview, he talks authenticity, bootlegging Taylor Swift – and his landmark legal battle with his old label. (Guardian)
Team Fabric on building their label and music publishing business alongside the legendary club. (MW)

ISSUE: 08 Aug 2023

Selections: Wu-Lu (DJMag)
The Sound Of: All Centre (DJMag)
Joel Corry picks his favourite things to do on Ibiza. (IbizaSpotlight)
Honest playlist: Sister Bliss (Guardian)
Read a Q&A with Ed Gillett, author of new dance music book Party Lines. (RA)
Parties, protest and police: the neglected histories of UK dance music. (Dazed)
Why optimizing for followers on Spotify is a fundamental mistake. (Medium - Austin Staubus)
EX.672 Dorian Electra (RA)
How Area51 is changing the fabric of Vegas nightlife with the world's most immersive adult playground. (EDM)
Conjuring a vibe with Anthony Naples. (DJMag)
With superstar DJs drawing generations of party people to Pacha’s dance floor, the legendary Ibiza venue hasn’t missed a beat. (Telegraph)
The demons of DJ Koze, summer anthem genius. (Guardian)
Thomas Bangalter looks back on Daft Punk’s first-ever show, why they began wearing the helmets, and why they took them back off. (6Music)
8 of the best AI tools for music production. (Mixmag)
Five ways AI has already changed the music industry. (Billboard)
AI and the future of music distribution: A conversation with TuneCore CEO Andreea Gleeson. (Synchtank)

ISSUE: 01 Aug 2023

The 15 best house tracks of July 2023 (Magnetic)
Breaking Through: Regal86 (RA)
Fresh Kicks 200: Sabrina (DJMag)
EX.671 Craig Richards (RA)
Selections: Piezo (DJMag)
29 years of DJ Deeon: 20 of the ghetto house pioneer's best releases (Mixmag)
Remembering DJ Deeon, the low end king that brought the funk (RA)
Ethereal splendour: the otherworldly spectacle of Secret Garden Party (Mixmag)
How Massive Attack’s ‘Mezzanine’ predicted a new era for British music. (DJMag)
Major League Djz's top five emerging artists from South Africa. (Mixmag)
Autonomy, community and a vast quantity of quality music: Why B.A.D. founded a label (Mixmag)
yourboykiran talks about his path into DJing, shitposting, swerving the white gaze and whipping up a frenzy on the dancefloor. (Mixmag)
KASIA: “I truly love the energy of Romanian crowds” (Mixmag)
Georgia seeks al fresco ecstasy on her new album, Euphoric. (BBC)
Paco Osuna: be here now (DJMag)
Folamour: “Most of the music released nowadays is empty of any soul and emotions” (MusicTech)
Frederick John Philip Gibson aka Fred again.. hasn’t exactly built his career from the ground up, but his tunes are huge, he has a mega fanbase and he's just been nominated for the Mercury Prize. So, Clive Martin asks, is it really fair to paint him as the enemy of dance music? (Face)
Founded by U.K. producer Mark Knight and his brother Stuart, Toolroom Records has made its name by forging trends and always evolving with the market. (Billboard)
Toolroom at 20: two decades of triumphant tech-house (DJMag)
Meet the winners of the Pete Tong DJ Academy Future Talent Awards (DJMag)

ISSUE: 25 Jul 2023

Get To Know: ZOF (DJMag)
Selections: FAFF (DJMag)
EX.670 Rob Gordon (RA)
Studio Digest: Exploring Steven Julien's sprawling live-in studio (RA)
A brief lesson in the origins of jungle from MC Navigator. (Mixmag)
Odetari is one of the biggest dance artists of the year — So, who is he? (Billboard)
Exploring the homeland of amapiano with Lost Girl. (Mixmag)
Exploring the homeland of amapiano with Niko B (Mixmag)
A deep dive into Francesco Pico's 'Perpetual E-Motion' and his unique approach to music creation. (Magnetic)
DJ John Summit says he was sued for "7 figures" over his label and events name Off the Grid. The truth is more complicated. (Billboard)
C.FRIM: “If you’re not dancing, you’re not listening” (Face)
Georgia on her new album Euphoric, dealing with grief and playing to 45,000 people aged six. (Standard)
Coco & Breezy: trust the process (DJMag)
Open decks: how to make DJing more accessible for everyone (DJMag)
Why electronic dance music blew up in the early 2000s: Five factors that catapulted the genre to prominence. (Magnetic)
RIP DJ Deeon: A force of nature who rocked speakers around the globe (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 18 Jul 2023

Selections: Adiel (DJMag)
‘People will do drugs. Why not minimise the damage?’ The charity caring for tripped-out ravers. (Guardian)
Lost Boy: “Electronic music gives you the freedom to do whatever you want” (ElectronicGroove)
DJ Annie Macmanus: ‘It was a shock to realise I was lonely’. (Observer)
A synth whizz with a fondness for funk, Mogwaa talks about wanting to preserve 짝(Jjak) music, putting himself in the shoes of a dancer. (Mixmag)
C.005: Moodymann - The Spirit of Detroit (RA)
A new form of South African dance music is thriving. A pair of twin brothers, known as Major League Djz, want the rest of the world to pay attention. (NewYorker)
Chris Lake on threat of AI: "I think we can create things a computer absolutely cannot" (EDM)
"It's about curating something sonically that is sexy": Manuka Honey and La Favi in conversation. (Mixmag)
Bou: hometown hero (DJMag)
What is a booking agent? (and how to find the right one) (RA)
Paco Osuna’s NOW HERE residency runs rings around Ibiza’s mainstream club nights. (Mixmag)
At Kyiv's Strichka Festival, ravers dance in defiance (DJMag)
AVA Festival 2023: Belfast's rave haven for homegrown talent (DJMag)
Welcome to Drumsheds: The club that became a cathedral of culture (Standard)
Last orders: are sober ravers drying up UK nightlife? (Face)
How do you build an AI voice model marketplace? (FutureFiller)
AI in dance music: What do DJs and producers think of it? (BBC)
Trance never stopped rolling (NoBells)
How Techno was born: From Detroit to Berlin and back [video] (DWHistoryandCulture)
Girls Don’t Sync on curation, community and the Amazon Music Dance UK show (DJMag)
Polydor's Ben Mortimer on how the Chaos label is building a home for dance music's new generation. (MW)

ISSUE: 11 Jul 2023

On Cue: Rrose (DJMag)
Tresor: A Story of Survival (RA)
For Laurent Garnier, savouring life means slowing down (RA)
EX.668 madison moore (RA)
Recognise: Paula Tape (DJMag)
Selections: Adiel (DJMag)
How Trojan Records founder Lee Gopthal created a musical legacy of love, hope and unity (Mixmag)
How Massive Attack’s ‘Mezzanine’ predicted a new era for British music (RA)
‘I’m not winning unless all of us are winning’: the Kenyan DJ programme promoting community and inclusivity (Guardian)
John Summit on remixing one of the sacred texts of dance music, ‘I Remember’: ‘It’s a lot of pressure’ (Billboard)
20 questions with Aluna: ‘I needed to know that I left a pathway for other black women to walk down’ (Billboard)
Explained: The music theory behind songs from Deadmau5, Floating Points and Frankie Knuckles. (MusicRadar)

ISSUE: 04 Jul 2023

Eight emerging artists you need to hear: July 2023 (DJMag)
The Sound Of: Krunk Kulture (DJMag)
Glastonbury 2023: The best moments in electronic music (MusicTech)
Why Glastonbury's unusual late-night spots are the key to a good time (Mixmag)
10 years strong: Silver Hayes’ birthday bash was more than just a celebration (Mixmag)
Meet Hamdi: A producer influencing global dance music culture (Forbes)
How Omar S pushed the boundaries of Detroit dance music for two decades. (RollingStone)
Sherelle is a DJ very much on the rise. (Standard)
"An insane rollercoaster ride": Headhunterz and D-Block & S-Te-Fan discuss hardstyle's evolution. (EDM)
Music talk with Head of UK Ultra Records Annie Birkeland (DT)
A global mehmooni: Iranian electronic music is raising its voice around the world (DJMag)
How can the ticketing industry be fairer on fans? (Mixmag)
How to use music theory to help you make better electronic music. (MusicRadar)
How not to write a music strategy. (MPB - Shain Shapiro)
Drug-testing at festivals saves lives. Why does the UK Home Office want to end it? (Guardian)
Next-gen ventures such as the metaverse, interactive livestreaming and chat apps want to re-centre the music industry around fans—a move that could make artists and businesses more financially self-sufficient. (RA)

ISSUE: 27 Jun 2023

Fresh Kicks 199: AK Sports (DJMag)
Going All Out: 30 Years of Sónar (RA)
Intonal, Sweden’s most future-thinking festival, is an experimental haven (Mixmag)
Cherry on top: celebrating Pacha Ibiza at 50 (DJMag)
Music Talk with Dub Pistols’ frontman Barry Ashworth. (DT)
Alison Goldfrapp: "I was told I was too old for the music industry at 25" (Telegraph)
"Singing is super vulnerable, but it's such a big release." Jayda G opens up about her new album and how she brings deeply personal issues to bear. (RA)
AI Music Generation just got a whole lot better (DJTechTools)
The renaissance of dance and hope (ElectronicBeats)
Have synthesizers peaked? (Attack)
Beyond Wonderland attendees detail ‘Chaos’ of shooting: ‘I’m not ok’ (RollingStone)
Millions of musicians, fatigued by the algorithms of traditional social media, are turning to Discord, the community-first platform. But how does it work? And how do you get the most out of it? (RA - Cherie Hu)
Everyone agrees the dance world should be more inclusive — How club night HE.SHE.THEY. is actually doing it (Billboard)

ISSUE: 20 Jun 2023

Selections: Cinthie (DJMag)
New book analyses every Aphex Twin track. (RA)
Nine essential tips will help you maximise the fun you have at Glastonbury. (Mixmag)
24 songs that defined club music through the decades: A dance floor retrospective (Magnetic)
Explore 13 defining moments where electronic music inspired fashion trends. From rave culture to DJ-inspired streetwear, discover music's sartorial impact. (Magnetic)
Why the Grammys’ new Pop Dance Award is ‘The biggest victory for Dance at the Grammys in almost 20 years’ (Billboard)
The multi-genre, global majority-led queer party, BEND&SHAKE, is curating amazing and necessary clubbing experiences for people who are intersectionally marginalised. (Mixmag)
By expertly balancing a cutting-edge line-up, otherworldly art and good old fashioned fun, Brussels’ Horst Festival stands in contrast to an increasingly vibe-absent festival circuit. (Mixmag)
smartbar's founder Joe Shanahan never intended to be in the live music business. But his passion for house music transformed his Chicago venue into a nightlife hotspot and a "beacon of hope" for American dance music. (RA)
Kwame Safo explains why Black-owned and -led enterprises are necessary for Black artists and professionals to prosper without making compromises in the music industry. (Mixmag)
Eflorem reflect on their journey, from writing dubstep love songs to planning a high-concept album (Mixmag)
Chloé Caillet: modern fusion (DJMag)
John Talabot: all in good time (DJMag)
MEDUZA: house in their hearts (DJMag)
Jayda G on festivals, Frank Ocean and her new album, Guy. (Face)
Fighting for gender parity in Dance Music with Lady Of The House (Beatportal)
Is there a secret to a truly great remix? (Attack)
Music merchandise keeps artists afloat. But how does it work? (RA)
The best music-making AI tools and how to use them (RA)
DJ Mag’s Ibiza clubbing guide 2023

ISSUE: 13 Jun 2023

Recognise: Nooriyah (DJMag)
The best albums and EPs of the year 2023 so far (Mixmag)
The best tracks of the year 2023 so far (Mixmag)
The best DJ mixes of the year 2023 so far (Mixmag)
In celebration of Pride Month, Mixmag has teamed up with Outernet to showcase a 360-degree immersive exhibition. (Mixmag)
Movement Festival is a celebration of techno's past, present and future. (Mixmag)
Amelie Lens: techno's unwavering optimist (DJMag)
‘Smos & Baby Bee: Party Flyers And More’ explores the archive of the pioneering DJ duo and their impact on the scene. (Mixmag)
10 emerging artists you need to hear: June 2023. (DJMag)
How AI can generate new revenue for existing music catalogues. (Hypebot)
Making Music With AI? Start with these ethical guidelines (RA)
AI and creators’ rights: What does the future look like? (PRS - Mark Sutherland)
Cherie Hu: Exploring new possibilities in Music and Tech (RA)

ISSUE: 06 Jun 2023

Selections: Black Cadmium (DJMag)
All the looks from GALA Festival '23 (Mixmag)
Labels like Anjunadeep: Going Deeper down the new wave of emotional electronic music. (Magnetic)
35 years after his death, friends and associates remember Disco Queen Sylvester’s ‘F5 Tornado’ energy. (Billboard)
The 3,000 people strong Teknival rave showed that free parties are still a powerful, attractive and valuable social phenomena. Rave documentarian Matthew "mattko" Smith explains why. (DJMag)
Here’s why you should use pre-save links to unlock your music’s potential. (Amplify)
How electronic music gave women a pioneering platform (Far Out)
The father and son DJ duo HomeBass have become viral sensations for their guerrilla raves. Now working with brands and major labels, can they keep their countercultural spirit alive? (Guardian)
A new home: Black Artist Database on their label debut, ‘Synergy’ (DJMag)
Chmba: one for all (DJMag)
Pushing the envelope: Afrodeutsche & rRoxymore in conversation. (DJMag)
Works in progress: Amaliah and NIKS in conversation. (DJMag)
A matter of faith: Lyric Hood and DJ Holographic in conversation. (DJMag)
DJ Mag: diversity & equality report Q1 2023

ISSUE: 30 May 2023

Breaking Through: Kia (RA)
Fresh Kicks 198: KYRUH (DJMag)
Subverting expectations: Club Night Club is flying the flag for New York's warehouse party revival. (Mixmag)
How RP Boo’s footwork classic ‘Baby Come On’ changed Chicago dancefloors forever. (DJMag)
MP3s made by NPCs? The rise of AI-generated muzak (Dazed)
Grimes invited anyone to make AI Grimes songs. Here are her reviews. (NYTimes)
Flava D talks about her dream studio in Bali, and tells stories about starting out in the industry, playing countless festivals, touring and travelling. (MusicTech)
Clark: singing a different song (DJMag)
Rodriguez Jr.: “My music becomes a vibration that people can appropriate for creating their own stories” (ElectronicGroove)
Katie Bain has spent her career covering EDM; There's more to it than you think (FirstFloor)
In conversation: Kevin Saunderson and Rimarkable on Movement Music Festival (Forbes)
It’s not easy being an independent dance music destival — this is how Movement producer Paxahau makes it work. (Billboard)
Inside New York City’s nightlife: How the dance music scene has changed, according to the city’s top movers and shakers (Forbes)
After years of brutal lockdowns and targeted drug raids, China's underground music scene is suffering. (RA)
The crossover effect: Artist collaborations thrive on Spotify. (Spotify)
How Spotify Blend creates a connection between fans, friends, and artists. (Spotify)
Jaxsta CEO Beth Appleton on its unique spot in music ecosystem and why AI doesn’t pose a threat. (Stockhead)
DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs 2023

ISSUE: 23 May 2023

Selections: Daniel Avery (DJMag)
Chris Lake: slow burn (DJMag)
The strange devirtualization of techno (Haywirez)
A guide to Lyon, via Nuits Sonores (RA)
DJ Absolutely Shit: the unstoppable rise of cringe names in dance music (Face)
The Art of DJing: Courtesy (RA)
cktrl interview: Composing an immersive soundscape for I ♥ Campbell (Fact)
Moby on reinventing some of his biggest hits with an orchestra and ‘ignoring the pursuit of cool’ (Billboard)
LP Giobbi opens the door to ‘Light Places’ ahead of US Airstream tour. (DA)
Grace Sands talks about rave culture, identity and upcoming projects – including 'Taste the Grains', a mixtape tribute to her long-time friend and DJ partner Pete Woosh. (Mixmag)
Rising DJ/Producer Salute talks new EP ‘Shield’ and taking their ‘fast, soulful house music’ worldwide. (Billboard)
SBTRKT is ready to tell his story (Mixmag)
Fred again rocks the Outer Hebrides (Guardian)
The story behind Kito and AI Grimes’ new single Cold Touch. (Face)
Can Ibiza's oldest club Pacha still cast a spell as it turns 50? (Guardian)
Exploring the relationship between ambient music and mental health (DJMag)
‘Everybody wanted to put her in a box’: Love to Love You tells the intimate, harrowing story of disco queen Donna Summer. (Independent)
Inside the New ‘Love to Love You, Donna Summer’ documentary: ‘It was a mourning and healing process for everyone involved’ (Billboard)
A review of Water & Music's inaugural Wavelengths Summit. "How to remain sanguine while staring the difficulties of changing the neolithic music industry in the face". (Decential)
Targeted payments and overnight spins: How labels influence airplay charts. (Billboard)
JKBX CEO Scott Cohen on democratising music rights investing. (Synchtank)

ISSUE: 16 May 2023

The 10 best electronic albums of all time (GQ)
Selections: Terr (DJMag)
The Sound Of: BITE (DJMag)
Phonica Records: London’s spiritual home for electronic and dance (VinylFactory)
Festival Epiphanies: Bass Coast's extraordinary community (RA)
The Art of Production: Carmen Villain (RA)
Fun from all angles: 10 photos from Pyramid's pre-season warm-up party at Amnesia (Mixmag)
Minimal marathon: VBX's 10th birthday showcased its influential role in Amsterdam's underground (Mixmag)
The forgotten women who built a 90s rave scene. (Vice)
How Kelly G’s remix of Tina Moore’s ‘Never Gonna Let You Go’ laid the blueprint for 2-step garage (DJMag)
Moby: "It is not nice being hated, maligned or ridiculed" (Telegraph)
After 30 years of pop that refuses the easy path, Roisin Murphy has made the best album of her career. She discusses confronting audiences, timid record execs – and her own mortality. (Guardian)
Alison Goldfrapp: "I lost my mojo a little bit. I lost my desire" (iNews)
"I just woke up one day and went, ‘Come on!’": The reinvention of Alison Goldfrapp (Mixmag)
Tvorchi rehearsed between air raid alarms. Now they're repping Ukraine at Eurovision. (NPR)
Jayda G: sea change (DJMag)
Detroit's Octave One on their contemplative new album, and three decades of techno innovation. (DJMag)
Overmono on why they prefer sampling vocals to recording them (Fader)
Purge all you want, Spotify, it won't cancel AI music – and Grimes has a better idea. (TechRadar)
Nightlife is under threat like never before. Patrick Hinton investigates the scale of problems facing dance music in 2023 and considers solutions, speaking to the industry's most visible workers: artists. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 09 May 2023

Selections: Coco Bryce (DJMag)
Recognise: Avtomat (DJMag)
7 stutter-and melodic-house artists to keep on your radar and get you ready for summer. (Magnetic)
12 emerging artists you need to hear: May 2023 (DJMag)
Bleep it out! The bowel-quaking dance music of late-80s Yorkshire. (Guardian)
Coki breaks down ‘Coki Meets Trixx Part 2‘ EP. (DT)
How K-Hand's 'The Art Of Music' demonstrates the late Detroit legend's adventurous musicality (DJMag)
Annie Macmanus: "As a DJ, I was protected from many things that women went through (Telegraph)
COUCOU CHLOE talks about her upcoming project, artistic evolution and the life-saving power of music. (Mixmag)
Few electronic artists can play arenas and stadiums — How a strategy focused on ‘Next Steps’ made Illenium one of them. (Billboard)
Alison Goldfrapp talks about going solo after 25 years, moments when fame got ‘quite intense’ and her brush with Simon Cowell. (Independent)
Alison Goldfrapp took a hiatus, then came the pandemic, but the singer is back with a triumphant new album and this time she’s going it alone. (Standard)
Overmono are the UK’s next massive dance duo. (Face)
Get Ready: The future of AI-powered DJing is nearer than you think (DJTechTools)

ISSUE: 02 May 2023

The 15 best house tracks of April 2023 (Magnetic)
Fresh Kicks 197: Sam Goku (DJMag)
How Shapeshifters' 'Lola's Theme' became an enduring house anthem (DJMag)
Discover how starting an independent label can empower electronic music producers like Erdi Irmak to unleash their full creative potential. Learn from Irmak's experience and insights as his indie label, Worlds Apart, releases its captivating second track, Fragments. (Magnetic)
Meet the team Arca (EDMTunes)
Hard noise: Rotterdam's PRSPCT brings anarchic punk energy to electronic music (DJMag)
Inside Taipei's flourishing underground club scene (DJMag)
Ukraine: Nightlife in Resistance [video] (RA)
I actually had fun at Fatboy Slim’s metaverse rave. (TechCrunch)
Beyond the stereotype of the knob-twiddling bloke are brilliant female producers, but gatekeeping, toxic masculinity and a lack of concrete support are holding them back. (Guardian)
‘I was decadent, I was stupid, I was a fool’: the dark days of Donna Summer (Guardian - Daniel Dylan Wray)
SWARM talks mental health in dance music: ‘I do want to remind people they’re not alone’ (Forbes)
Why techno rule-breaker Avalon Emerson traded club bangers for featherlight dream-pop. (Pitchfork)
Diplo on aging out of Coachella, his new country album and why he ran the L.A. marathon on acid. (HR)
How Fred again.. jolted dance music (NYTimes)
The Art of DJing: Carl Cox (RA)
The resurgence of DJing’s golden age could come with AI (DJTechTools)
London nightlife is dying – Printworks is the latest casualty. (iNews)
Printworks: Final show for famous dance music venue. (BBC)
Grimes is allowing anyone and everyone to use AI models of her voice — and she'll split royalties with you, 50/50. Her manager, Daouda Leonard, tells us why they think they've found the future of music. (RollingStone)

ISSUE: 25 Apr 2023

Avicii’s 15 best songs: Critics’ picks (Billboard)
Selections: Chaos In The CBD (DJMag)
On Cue: Virginia (DJMag)
10 essential dubplates from UK dance music culture, picked by the DJs that play them. (DJMag)
Cruise is Nigeria's new DIY dance craze. (RA)
The rise, fall and revival of UK dubplate culture. (DJMag)
How to survive as a record store in 2023 (DJMag)
A shiny museum dedicated to Techno has opened in Frankfurt, Germany, and many techno pioneers feel that Black and queer artists in Detroit have been overlooked. (TheNewYorker)
5 ways to best maximise your IMS experience (Ibiza-Spotlight)
Modular mystic: Caterina Barbieri is unlocking the spirituality in synths. (Mixmag)
Spotify’s head of personalisation explains how popular playlists like ‘Discover Weekly’ are created. (WSJ)
LSDXOXO: X Education (DJMag)
What Honey Dijon, the DJ who mixes for Madonna, did next (SundayTimes)
How Troyboi channels his rich cultural roots to produce impactful electronic music. (EDM)
U.K. dance phenom Yuné Pinku on her ‘Music For Introverted Ravers’ (Billboard)
The unlikely (but welcome) return of Everything But The Girl (BBC)
Alison Goldfrapp: ‘I like the intensity of a sweaty club’ (Guardian)
How Fred again.. jolted dance music (NYTimes)
The benevolent reign of DJ Tiësto. (Fader)
Pete Tong talks about A&R in the dance music world: how it has changed, how it works now, the role that good taste plays, the TikTok A&R whirlwind, and what he thinks about AI. [podcast] (MusicAlly)
IMS co-founder Ben Turner on the future of electronic music. "AI is going to eat us all alive unless we learn to play with it and control it" (IQ)

ISSUE: 18 Apr 2023

The best of 2022 deep house tracks. (Magnetic)
Selections: T.Williams (DJMag)
The Sound Of: Wisdom Teeth (DJMag)
C004: Bill Kouligas - A Maverick Visionary. (RA)
Original video game soundtracks are getting millions of streams and earning awards, proving that game music is a blooming industry. (Chartmetric)
"It's a family affair": South Asian clubbers share what the dancefloor means to them. (Mixmag)
Skrillex & Pretty Lights concerts present new scalper challenges for AEG. (Billboard)
Ryoji Ikeda interview: “For me, there’s no separation between sound and visuals” (Fact)
The Blessed Madonna meets nightlife legend Michael Peacock: “You’ve seen me completely naked”. (Face)
Alison Goldfrapp, the singer of Goldfrapp, is going solo with an album of dance music that reflects her craving for euphoria. (NYTimes)
Everything But The Girl on new album: “We were looking for areas of electronic music we hadn’t explored before” (Mixmag)
Thomas Bangalter on hanging up his Daft Punk helmet – and leaping into ballet. (Guardian)
DJ Bone: going FURTHER (DJMag)
What does AI mean for the music industry? Experts have their say. (Standard)
'It's becoming harder and harder': Is the dance music 12-inch on the way out? (RA)
The UK Garage revival is in full swing. (Bandcamp Daily)
As music downloads tank, DJs’ favourite platform Beatport is selling more than ever. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 11 Apr 2023

Obituary: Ryuichi Sakamoto - Japanese composer and electronic music pioneer (Guardian)
Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto's extraordinary musical life (RA)
Selections: LENS (DJMag)
Breaking Through: Animistic Beliefs (RA)
Recognise: Manara (DJMag)
Culture as resistance: 6 Palestinian DJs you need to know. (Mixmag)
12 emerging artists you need to hear: April 2023 (DJMag)
Hysteria, harm or something more sinister?: Why the UK is banning nitrous oxide. (Mixmag)
TikTok isn’t killing art – Gen Z are more discerning than you think (iNews)
Five media industry trends and their impact on music licensing and clearance. (Synchtank)
Roll Over, Beethoven: A brief history of dance producers going symphonic. (Pitchfork)
Nico Perez on licensing, the changing DJ landscape and making Mixcloud more social. (Attack)
Studio Digest: Inside Cinthie's trove of vintage hardware (RA)
On the day the late DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall would have turned 60, his friends and family are ensuring that his club nights, festivals and sense of cosmic wonder all live on. (Guardian)
Bridging the divide between EDM and the underground... with Daft Punk's help. (FirstFloor)
Life after Daft Punk: Thomas Bangalter on ballet, AI and ditching the helmet. (BBC)
SOHMI stuns with ‘Recital’ and talks representation for Asian Americans and women in dance music. (Forbes)
Hospital Records co-founder Chris Goss on why "there's another explosion" of Drum & Bass coming. (EDM)
The Korean-American artist Yaeji was a darling of the underground dance scene, but hadn’t fully reckoned with her painful past. (Guardian)
Beauty amid the chaos: Why Avalon Emerson made a dream pop album. (Mixmag)
Vintage Culture breaks down his latest singles and passion project: Born of Music Addiction. (Magnetic)
20 questions with Amtrac: Ahead of his tour, the producer talks copycat artists (‘Lazy’), cooking (‘A passion’) and You (‘You’re cool’). (Billboard)

ISSUE: 04 Apr 2023

The 15 best techno tracks of March 2023 (Magnetic)
10 iconic electronic music collaboration that redefined the genre. (Magnetic)
Fresh Kicks 196: Maral (DJMag)
Meet Jessica Audiffred: A bass music artist shaking up dance music from Mexico. (Forbes)
40 years of R&S Records with founder Renaat Vandepapeliere. (DT)
These are the most exciting gqom producers right now. (DJMag)
The future of Music Recognition Technology: How DJMonitor is transforming the payments landscape. (PRS)
Ultra Miami got its mojo back, and then some (EDMTunes)
With tens of thousands of fans assembled at an Ultra stage meant to "resist" the mainstream this past weekend, it seems the dance world culture wars have reached a tipping point. (Billboard)
Each year the dance music industry descends on Miami for a week of music and partying. But in a sector that parties for work, what kind of business is actually accomplished? (Billboard)
‘It can’t just be a vibe anymore’: Can Major Lazer and Major League Djz really, truly break the Amapiano genre stateside? (Billboard)
DJ Hannah Wants shares crazy memories of her previous Hideout Festival experience ahead of her appearance at this year's event in June. (TimeOut)
Paurro shares an adrenaline-charged mix and speaks about her musical journey, debut EP and the wealth of dance music talent in Mexico. (Mixmag)
James Holden: "I got really bored of making music. But the moment I discovered modular and Live and Max/MSP, it all opened up again" (MusicRadar)
‘It’s been a huge, jumbled-up, confusing development’: Richie Hawtin on the current state of Techno. (Billboard)
In the wake of his passing, we look back on Ryuichi Sakamoto's decades-long career, from Yellow Magic Orchestra to his film scores and beyond. (Dazed)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: the avant gardist who became a groundbreaking pop star. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 28 Mar 2023

Selections: Harmony (DJMag)
Get to Know: Imer6ia (DJMag)
What is downtempo music? (Magnetic)
Art-ificial intelligence: Why AI isn't the only tech challenge for the future of artistic expression. (MW)
How Deep Dish's 'Junk Science' pushed house music into new territory. (DJMag)
An interview with the L.I.E.S. founder about his label, its place in the dance music canon and his upcoming solo album. (FirstFloor)
Need for speed: Why the UK fell back in love with bassline and speed garage. (Mixmag)
In a crowded market for dance music, indie events company Stranger Than is transforming iconic L.A. locations into clubs. (Billboard)
A new era of the rave underground - led by femme and queer POC DJs and collectives – is popping off in Los Angeles. Star Eyes and Bianca Oblivion of the Warp Mode crew clue us in. (Mixmag)
South African dance music is the sound of resilience (gal-dem)
‘I saw lightning between their fingers’: DJs on the magic of unusual dancefloors. (Guardian)
Depeche Mode’s Dave and Martin open up on the death of founding member Andy Fletcher & new album Memento Mori. (Sun)
Everything but the Girl breaks a 24-year silence with a bang. (NYTimes)
“Dance music is folk music”: Why James Holden is still inspired by rave culture. (Mixmag)
20 questions with Todd Terry: Living up to his legendary status and why ‘major labels put out the worst dance records ever’ (Billboard)
Becky Hill is the fourth most streamed British female artist. She reveals how it all began. (SundayTimes)
“DJs are surprised when they visit”: Why Newcastle’s DIY clubbing scene is thriving. (Mixmag)
UK electronic musician Daniel Avery on seeking his truth. (RollingStoneUK)
AI comes for the DJ: London partygoers rave to robot beats. (Reuters)
The world's most influential DJs (DJTechReviews)
The Sound of Resistance: A year in Ukrainian electronic music (RA)
Can Spotify’s AI-powered DJ lend support to the fight for artist royalties? (MusicTech)

ISSUE: 21 Mar 2023

15 best bass music tracks of February (Magnetic)
Selections: Doc Sleep (DJMag)
Introducing Schak (Attack)
On Cue: Jaye Ward (DJMag)
In Tracks: Pitch Music & Arts 2023 (RA)
Soundtracking: Marco Shuttle & Nene H [video] (RA)
In Asia-Pacific, nightlife activism remains an uphill battle. (RA)
Microstreaming: How brands use niche music streaming to reach key audiences. (Hypebot)
The demise of clubbing isn’t just a cultural loss, it’s an existential deprivation for generations who are coming of age. (Observer)
Inside NTS Radio, London's global music phenomenon (GQ)
Mixmag is 40: An interview with our first ever cover star, Shalamar. (Mixmag)
Sudan Archives' violin-charged R&B is detonating classical conventions. (Mixmag)
Welcome to the new Miami underground (DJMag)
The Past, Present, and Future of M83 (Ringer)
Klaudia Gawlas: "Success is a journey, not a destination" (Attack)
Diplo has elegantly blurred LGBT lines — unlike tricksy Harry Styles. (Standard)
PinkPantheress on chart success and hearing loss after years of exposure to loud music had left her 80% deaf in her right ear: 'I did my mourning already'. (BBC)
Eliza Rose has made history and conquered the UK charts. What’s next? (Mixmag)
Purple Disco Machine: from the Grammys to Miami (DJMag)

ISSUE: 14 Mar 2023

12 dub and ambient techno tracks to sneak into Spring 2023. (Magnetic)
12 emerging artists you need to hear: March 2023 (DJMag)
Discover six innovative record labels that are approaching music creatively in 2023. (Magnetic)
Selections: DJ IC (DJMag)
Breaking Through: Nick León (RA)
Get To Know: Dr. Ushūu (DJMag)
Recognise: DJ SWISHA (DJMag)
A complete guide to Miami Music Week 2023. (EDM)
A history of Trax Records and the fight for Chicago's house pioneers' royalties (DJMag)
5 women in the synthesizer industry - Flavia Ferreira (Focusrite), Paula Maddox (Dove Audio), Sandra Sims (SDS Digital Modular), Yoriko Matsushita (Roland) & Kris Kaiser (Noise Engineering) (Attack)
We have entered the era of 'Fred againia' (Mixmag)
The Art of DJing: Octo Octa (DJMag)
Rêve has a flurry of red-hot singles and three Juno nominations: Behind one of the fastest-rising artists in dance. (Billboard)
Fever Ray: ‘You have to dare yourself to be vulnerable’ (Dazed)
Drum-and-Bass is rising Again, with Nia Archives in the spotlight. (NewYorkTimes)
Orbital: "It’s embarrassing to be called 'icons' but at least it's better than being called 'wankers'". (Mixmag)
Why Kaskade and deadmau5 formed Kx5, dance music’s most in-demand odd couple. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 07 Mar 2023

Breaking Through: DJ Gigola (RA)
Get to know Gayance, the DJ and producer expressing joyfulness through music (Mixmag)
Fresh Kicks 195: Stones Taro (DJMag)
The pulse of pop music is changing. (Atlantic)
Crossover and collectivity: Why London's house underground is evolving. (Mixmag)
Last night AI DJ saved my life? Testing Spotify’s virtual radio host. (Guardian)
How Drexciya's 'The Quest' embedded the Detroit act's mythology in dance music history. (DJMusic)
Elevate your music production skills with Gui Boratto's masterclass: Learn from a Brazilian electronic music legend. (Magnetic)
Are sped-up songs set to become the future of music? (TheMusic)
Harder, better, faster, stronger: Has dance music got harder and faster? (Mixmag)
AVA London founder Sarah McBriar on how the creative industry can bring the spirit of SXSW to the UK. (MusicWeek)
They Hate Change: parallel worlds (DJMag)
New Jersey's restless Riovaz finds his groove - and he's already eying the next thing. (Billboard)
Continental sound: King Perryy is creating a paradigm shift in Afro Dancehall music. (Mixmag)
Karen Harding Masterclass: Vocal and Songwriting (Magnetic)
A Tale of Ten City: Marshall Jefferson and Byron Stingily on the Past and Present of Love Is Love. (Flood)
In Conversation: Francis Mercier, Michael Brun and Nitefreak on Black History Month. (Forbes)
Cosmicat is Saudi Arabia's first female superstar DJ and producer: "They wouldn’t take me seriously - all you can do is show them how it's done" (MusicRadar)
deadmau5 and Kaskade on Kx5, the perils of signing for a major label and why we should “unleash the beast” of AI-written pop songs. (MusicTech)

ISSUE: 28 Feb 2023

10 of the best house records according to DJ Paulette. (Mixmag)
The top 50 most-played tracks at Dutch Electronic Music Festivals in 2022. (Billboard)
The top 50 most-played artists at Dutch Electronic Music Festivals in 2022. (Billboard)
The Sound Of: The North Quarter (DJMag)
Selections: Zoë Mc Pherson (DJMag)
The Art of DJing: Aurora Halal (RA)
Bastion of hope – A techno temple for the lost future. (ElectronicBeats)
How Scott Garcia's A London Thing became an era-defining UKG anthem (DJMag)
High price of visas keeps British musicians off US tours. (Observer)
What happens when you take your music off Spotify? (Attack)
To hire or not to hire a publicist: making the best choice for your music career. (DJBooth)
How the cost of living crisis is impacting festivals. (Mixmag)
Singapore's rave scene offers freedom in a strait-laced city. (BBC)
Gauteng style: a history of house music in South Africa (DJMag)
The wild story of how fans provoked Dom Dolla and MK into releasing Rhyme Dust. (Magnetic)
Channel Tres on kicking his addictions and how his new EP is ‘me realizing I’m ready for the big stage type of energy’. (Billboard)
'Unmistakably Black': Kelela is a liaison between the worlds within dance music (Mixmag)
We caught up with newly formed electronic trio Lufthaus in the midst of their European tour to talk Berlin, Partying at Pikes and the 'melody of being a human being' (Mixmag)
The battle of corporate America vs DJ Hanzel. (DA)
The Lisbona Sisters talk ‘Beaming Brighter,’ representation in dance music and creating songs. (Forbes)
“I definitely restarted from scratch…” Jon Carter on his return to dance music. (909Originals)
For Interplanetary Criminal, the only way is up from B.O.T.A. (Face)
Fred Again.. awoke something deep in us. (Junkee)
SXM Festival founder Julian Prince on how to do a destination festival right. (Magnetic)
Same as it ever was: Gen X's disappointing anger over sped up TikTok songs. (Attack)
How do music creators get paid by TikTok? (Songtrust)
Techno-plagiarism and the battle for music in a new age of AI. (Synchtank - Eamonn Forde) The debate around AI generated music and its copyright implications.
AI and music copyright: A field guide for artists and developers. (Water & Music)
Songs in DJ sets are notoriously hard to track — How a Dutch rights organization is paying royalties. (Billboard)
The founders of three labels–Optimo Music, Balkan Vinyl and 12th Isle–explained why trading with the EU has become a minefield. (RA)
How ADHD shapes dance music. (Attack)

ISSUE: 21 Feb 2023

Remembering dance music pioneer Nathan Coles. (Sun)
Selections: Identified Patient (DJMag)
Is AI music a genuine threat to real artists? (Vice)
How the cost of living crisis is impacting nightclubs and promoters. (Mixmag)
AIM's CEO Silvia Montello discusses strengths of the independent sector, supporting neurodiverse talent, and building your core fan base: 'It just needs to be small, beautiful and committed'. (PRS - Liam Konemann)
Skrillex’s Quest For Fire: 5 essential tracks (Billboard)
Trance is back—and it’s no joke. (Pitchfork)
MC and grime pioneer Flowdan talks to Attack Magazine about collaborating with Fred again.. and Skrillex, grime and his record label. (Attack)
WHIPPED CREAM: stepping into the unknown. (DJMag)
DJ Hanzel the pioneering producer discusses why Dillon Francis' last album made him sick. [video] (Billboard)
Ahead of Studio 338’s 10-year anniversary party, garage pioneer Todd Edwards talks about his musical firsts. (Notion)
With the launch of her record label UMAY, the Turkish-born techno artist Nene H commits to teaching emerging producers what not to do in the electronic music business. (RA)
Channel Tres: ‘House music is for everybody, but it’s special when it’s your people’ (Guardian)
Nooriyah shares an upbeat mix and speaks about going viral, how algorithms are affecting musical diversity, and representing music from the SWANA region in her genre-spanning club sets. (Mixmag)
"It’s important for us to show that working-class queerness": SHERELLE and I. JORDAN in conversation. (Mixmag)
Orbital: on and on (DJMag)

ISSUE: 14 Feb 2023

Top 60 EDM love songs of all time. (Billboard)
12 emerging artists you need to hear: February 2023 (DJMag)
8 up-and-coming Japanese DJs that you need to know (Mixmag)
Fresh Kicks 194: Kiernan Laveaux (DJMag)
Selections: Sicaria (DJMag)
The Nomadic DJ: What are the best tools for digging and mixing on the go? (RA)
Want to protect local nightlife? Learn from these three North American cities (RA)
Sync leaders discuss their hopes and goals for 2023 (Synchtank)
Producer Pioneers: Lucinda Chua (RA)
Dive into how exercise can supercharge your creativity and drive to produce the best music of your life with producer Wassu as he shares how his running routine shapes his career both in the studio and on the road. (Magnetic)
Saoirse: body mover (DJMag)
How What So Not developed his own immersive rave - and found his purpose. (EDM)
Kiss Nuka: tilting the scales (DJMag)
KSHMR talks about his new reverb plugin ‘KSHMR Reverb’ and his desire to help other producers. (Attack)
David Guetta says the future of music is in AI. (BBC - Mark Savage)
Uncovering Moodymann's Detroit hip hop origins (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 07 Feb 2023

The best tracks of the year 2023 so far. (Mixmag)
Magnetic's Artist of the Week: Black Wands (Magnetic)
Selections: Holly Lester (DJMag)
EDM.com Class of 2023 revealed
SYREETA: on the road (DJMag)
Recognise: Mandidextrous (DJMag)
EX.645 25 Years of Rush Hour (RA)
The rise of the hyper-specific Spotify playlist. (Austin Staubus)
Is TikTok ruining the Berlin club scene? (TheFace)
Three projects pushing nightlife forward in 2023 (RA)
In the Spotify era, many musicians struggle to make a living. (WashingtonPost)
Exploring the Scottish Highlands' blossoming dance music scene. (DJMag)
Discover the top female producers in 2023 according to Monstercat's SKYLER. (Magnetic)
Spiritual storytelling: Charisse C’s fluid amapiano sets are building a bridge between continents. (Mixmag)
Portrait of Sama' Abdulhadi [video] (RA)
"You never know what's gonna happen": Kerri Chandler on the Spaces and Places that made him. (Mixmag)
Watergate: 20 years at the heart of Berlin nightlife. (DJMag)
Why dance music culture needs to pay more respect to MCs. (Mixmag)
How Spotify turned dance music into dance muzak. (5Mag)
Why do the Grammys get dance music so wrong? Mixmag investigates.

ISSUE: 31 Jan 2023

The 15 best house tracks of January 2023 (Magnetic)
Magnetic's Artist of the Week: Kolidescopes (Magnetic)
The Sound Of: Get Physical Music (DJMag)
ChatGPT has professionals in a range of industries justifiably nervous. Should music writers -- those concert-addicted, record-hoarding gatekeepers of good taste -- be worried too? (Tidal - Simon Reynolds)
How Double 99's 'Ripgroove' lit the fuse for speed garage in the UK. (DJMag)
Understanding the importance of A&R in the music industry (Forbes)
What happens when you take your music off Spotify? (Attack)
Why streaming algorithms keep getting better. (Trapital)
Why artists are ditching major labels to go independent. (RollingStone)
The Art of Production: 808 State (RA)
The Return of NACHTIVILLE, a delirious techno playground (RA)
Producer Pioneers: Flava D (RA)
C.003: Sama' Abdulhadi: Beyond All Borders (RA)
Tokimonsta, Richie Hawtin, Nicole Moudaber and more share advice on how DJs who don't make the highest-paid list can best manage their earnings (which aren't as high as you think). (Billboard)
4,800 nightlife businesses shut down for good last year. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 24 Jan 2023

Selections: Eli Escobar (DJMag)
How Air’s ‘Moon Safari’ became an elegant masterpiece of '90s electronic music (DJMag)
30 years of promoting in Detroit. (Attack)
The Art of DJing: Batu (RA)
Inside Copenhagen's bass-fuelled garage scene (DJMag)
Streaming killed the music experience. It’s time to bring it back to life. (FastCo)
Kaleena Zanders releases V I B R A T I O N and speaks on representation for vocalists in the dance music community. (Forbes)
ANOTR: a family affair (DJMag)
How ODESZA became one of the biggest headliners of the summer festival season. (Billboard)
Ever wondered why Helena Hauff, Shackleton or Crooked Man aren’t on social media? Can an artist survive without social media? (Attack)
The rising cost of everything: Inflation hits UK clubland (RA)
Reports from the NY:LON conference
Neighbouring rights: ‘We’re hitting the ground running…’ (MusicAlly)
SoundExchange CEO: ‘If you present your case properly, you can have increases’ (MusicAlly)
Regulating the streaming economy: ‘Consumption isn’t the same as consumer’ (MusicAlly)
TikTok music boss talks short video, long-form listening and licensing. (MusicAlly)
Diversity, equity and inclusion in music: ‘You have to look harder’. (MusicAlly)
WMG’s Oana Ruxandra on music’s evolution: ‘Conservatism is out the door!’ (MusicAlly)
New music formats: ‘Your fans aren’t AI. Your fans are real people’. (MusicAlly)

ISSUE: 17 Jan 2023

12 emerging artists you need to hear: January 2023 (DJMag)
DJ Mag’s artists to watch in 2023 (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 193: Lolsnake (DJMag)
Where do DJs get their music? The complete guide for digital crate diggers in 2023. (Magnetic)
After a record breaking year with 26 events in 10 countries, EXIT is optimistically walking towards 2023! (IQ)
Extra! Extra!: Fiasco! is the queer party sensation inviting London's clubbers to get scandalous (Mixmag)
LCD Soundsystem’s Tyler Pope: “Electronic music was never my thing until Daft Punk came along” (MusicTech)
A history of Guaracha in ten tracks (RA)
New blueprint: How Jyoty grew from rave lifer to DJ phenomenon (Mixmag)
Producer Pioneers: Honey Dijon breaks down her creative process [Video] (RA)
Patrick Topping: northern powerhouse (DJMag)
FaltyDL: honest appraisal (DJMag)
EX.643 Peggy Gou talks self-image, brand building and failure. (RA)
'It's definitely a harder grind': Is electronic music becoming inaccessible to the working classes? (RA)
'He was unique': Cameron Leslie, Mark Ronson, Tom March & more remember Fabric's Shaun Roberts. (MW)
‘It Breaks My Heart’: Iranian electronic artists Dubfire, Lady Faith & Starfari on the country’s ongoing protests and the beauty of their culture. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 10 Jan 2023

Obituary: Maxi Jazz (Times)
RIP Maxi Jazz: The sacred voice of Faithless who made dancefloors transcendent. (Mixmag)
Maxi Jazz: the calm eye in the centre of Faithless’s rave storm. (Guardian)
The Sound Of: Eastern Margins (DJMag)
Selections: DJ Stingray 313 (DJMag)
For the past year a Middlesbrough pressing plant, Press On Vinyl, has been helping artists make records, and there is no sign of demand slowing down (Guardian)
Former BPI CEO Geoff Taylor talked about the annual music figures; music streaming trends in the UK; short-video services like TikTok and YouTube Shorts; the challenges posed by creative AI technology; and the potential impact of the cost-of-living crisis on the music industry. (MusicAlly)
2022 Reflections: The cost of gigging crisis. (RA)
Music artists lean into data as creator economy booms. (Forbes)
How Iranians influence EDM: Meet Rezz and other transformative artists of Iranian descent. (EDM)
A rave of their own: Egypt’s women DJs creating inclusive dance floors (JordanTimes)
Inside the Skrillex, Four Tet & Fred again.. Set in London. (Billboard)
DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ: the cheeky dance producer who’s been mistaken for Aphex Twin. (Guardian)
Leftfield: rhythm & health (DJMag)
Amapiano star Musa Keys talks about inspiring new evolutions in amapiano, fashion and the importance of being independent. (Mixmag)
DJ Sama’ Abdulhadi on techno and tenacity: ‘As a Palestinian you know life could be over in 10 minutes’. (Guardian)
Nia Archives: Jungle revivalist on a mission to change the industry (BBC)
Fred again..: Emotional electronica from a producer to the stars. (BBC)
Marcel Dettmann: The Next Chapter. (RA)
Year in Tunes: Top 20 Tracks of 2022 (EDMTunes)
The 15 best dance albums of 2022: (Magnetic)
Dancing Astronaut presents the Top Dance Albums of 2022
Dancing Astronaut presents the Top 100 Dance Tracks of 2022
Dancing Astronaut’s Breakout Artists of 2022: ISOxo and Knock2
Dancing Astronaut’s 2022 Artist of the Year: Fred again..
Dancing Astronaut’s 2022 Label of the Year: Afterlife
2022 in review: Five key trends in the dance space (DA)
2022 in review: 8 trends that defined dance music (Grammy)
The 22 DJs who defined the year 2022 (Mixmag)
The 22 top breakthrough DJs of the Year 2022 (Mixmag)
The top 24 artists to check out in 2023. (Mixmag)
Mixmag's guide to the best DJ mixes of 2022
Mixmag's guide to the best albums and EPs of the year
Mixmag's guide to the best tracks of the year 2022

ISSUE: 20 Dec 2022

CloZee: family plan (DJMag)
How club promoters pivoted to keep dancefloors packed this year. (Billboard)
“People were curious”: Underground Kampala is creating a techno culture in Uganda (Mixmag)
‘It was a gateway for people to get into electronic music’: 30 years of Warp Records’ Artificial Intelligence. (Guardian)
25 years of Groove Armada: “You appreciate the absurdity of it all” (Mixmag)
Mavin’s Director of A&R, Rima Tahini: "A&R is not just about music, it takes empathy and care and a desire to make things happen". (MBW)
Adana Twins: “It’s important to go the extra mile” (ElectronicGroove)
Catching up with The Chainsmokers: Their hopes for another "Golden Age" of dance music, a Latin collab and yes, going to space. (Grammy)
20 questions with Mau P: How his hit ‘Drugs From Amsterdam’ ’opened doors I’ve been banging on for years’ (Billboard)
RIP Manuel Göttsching: A visionary musician who inspired the sound of the future (Mixmag)
The Best Albums of 2022 (RA)
The 50 Best Dance Songs of 2022: Staff Picks (Billboard)
The 25 Best Dance Albums of 2022: Staff Picks (Billboard)
DJ Mag's top albums of 2022
DJ Mag's top tracks of 2022

ISSUE: 13 Dec 2022

12 emerging artists you need to hear: December 2022 (DJMag)
Selections: Nosaj Thing (DJMag)
The Sound Of: MoBlack Records (DJMag)
Franky Wah's 10 afterparty essentials. (Magnetic)
The Art of Production: Steffi (RA)
How LFO's 'Frequencies' became a benchmark for '90s bleep techno (DJMag)
The Secret DJ: 'It may be time to examine what 'success' actually means.' (PRS)
Tracking the growth of the production music sector and the tech driving it forward. (Synchtank)
Community at its core: Warm Up is a London rave staple that might change your life (Mixmag)
The 2ManyDJs album As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt 2 kickstarted the mashup phenomenon. As they prepare for an anniversary concert, the Dewaele brothers discuss bootlegs, brotherhood and looking back. (Guardian)
Gabrielle Kwarteng: sonic shift (DJMag)
Inside the real estate crisis crushing Miami’s nightlife. (RA)
Why Carl Cox is moving beyond being a DJ. (Mixmag)
From fans to friends: Eden Samara, Loraine James and object blue in conversation (Mixmag)
Loraine James: the art of instinct (DJMag)
Dancing Astronaut’s Artists to Watch in 2023
Best of 2022: Music Producers (EDM)
Best of 2022: Performances & DJ sets (EDM)
Best of 2022: Industry Leaders (EDM)
Best songs of 2022 (EDM)

ISSUE: 06 Dec 2022

Fresh Kicks 191: Aleksandir (DJMag)
Selections: Hodge (DJMag)
The Art of Promoting: Secretsundaze (RA)
‘The job is going to die’: Songwriters say more change is needed to survive in the music industry. (RollingStone)
The community at the core of São Paulo's legendary club scene. (i-D)
'Brave and extraordinary': China's electronic music community protests against zero-Covid policy (RA)
Why TikTok users love sped-up songs. Fans of the fast-paced web platform prefer singers who sound like chipmunks. But why? (Ted Gioia)
Drake is top Dance/Electronic Artist for 2022: The Year in Charts (Billboard)
We like to party: how pop became the sound of the underground (DJMag)
How Club BEMA got dance music back into the MOBO Awards. (Mixmag)
“I refuse to be boxed in”: rRoxymore’s shapeshifting sound is always evolving (Mixmag)
C.002 Helena Hauff: The rules don't apply (RA)
Techno star Nicole Moudaber talks being jailed and growing up in a patriarchal society. (Forbes)
UK electronic musician Daniel Avery on seeking his truth. (RollingStone)

ISSUE: 29 Nov 2022

Selections: Peach (DJMag)
Get To Know: Heléna Star (DJMag)
Week-long raves, rare sets and gangland confrontations — Isaac Muk dives into the history of London's trend-setting nautical nightclub, Boat Live. (Mixmag)
How LTJ Bukem's 'Logical Progression' expressed his unique vision for drum & bass (DJMag)
How 2manydjs made their mash-up masterpiece As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt 2. (Dazed)
How Bicep created one of 2022’s must-see live shows (RollingStoneUK)
Bedouin and the Language of Music (LAWeekly)
Fred P: keep on moving (DJMag)
Honey Dijon steps up from dance music’s underground. (NYTimes)

ISSUE: 22 Nov 2022

12 emerging artists you need to hear: November 2022 (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 190: Monster (DJMag)
The Art of Production: Hudson Mohawke (RA)
All you need to know about Phonk, the dance subgenre that’s taking off (Billboard)
Why Marky B, Bradford’s latest bassline hope, is doing it on his own. (Mixmag)
Joris Delacroix and Joachim Pastor talk about the benefits of collaborating on music and why more producers should prioritize teaming with others to make a track. (Magnetic)
After announcing its first international festival, Sam Kandel speaks about the Warehouse Project's first festival, Rotterdam as a city and what loyal ravers should expect from the May Bank Holiday weekender. (Mixmag)
The Glitch Mob on ‘Ctrl Alt Reality’: ‘We made this record for ourselves’ (DA)
Founding DJs Fabio and Grooverider recall the beginnings of the jungle scene while new star Sherelle celebrates its resurgence. (FT)
Nia Archives: “Jungle music has always been a strong sound of the underground” (NME)
How Wales is reclaiming its place in electronic music history (DJMag)
Why music clearance remains so complex and how that can be fixed. (Synchtank - Eamonn Forde)
How Iran's government crackdowns are impacting electronic artists. (RA)
Women have been backing techno, house and disco tracks for decades. But are they getting the recognition—and payment—they're due? (RA)

ISSUE: 15 Nov 2022

The Sound Of: Freeride Millenium (DJMag)
Sacred Spaces: The Ministry of Love by Eris Drew and Octo Octa. (RA)
30 of the best electronic albums of the past 30 years (and how they were made) (MusicRadar)
On the road: Dance System takes us on tour in North America and Asia. (Mixmag)
Rakastella Music Festival shares seven signs of a well-run music event. (Magnetic)
DJ Tennis wants to show you how it's done during Rakastella. (MiamiNewTimes)
Gilles Peterson: “Great art is full of mistakes, it gives it character" (Mixmag)
'Unfeasible for many artists': Are exclusivity clauses causing local DJs more harm than good? (RA)
Helena Hauff’s listening diary. (Guardian)
Rochelle Jordan: agent of change (DJMag)
Creative transition: How Ivy Lab conquered the US beats scene. (Mixmag)
Estée Blu: The music industry is not a meritocracy, and it's harshest on Black women. (Mixmag)
Ash Lauryn: the Detroit-born DJ preserving house and techno's Black roots (DJMag)
How Fred Again.. transforms the sounds of social media into rave-worthy beauty. (npr)
40 years later, Carl Cox is just getting started. (EDM)
Defected Malta: the house music institution's new festival is a sparkling success. (DJMag)
Bringing Dirtybird to Roost: Ghazi & Moody Jones discuss the electronic label’s future at EMPIRE. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 08 Nov 2022

The 15 best techno tracks of October 2022 (Magnetic)
Recognise: Nite Fleit (DJMag)
As the Haçienda turns 40, Peter Hook – bassist of Joy Division, New Order and one of the founders of the club – talks about the chaos, foolhardiness, and the music. (iNews)
Building for 16 years: Wigflex grew a world class party outside the UK's major cities (Mixmag)
Fred again..: the producer’s meteoric rise in 10 banging tracks. (NME)
Making a splash: Myd is bringing sun-drenched French touch to Europe's dancefloors. (Mixmag)
Claptone: ‘I want them to experience a proper escape from reality’ (beat)
Authentically vintage: Dimitri From Paris on fashion and party economics. (Manchester's Finest)
Having honed his DJ skills after fighting cancer, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U is on a mission to share his kaleidoscopic selections with the world. (Mixmag)
Producer-artist Pat Lok on why you need to understand NFT clauses (and what they even are). (Billboard)
‘House isn’t a subculture. It’s my culture’: Cakes Da Killa on ballroom, Beyoncé and Black love. (Guardian)
Porter Robinson talks Robinson Malawi Fund and Crunchyroll at Second Sky Music Festival. (Forbes)
It’s not just ‘exhaustion’: Why mental health is finally a priority for music artists. (Variety)
The increasing closure of nightclubs threatens jobs, as well as the future of music and the souls of towns and cities. (Observer - Dave Haslam)
Can Ibiza survive by building a sustainable future? (Mixmag)
How is the cost-of-living crisis hitting UK nightlife? (DJMag)
Anton Powers on the demise of dance music snobbery amid the genre's streaming boom. (MusicWeek)

ISSUE: 01 Nov 2022

Obituary: Joyce Sims - Singer and songwriter whose hits All and All and Come Into My Life brought an exciting new sound to pop and became club classics. (Guardian)
Fresh Kicks 189: Suchi (DJMag)
Meet Massano: A burgeoning melodic techno artist (Forbes)
The history of Spiral Tribe, the UK’s most notorious travelling sound system. (DJMag)
The unsung heroes of nightlife. (RA)
Artists are cancelling live dates owing to soaring costs, venue bottlenecks, Brexit and the pandemic. Can touring ever be viable again? (Guardian)
How SL2's 'On A Ragga Tip' became '90s UK rave culture's most enduring anthem. (DJMag)
How Porter Robinson and the team behind ‘The Wizarding World of Harry Potter’ built a universe for Robinson’s Second Sky Festival. (Billboard)
Cerrone shares 10 tracks that defined the disco era. (Magnetic)
Hayden James talks about his live setup, fatherhood, and how he makes his risers. (Attack)
The Brian Eno-mentored musician Fred Gibson, Fred Again.., is amassing a following with tracks built from social feeds and his iPhone. The intricate and emotional results can sometimes even start a party. (NYTimes)
20 questions with KiNK: The enigmatic producer on ‘Educated’ U.S. audiences and how ‘this life sounded like a hallucination back in Bulgaria’ (Billboard)
Inside Carl Cox's two-decade saga at Ultra Music Festival. (EDM)
Carl Cox: the superstar DJ on four decades igniting dancefloors (RollingStone)
Inside Track: Web3, FOMO & stroopwafels — What happens when the global dance industry ascends on Amsterdam for ADE. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 25 Oct 2022

In Session: Aluna (Mixmag)
Get to know: Regularfantasy (DJMag)
A history of UK sound system culture (DJMag)
John Frusciante: “Jungle is my favourite kind of music ever” (Mixmag)
UK artist Yewande Adeniran AKA Ifeoluwa, founder of the crew and series of DJ workshops INTERVENTION, pens an unflinchingly honest personal essay of their experiences at the intersections of race and disability. (RA)
Wreckno: living their fantasy (DJMag)
Lose Yourself to Dance by DJ Paulette (RA)
The world-building electro of Cygnus (DJMag)
Major stars and record labels alike are embracing the brave new musical world of the meta verse. (SundayTimes)
Major stars and record labels alike are embracing the brave new musical world of the meta verse. (SundayTimes)
Musicians are cancelling concerts and entire tours because the rising costs of staff and materials coupled with a drop off in ticket sales is making them too expensive to run. (Observer)
Festival organisers grapple with increasing financial challenges amid ongoing effects of Brexit and the pandemic. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 18 Oct 2022

12 emerging artists you need to hear: October 2022 (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 187: Tarzsa (DJMag)
Selections: Lucrecia Dalt (DJMag)
Breaking Through: Isabella Lovestory (RA)
What I've learnt: Goldie (Times)
The live music industry is broken. (Vulture)
Without independent radio, homogeny thrives (Mixmag)
What will be the role of A&R in tomorrow’s music business? (Billboard)
Towards recommender system optimisation. Our vision and our data tool for algorithmic optimisation on streaming platforms. (MT)
Part 2: How can artists influence recommendation algorithms? (MT)
The endless evolution of Jersey club. (DJMag)
Thirst for freedom: Kyiv’s queer clubbing community returns to the dancefloor. (Mixmag)
DJ Agoria: Morocco’s electronic music scene is blooming (MoroccoWorld)
How does Zedd’s debut ‘Clarity’ hold up 10 years later? A pair of anniversary shows demonstrate it’s still got the magic. (Billboard)
Going with the flow: Fluidae is bringing positive connections to Sicily's dancefloors (Mixmag)
Dual perspective: Mount Kimbie’s new album is a unique insight into the duo's artistic connection. (Mixmag)
Sexy but terrifying: Sam Quealy's X-rated techno-pop will fuck with your head (Mixmag)
Daniel Avery: truth matters (DJMag)
Fred again...: ‘I was fortunate not to be good at anything else, so I had clarity’ (Guardian)
If Leftfield's new album sounds urgent, that’s because Neil Barnes has faced divorce, depression and a cancer scare. ‘I thought: if I don’t get it done, I never will’. (Guardian)
How Kerri Chandler produced a house music ode to the world's iconic dancefloors. (DJMag)
20 questions with Kerri Chandler: How an obsession with the club world’s best sound systems forged the icon’s latest album. (Billboard)
The best things to watch at Amsterdam Dance Event 2022. (Attack)
Parties, panels and pro tips: 22 things you can't miss at the 2022 Amsterdam Dance Event. (EDM)

ISSUE: 11 Oct 2022

Top 15 deep house tracks of summer 2022. (Magnetic)
Selections: FOQL (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 186: DJ Mell G (DJMag)
The Sound of: Trick (DJMag)
Crunch Digital founder Keith Bernstein is approaching the issue of music copyright and clearance from a different direction - pointing out that it's often companies with a list of legitimate music licenses that accidentally infringe on copyrights. He says the music rights databases, search engines and other online tools don't quite do enough... (IMI)
Editor's Letter: Celebrating Sacred Spaces (RA)
Can you feel it: How Mr. Fingers' ‘Ammnesia’ changed the house music experience forever. (DJMag)
Sea change: exploring the Balearic-inspired beats of Poland’s Baltic coast (DJMag)
Why you need to party at Brussels’ brand new Rave Rebels festival. (Mixmag)
How digital piracy shaped modern music (PennyFractions)
Inside Outernet, the development bringing live music back to Central London. (RollingStone)
How did four artists release music on the same day with the same '90s sample. (EDM)
Focus on community & clubbing will be just fine. (Attack)
Why Fred again.. is exactly what electronic dance music needed. (EDM)
How an artist's sound changes over time: Pig & Dan's secrets to a dynamic career in music. (Magnetic)
After rising to prominence during lockdown, Tañ is now taking clubs by storm with a heady mixes spanning UKG, acid, hardcore, trance, techno and more. (Mixmag)
Shygirl on new album 'Nymph,' sex, and dance music. (Vulture)
Shygirl: ‘I’m not worried about being super explicit or revealing too much about myself’ (Independent)
One to watch: Tsha (Observer)
Tsha stuns with her debut album, Capricorn Sun. (Forbes)
TSHA’s debut album has arrived, but she’s still dealing with imposter syndrome. (Billboard)
Kerri Chandler: ‘Where we lived, you had three choices: drugs, gangs or music. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 04 Oct 2022

Fresh Kicks 185: Ally Tropical (DJMag)
How creativity is shaping the virtual rave. (RA)
Video games introduced me to the Chemical Brothers - now teens find music through Fortnite. (Guardian)
From dawn till dusk: How Café Mambo prepares for the legendary Ibiza sunset. (Mixmag)
An oral history of Secretsundaze, London's exuberant party institution. (Mixmag)
Getting back in the DJ Booth: Amorphous talks paying homage to Beyoncé with ‘Renaissance’ mashups and spinning outside of his bedroom. (Billboard)
The Secret DJ conducts an industry experiment to find out what defines a respectable demo in the modern-day music business. (PRS)
Paco Osuna on NOW HERE residency: “It’s impossible to be happier”. (Mixmag)
Eye on the tides: Joy Anonymous’ beachside dancefloor is a social oasis. (Mixmag)
Andrea Oliva Ibiza: 'There is no place on earth like Ibiza' (DJMag)
RIP Jamie Roy: The house maverick who brought life and soul to every party. (Mixmag)
Defected Records’ new owner Wez Saunders on protecting the label’s legacy: ‘I’m not here to reinvent the wheel’. (Billboard)
Solomun, the DJ who keeps Ibiza dancing. (NewYorker)

ISSUE: 27 Sep 2022

The 8 parties you can’t miss during Amsterdam Dance Event 2022 (GrooveCartel)
Get to know: BRUX (DJMag)
Selections: Manni Dee (DJMag)
At home with: JakoJako. (DJMag)
Introducing Petru: "I describe my genre as 'Space Techno'" (Attack)
Bump up the volume: this New York bumper car soundsystem is a priceless artefact of DJ culture. (DJMag)
Love is the message: lessons in unity from Lithuania’s electronic music scene. (DJMag)
ARC Music Festival is a house and techno celebration fit for Chicago. (Mixmag)
Do New York clubs need stricter door policies? (RA)
Platforms is the London-based party giving budding clubbers a place to connect. (Mixmag)
Cultural eruption: Opera festival embodies the beauty of the Sicilian underground. (Mixmag)
Disclosure brought something new to The Warehouse Project’s return. (Mixmag)
"The harsh reality is, people can't afford to go to gigs right now": Hot Chip return with an existential album you can dance to, fulled by the hopes and fears of living through the pandemic. (iNews)
Phelimuncasi: 'When you listen to gqom, it is also speaking to you' (DJMag)
20 questions with Sam Gellaitry: The Scottish producer on Synesthesia, praying to God before sets and why ‘I don’t even like pop stars’ (Billboard)

ISSUE: 20 Sep 2022

Get to know: Charisse C (DJMag)
Selections: SPFDJ (DJMag)
On Cue: Warlock (DJMag)
What to do in a recession. (RA)
How Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing “takes advantage” of music fans. (NewStatesman)
Vinyl owned by DJs in the 80s and 90s is still circulating in Chicago shops, and it offers a unique window into the ways house music came alive. (Reader)
A DJ guide to black dance music classics -- From Chicago house to New Jersey club. (OkayPlayer)
Sudan Archives' radical honesty (DJMag)
Reinier Zonneveld: live and direct. (DJMag)
Exploring the relationship between neurodiversity and dance music. (DJMag)
An intimate Q&A with Giolì & Assia about the adversity that preceded the release of their most vulnerable—and stunning—album to date. (EDM)
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs: 7 lessons I’ve learnt in the music business. (Billboard)
DJ Seinfeld and salute talk Gen Z, Manchester and fast-paced club tracks. (Mixmag)
New mini-documentary on The Warehouse Project showcases 16 years of UK club culture. (RA)

ISSUE: 06 Sep 2022

Recognise: Heavee (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 184: Ngoni Egan (DJMag)
Exploring East Anglia's untold rave history. (DJMag)
Learn where R&S Records started and how it sets itself apart in the competitive music industry. (Magnetic)
Gun fingers in wonderland: Boomtown 2022 was a celebration of togetherness. (Mixmag)
Rave The Planet brought the original Love Parade spirit back to Berlin. (Mixmag)
Meagan Deschenes is the Insomniac responsible for Hard Summer Music Festival and so much more. (Forbes)
Skepta on DJing in Ibiza: "I felt Virgil's Energy in the booth" (Mixmag)
Kuedo's cinematic synth futurism. (DJMag)
Franc Moody's new album is a "funk-fueled odyssey" inspired by the wild west. (EDM)
Techno DJ Deysa talks about how VRJAM and the metaverse is changing the way she interacts with fans and performs her live gigs. (Magnetic)
Advice from the Adana Twins: Five moments that defined their career. (Magnetic)
Effy: “You’ve got to take up space for your art” (Notion)
“Do what you want”: How Touching Bass is empowering Black artists to freely express themselves. (Mixmag)
Carl Cox: “As far as I’m concerned, my studio has the best speaker system in the world” (MusicRadar)
Chicago House icons DJ Lady D and Ron Carroll on Drake, Beyonce and the responsibility event promoters have toward the genre. (Billboard)
The ‘B.O.T.A’ effect: Why Eliza Rose’s chart-topping club track has captured the nation. (Mixmag)
The fight to preserve Ukraine’s electronic music culture in a time of war. (DJMag)

ISSUE: 30 Aug 2022

The 15 best house tracks of August 2022 (Magnetic)
Selections: NIKS (DJMag)
The Sound Of: Critical Music (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 183: Effy Mai (DJMag)
The effect of urban music on electronica and the sounds of dance music. (Magnetic)
How Vikter Duplaix's DJ-Kicks compilation became a timeless archive of broken beat. (DJMag)
How to protect yourself from super-strength ecstasy. (Mixmag)
AEG Presents CEO of European festivals Jim King talks about staging All Points East and working on France’s Rock En Seine and the debut of Forwards festival in Bristol. (AAA)
At long last, Houghton Festival prevailed. (RA)
Houghton Festival 2022: the hot, dusty but triumphant return of the UK’s electronic music marathon. (DJMag)
Pioneering female DJs deserve recognition for their contribution to club culture. (Guardian)
Genre Pioneer, Mersiv, explains exactly what the new music genre of Freeform Bass is. (Magnetic)
Third Party talk methodology behind their live sets amid Tomorrowland debut. (DA)
BRUX talk about which Brooklyn-based female DJs and producers are crushing the underground scene. (Magnetic)
CamelPhat allude to ‘Dark Matter’ follow-up, talk ‘Believe,’ and Ushuaïa. (DA)
Inexhaustible creativity: Lava La Rue is evolving their ideal artistic vision. (Mixmag)
Themba on the energy of Ibiza and his White Isle residency. (DJMag)
DJ Eliza Rose says UK club scene should be like Berlin. (BBC)
Sylvan Esso talk new album "No Rules Sandy" and song breakdowns. (Magnetic)
Matoma talks about new music and upcoming shows. (EDMTunes)
"I think it's limitless": Morten on the volcanic potential of the future rave movement. (EDM)
Festivals, hits and mother nature: Dom Dolla and the puzzle pieces of a career-defining year. (EDM)
Chicago footwork legacy and innovation: DJ Clent, DJ Corey and DJ Noir in conversation. (Mixmag)
20 questions with Josh Wink: The acid house legend on veganism, disco and ‘The nonsense of social media’s importance in being booked’. (Billboard)
How Becky Hill conquered the charts: Polydor execs and management mark first anniversary of debut LP. (MusicWeek)
‘It gives me peace’: house legends Larry Heard and Robert Owens on winning their Trax legal battle. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 23 Aug 2022

Selections: Gene On Earth (DJMag)
Why are people in their 30s giving up on music? It would have been unimaginable in our 20s, but these days more and more friends are disengaging from a passion we once shared. Surely this is premature? (Guardian)
Giorgia Angiuli: “Sound is the first form of healing, I have the privilege of discovering the power behind sound” (Mixmag)
Ruth Royall - "Everything is relative so no advice ever really makes sense." (Attack)
Lauren Flax: intention is everything (DJMag)
Robin S.’s ‘Show Me Love’ is back in the spotlight — as are old disputes over its credits. (Billboard)
Sylvan Esso dives into headlining Electric Forest, opening for ODESZA, and new album. (DA)
ALOK on his Hï Ibiza residency and new beginnings on the White Isle. (DJMag)
Lifting the curse: Houghton Festival is finally back and better than ever. (Mixmag)
UNTOLD, Romania’s biggest party, is the festival that keeps on giving (Mixmag)
"Such a buzz": Behind the scenes of Boomtown Fair with My Nu Leng and Mall Grab (Mixmag)
Robin Ebinger of Sonus and Time Warp on what it takes to last in the festival industry. (FestivalInsider)
Wynn Nightlife's Ryan Jones on how he landed Swedish House Mafia's first-ever north American DJ residency. (EDM)

ISSUE: 16 Aug 2022

12 emerging artists you need to hear this August (DJMag)
Reliving BBC Radio 1 Dance Live weekend 2022 (IbizaSpotlight)
Selections: Wordcolour (DJMag)
One to watch: Yunè Pinku (Guardian)
How Shambhala is pioneering harm reduction at music festivals. (EDM)
From livestream concept to sophomore LP comes Jason Ross’ ‘Atlas’ (DA)
Danger Mouse & Black Thought: cracking the code (DJMag)
Jeff Mills on live performance. (RA)
Mall Grab is ready for the next level. (DJMag)
Amelie Lens: "Ibiza has a huge impact on the new generation" (DJMag)
Bru-C: “Amapiano is not just a sound, it's a whole lifestyle” (Mixmag)
How Black women and queer communities are shaping the future of African electronic music. (Mixmag)
Disco ain’t dead: how Beyoncé resurrected dance music and its queer history for Renaissance. (TheConversation)
Aluna Francis on Beyoncé, the ‘oonts oonts’ resurgence and Black women’s place in electronic music. (gal-dem)
Phantoms are back with a bit more melancholy and their best work to date. (Billboard)
Hardwell opens up about his soul-stirring road to reinvention: "It feels way more like freedom" (EDM)

ISSUE: 09 Aug 2022

The 15 best house tracks of July 2022 (Magnetic)
The 15 best techno tracks of July 2022 (Magnetic)
At home with: Richie Blacker (DJMag)
Selections: The Maghreban (DJMag)
These acid house and rave membership cards are a window into UK dance music history. (DJMag)
Connecting the Dots: SHERELLE (RA)
Get to know NikNak, the creative turntablist making waves in electronic music. (Mixmag)
The return of the fortysomething raver. (SundayTimes)
Awakenings 2022: The world's largest techno festival is now even bigger and better (Mixmag)
‘Common decency’: Beyoncé’s Renaissance sparks debate about the politics of music sampling. (Guardian)
The Reader Interview: Hot Chip - "Joe once hit Alexis with a baseball bat" (Guardian)
Eliza Rose: the DJ behind this summer’s most empowering dance anthem. (NME)
Raves, resilience and rapture: How Ray Volpe overcame his lowest moment to produce a game-changing record. (EDM)
Andy Cato: "I sold the rights to my Groove Armada songs to buy a farm – now I hope to revolutionise food production" (Guardian)
Alison Wonderland talks Loner and more, live from HARD Summer. (DA)
Drum & bass MC Tali is taking control of her future. (DJMag)
Lewis Thompson has written and produced eight UK Top 10 singles...now he's going solo: "You need the music to back you up, right?" (OCC)
Karl Bartos: "Kraftwerk turned into the dehumanisation of music" (Guardian)
Vintage Culture: "Back on the road is like a family reunion" (Attack)
20 questions with Claude VonStroke: "Anyone who puts on a festival with all their own money is totally insane or really adores their fans" (Billboard)

ISSUE: 02 Aug 2022

Selections: Hagan (DJMag)
Get to know: Elle Shimada (DJMag)
A matter of space: how nightlife communities fight gatekeeping (ElectronicBeats)
Why does clubbing feel so expensive right now? (Vice)
Why dancehall isn't a major industry in the UK, and what needs to be done. (Mixmag)
Licensing, lawsuits and revenue sharing: Meta's evolving relationship with the music industry. (Synchtank)
My Favorite Dance Tracks: Nine artists on their all-time dance-floor burners. (RollingStone)
The harsh reality of touring as a female POC DJ. (Vice)
Italo disco’s eternal evolution (DJMag)
Kraftwerk’s Karl Bartos: ‘We were overwhelmed by technology’. (FT)
Voguing our way through Beyonce's Renaissance A track-by-track dance reference guide to B7. (Vulture)
Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ embodies decades of dance music. Here’s a guide. (NYTimes)
20 questions with Maxim of The Prodigy: On his NFT drop and the ‘part of me that doesn’t want to let go’ of the late Keith Flint. (Billboard)
60 reasons to celebrate the legendary Carl Cox. (Mixmag)
Plastikman's 'Consumed' remains a masterclass in dark, minimalist techno. (DJMag)

ISSUE: 26 Jul 2022

Fresh Kicks 181: FILM (DJMag)
Selections: Shannen SP (DJMag)
The spiritual and sacred language of Ron Trent's house music. (DJMag)
The symbiotic interdependence of dance music duos. (Attack)
Revolutionary impact: How ZVUK built dance music as a culture in Kazakhstan. (Mixmag)
DJ Screw: tracing the genius of the chopped 'n' screwed pioneer. (DJMag)
“Sobriety taught me that life is worth living”: Life lessons with DJ Fat Tony. (Mixmag)
‘There are still battles to be had, but it’s incredible’: the female DJs finally getting their dues (Guardian)
Trans women DJs are taking over the club. (Pitchfork)
Connecting the Dots: Afrodeutsche (RA)
"Every A&R has a horror story" Mark Knight remixies historic Avicii song years after missed opportunity to sign it. (EDM)
ODESZA are revisiting their past to find their future. (DJMag)
ODESZA: "You can have all the gear in the world, but that doesn’t mean you’re going to write anything super special" (MusicRadar)
Sound of liberation: How Moonchild Sanelly crystalised her future ghetto funk vision. (Mixmag)
Kevin Gimble and Steve Gordon guide EDM’s big success at United Talent Agency. (Pollstar)
Carl Cox is still searching for his perfect techno sound. (DJMag)

ISSUE: 19 Jul 2022

Rupture’s Mantra and Double O are joining jungle’s roots to its future. (DJMag)
Michael Bibi’s time has come, again: The pandemic interrupted the U.K. producer’s rise, but he’s back and better for it. (Billboard)
Moonchild Sanelly's limitless universe. (DJMag)
Recognise: RHYW (DJMag)
Can Destination Festivals exist in harmony with local communities? (RA)
Mr Eazi, Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups. (TechCrunch)
Out of Space: How UK cities shaped rave culture (RA)
Scottish duo LF System are at No 1 with their spin on a 70s obscurity, the commercial peak for a disco edit scene bubbling for decades. But are these tracks always ethical? (Guardian)
Porter Robinson on his new song for Riot Games’ ‘Star Guardian’: ‘I put a lot of effort into making it something I want to f–king belt out’. (Billboard)
I’m a frazzled fortysomething – but put on the right song, and I’m 18 again and on holiday in Tenerife. (Guardian - Annie Macmanus)
99Ginger are throwing some of the best parties in Paris. (Face)

ISSUE: 12 Jul 2022

How it was made: Booka Shade - Fire & Rain (Durante remix) (Magnetic)
Selections: NikNak (DJMag)
Get to know: Salamanda (DJMag)
Breaking Through: Manuka Honey (RA)
At Home With: Danny Daze (DJMag)
How Norma Jean Bell’s ‘Come Into My Room’ produced the perfect blend of house, jazz and sensuality. (DJMag)
The Sound of: Boxout.fm Recordings (DJMag)
Spotify’s Global Head of Indies, Commercial Partnerships Jen Masset talks about the harmful practice of stream count manipulation and what it is doing to stop it. (Hypebot)
A key figure of the ecstasy-fueled early 2000s rave scene, Disco Donnie and his cohorts recount the RAVE Act's rise - and how the legislation still affects electronic event promoters. (Billboard)
90s dance music paved the way for the current trends of today and iconic artists like Cher and Massive Attack created some unforgettable anthems that stand the test of time. (Magnetic)
The rise of underground house: How artists like Fisher and Acraze have taken tech house, other electronic genres from indie to EDC. (Grammys)
DIY defiance: Genosys Sound System brought the spirit of ‘90s rave to Glastonbury (Mixmag)
Creating something special: How Notting Hill Carnival brought its joyful spirit to Glastonbury's Block9. (Mixmag)
piri & tommy: “I remember when I first discovered dance music. Once you’re in, there’s no going back” (Dork)
Coco Em's empowering dance music is uplifting East Africa femme artists. (Mixmag)
Flume: "I’ve seen some of my favourite electronic acts try to do a show with live bass and drums and it sucks" (MusicRadar)
"I want to follow my heart": Armin Van Buuren on sound experimentation and the future of trance. (EDM)
The Martinez Brothers: "Performing in Ibiza is special, you can feel it as soon as you step foot on the island" (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 05 Jul 2022

10 startling photos from the Arcadia spider's incendiary Glastonbury return. (Mixmag)
Fresh Kicks 180: ASNA (DJMag)
The 15 best techno tracks of June 2022 (Magnetic)
How we made: DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing (Guardian)
A brief history of techno music (Magnetic)
Irish jewel: AVA is one of the world's most exciting electronic festivals (Mixmag)
Prodigious techniques and self-work: Lil Silva has been on a creative, spiritual journey. (Mixmag)
Uncontrollable energy: 25 years on, The Fat Of The Land is still a life-changing album. (Mixmag)
How The Prodigy’s The Fat of the Land fell out of favour. (Independent)
How dance and club music is reacting to Drake and Beyonce? (Ringer)
The house music that Beyoncé built. (Vulture)
Hardwell opens up about Avicii: "You're never going to convince me there's someone better" (EDM)
Congo Natty: Junglistic soldier (DJMag)

ISSUE: 28 Jun 2022

The best pop-house tracks to get you dancing this summer (Face)
5 emerging artists pushing electronic music forward: Moore Kismet, TSHA, Doechii & Others (Grammys)
Attack's favourite music of 2022 so far
On Cue: DJ IC (DJMag)
The results are in: Here are the winners of the 2022 Electronic Dance Music Awards (EDM)
GALA Festival 2022: Everybody Loves The Sunshine. (DJMag)
How X-Press 2 and David Byrne's 'Lazy' became the timeless house ode to doing nothing. (DJMag)
How Orbital changed Glastonbury – and my outlook – with their 1994 set (Independent)
House music is back with perfect timing for a summer of discontent. (Standard)
Do electronic artists always need an audiovisual show? (RA)
Environmental innovations creating a more sustainable scene. (RA)
Music labels are spending a bit too much time on TikTok. (Bloomberg)
Fatboy Slim is sharing his skills as part of an NHS initiative. He talks about the joy of decks, his own lockdown blues – and being reduced to tears by his kids’ DJing. (Guardian)
20 questions with Steve Adelman: The nightlife legend on pissing off Dylan and ’90s club kids compared to the EDM generation. (Billboard)
Vintage Culture on his new single with Solardo, the evolution of his sound, and more. (DA)
DJ Honey Dijon: ‘Dancefloors do what religions and governments can’t’ (Guardian)
How ODESZA is selling out their most ambitious concert tour yet. (Billboard)
The Martinez Brothers: reaching new heights in Ibiza. (DJMag)
Orbital: ‘We can’t fall out with each other for ever. It would make Christmas awkward’ (Guardian)
"We started it": Drake's producer Gordo on reclaiming Black dance music on Honestly, Nevermind. (GQ)
Beyoncé, Drake up their beat – is this the return of 90s dance music? (Stuff)
Will Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” usher in a new era of dance music? (NewStatesman)
Robin S and Big Freedia react to Beyoncé sampling their music: "I'm honoured and excited" (DJMag)
Robin S on Break My Soul: “Show Me Love is my legacy and Beyoncé made me a part of her legacy” (Face)
House music had its Black roots ripped up – now Drake and Beyoncé are reclaiming them. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 21 Jun 2022

12 emerging artists you need to hear this June. (DJMag)
Gabber Resistance is keeping early hardcore alive in Spain. (Mixmag)
On gamifying the online club experience. (RA)
GDPR & Music Data Ownership: Should we treat artist data as personal data? (MusicTomorrow)
Momem museum billed as the beating heart of dance music fails to get rave reviews. (Times)
Electronic Music is in a social rut. TikTok might just save it. (RA)
In search of sunrise: a history of Balearic trance. (DJMag)
The rising costs of DJ life. (Shawn Reynaldo) Inflation blues, post-pandemic problems and an overdue examination of contemporary nightlife models.
Carl Cox contextualizes his return to Electric Zoo, 11 years later. (DA)
’90s dance legends Utah Saints on their video game history and creating new music for ‘Final Vendetta’. (NME)
C.001 LSDXOXO's Unfuckwithable Energy (RA)
Fatboy Slim is sharing his skills as part of an NHS initiative. He talks about the joy of decks, his own lockdown blues – and being reduced to tears by his kids’ DJing. (Guardian)
Scorpion Kings: "Amapiano hasn't even reached its full potential" (Mixmag)
Q&A: Moby on his new label, The Doors, the golden age of electronic music and more. (Forbes)
BAMBII reflects on the future of dance music. (Dazed)
Years after announcing their final album, Röyksopp is back (again): Why their enw LP ‘was something we had to do’ (Billboard)
20 questions with Felix da Housecat: On Prince, Chicago and why ‘I take my music serious, But I don’t take myself serious’. (Billboard)
RIP Dom Phillips: The devoted Editor who documented '90s dance music in fine detail. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 14 Jun 2022

The 15 best progressive house tracks of May 2022. (Magnetic)
The Sound Of: Kindergarten Records (DJMag)
Selections: BFTT (DJMag)
How the music community is tackling the climate crisis. (SoundsLikeAPlan)
TikTok is turning music marketing into a Labyrinthian game. (Pitchfork)
Will the metaverse concept become (virtual) reality before we lose interest? (Medium - Stephen Moore)
How Ukrainian clubs and collectives are aiding the war effort. (Mixmag)
EDC will be celebrating 30 years of action in 2023, and Insomniac's flagship festival brand is far from reaching a state of complacency. (EDM)
Jamal Edwards: the man who changed the British music scene. (RollingStone - Nana Baah)
Since his breakout into the music world near two decades ago, Rony Seikaly has been on an upward trajectory. (Mixmag)
Jamie Jones: Paradise Found (DJMag)
How PinkPantheress found the perfect formula. (RA)
Carl Cox’s first album in a decade: “There are no apologies if it's too hard”. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 07 Jun 2022

HAAi, Jon Hopkins, Akira Uchida and Tom Furse combine music, choreography and AI on Baby, We’re Ascending visual. (Fact)
Future Shock now open at 180 Studios with new immersive works by Caterina Barbieri, UVA, Weirdcore, Gaika, Romain Gavras, Ryoichi Kurokawa and more. (Fact)
At Home With: Optimo (Espacio) (DJmag)
A day in the life of Alok. (DJmag)

ISSUE: 31 May 2022

Obituary: Andy Fletcher - Keyboard player and business brain of Depeche Mode who pushed the electronic band to long-lasting success (Guardian)
The 10 best deep house tracks of May 2022. (Magnetic)
The 8 best moments of EDC Las Vegas 2022 (Billboard)
Fresh Kicks 177: Leisureware (DJMag)
Finding today's top Apple Music playlist curators. (Chartmetric)
Crip Rave is the revolutionary collective prioritising accessibility. (RA)
What exactly is "organic house?" (Magnetic)
After a decade under the influence of music algorithms, a look at what streaming services afford the most engaged fans and what lingers below the surface. (Pitchfork)
A $200m music investment fund will scour industry for artist, tech deals. (Bloomberg) Matt Pincus wanted to build an investment company that is "only focused on music."
A few British music geeks honed their skills at illegal raves and made clubbing fortunes. Then they put it into organic farms and bike racing. Has the party ended for the superstar DJ? (SundayTimes)
How prevalent is ageism in dance music? (Attack)
Are plugin subscriptions good for producers? (DJMag)
Tech house legends Pig&Dan share 15 high-level music production tips to turn your next tech house track into a banger. (Magnetic)
Cracking onwards: How InterChange grew from Glasgwegian house parties to top techno clubs. (Mixmag)
'Kharkiv has something to say': A guide to dance music in Ukraine's second city. (Mixmag)
To celebrate the release of her fabric presents mix, TSHA highlights the emerging artists you should be checking out. (Mixmag)
The Do Lab's Assistant Music Director Tadia Taylor discusses helping diversify Lightning in a Bottle. (Billboard)
Going turbo: We went raving at Coachella with Dom Dolla and John Summit. (Mixmag)
Bonobo: “I try not to let nostalgia control what I'm doing —it isn't healthy" (Mixmag)
Ahead of her hometown show at Movement, DJ Holographic talks Detroit, representation and not wanting "The Ikea furniture of success". (Billboard)
DJ Minx: "The creativity of Detroit lights me up on daily basis" (Mixmag)
Carl Craig talks celebrating Planet E Communications 30th anniversary at Movement Fest: "It’s coming back stronger this year" (Billboard)
Paco Osuna talks Ibiza and his new residency NOW HERE: “It was love at first sight” (Mixmag)
HAAi: "As a non-male in dance music there's a narrative that people think a man has to be behind what you’re doing" (MusicRadar)
Sama’ Abdulhadi: “Festivals can create a utopian bubble and just put you in a different world” (Face)

ISSUE: 24 May 2022

How Super Mario Kart and dance music created WipEout. (GamesRadar)
Should a DJ ever play a festival for free?. (DJMag)
Virtual clubbing points to future profits from the metaverse. (FT)
TikTok has changed music — and the industry is hustling to catch up. (NPR)
DJ Annie Mac’s new clubbing venture hits the spot. (Observer)
Soundtracking with Freddy K & Dr. Rubinstein. (RA)
When Mason first released ‘Exceeder’ in 2005 it was a B-side. But its fuzzy bassline and gated trancey notes garnered a legion of fans, and it became a key building block in the pre-EDM electro-house scene. 17 years later, he shares its story. (DJMag)
Asian American Pacific Islander Elephante reflects on what his victories in the music industry means for the future of the AAPI community. (Magnetic)
Local Action puts chosen family above record sales. Now they celebrate a decade of influence. (RA)
Art as a weapon: Kyiv's creative community gathers at one-day festival to celebrate Ukrainian culture and reflect on the war. (RA)
20 questions with Subjective: Goldie & James Davidson on the Ego, making music in Thailand and Virgil Abloh’s legacy. (Billboard)
Flume: a king and his castle. (DJMag)
20 questions with Flume: On his vegetable garden, The End of the World and SOPHIE’s influence on his new album. (Billboard)
At 21, music producer Harley Streten shot to global fame as Flume. Within a few years, he was alone, depressed and drinking too much. Then the pandemic happened – and "it was one of the best years of my life". (Guardian)

ISSUE: 17 May 2022

20 techno tips: Hannes Bieger's ultimate guide for music producers. (Magnetic)
Get To Know: Luxe (DJMag)
The Sound Of: Stay True Sounds (DJMag)
Selections: Bou (DJMag)
Mele shares his top tracks. (Attack)
How the iPod saved the music business. (Telegraph)
How iPod changed everything. (Midia)
Bradley Zero and the Rhythm Section team give us the lowdown on London. (Mixmag)
After building a nightlife empire in Singapore, Zouk Group is now changing the fabric of Las Vegas nightlife. (EDM)
Fat Tony: confessions of a celebrity DJ. (Times)
Button pushers: the artists making music from mushrooms. (Guardian)
Suchi: "Brown girls and women can pursue music, no matter their age or background" (Attack)
A life that’s featured abuse, Bowie, murder, Abloh and, er, Strictly... It can only be Goldie. (Standard)
Ricky Tucker and Jay Jay Revlon pay tribute to the impactful legacy of ballroom icon Vjuan Allure. (Mixmag)
How Muslin DJs navigate Ramadan. (Mixmag)
Carnage was ‘miserable’ playing under the name: Why his new project is ‘pissing people off’ and how Avicii helped inspire the switch. (Billboard)
Batu: a long, strange dream (DJMag)
For The Record: How The Chainsmokers' "Don't Let Me Down" set the duo up for global success — and the freedom to defy dance music expectations. (Grammy)

ISSUE: 10 May 2022

The 15 best progressive house tracks of April 2022 (Magnetic)
Selections: GLOR1A (DJMag)
Why music blogs still matter. (Fuxwithit)
Harmonic co-existence: Groove Into The Void is a shining light in Pakistan’s club sphere. (Mixmag)
From deep Afro-house and trance-infused techno to atmospheric jungle and beyond, here's May 2022's list of upcoming talent you should be keeping track of. (DJMag)
Self-releasing music in 2022: which distributor is right for you? (DJMag)
How to build a sound system (RA)
Throughout history, the role of vocals in electronic dance music has been an ever-changing one. (Mixdown)
Online booking platforms such as gigmit offer to perfectly match DJs with gigs. Could they disrupt the music industry? (RA)
Irish superstar and dance pop icon Róisín Murphy talks heading back on the road, rollercoaster nights out in Glasgow and finding herself at Trade. (Mixmag)
Meet Ashfaq Allgoo, the expert events strategist and savvy-entrepreneur who is putting the Indian Ocean clubbing scene on the map. (Mixmag)
Having cut her teeth as part of the alternative rock group Ultraísta, and as solo artist FEMME, Lau.ra is now making waves as a dance music DJ and producer. (DJMag)
Nia Archives is laying her emotions on the dancefloor with her future classics, championing the history of Black music while blazing a trail as the junglist that generations of old heads and new ravers have been waiting for to carry the torch. (Mixmag)
ICM's Head of Electronic Music, Simon Clarkson, talks about their roster (Alison Wonderland, Aluna & More) and big year ahead. (Pollstar)

ISSUE: 03 May 2022

On Cue: Perel (DJMag)
What exactly is 'Future Rave'? (Magnetic)
BANKS talks about Serpentina, stillness and self-love. (Mixmag)
Sofi Tukker break down their album, WET TENNIS. (EDM)
It was grey, ugly and had 0.0128% of an iPhone’s memory. But the Amiga 500 defied its limitations to power a series of astonishing dance tracks, from early jungle to Calvin Harris. (Guardian)
With sustainability at the forefront of this summer’s events planning, Gemma Ross investigates how the dance music community is making an eco-friendly festival season a priority. (Mixmag)
Women, queer and gender minority-led events, soundsystems and collectives in the UK are vital for a safer nightlife. (RA)
Guiding an act's career now involves so many disciplines that some managers say it's time their relationships with artists reflect those additional duties. (Billboard)
How the global boom of African music is resonating with electronic artists in the diaspora. (DJMag)
Detroit, Chicago and New York created modern Electronic Dance Music, yet no one seems to know that? (Magnetic)
Producer of soul greats, maker of classic house records, ordained Yoruba priest and avid live streamer, Osunlade has lived a remarkable life so far. He talks about how remaining independent has been vital to his creativity and career. (DJMag)
With a Grammy victory and a Coachella appearance under his belt, Black Coffee’s enjoying a victory lap that coincides with a wider buzz around dance music from South Africa. (Face)
Louie Vega on the saturation of dance music, working with his family and the 3 a.m. jam sessions that inspired his new album. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 26 Apr 2022

Recognise: Sedef Adasi (DJMag)
EX.606 Nik Colk Void (RA)
How it was made: High Contrast - Music Is Everything (Pola & Bryson Remix) (Magnetic)
Furious all night long: Das Booty is keeping London's clubbers on their toes. (Mixmag)
Can climate offsets help reduce dance music's carbon footprint? (RA)
How long Covid has impacted dance music professionals. (DJMag)
How digital avatars could be the future of live music. (FastCo)
Community as the most meaningful context for NFTs. (EQ)
A club is not enough. (ElectronicBeats)
Drum'n'bass is being freshened up by young, often female artists mixing hyper-fast breakbeats with soft vocals. But why is it so suited to our post-lockdown, attention-deficient era? (Guardian)
Dom Dolla confirms new music and discusses early roots at Coachella [Q&A]. (DA)
90s rave crew DiY Sound System: ‘We definitely sacrificed our sanity’ (Guardian)
Feeling elevated: How fearless self-discovery inspired Denzel Curry to write his own rap destiny. (Mixmag)
Aluna: age of enlightenment (DJMag)
Swedish House Mafia: ‘Paradise Again,’ the power of fans, and the state of dance music (AppleMusic)

ISSUE: 19 Apr 2022

7 essential tracks from Swedish House Mafia’s ‘Paradise Again’ (Billboard)
Selections: Elisa Bee (DJMag)
The Sound of: Deep Jungle (DJMag)
A history of Donk in ten tracks. (RA)
After sobriety, raving became more than an excuse to party. (RA)
"A bridge between my heart and my family": Qrion on her Japanese cultural influence and nostalgic sound. (EDM)
How Madeon and a team of architects designed the hallucinatory "Good Faith" experience and blew everyone's mind. (EDM)
"Streaming saved the industry": Why artists use Spotify (Attack)
The return of Loftgroover, the '90s hardest-playing UK DJ (DJMag)
Overmono: live from the underground (DJMag)
Carl Cox: The superstar DJ who went from raves to motorbike racing. (BBC)
Sigala: "Having loads of toys in the studio is more of a distraction than anything else - and I’m very easily distracted" (MusicRadar)
How Jeff Mills' 'Waveform Vol. 1' started a new era of techno. (DJMag)
Inside DGTL: The first circular electronic music festival (Forbes)

ISSUE: 12 Apr 2022

Fresh Kicks 174: J-Shadow (DJMag)
Selections: Gracie T (DJMag)
RA.827 NIKS (RA)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this April (DJMag)
EX. 604 JADALAREIGN - The New York-based DJ, producer and booker talks Nowadays, community and paying it forward. (RA)
How The Chemical Brothers' 'Dig Your Own Hole' predicted the post-genre pop future. (DJMag)
How DiY Sound System blazed a trail for the '90s free party movement. (DJMag)
While there is no true formula for creating a great TikTok song, there are ways to play to the app's algorithm and get people to engage with a song. (AmericanSongwriter)
Is it the song or the singer that makes it a hit? (Forbes)
Jodie Harsh: "My first time in a club felt like waking up from a dream" (Mixmag)
Discovering the evolution of Anjunadeep with label visionary, Jody Wisternoff. (DA)
Fate and finesse: How Dan Shake became one of UK house music's finest. (Mixmag)
Ibibio Sound Machine: positive electricity (DJMag)
After briefly losing her hearing and getting marooned during lockdown, Anna Lunoe nearly left music — now she’s touring again. (Billboard)
Black Coffee - the South African DJ who made history at the Grammys. (BBC)

ISSUE: 05 Apr 2022

The 15 best house tracks of March 2022 (Magnetic)
RA.826 Physical Therapy (RA)
Selections: François X (DJMag)
On Cue: Themba (DJMag)
Sink the Pink brought LGBTQ+ culture to the mainstream. Its founders tell why they are ending an era. (Standard)
Recognise: Ploy (DJMag)
MCs are the unsung heroes of UK electronic music (RA)
So different, genuinely fun: Exploring 10 years of algorave. (Mixmag)
Paradox: the numbers game (DJMag)
Goldie: “The ’90s had everything!” (Face)
“This is what you do when fascists come”: Kyiv producer John Object on fighting for Ukraine (Mixmag)
Richie Hawtin and Chilly Gonzales discuss their reworking of Hawtin's masterwork Consumed. [video](Magnetic)
20 questions with Richie Hawtin: Talks unconventional collaboration with Chilly Gonzales and why ‘in a way, it’s always been business techno’ (Billboard)
Hardwell’s Ultra comeback touches at the heart of his absence – and demonstrates the evolution of main-stage dance music. (Billboard)
10 ways Ultra Miami 2022 returned the festival to its rightful status as a global dance destination. (Billboard)
2022 Dance/Electronic Grammy preview: Olafur Arnalds on being ‘Stumped’ by his nomination and popping a tiny bottle to celebrate. (Billboard)
2022 Dance/Electronic Grammy preview: Marshmello on his first nomination and why ‘It’s going to be a party, regardless’ of who wins. (Billboard)
2022 Dance/Electronic Grammy preview: Ten City on friendship, Frankie Knuckles and never betting against house. (Billboard)
2022 Dance/Electronic Grammy preview: Afrojack on his David Guetta collab and why a nomination is ‘The Best Firepower You Can Have in This Industry’ (Billboard)
2022 Dance/Electronic Grammy preview: Bonobo on competing against himself and how the awards are ‘Catching Up’ with electronic music. (Billboard)
2022 Dance/Electronic Grammy preview: Illenium on his first nomination and why dance categories should be expanded. (Billboard)
2022 Dance/Electronic Grammy preview: Rüfüs Du Sol on their ‘Healthy Drive’ to win and being starstruck by James Blake. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 29 Mar 2022

Selections: Jimi Jules (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 173: Olive T (DJMag)
EX. 602 Laila McKenzie - The Lady Of The House co-author speaks about the value of community. (RA)
The importance of getting lit: Club Djembe supplies feel-good beats for dancers who love to get down. (Mixmag)
"Frequencies I'd never felt before": How Deaf DJs are revolutionising the club experience. (Mixmag)
Something new and truly challenging: ANTI-MASS are creating a subversive musical language. (Mixmag)
RÜFÜS DU SOL's Sundream festival is an immersive blend of hedonism and healing. (Mixmag)
The multiple musical adventures of TokenTraxx founder TommyD. (Face)
The record industry needs you to love NFTs (Part 2) (PennyFactions)
From their most inspired moments to their favourite lyrics, we've got the inside scoop on ILLENIUM, Ten City and Sylvan Esso's Grammy nods. (EDM)
Candyland's Josie Martin on reunion after 8 years: "Hopefully, our fans get to relive some memories" (EDM)
Acraze on ‘Do It To It’ becoming an accidental hit and why he’ll do it again. (Billboard)
Cinthie: "I let everything grow naturally, nothing is more boring than rising to the top in a year" (Mixmag)
Monstercat's Chelsea Shear, a rare female electronic A&R, is fostering a diversified scene. (Billboard)
Becky Hill's manager Alex Martin on how the hitmaker became an album artist. (MW)
Inside the UK Afro house renaissance (DJMag)
Is dance music about to change its tune? (Attack)
20 questions with Anfisa Letyago: Ahead of her Ultra Music Festival debut, the techno upstart talks trends, her mentor Carl Cox and more. (Billboard)
Miami 2022: Marco Faraone is on a mission in the Magic City (DJMag)
Miami 2022: QRTR brings her psychedelic club sound to South Beach (DJMag)
Miami 2022: Chris Stussy is ready to take on the Magic City (DJMag)
Miami 2022: Melé is recharged and ready for South Beach. (DJMag)
Miami 2022: Dennis Ferrer is ready to get the party started in the Magic City. (DJMag)

ISSUE: 22 Mar 2022

Selections: Carmen Villain (DJMag)
In Session: ANNA (Mixmag)
In the Mix: TCTS (Notion)
The Sound Of: Touching Bass (DJMag)
How much does it cost to throw a club night? (RA)
Ibiza Past: Bringing the golden era of the White Isle to the present. (Mixmag)
Forging a community: Beastwang brings Leicester’s ravers together. (Mixmag)
Why electronic music sets the tempo for NFTs. (Billboard)
Black DJs are reclaiming their connection to dance music. (MiamiNewTimes)
How can UK nightlife improve for women and non-binary people? (Face)
Vintage Culture: changing the game (DJMag)
Interview | What's the score Nathan Dawe? (IbizaSpotlight)
Kavinsky: “I want people to talk to me about something other than ‘Nightcall’ now" (Mixmag)
John Summit: bending the rules (DJMag)
Carl Cox and Nicole Moudaber In Conversation: The longtime friends on techno’s dominance, music during wartime, the absurdity of Tulum and more. (Billboard)
Sofi Tukker talk Wet Tennis, upcoming shows, live from CRSSD Fest. (DA)
Bigger vision: Joy Orbison is ready for the next step. (Mixmag)
2022 Dance/Electronic Grammy Preview: Black Coffee on his historic nomination and why dance deserves ‘Better Exposure’ at the awards. (Billboard)
Grimes on music, mars, and her secret new baby with Elon Musk. (VanityFair)
5 parties you must do during Miami Music Week 2022. (DT)
Miami 2022: Eats Everything brings the party back to South Beach (DJMag)
Miami 2022: Space resident Layla Benitez takes her new home by storm (DJMag)
Miami 2022: HoneyLuv is ready to embrace the energy of South Beach. (DJMag)
Miami 2022: The Magic City calls for Andrea Oliva (DJMag)

ISSUE: 15 Mar 2022

Fresh Kicks 172: Sobolik (RA)
Simply Euphoric: The best electronic and club tracks heard on HBO's Euphoria (Mixmag)
EX.600 Source Material: Kyiv’s club community, fractured by war (RA)
Miami Music Week 2022 Guide: Clubs, Pool Parties, showcases and more. (EDM)
Magnetic Mag's 2022 Miami Music Week event guide (Magnetic)
Seventh heaven: Pervert gives space for Mexico's hedonists to feel alive. (Mixmag)
Ibiza's wildest years: capturing the hedonism of '90s party Manumission (DJMag)
How to have the perfect 24 hours in Berlin. (Mixmag)
The women in dance music making a difference to the industry. (BBC)
How an obscure Finnish EDM artist hijacked countless Spotify playlists. (Gawker)
Artists asking artists: Andres Campo & Eats Everything (Magnetic)
Can Kygo build music’s next Margaritaville? (Billboard)
NFTs: What do they really mean for the music industry? (PRS - James Hanley)
Remembering Avicii by stepping into his bewildering world (NYTimes)
Inside Spotify’s Recommender System: A complete guide to Spotify Recommendation Algorithms (MusicTomorrow)
Nia Archives is the red-hot jungle producer taking over the UK’s dancefloors. (Face)
Industry figures warn that songwriters face future drawn out legal battles because the way in which people consume music has changed. (Guardian) Tom Gray said the issue has been "exacerbated by pressure on songwriters from record companies to write songs that imitate other hits, enabling them to be more easily picked up by Spotify’s algorithms".

ISSUE: 08 Mar 2022

The 15 best progressive house tracks of February 2022. (Magnetic)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this March. (DJMag)
dweller: Forever and Always (RA)
How Nicolette's ‘Let No-One Live Rent Free In Your Head’ mapped the future of electronic songwriting. (DJMag)
What are perpetuity deals in record contracts? And why they're a problem. (Mixmag)
20 questions: An artist’s checklist for an NFT pitch (Mixmag)
Ukrainian artists, labels and fundraising releases to support today. (RA)
Cyclic Revolution: Debit’s radical new album reconstructs Mayan musical history. (Mixmag)
How electronic artists influenced fashion soundtracking. (RA)
Celebrating the history of Black culture in dance music. (Forbes)
Bandcamp sells to Epic: can a video game company save independent music? (Guardian)
An eye for talent: Airspace is encouraging the next generation. (Mixmag)
Even in a pandemic, men won't stop sexually harassing women in nightclubs (Mixmag)
Elijah: Demystifying the music industry (RA)
Kaskade and deadmau5 unveil new project 14 years in the making, Kx5. (DA)
Metal Cows, early beefs, sunrise sets and making classics: A long, sprawling talk with Diplo. (Billboard)
Diplo talks new solo album, Why he didn’t join Neil Young’s Spotify exit and his misinterpreted Taylor Swift diss. (Billboard)
Having caught our attention with the recent Synth Heads NFT release, in partnership with Beatport, Pixelynx CEO, Inder Phull, discusses how the music industry is set to change. (Attack)

ISSUE: 01 Mar 2022

The evolution of bassline in 10 records. (DJMag)
On Cue: Chrissy (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 171: Priori (DJMag)
A history of bassline (DJMag)
The Outernet development is an architectural disaster at the heart of London. (FT) The music venue complex is covered in garish gold and resembles a provincial nightclub.
New Hackney dance party Risen celebrates women with its trailblazing line-up. They talk about why it's so overdue. (Standard)
Fame and fortune: DJ Locksmith (SundayTimes) ‘It was a slow year for me last year. I only earnt £400k’.
Blazing unexplored terrain: The ambient innovations of Huerco S. (RA)
Saturday Session 053: Nicky Romero opens up about his new purpose and direction after 12 years on the road (DA)
Take a tour of Stockholm’s newly opened Avicii Experience tribute museum. (Billboard)
"How did it go so quick": Saoirse takes us behind the scenes of her Phonox residency. (Mixmag)
Special moments with music: Pleasure Club inspires dancers to let loose. (Mixmag)
“We were young, restless and skint”: Smokescreen Soundsystem celebrates 30 years. (Mixmag)
Showtek talks new single and shares thoughts on the scene. (EDMIdentity)
Sunday with DJ Sherelle: ‘When I make it home I think about takeaways’ (Observer)
‘What chance did I have against Pete Tong?’. Morgan Khan, the unsung hero who made the UK dance. (Guardian)
Only two percent of charting producers are non-male — LP Giobbi’s Femme House tour aims to change that. (Billboard)
Fort Romeau: searching the past for personal sonic futures. (DJMag)
20 questions with Sven Väth: Dance legend on first album in 20 years, Ibiza’s glory days and techno going mainstream. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 22 Feb 2022

The Sound Of: Me Me Me (DJMag)
TYGAPAW: music for the revolution. (DJMag)
How Soul II Soul’s ‘Fairplay’ carved a new path for Black British soundsystem culture. (DJMag)
These are the most exciting amapiano producers right now. (DJMag)
CEO and co-founder of AI stem splicing company AudioShake Jessica Powell talks about its goals, where the company came from and more. (Magnetic)
Anjunadeep’s Simon Doty starts the year with a hot hand. (DMNW)
Adventure Club talk ‘Love // Chaos’ and upcoming new project, ‘Grumgully’. (DA)
PinkPantheress: Obsessed With You (Face)
The bleary-eyed grind of Bad Boy Chiller Crew. (GQ)
Raw Sampled Power: How a Stooges doc led to Crystal Method’s comeback. (RollingStone)
Life-changing encounters: Meetings with the gqom king, DJ Lag. (Mixmag)
Deadmau5 manager Dean Wilson talks DAOs, NFTs, Crypto and how to protect your IP in Web3. (Variety)

ISSUE: 15 Feb 2022

11 electronic music film soundtracks you should listen to now. (DJMag)
Selections: DJ Neptune (DJMag)
‘This is not music’: 30 years of Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works (Independent)
Can this pressing plant revolutionise the vinyl market? (DJMag)
Have you got ‘rave fatigue’?: Why we're all so tired after lockdown. (Mixmag)
The greatest show on earth: How WOMEX unites the best musicians in the world. (Mixmag)
Dance Yrself Green: can clubbing generate renewable energy? (DJMag)
A history of Universal Music Group: How the rich get richer. (PennyFractions - David Turner)
Get to know Infinite Coles, the R&B singer inspired by NYC's queer dancefloors. (Mixmag)
"It went completely nuts": 5 DJs on their career taking off during lockdown. (Mixmag)
The Art of DJing: DJ Marky (RA)
Sofi Tukker interview (DA)
Suzi Analogue spoke about using her label Never Normal to champion innovative Black creators. (RA)
The saga of Shaq: DJ Diesel on why he's among the few to thrive in both sports and music. (EDM)
20 questions with DJ Diesel: Shaquille O’Neal on moshing, his friends Zedd & Diplo & the ‘Game 7 Energy’ of dance music. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 08 Feb 2022

Tunes of the month | February (IbizaSpotlight)
The 15 best progressive house tracks of January 2022. (Magnetic)
The best tracks of the year 2022 so far - January (Mixmag)
The best DJ mixes - January (Mixmag)
Recognise: Debit (DJMag)
Selections: Wayward (DJMag)
10 dance artists to watch in 2022. (Billboard)
EDM.com Class of 2022 list.
30 years of Trade: celebrating the boundary-breaking LGBTQ+ rave. (DJMag)
An ambitious ending: The highs and lows of The Drumsheds' final party. (Mixmag)
How Kings of Tomorrow's 'Finally' united dancefloors with its hopeful house message. (DJMag)
Spectogram art: A short history of musicians hiding visuals inside their tracks. (Mixmag)
Claude Vonstroke talks about experimentation, surrealism and more: "I don't think there's enough risk-taking in our scene" (EDM)
Delving into a dichotomy: Kaskade discusses the making of ‘Fire & Ice v3′ (DA)
“We take pride in Detroit wherever we go”: DJ Minx and Carl Craig in conversation (Mixmag)
How brands are interacting with the metaverse and what this means for music licensing. (Synchtank)
The feud between major artists and Spotify has overlooked problems faced by those with less power and finances. (Guardian)
How fan communities can help create a ‘middle class’ of artists and content creators. (RollingStone)
As record labels continue to evolve, A&R has changed, too. Eight executives break down how. (Billboard)
The gamification of the Music Industry has just begun. (MBW)

ISSUE: 01 Feb 2022

Fresh Kicks 169: Dart (DJMag)
Get To Know: Dar Disku (DJMag)
DJ Mag’s artists to watch in 2022
How to heal through dance therapy. (RA)
In its new era, can SoundCloud Go from career launchpad to destination? (Billboard)
Where Heyz has been—and where he’s going next. (DA)
U K, G?: the electronic music collectives opening up conversations around mental health. (DJMag)
Longstanding New York clubland guru Richie Romero has had his finger on all things dance for 30 years. HIs latest venture, Nebula, brings underground house to Manhattan. (Festival Insider)
Plastician’s guide to Web3, and re-writing the rule book for artists online. (DJMag)
100% VTSS: the DJ/producer pursuing new paths. (TheFace)
Ralph Moore talks to Detroit legends DJ Minx and Carl Craig about Planet E turning 30 and the changing club scenes of Chicago, Detroit and New York. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 25 Jan 2022

Fresh Kicks 168: JADALAREIGN (DJMag)
The Sound of: Bokeh Versions (DJMag)
Daft Punk’s ‘Homework’ at 25: Teachers and Students (DJMag)
Swedish journalist Måns Mosesson, author of new Avicii biography ‘Tim’ on telling the late EDM Legend’s tale: ‘In a lot of ways, this is a positive story’ (Billboard)
Cassian: standing tall (DJMag)
“Freedom and thrill”: The lockdown project paying homage to the rave (Mixmag)
"By artists for artists": How the Funk Hunters' Nick Middleton evolved from DJ to music exec. (EDM)
"He was a revolution": Busy P on the remarkable legacy of DJ Mehdi (Mixmag)
Techno maven ANNA talks ‘Journey To The Underworld,’ ambient music and energy healing. (Forbes)
Opening up: HAAi is exiting lockdown with an assured vision and daring debut album. (Mixmag)
Goldie: “People never give props to drum 'n' bass for what it's done for electronic music" (Mixmag)
Laidback Luke on how the EDM boom led to the proliferation of both ghost producers and intense burnout for many in the scene, including himself. (Billboard)
Cinthie: "Bassline and kick drum are the most important things in dance music" (MusicRadar)
As the NFT market explodes into a $25 billion industry, artists worry that lax oversight is leading to a digital art world flooded with fakes. (Trust)
Reports from the NY:Lon virtual conference:
Emerging markets: ‘It’s silly to make perfect the enemy of progress’. (MusicAlly)
TuneCore CEO on diversity, equity and inclusion: ‘A lot of room to grow’. (MusicAlly)
The future of music distribution: emerging markets, social and more. (MusicAlly)
Music distribution trends: evolution, expansion and education. (MusicAlly)
Primary Wave’s Natalia Nastaskin: ‘I can ideate NFTs all day long…’. (MusicAlly)
Streaming and socials in 2022: audiences, data… and burnout. (MusicAlly)
Digital burnout fears: ‘It’s a lot we’re asking of artists’. (MusicAlly)

ISSUE: 18 Jan 2022

Label of the month: Frappé (iDJ)
Get to know: Shaun J. Wright (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: CaitC (DT)
Selections: Otik (DJMag)
Or:la: living the dream. (DJMag)
Dance Floor Epiphanies: Spaces for Collective Healing (RA)
Letter from the Editor: Turning towards wellness during uncertain times. (RA)
How Black-led music organisations are creating opportunities for emerging talent. (DJMag)
"A clear head on Sunday morning is a gift": Why DJs and ravers are embracing sobriety. (Mixmag)
Alewya is unlocking her superpowers. (DJMag)
Synths that sound human: Monophonik's rowdy rave music channels the uncertainty of life. (Mixmag)
From the metaverse to IRL & beyond: How deadmau5 keeps pushing boundaries (and cubes). (Pollstar)
A history of Warner Music Group: The model record label. (PennyFractions - David Turner)

ISSUE: 11 Jan 2022

The 15 best techno tracks of 2021. (Magnetic)
10 house & techno artists to watch in 2022. (EDMIdentity)
The 15 best progressive house tracks of 2021. (Magnetic)
In the House of God: Never-before-seen images document Birmingham's iconic techno night. (Mixmag)
Meet the people trying to make London nightlife safer in 2022. (TimeOut)
The Cause closing party: saying goodbye to the club that reshaped London raving. (DJMag)
It takes a village, people: preserving San Francisco's gay disco history. (DJMag)
“Why I Quit The Music Industry”: Four different perspectives. (Attack)
The UK government's war-on-drugs policy is out of touch and causing harm. (Mixmag)
Boomy: The AI software that could turn you in to a music star. (BBC)
Magnetic chat to Shishi Meriwani, founder of Dutch events company & label, The Gardens Of Babylon about surviving in the pandemic.
Four Tet's fight for a more equitable music economy. (RA)
Jlin: unifying sound and motion. (DJMag)
M-Beat: the return of a jungle pioneer. (DJMag)
The top 25 artists to check out in 2022. (Mixmag)
Best of 2021: Industry Leaders (EDM)
Best of 2021: Performances & DJ Sets (EDM)
Best of 2021: Songs (EDM)
The 21 best record labels of 2021. (Mixmag)
The A-Z of dance music in 2021. (Mixmag)
The best DJ mixes of the year 2021. (Mixmag)
The best music of 2021, according to 50+ global DJs. (Mixmag)
The best tracks of the year 2021. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 21 Dec 2021

The 15 best tech house tracks of November 2021 (Magnetic)
10 emerging artists you need to hear this December (DJMag)
Dancing Astronaut’s Artists to Watch in 2022: Xavi (DA)
Disrupting live music with Dice President Russ Tannen. (Chartmetric)
UK clubs are open, but promoters face more challenges than ever. (DJMag)
Anthony Naples brings techno down to earth. (Noisey)
Kraftwerk: Why did electronic music begin in Dusseldorf? (Independent)
R3hab reflects on a storied 13 year career, passion and purpose. (EDM)
20 questions with Eats Everything: The U.K. hero on a decade in the scene and the good advice he got from Claude VonStroke. (Billboard)
Dancing Astronaut’s 2021 Artist of the Year: ILLENIUM (DA)
Resident Advisor's Best Albums of 2021
The 20 best dance albums of 2021: Critics’ Picks. (Billboard)
The 10 Top Live Acts Of The Year 2021 (Mixmag)
The 21 Top Breakthrough DJs Of The Year 2021(Mixmag)
The 21 Top DJs Of The Year 2021 (Mixmag)
DJ Mag's top compilations of 2021
DJ Mag's top tracks of 2021
DJ Mag's top albums of 2021

ISSUE: 14 Dec 2021

10 essential jungle drum & bass documentaries to watch online now (DJMag)
Selections: JASSS (DJMag)
Best mixes of the year so far: November (Mixmag)
Dancing Astronaut’s Artists to Watch in 2022: Rossy (DA)
Dancing Astronaut’s Artists to Watch in 2022: Fred again.. (DA)
The Sound Of: Infinite Machine (DJMag)
Back To Basics: the anarchic party that transformed Leeds into a clubbing destination. (DJMag)
How Orbital’s exploratory debut album re-wrote the rule book for rave. (DJMag)
The bittersweet return of the rave. (Face)
The music industry’s fight for climate change. (MusicAlly - Simon O’Kelly, CEO of UMA Entertainment)
Milana Lewis, Co-Founder and CEO of Stem Disintermedia, talks about the current state of music distribution and financial tools for artists. (Chartmetric)
Like it or not, TikTok is changing the music industry. (TNW)
In conversation: Anja Schneider (Magnetic)
Jessy Lanza's golden age (DJMag)
Feeling out of place: Qrion on making her way in the States (Attack)
Daedelus: "LFO everything, that's the motto of this record. I’m trying to make everything move and breathe" (Musicradar)
"New York makes you better": Escaflowne is Brooklyn's next genre-hopping dance music star. (Mixmag)
20 questions with house icon Crystal Waters: Why everyone still wants ‘100 Percent Pure Love’ (Billboard)
Tim Sweeney: "It hurt when I heard WNYU didn't value me being on the station" (Mixmag)
Bonobo: the spaces between (DJMag)
To his fans he was Avicii. To his parents he was shy Tim. In 2018 he took his own life. His father, Klas Bergling, opens up about the career that overwhelmed his son. (SundayTimes)
Ultra Naté: "I remember Paradise Garage closing – it was like the end of the world" (Mixmag)
The beautifully unpredictable duality of James Blake. (EDM)
Inside Richie Hawtin's raucous techno rave at the Tate Modern. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 07 Dec 2021

The best tracks of the year 2021 so far: November (Mixmag)
10 innovators shaping the future of our culture. (ElectronicBeats)
The 15 best house tracks of November 2021. (Magnetic)
The 15 best techno tracks of November 2021. (Magnetic)
Dancing Astronaut’s Artists to Watch in 2022: Surf Mesa (DA)
Dancing Astronaut’s Breakout Artist of 2021: John Summit (DA)
Dancing Astronaut’s Artists to Watch in 2022: STAR SEED (DA)
Fresh Kicks 165: Sputnik One (DJMag)
On Cue: Jenifa Mayanja (DJMag)
Get to know Nia Archives and her ‘future classic’ take on jungle. (Mixmag)
Job Envy: Wez Saunders - Managing Director at Defected Records (Attack)
Beginner's guide to: getting past creative block. (DJMag)
2021 Reflections: Dancing my way through grief (RA)
Can UNESCO help safeguard techno culture? (DJMag)
Celebrating the enduring legacy of DJ-Kicks. (RA)
EX.587 Steven Cee - A driving force behind Audiowhore, Siesta and Eskimo Dance bridging grime and house histories. (RA)
How Covid-19 changed dance music fans’ connection to the scene and what it means for brands. (RollingStone)
Fortnite concerts, TikTok routines, virtual merch — videogames are influencing the world of music more than ever. But is that really a good thing for fans? (EW)
Musicians are making big money from NFTs. Can they challenge the music industry? (Time)
The story of bloghouse in six neon-splattered bangers. (Face)
How did bloghouse happen? A new book tracks the genre’s rise off the internet and onto sweaty dancefloors. (Billboard)
How amapiano hit the UK’s post-lockdown party scene. (Face)
Finn: “I used to listen to happy hardcore on the bus to work" (Mixmag)
Baloo, DJ and Creative Director of MDLBEAST talks SOUNDSTORM, the Saudi electronic scene and more. (WeRaveYou)
Alan Fitzpatrick on why his first album in over a decade "feels like his debut". (EDM)
Richie Hawtin on collaborating with Prada. (Face)

ISSUE: 30 Nov 2021

One to watch: Logic1000 (Guardian)
Breaking Through: Parris (RA)
Recognise: Nikki Nair (DJMag)
Selections: Lyric Hood (DJMag)
How the pandemic shaped a music tech renaissance. (DJMag)
How to B2B: Six DJs share wisdom on the art of sharing the decks. (Mixmag)
How to better your chances of getting featured on Spotify playlists. (Symphonic)
How is the NFT space evolving globally and what are the possibilities for artists? (IO - Max Shand, Serenade)
How RCDSHP is using NFTs to redefine the relationship between EDM artists and fans. (EDM)
Why Adaptations festival is a statement of the strength of Leeds’ dance music community (Mixmag)
"I feel more alive": How Acraze achieved chart-topping success through sacrifice. (EDM)
Stereoclip: "Everything is an echo of something" (Mixmag)
808 State, From the Begining (5Mag)
Giorgia Angiuli: electronic essence (DJMag)
Tom Middleton: cosmic communication (DJMag)
"I'm my best self when djing": DJ Priya plays like her life depends on it. (Mixmag)
Jessy Lanza: “If you love the track you’re playing, you can convince the crowd to love it too.” (DJTechTools)
When fame wasn’t coming quickly enough for enigmatic musician PinkPantheress, she figured TikTok would be the answer. Oh, was she right. (Standard)
Adventure Club on new album, NFTs and the future of melodic dubstep. (EDM)
Sam Paganini on his concept album, Light + Shadow: ”I love to produce dancefloor tracks, but I need a balance when I write music in the studio”. (Musictech)
Rezz on her new album and her personal evolution: ‘I’ve known subtly that I was gay my whole life’ (Billboard)
Pete Tong: “It's important to support local clubland" (Mixmag)
Why it's important to keep testing yourself before clubbing this winter. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 23 Nov 2021

Nervous Records: 30 years of New York’s pioneering house label. (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 164: Ebb & Texture (DJMag)
The Art Of Production: Krust (RA)
'90s club mag Sleaze Nation remembers the nightlife London lost. (RA)
How has Twitch managed to become a go-to music platform during Covid? (Attack)
The rise of Lady Blackbird: A West Coast diva bringing atmospheric jazzy vocals to D&B. (DT)
How Fred again.. hit the big time by turning his life into a symphony. (Mixmag)
How Âme’s 'Rej' inspired a new approach to house and techno. (DJMag)
Mike Posner recalls the impact of his relationship with Avicii, from almost singing on "Levels" to deriving inspiration in his memory to achieve his biggest personal goals. (EDM)
William Orbit was a techno-classical genius loved by pop stars from U2 to Britney. Then he was sectioned in his 60s after a drug-induced breakdown. The superproducer explains how he came back around. (Guardian)
How are resale prices for the first crop of music NFTs? Er… (MusicAlly)
Inside Ableton, the music software company everyone wants to buy. (Billboard)
It's time for clubs to start taking spiking seriously. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 16 Nov 2021

Label Of The Month: Danse Noire (RA)
The Sound Of: Scuffed Recordings (DJMag)
Selections: L’Rain (DJMag)
5 tips to make it as an EDM vocalist from Karen Harding. (EDM)
Romanthony's 'Romanworld' is the house music cult figure's masterpiece. (DJMag)
Fused from jungle, rave and soul, trip-hop filled the coffee tables of the 90s, and is now inspiring Billie Eilish’s generation. So why is the term so despised by many? (Guardian)
How KISS and Radio 1 are attracting and maintaining talent and appealing to young audiences in 2021. (PRS)
‘It was secret and naughty’: the birth of Ministry of Sound – a photo essay (Guardian)
RIP Andrew Barker: 808 State are the real heart and soul of the Madchester dance movement. (Mixmag)
From rock to EDM: How former Guns n' Roses guitarist Ashba is cultivating a new generation of music fans. (EDM)
Mason Maynard: "I don't want what's come before to be forgotten about'. (Attack)
Welcome to Moore Kismet’s universe. (DJMag)
Sounds that seem impossible: Loraine James made one of 2021’s best electronic albums. (Mixmag)
Flight Facilities on waiting seven years to release its second album: 'Once You Hate It, It’s Ready'. (Billboard)
Jon Hopkins: ‘I would have a ketamine session and return with notes’ (Independent)
For more than a decade, Jon Hopkins’s muscle and grace made him a festival favourite. His new album takes an unexpectedly quiet turn. (NYTimes)
Jon Hopkins: "I don’t really have any modular synths, drum machines or any of that stuff - it’s all really Ableton and source audio from random places" (MusicRadar)
The resurrection of Swedish House Mafia: 'We are like three Doberman dogs'. (BBC)
“It’s going to revolutionise the music industry” – Should artists use NFTs as their record label? (IO)
The music industry is no different to any other in its issues with sexual abuse and harassment. Deputy general secretary for the Musician’s Union, Naomi Pohl, describes some of the stories shared at early Safe Space meetings as ‘horrendous.’ (PRS)

ISSUE: 09 Nov 2021

The 15 best techno tracks of October 2021. (Magnetic)
A history of Gqom in ten tracks. (RA)
Fresh Kicks 163: Ayesha (DJMag)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this November. (DJMag)
Selections: Eris Drew (DJMag)
EX.583 Fraser T Smith (RA)
How Saint Etienne's 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' united the indie and dance worlds. (DJMag)
"A vortex of freedom": HOROVOD festival is merging queer euphoria and Slavic tradition. (Mixmag)
DJ Henry Hacking makes music that is something for everyone. (BorderlessMelodies)
Nicky Romero on historic Protocol Recordings ADE party, Monocule alias and more. (EDM)
“I want it all”: VTSS' no-holds-barred approach is inspiring her artistic evolution. (Mixmag)
20 questions with disco legend Cerrone: 'Electronic music is hard to fully appreciate in 20 seconds, it's like sex' (Billboard)
20 questions with Solomun: On returning to touring and 'Chasing' Jamie Foxx for a feature. (Billboard)
‘Acid Is My DNA’ Nicky Romero’s taps into his hard-hitting roots. (GrooveCartel)
Swedish House Mafia: “Dance music is freedom – that’s our language” (NME)
13 of the best 808 State tracks with Andrew Barker. (Mixmag)
808 State's Andy Barker was an integral part of Manchester’s rave explosion at the turn of the '90s. (DJMag)
From Our Minds: How Richie Hawtin's new party channels the positive power of dance music. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 02 Nov 2021

7 artists shaping the future of electronic music (MusicRadar)
Recognise: 96 Back (DJMag)
Selections: Paramida (DJMag)
The revellers of Body Movements. (RA)
The 2nd most sampled track in history. (Attack)
How Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds Of Love’ influenced the evolution of electronic music. (DJMag)
Who says techno has to be serious? Not Paula Temple (6am)
Is modern techno resurrecting 90s trance? (6am)
The vinyl straw: Why the vinyl industry is at breaking point. (Mixmag)
How Berlin's day of club culture is protecting the city's nightlife. (RA)
The Nyege Nyege Villa: East African hub of the electronic music underground. (Afropopworldwide)
The story of Rinzen, electronic music journalist turned cinematic techno world-builder. (EDM)
Gavin Hardkiss: Gets his Perc Groove on. (iDJ)
Stay-C talks about South Africa's drum 'n' bass scene, sneaking backstage to give her tracks to London Elektricity, and winning Hospital Records' mentorship programme. (Mixmag)
Rüfüs Du Sol went to the desert and all they got was a renewed sense of purpose and a shimmering new LP. (Billboard)
Ross From Friends on lo-fi house: "In 10 years, people will reflect and ask, 'what was that?'" (Mixmag)
DEG Presents' Eddie Dean on Pacha's close, the long pandemic and banking on Halloween. (Billboard)
Pete Tong talks dance music’s post-Covid comeback. (Variety)
'If I like this Record, I want to tell you about it': Questions with 2021 MITS recipient Pete Tong. (Pollstar)
Pete Tong reflects on four decades of A&R at London Records, Warner, WME, Three Six Zero and Sony. (MW)

ISSUE: 26 Oct 2021

In conversation: Zanias Fleisch. (Magnetic)
Amsterdam Dance Event 2021 proved new world, new ways, and new opportunities for the reopening of live festivals. (BorderlessMelodies)
The industry is at its strongest since the advent of the CD disc, so why has it become near-impossible to get music pressed onto wax? (Mixmag)
The fight against the opioid crisis in US clubbing. (DJMag)
Body Movements: a celebration of dance music’s queer communities. (DJMag)
Maxinne chats about releasing her ‘Red Alert’ Album with Toolroom Records. (DT)
Kevin Saunderson: the E-Dancer returns. (DJMag)
20 questions with Todd Edwards: Remixing Fatboy Slim, working with Daft Punk and quitting (then returning to) music. (Billboard)
Purple Disco Machine breaks down his brilliant sophomore album. (EDM)
Jon Hopkins timed his upcoming album to the length of a ketamine high, while apps are using AI music to tailor drug experiences. Welcome to a techno-chemical new frontier. (Guardian)
Anz: One of the brightest talents in UK dance music is getting used to bigger stages, thanks to her infectiously fun tracks that draw deeply from black cultural history. (Guardian)
David Guetta has found balance 10 years after 'Titanium': 'I'm as free as it gets'. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 19 Oct 2021

The 15 best tech house tracks of September 2021 (Magnetic)
The Sound Of: Worst Behavior (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Arietta (DA)
Solid Gold: DJ Shadow's 'Entroducing....' is a masterclass in the art of sampling (DJMag)
When medieval mysticism conquers the dance floor. (RA)
The LGBTQ+ club nights fighting for diversity in drum & bass. (DJMag)
Yung Singh is the outspoken DJ ringing in the new Asian Underground and taking the UK's music scene by storm. (RA)
"I really just want to play house music": Space Ghost is the analog revival we all need right now. (Mixmag)
Coco María: “If you feel the tickle to do something, don’t wait for the green light” (Mixmag)
After EDM burnout and psychedelic transformation, Tommy Trash is back - but he's not quite ready to party. (Billboard)
Avalon Emerson: magickal thinking (DJMag)
Kevin Saunderson: "Techno: It's hard to explain, but you really just got to feel it" (Attack)
Sherelle's blistering sounds are a battle cry as she leads the charge for a new generation of artists focused on dismantling and reshaping dance music for the better. (Mixmag)
The best DJ mixes of the year 2021 so far (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 12 Oct 2021

The 15 best techno tracks of September 2021 (Magnetic)
The 15 best progressive house tracks of September 2021 (Magnetic)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this October (DJMag)
On Cue: Preditah (DJMag)
Style Spotlight: KG, Bklava, Jaden Thompson, object blue, Boofy, iona. (DJMag)
Tidal and the evolving world of musician financing. (PennyFractions)
Solid Gold: How Moodymann's 'Silentintroduction' set a new standard for house music world building. (DJMag)
How emerging DJs are using TikTok to reach millions. (Mixmag)
AI Futures: how artificial intelligence will change music. (DJMag)
AI Futures: how artificial intelligence will shape music production. (DJMag)
AI Futures: how artificial intelligence is infiltrating the DJ booth. (DJMag)
Candi Staton: ‘When the promoters tried not to pay I had to get my gun out’ (Guardian)
Celebrating 25 years of psytrance: Infected Mushroom talk virtual reality, NFT's and new album. (EDM)
How UNIIQU3 became Jersey Club royalty. (RA)
20 questions with Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum: On astrology and quitting the Wallflowers to date Natalie Merchant. (Billboard)
My own way: Why Scratcha DVA is a linchpin of UK dance music innovation. (Mixmag)
Anna Lunoe on her new podcast and creative evolution: 'Acquiring creative confidence is not a one and done' (Billboard)
Dillon Francis on his new album: 'Everything was really sad and Piano House music was making me happy' (Billboard)
Enter Mordorkore: Berlin’s debut hardcore fantasy rave. (ElectronicBeats)
‘No established disco would have played this music’: 30 years of legendary Berlin club Tresor. (Guardian)
A guide to the best parties, events and tips for ADE 2021 (Mixmag)
ADE co-directors Jan-Willem Van De Ven and Meindert Kennis on cancelling conference, navigating Covid. (Magnetic)
7+1 events you can’t miss during Amsterdam Dance Event ADE 2021. (GrooveCartel)

ISSUE: 05 Oct 2021

The 15 best house tracks of September 2021. (Magnetic)
Selections: Saoirse (DJMag)
Recognise: Mina (DJMag)
'90s rave music is making a comeback. (TeenVogue)
How promoters, parties and activists are challenging New York's decades-old anti-drug legislation. (RA)
Rachel Barton, the founder of audio production company Grape, discusses the difficult choices to expand her business and repertoire. (Times)
Arabs Do It Better: the party championing Arabic music in the Holy Land. (Mixmag)
AVA: a triumphant return for the Belfast festival. (DJMag)
Unorthodox Event is leading the first queer movement in drum 'n' bass. (Mixmag)
UK Black History Month 2021: electronic music events guide (DJMag)
Saytek talks about his new album Motifs From The New World. (ScottishSun)
"I want it to wipe the slate clean": How Feed Me's new album resets an influential career. (EDM)
Ben Böhmer: "Lockdown made my music more personal and unfiltered" (Mixmag)
20 questions with Adam Beyer: The techno legend on working with Kevin Saunderson and loving Billie Eilish. (Billboard)
The music industry is an unexpected victim of a plastics shortage. (Economist)
Demand for records is soaring, and Britain’s supply problems are making it even harder to get albums pressed. (Observer)
Tresor at 30: the evolution of a Berlin techno institution. (DJMag)

ISSUE: 28 Sep 2021

10 Latin electronic producers to watch during Hispanic Heritage Month. (Billboard)
Selections: Bklava (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 161: Iona (DJMag)
Pressing issues: is this the end of the vinyl revival? (DJMag)
Livity Sound: a decade of daring club music. (DJMag)
DJ Pete Tong and daughter Becky reveal how they connect over music. (Star)
How Ultra Naté's 'Free' became a dancefloor anthem for personal liberation. (DJMag)
Carl Cox: “While I was DJing, I saw people dying in front of me” (Mixmag)
20 questions with Boys Noize: On his Red Light district origins and selling his vinyl collection to Afrojack. (Billboard)
Amapiano: inside South Africa’s sound of freedom. (Dazed)
Will the next phase of the music industry take place inside the metaverse? (Synchtank)
What music labels learn when you pre-save music. (Wired)
The arrival of Universal Music Group on the stock market is going to be a big-money affair — for the record company as well as its rivals. (RollingStone)
Richard H. Kirk remembered: a DIY genius of British electronic music. (DJMag)
Richard H Kirk was prolific, hungry, angry and funky to the end. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 21 Sep 2021

GRiZ's guide to the best emerging producers in electronic music. (EDM)
Increased demand, plus the rising prices of raw materials, have led to huge delays at record pressing plants. When will the vinyl bubble burst? (NewStatesman)
How dubplates fuelled the rise of drum & bass in the ‘90s. (DJMag)
Blockchain-enabled groups, such as Friends With Benefits, invest in their own creative communities using cryptocurrency tokens. This technology has potentially revolutionary implications for the music industry—if harnessed responsibly. (RA)
Drug harm minimisation is more important for UK clubs than ever. The policies around it need to change. (DJMag)
How Burning Man's famed Robot Heart Camp is carrying on after the death of founder George Mueller. (Billboard)
Getting back in the DJ Booth: Angel & Dren talk cultivating the right energy and mixing in their own debut EP. (Billboard)
Inside the growing trend of Latin EDM hits. (Billboard)
The true story of how India partied through Covid-19. (DJMag)
UNIIQU3: Jersey club's singular sensation. (DJMag)
Rudimental talk the past, present and future with Point Blank. (Magnetic)
"It's ecstatic": DJ Koze, Lakou Mizik and Joseph Ray on the power of Haitian Vodou music. (Mixmag)
Anastasia Kristensen: “DJs being more genre-fluid motivates producers to be more fearless". (Mixmag)
Porter Robinson talks turning his Second Sky Festival into a 'Porter-Centric' theme park. (Billboard)
Downsampled: How the frenzied sale of music publishing will change sample culture. (5mag)

ISSUE: 14 Sep 2021

Fresh Kicks 160: Ambient Babestation Meltdown (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Duska (DT)
Melbourne’s Kult Kyss want to ‘pay homage to early ‘90s dance music’. (Beat)
DJ Lag: the gqom king conquers the globe. (DJMag)
EX.575 Jaguar: The BBC Radio 1 upstart building toward utopian futures. (RA)
How Daft Punk's 'Discovery' laid the foundations for EDM. (DJMag)
How Singapore's Zouk Group is parlaying decades of success in Las Vegas - and changing the fabric of sin city. (EDM)
From festival takeovers to viral DJ sets, a new wave of creatives are celebrating their heritage while pushing leftfield and club music forwards in a cultural shift not seen since the Nineties. Tara Joshi talks to the musicians, broadcasters and promoters spearheading a movement. (Independent)
Right Wing Dance Squads: UK dance music has always been about freedom. But are we really going to march with the far right? (5mag)
10 South Asian diaspora dance music collectives you need to know. (Mixmag)
37 South Asian artists share what music means to them. (Mixmag)
A deep dive into South Asian electronic music. (Mixmag)
How daytime raves introduced clubbing to a generation of young British South Asians. (Mixmag)
How clubbing is helping young British South Asians explore their creativity and identity. (Mixmag)
Dance music collective Daytimers: ‘Brownness isn’t a hype – it’s who we are’. (Guardian)
Co-opted by pop and viral stars, the dancefloor-destroying Jersey club sound has slowly taken over, with producer and DJ UNIIQU3 its brightest star. (Guardian)
How Zedd transformed pandemic boredom into a major collab with his favourite video game. (Billboard)
20 questions with Roger Sanchez: The house icon on the 20th anniversary of 'his enduring hit Another Chance'. (Billboard)
No phones, Covid testing, anxiety and euphoria: what’s it like to go clubbing in the UK after lockdown? (DJMag)
What makes an artist in the age of algorithms? (Wired) Composer/producer BT talks about art as a form of big data - and his new composition that lives on the blockchain.

ISSUE: 07 Sep 2021

Tunes of the month | September (IbizaSpotlight)
The 15 best techno tracks of August 2021. (Magnetic)
The best DJ mixes of the year 2021 so far August (Mixmag)
The best albums of the year so far August. (Mixmag)
The best tracks of the year so far August. (Mixmag)
Selections: Juba (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Moisinn (DT)
11 emerging artists you need to hear this September (DJMag)
The rise of fluid audio – the release of Kanye West’s Donda stem player plus the growing popularity of stem splitting apps and gesture-based production – is unbundling music recordings much like mp3s unbundled the album and the result could change music forever. (Midia)
In its debut year, ARC Music Festival is featuring all flavours of house in the genre's hometown. (Billboard)
The beginners guide to: hardcore. (MusicRadar)
New strategies for investing in music rights and other recent developments in the world of rights tech. (Synchtank)
Music's next challenge: Licensing for the new wave of social platforms. (Synchtank)
20 questions with DJ Seinfeld: On his new album & the best episode of his namesake sitcom. (Billboard)
"We wanted to go down the garage route": How Rudimental made 'Ground Control'. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 31 Aug 2021

The 15 best house tracks of August. (Magnetic)
Get to know: Wtchcrft (DJMag)
Selections: Throwing Snow (DJMag)
5 Facts/5 Tracks: BluePrint (DT)
A history of trance music in ten tracks (RA)
A new documentary about Scotland's rave culture is now available to watch. (RA)
From fan to family: How Discord gave artists a platform to connect with purpose. (EDM)
With Ibiza clubs closed, ravers rage at illegal villa parties. (Billboard)
EX.573 TSHA (RA)
Throwing Snow celebrates rhythmic complexity, from otherworldly sound designs and face melting percussion to liquindi water drumming and masterful drumfunk. (DJMag)
Holly Herndon on vocal deep fakes and launching her digital twin Holly+. (Dazed)
Becky Hill has gone from runner-up on the singing competition to the queen of British dance music, despite the industry trying its best to keep her down. (iNews)
The artist formerly known as Barely Legal talks about developing her skills and confidence — and presents her debut DJ mix as Chloé Robinson. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 24 Aug 2021

Fresh Kicks 159: Sonido Berzerk (DJMag)
10 things to know about Kosovo's electronic scene: DJ Regard's guide to the country. (Billboard)
The history of electronic music is inside a warehouse in Harleysville, Pa.(WHYY)
How TikTok chooses which songs go viral. (Bloomberg)
Beginner’s Guide To: Making your music sound more human. (DJMag)
Saturday Night Session 051: Sam Blacky proves her house productions are just as compelling as her live performances with her long awaited debut EP release. (DA)
Anyasa is bringing Indian traditional music and electronic sounds to the world. (Mixmag)
How it all started: Dance Music's most influential labels reflect on their first-ever release. (EDM)
The future is here: RCRDSHP is electronic dance music’s new digital collectibles platform. (Cultr)
Is the party over in Ibiza? Not if you know the right people. (Times)
Can Holly+ solve the problem of deepfake vocals? (Billboard)
Endlesss: A creative operating system for the metaverse. (Endlesss)
Lyra Pramuk & Eris Drew are on a mission to heal us all through music. (Mixmag)
Remembering Paul Johnson: No Weaknesses (RA)
The real story of how Daft Punk became the robots. (DJMag)
The Blessed Madonna: “K-Hand and Paul Johnson did a great job of reaching out across generations" (Mixmag)
Roger Sanchez: celebrating 20 years of ‘Another Chance’. (DJMag)
Moodymann grants a rare interview reflecting on his legacy, his fascination with Prince, and his appearance as a main character in Grand Theft Auto. (GQ)
DJ Carl Cox: ‘When I tell people my story, they don’t believe it’. (Guardian)
How Carl Cox became known as the ‘Three-Deck Wizard’. (DJMag)

ISSUE: 17 Aug 2021

20 of the best Paul Johnson tracks. (Mixmag)
The 15 best tech house tracks of July 2021. (Magnetic)
The Sound Of: Alien Jams (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Yannons (DA)
Get to know: Fred Again (DJMag)
PAWSA: tech-house, reimagined. (DJMag)
How Jungle moved past heartbreak, and label constraints, with their new album. (Billboard)
How venues around the world are adapting to surging Covid outbreaks. (RA)
Whether you know it or not, Spotify is tracking you. (Music3.0)
All the ways Spotify tracks you — and how to stop it. (Wired)
"Live in Living Colour," A tribute to K-HAND. (RA)
GRiZ’s ‘Rainbow Brain’ proves sonically diverse with live saxophone and bass music production. (Forbes)
TOKiMONSTA imagines a new world for women in electronic music. (Forbes)
For 30 years the former scaffolder from Carshalton has dominated the global party scene. Now Carl Cox says the pandemic has brought the industry to its knees. (Times)

ISSUE: 10 Aug 2021

The 15 best house tracks of July 2021. (Magnetic)
The 15 best progressive house tracks of July 2021. (Magnetic)
Tunes of the month | August (IbizaSpotlight)
Label Of The Month: Livity Sound (RA)
On Cue: DJ Manny (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Something Something (DT)
How to make your music go viral on TikTok. (i-D)
GALA: a joyful return for London dance festivals (DJMag)
Lara Sarkissian on visualizing a hybrid Armenian sound. (RA)
Shygirl is shaping London club music in her own bawdy image. (Pitchfork)
Jack Back is back: David Guetta talks alias’ larger creative significance, first release of 2021 (DA)
The joy in music: TSHA’s timeless house is inspired by heartfelt connections. (Mixmag)
Cameron Leslie talks about the fabric's first major refurb since 1999 and his "incredibly positive" thoughts on the future of clubbing. (Mixmag)
Dance 'Til The Police Come: How oppressive policing has eroded rave culture. (Mixmag)
Paul Johnson (1971-2021): One of the most essential house musicians of all time. (DJMag)
RIP Paul Johnson: The Chicago icon whose life epitomises the miracle of house music. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 03 Aug 2021

Recognise: A.Fruit (DJMag)
Five key performances: Nuits Sonores 2021 (RA)
8 things to know about South Africa's Amapiano genre: A local's guide to the scene. (Billboard)
Spice Rack: South Asian electronic music's response to Covid-19. (DJMag)
What defines success in music today? (MusicPlus)
How Black Science Orchestra’s ‘Where Were You?’ marked a coming-of-age moment for UK house. (DJMag)
Mark Archer: "I've always tried to just make stuff straight for the dance floor. (Attack)
"Play with people's expectations": Vegyn's shapeshifting music makes you think and feel. (Mixmag)
‘I’ve ridden the storm’: Todd Edwards, the inspiring force for Daft Punk and UK garage. (Guardian)
'It’s been a tough 16 months for all of us': Four dance scene promoters on the return of live events. (Billboard)
Riri Hylton braves a rollicking re-opening weekend in London—only to end up in self-isolation. (RA)
Dego: striving for perfection (DJMag)
Marshall Jefferson: "Suddenly, the DJ could be the artist. That was the key that unlocked everything" (MusicRadar)
The wild boom and bust of art NFTs made many onlookers wary of blockchain-based technology — but new developments in gaming, ticketing, and music royalties reveal NFTs’ true power. (RollingStone)
Clubbing: The pressure on DJs to make their first post Covid sets ‘count’. (BBC)
How can promoters, venues and artists create meaningful change on the issue of ticket touting? And what have governments and trade bodies done to date to tackle criminality and bad practise on the major secondary ticketing sites? (DJMag)

ISSUE: 27 Jul 2021

The Sound of: Zone (DJMag)
Solid Gold: How Basement Jaxx’s ‘Rooty’ conquered pop in the name of UK house music. (DJMag)
How Sensorium Galaxy is adopting EDM to spearhead the next generation of virtual entertainment. (EDM)
'Why don't we all go bonkers?' - The rise and fall of happy hardcore. (Vice)
How Splice became the hottest platform on the beat market. (Billboard)
Bad Boy Chiller Crew: The rowdy Bradford rappers taking bassline to the masses. (Mixmag)
Cici: "We can get distracted by what our peers are doing and that's a toxic mindset" (Mixmag)
Paula Temple and Slam talk about raves without phones, hybrid sets, Berghain and Riverside Festival. (Mixmag)
Sherelle: “The government has failed the music scene in a massive way”. (NME)
Darkside's Dave Harrington and Nicolas Jaar on the grief, alchemy and 'Psychokinetic' connection of new album 'Spiral'. (Billboard)
20 questions with Nora En Pure: The producer on her love of deep house, the ocean and The Offspring. (Billboard)
Grimes on Discord, her 'Space Opera' and being right about the future: 'I'm not just trying to be weird'. (Billboard)
What copyright lawyers need to know about NFTs. (Bloomberg)
Why did house dancing leave the club? (RA)
How are clubs and promoters approaching a safe return to the dancefloor? (DJMag)
How to help clubs reopen safely and for the long haul. (Mixmag)
Clubbing and Covid passports: 'Protect vulnerable people' or 'against civil liberties'? (BBC)
Can the nightclub industry survive the introduction of Covid passports? (Observer)

ISSUE: 20 Jul 2021

10 DJs share their opening track for the return of clubbing. (Mixmag)
Get To Know: Sayang (DJMag)
ZHU: the DREAMLAND experience. (DJMag)
Charlie Thorstenson: There's a new Techno Viking in town. (iDJ)
Joaquin “Joe” Claussell's spiritual vision. (DJMag)
How a period of reflection led DJ Seinfeld to discover his true artistic self. (Mixmag)
How Tidy Trax embodies the loud, proud spirit of Northern hard house. (DJMag)
The founders of famed Ibiza-based party CircoLoco spent the pandemic launching their label passion project. (Billboard)
How two 'indie guys who ended up in EDM' wrote Swedish House Mafia's iconic 'Don't You Worry Child'. (Billboard)
Back to the hits: Illenium shares the backstories on his six biggest chart hits. (Billboard)
Swedish House Mafia have a new label, new music and a new outlook on reuniting “for life”. (Billboard)
"I'm 19 and never been clubbing": The pandemic is blocking a new generation of ravers. (Mixmag)
After more than a year of silence, clubs are gearing up for one hell of a party. Here, nightlife bosses tell of what to expect — and what they missed most. (Standard)
Clubbing is back: are we ready to go out out again? (Standard)
Nightclubs admit confusion over UK Covid rules as ‘freedom day’ nears. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 13 Jul 2021

The 15 best progressive house tracks of June 2021. (Magnetic)
The 15 best house tracks of June 2021. (Magnetic)
Selections: DJ Pitch (DJMag)
On Cue: Manni Dee (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Daniel Power (DT)
10 emerging artists you need to hear this July. (DJMag)
Deconstructed: Prodigy - Out of Space (Attack)
How club culture learned to thrive online. (Dazed)
Alesso 2.0: The Swedish DJ is back in Sin City and more ready to rage than ever. (HauteLiving)
Black artists pioneered dance music, but the scene remains white-dominated. UK rising star Sherelle is dodging the trolls and trying to make change with her platform Beautiful. (Guardian)
Karen Nyame KG: "I tell my story to highlight how progressive the music industry has become". (Mixmag)
The rebirth of Todd Edwards (DJMag)
Chemical Brother Tom Rowlands predicts an emotional explosion at Latitude, the first big festival to return. (SundayTimes)
Amapiano is the hottest music genre right now and Sha Sha is the Queen. (Face)
What DJs can teach us about advertising and consumer behaviour. (Campaign)
NFTs won't save the recorded music industry, but they might save the live events industry. (Clicktrack)
For the music industry, cryptocurrency will be as disruptive as MTV. (FastCompany)
As more artists explore the sale of their music rights and royalty streams as NFTs, Eamonn Forde examines the potential benefits and current limitations of the space. (Synchtank)

ISSUE: 06 Jul 2021

Fresh Kicks 157: Closet Yi (DJMag)
The Return Of Events: Los Angeles (RA)
Indie labels loathe Spotify’s Discovery Mode -- but DIY giants are loving it. (MBW)
‘A talent scout can’t go to 100 shows a night’ – how big data is choosing the next pop stars (Guardian)
Inside the rise of Amapiano, the genre that’s taking over South Africa and coming to a dance floor near you. (RollingStone)
Cheeky humour and niche references: DJ Sotofett on his favourite rave flyers and artwork. (Mixmag)
Monstercat's 10-Year anniversary compilation: A track-by-track breakdown of songs from the vault. (Billboard)
Breaking down Special Request's remix of 'Delicate Limbs' by Virgil Abloh. (Attack)
Who owns the night?: the complicated reality of the Night-Time Economy. (DJMag)
What are inclusion riders and why are DJs talking about them? (Dazed)
"At Night, The Disco Goddess": Why Nirvana songs make for killer house music. (Grammy)
Techno legend DJ Minx on the homophobia she experienced in Detroit and coming out as gay: 'I was stressed the hell out' (Billboard)
"I felt alone, especially as a woman": Javiera Mena on being a trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ Latin community. (EDM)
The melodic deep house of Maya Jane Coles’ ‘What They Say’ helped put her on the map, and soon went on to be sampled by stars like Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. Katherine Rogers hears about the unlikely journey of this shapeshifting club cut. (DJMag)
Mark Knight breaks down the influences, ideas, collaborations and more on his new album 'Untold Business.' (Magnetic)
Fedde Le Grand: How 'Put Your Hands Up for Detroit' changed my life. (Vice)

ISSUE: 29 Jun 2021

Fresh Kicks 156: Kessler (DJMag)
Recognise: Hagan (DJMag)
Porter Robinson - Nurture live behind the scenes. [video] (PorterRobinson)
Kosh: Keeping Hope Alive (RA)
The Continental Baths was a DJ incubator for Larry Levan and Frankie Knuckles. (WaxPoetics)
Hybrid Minds: Liquid duo go large. (iDJ)
Mark Knight breaks down his debut album Untold Business. (DA)
Violet: "There's an underground and a super-commercialised thing that's almost like a caricature of dance music". (Attack)
Manchester-based Salute approaches dance music with a refreshingly unpretentious philosophy, which he’s applied to his uplifting productions. (DJMag)
In Conversation: Gorgon City talks ‘Olympia,’ The duo’s creative roots in Greek mythology. (Forbes)
'A local culture created': How the pandemic connected China's club scene. (Mixmag)
How Ibiza nightlife plans to return safely this summer. (DJMag)
After the coronavirus pandemic, New Yorkers will not take their dance-club scene for granted again. (NewYorker)
Will UK clubs actually be able reopen on 19th July? (DJMag)
After being closed for 15 months, clubs were set to open their doors on June 21 – but a lack of government guidance and a four week delay has pushed venues into an even more precarious position. (Dazed)
If Britain loses its nightclubs it loses a vital part of its national DNA. (Guardian)
From AI artists and bedroom beatmaking to cryptocurrency concert tickets and virtual-reality festivals, here are the next great waves poised to overtake the strange, twisty business of hit-making. (RollingStone)

ISSUE: 22 Jun 2021

Billboard Dance Emerging Artists June 2021: Elkka, Tibasko & more. (Billboard)
10 things to know about Tokyo's electronic scene: Producer Shingo Nakamura's guide to the city. (Billboard)
EX.562 Virgil Abloh (RA)
Selections: Intervention and ipaadi label founder and DJ, Ifeoluwa (DJMag)
Remembering Haçienda: a journey through the aesthetics of club culture. (Wallpaper)
Gaming and Electronic Music: Why the two are inextricably linked. (WeRaveYou)
The Albanian five-dayer Unum gave a dizzying insight into the return of partying. (Mixmag)
Q&A Pete Bones (Attack)
With turbocharged tracks storming the charts, jungle and drum’n’bass are having a boom – but did they ever really go away? (Guardian)
How John B turned his attic into a worldwide livestreaming powerhouse. (DJTechTools)
"Be unique and be relentless": Destructo on growing as a music producer. (EDM)
Beacon Bloom trio builds a musical metaverse complete with NFT options within their new video, 'Nothing Here But You'. (Forbes)
How Worthy's coming out reawakened her passion for music. (EDM)
Loraine James’ vision is too big for the club. (RollingStone)
Are David Guetta’s disposable disco songs really worth $100m? Incredibly, yes. (Telegraph)
The co-owner of Fabric nightclub, Cameron Leslie, reveals many venues won't last the lockdown, and yet the public has never wanted to party so hard. (Telegraph)

ISSUE: 11 Jun 2021

The 15 best techno tracks of May 2021. (Magnetic)
Renegade Riddims: Lilac (DT)
Get to know: Sleepnet (DJMag)
Six emerging artists you need to hear this June. (DJMag)
Meet TAAHLIAH: the DJ creating anthems for a new generation. (GayTimes)
From the histories of global scenes, sounds and labels, to explorations of music’s power to alter the fabric of society and forge communities, here are 11 books published in the last two years that will educate and entertain electronic music fans in equal measure. (DJMag)
Inside the fascinating world of reissue labels. (DJMag)
From mask-free clubs at full capacity to dance-in-your-chair affairs, Kiana Mickles reports on New York City's opening weekend. (RA)
How Kosovo's club scene became an antidote to isolation. (RA)
While Brazil's coastal areas are traditional hotbeds for electronic music, desande is booming in the country's Central-West region, fuelled by changing economic fortunes and a growing appetite for big room sounds. (Mixmag)
"A tool for protest": DJs from the Global South are fighting oppression with music. (Mixmag)
MitiS - real name Joseph Torre - can’t help but contain his excitement for his North American Lost tour. (DA)
Ookay gives fans a taste of his upcoming album and reflects on how his musical upbringing has shaped the artist he is today. (DA)
Loraine James: meet a genre-splicing genius of British electronic music. (Guardian)
Loraine James: through the looking glass. (DJMag)
David Guetta, Morten, and John Martin defy the ‘Impossible’ on all-time future rave meeting. (DA)
With Pig&Dan collab 'Mozzarella' in stores now, iDJ catches up with the Watergate resident and TochnoTechno label boss, Yulia Niko. (iDJ)
A year after coming out as gay, producer Spencer Brown reflects: 'My life completely changed for the best'. (Billboard)
Yousef about the joys and pressures of hosting the UK's first unrestricted club night since the pandemic began. (Mixmag)
How Mikey Lion and his Desert Hearts crew kept the party -- and the revenue -- going during the pandemic. (Billboard)
20 questions with San Holo: On his beard, new album and how Porter Robinson and Madeon changed his life. (Billboard)
Sama' Abdulhadi: Palestine's techno champion. (DJMag)

ISSUE: 04 Jun 2021

The 15 best house tracks of May 2021 (Magnetic)
Making Waves: Co-Accused (iDJ)
Renegade Riddims: Dedman (DT)
Selections: Roman Flügel (DJMag)
Deconstructed: Prodigy's Out of Space (Attack)
Full On, Non Stop, All Over is Matthew Smith's new book of rave photography. (RA)
The music industry's TikTok obsession is another form of fast fashion. (Clash)
He’s preachy and pretentious – but does Moby deserve to be the most hated man in pop? (Telegraph)
The freewheeling hippies of 1967 and the British ravers who embraced acid house and ecstasy in 1988 define moments in time when youthful utopian hedonism burst free. Kevin E G Perry tracks down an original Merry Prankster and a Haçienda DJ to find out if the ingredients are there for a Third Summer of Love. (Independent)
Supernovas 005: John Martin had his sights set on rockstardom, but dance music had other ideas. (DA)
32 years ago this week, Quentin ‘Tin Tin’ Chambers, Jeremy Taylor and Anton Le-Pirate put on their infamous rave, ‘Energy’ at the Westway Film Studios in London, an event that has since gone down in rave history. Quentin who now owns music and arts platform Openlab talks about those crazy days of summer 1989. (Attack)
Tope Olufemi meets Pamcy, the Filipino who combines two of the best things in life: good food and sumptuous house music. (Mixmag)
Mathew Jonson on his “Freedom Engine Academy”, new projects, and what’s to come. (DJTechTools)
Marketing music: livestreams, premieres and listening parties. (MusicAlly)
Making change in diversity as a woman in music. (MBW)
A year since Blackout Tuesday, has equality in music improved? (Guardian)
Is The NFT market a new frontier for independent artists or just another tech bubble? (Okayplayer)
Are NFTs going to revolutionise the music industry and give artists a creative new income stream? (MusicAlly)
How Marshmello altered reality for his UEFA Champions League Final performance. (Billboard)
Marshmello talks about playing the Champions League final, his next album, and putting feuds to rest. (GQ)

ISSUE: 28 May 2021

Label Of The Month: PTP (RA)
Making Waves: LEON (iDJ)
Renegade Riddims: Kathryn Brenna (DT)
EX.559: Spotlight on Asian artists (RA)
Elkka spotlights warm club sounds made for special dancefloor moments. (DJMag)
Synchtank Summit takeaways: Exploding data volumes, tech solutions and the importance of collaboration. (Synchtank)
The life and times of Robert Moog, the pioneer who changed music forever. (FarOut)
How will smart speakers change the way we listen, consume and share music? (AmplifyYou)
How Japenese technology shaped dance music. (Attack)
Twitch’s VP Head of Music Tracy Chan on Twitch Music, helping artists monetise, and the creator economy. (Trapital)
Happy and hardcore: clubbing at the turn of the Millennium. (Face)
Meet the MC: Amaarae (DJMag)
“This isn’t about sides”: Palestinian artists call for music world to support ‘basic human rights’ (Mixmag)
Berlin house and disco label Toy Tonics is pushing a bumping, cosmic sound fuelled by collaboration and live instrumentation. (DJMag)
Women at the forefront of India’s underground music communities. (Fact)
20 questions with Skream: On his new label, fatherhood and first hearing his music in a club — when he was 14 years old. (Billboard)
Alison Wonderland on deactivating her social media: 'I never felt better after scrolling through Instagram' (Billboard)
How club workers are feeling about the return of events. (DJMag)
DJ Pete Tong and club king Nick McCabe are taking Pacha to new places. But their Formentera hotel is more blissed-out calm than hedonistic. (FT)

ISSUE: 21 May 2021

Renegade Riddims: M. O. B (DT)
Six emerging artists you need to hear this May. (DJMag)
My Studio: Rhode & Brown (Attack)
EX.558 John Beltran (RA)
Unclaimed royalties are a huge problem for the music business and the issues have become exacerbated as streaming micropayments become the dominant form of income from recordings and their underlying publishing rights. (Forbes - Eamonn Forde)
The music business is booming again, thanks to streaming—and musicians are fighting for a bigger, better piece of the pie. (Slate)
Why Ziúr makes music for outsiders. (RA)
Not 'just about the music': How an artist's appearance disrupts our understanding of their art. (Mixmag)
Pop, punk, techno and sex: LSDXOXO is now proud to be seen and heard. (Mixmag)
Hannes Bieger: Mixing it up in Berlin (iDJ)
Haseeb Iqbal: "DIY spaces are at the root of so many influential music scenes" (Mixmag)
20 questions with Afrojack: On Eurovision, his BFF David Guetta and why he wants you to email him. (Billboard)
EDM acts often hide their identity. For Asian American star Zhu, that’s always had two meanings. (LATimes)
How Aloe Blacc is utilising NFTs to keep Avicii's legacy alive. (EDM)
How the women behind Wakaan amplify female voices in a scene dominated by men. (EDM)
Jordan Rakei, TSHA, Maribou State and Hodge share their tips for managing your mental health. (Mixmag)
Brazil's Green Valley club is rebuilding to return better than ever. (DJMag)
How China's club scenes adapted to return post lockdown. (DJMag)
How North American clubs and festivals are approaching their return to the dancefloor. (DJMag)

ISSUE: 14 May 2021

Selections: CC:DISCO! (DJMag)
On Cue: Leon Vynehall (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Fedi Minikin (DT)
Getting to Know: LukHash (DT)
How Decksaver turned a niche product into a club essential. (DJMag)
How I Play: SAYTEK and Nadia Struiwigh explored live performances in a pandemic. (DJTechTools)
Meet Nhạc Gãy, the collective leading Vietnam's new era of electronic music. (DJMag)
The Art Of DJing: Colin Dale (RA)
The music industry didn't catch onto the NFT craze until the last six months. Now major players hope to follow indies into the market, but the more stakeholders there are, the steeper the hurdles. (Variety)
Stanislav Tolkachev: I am real techno. (RA)
Interview: Mau5trap's Morgin Madison. (Magnetic)
Baby Weight is the Dolly Parton-loving DJ who's here to take tech-house back from the big room bros. (Mixmag)
100% India Jordan: the producer with forward-thinking, conceptual club bangers. (TheFace)
20 questions with Sasha: On quarantine in Ibiza and why some of his biggest projects aren't streaming. (Billboard)
Richie Hawtin: "The potential of AI? Limitless" (Attack)
Jaguar: Why I’m fighting for gender equality and representation in dance and electronic music. (Independent)
Beyond Liverpool: Dance music's accountability problem. (Attack)
Promoters in northern England are pushing for a more inclusive return to clubbing. (DJMag)
How could a return to clubs and festivals work in a post-pandemic society? (DJMag)

ISSUE: 07 May 2021

Label of the Month: Bosh (iDJ)
The 15 best techno tracks of April 2021. (Magnetic)
April's Best Music. (RA)
Recognise: Mani Festo (DJMag)
Selections: Mitekiss (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Kleu (DT)
How It Was Made: Jaden Thompson - Closer (Magnetic)
An On Bast: modular magic (DJMag)
How Coil’s ‘Love’s Secret Domain’ reshaped industrial music for the dancefloor. (DJMag)
A new show at the V&A Dundee looks at how club design around the world has evolved to reflect the ever-changing music we've danced to over the decades. (BBC)
TikTok is an emerging artist’s best friend. (IO)
"So much bigger than trance": Jeffery Sutorius on mental health and post-Dash Berlin future. (EDM)
Escapist metaphors: BABii’s fantasy storytelling reflects the darkness and light of reality. (Mixmag)
Afrojack talks about his track with David Guetta, upcoming Eurovision performance, and more. (EDMTunes)
How Afrojack's new song with David Guetta could revitalise the lost art of progressive rave music. (EDM)
Interview: John Digweed (Attack)
Pioneering DJ Laurent Garnier on documentary about his life and evolution of dance music. (Variety)
Porter Robinson talks Madeon, Jon Hopkins and other artists he picked to play his 2021 Second Sky festival. (Billboard)
The fight for the future of Irish clubbing is creating real change. (DJMag)
How we can work towards safer clubbing in London. (RA)
How can clubs become more accessible for those with disabilities? (DJMag)
In the pandemic, nightclubs have been turned into exhibition spaces, switching the craze for museums evoking clubs. It’s throwing fresh perspective on what dancing is even for. (Guardian)
Review: Circus, Liverpool - The UK's first club night back was an ecstatic reminder of pre-pandemic life. (Mixmag)
Yousef talks about throwing the first club night in the UK for over a year. (Mixmag)
Behind the scenes at the UK Government's first Covid trial club event at Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool. Run by Yousef's Circus Recordings, it featured Jayda G, The Blessed Madonna and more. [video] (DJMag, LiverpoolEcho)
From leftfield house to the GRAMMYs: Jayda G is taking her sound to another level. (Mixmag)
Understanding equitable remuneration and music streaming. (MusicAlly - Gregor Pryor and Nick Breen, Reed Smith)
The revolution will be digitized: How RAC is using NFTs to empower artists. (Billboard)
RIP Pierce Fulton: A magically creative musician lost too soon. (Magnetic)
Months after her arrest made global headlines, Sama' Abdulhadi is still pushing Palestinian techno. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 23 Apr 2021

Renegade Riddims: Electra (DT)
Selections: Eomac (DJMag)
Hardcore revivalists, stadium ambient, Amapiano's takeover, and the cult of Eatbrain: April's music columns. (DJMag)
Brain chips and biometrics: The future of how we’ll consume music. (Vice)
Sync music is bouncing back in 2021 — but what are the emerging trends? (DMN)
The life cycle of a music publishing copyright. (Sentric)
The pandemic has changed the way we think about the future. Ed Power speaks to climate experts, musicians and campaigners on how the music industry is joining the fight to save Planet Earth. (Independent)
How Tiësto's 'In My Memory' crowned a dance music superstar 20 years ago. (GRAMMY)
Underground House Syria: Meet the duo building a house music community against all odds. (Mixmag)
Emeka Ogboh recently found himself at the centre of the electronic music world, with a captivating album on Berghain's A-TON label. Richard Akingbehin hears his story. (RA)
In Conversation: Nastia (Magnetic)
Riri Hylton dials up the queen of 45s in Bahia, Brazil, to discuss recent new beginnings and her intuitive approach to DJing. (RA)
"Turn hurt into art": How music creation has helped Elohim navigate her mental health journey. (EDM)
EX.554 Jacques Greene - Talking the tenth anniversary of "Another Girl" and NFT music releases. (RA)
Kučka on her debut album Wrestling, the electronic music ‘dudefest’ and turning down BTS. (Guardian)
Folamour is on a journey to house music perfection. (Mixmag)
How Gareth Emery channeled his live show into NFTs. (IQ)
Nora En Pure chats about her first NFT, melodic dance music’s rise, and channeling landscapes into soundscapes. (GRAMMY)
How Porter Robinson found "the confidence I used to have" to finish his long-awaited second album. (Billboard)
Soulwax: "We hope a new generation wipes out business techno" (Mixmag)
The rise of street-hop, Lagos’ evolving dance sound. (DJMag)
With mass events on the horizon, nightclubs are getting ready to welcome ravers again. But is there such a thing as a Covid-safe crowd – and will it be as fun? (Guardian)
Can DJs on Twitch replace clubs? It depends on who’s paying. (Vice)
What Twitch means for dance music. (RA)

ISSUE: 16 Apr 2021

Artist of the Month: Masters at Work (Beatportal)
Get to know: Liv.E (DJMag)
Fresh Kicks 152: Moving Still (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Hardisty (DT)
Six emerging artists you need to hear this April. (DJMag)
Billboard Dance Emerging Artists April 2021 (Billboard)
Selections: Lyra Pramuk (DJMag)
Seb Zito: Stepping into the future (iDJ)
EX.553 Nat Maddix - The House Gospel Choir founder speaks to Heléna Star. (RA)
How Dublin Digital Radio created a home for Ireland's independent music scene. (DJMag)
The music streaming debate: what the artists, songwriters and industry insiders say. 25 figures from the music world talk ahead of publication of a parliamentary report. (Guardian)
15 years of Spotify: How the streaming giant has changed and reinvented the music industry. (Variety)
The long tail of Aphex Twin’s ‘Avril 14th’. (NYTimes)
What is BitClout and why are electronic music artists flocking in droves? (EDM)
Meet Elvira, the Swedish producer behind those Taylor Swift dance remixes. (Billboard)
20 questions with piano house star LP Giobbi: 'The dance community is about to come out and show up'. (Billboard)
He declared his intention to go away for a while after pointed criticism of his second memoir. But now Moby is back with a new album - and a visceral documentary. (Guardian)
How Renegade's 'Terrorist' created a blueprint for jungle. (DJMag)
The fall of the Bassnectar empire. (Noisey)
Raves not war: How Shum is building a new future for war-torn eastern Ukraine. (Mixmag)
As part of Beatportal’s new series on the history of electronic dance music, Marcus Barnes explores the rich history of techno, from the 1980s right through to today. (Beatportal)
A year in the life of NYC dance club Nowadays. (Pitchfork)
Will clubbing return to Ibiza this summer? And if so, in what form? (RA)
From owners to DJs, the UK industry is concerned hygiene rules and changing tastes will silence dance floors. (FT)
How New Zealand beat COVID and got back to raving. (Mixmag)
Roaring 20s: Why club culture could surge this decade. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 09 Apr 2021

Label of the Month: SCI+TEC (beatportal)
The 15 best techno tracks of March 2021. (Magnetic)
The 15 best house tracks of March 2021. (Magnetic)
Tunes of the month | April (IbizaSpotlight)
Selections: Lawrence English (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Solaris (DT)
Recognise: Ariel Zetina (DJMag)
Tobacco Dock Virtual is taking virtual raving to another dimension. (Mixmag)
Once seen as purely hedonistic, techno is now emerging as the sound of anti-authoritarian sentiment. (FT)
Sam Feldt on the launch of Fangage 2.0, collaborating with Kesha, and more. (EDM)
How Eli Brown channels the underground music scene with Factory 93. (EDM)
India Jordan: in constant motion (DJMag)
Taking Stock: Going deep with Paul Woolford. (Attack)
An unabashed love letter to raving: How Katy B’s On a Mission bridged club culture and pop. (Independent)
What happened to tech house? (RA)
British house music label Defected has connected with bigger audiences during a dire year for dance. (FT)
‘It’s about breaking down the taboos’: How the music industry woke up to mental health. (Independent)
Interview with Ralph Moore, Music Director of Mixmag and Director of Acetate Management, an artist management company that focuses on electronic music artists. (MJI)
Blockchain technology makes non-fungible tokens unique, but uncertainty surrounds how the rights and ownership of songwriters, producers and session musicians apply in sales. (Guardian)
NFTs are hot, but patchwork of laws, rules needs watching. (Bloomberg)

ISSUE: 01 Apr 2021

Album Walkthrough: Shiken Hanzo ‘Fate Worlds’. (DT)
Get acquainted with West London DJ and radio host, Ellie Prohan. (DJMag)
The week's best new dance tracks from Jungle, Zhu, Elkka, Floating Points & more. (Billboard)
Purple Disco Machine selects the tracks that shaped his love of club culture. (beatportal)
Jacques Greene picks 10 must-hear cuts from legendary disco label, Unidisc. (beatportal)
A look at the artists, tracks, and labels that dominated Beatport's tech house genre’s sales and streaming charts over the past six months. (beatportal)
What are NFTs and why should electronic music care? (DJMag)
"Like a journey back in time": Claptone on reimagining a Unidisc classic to celebrate the evolution of dance music. (EDM)
How music has helped certain industries grow. (TME)

ISSUE: 26 Mar 2021

The Sound of: Planet Euphorique (DJMag)
How I Play (at home): Møme (DJTechTools)
Renegade Riddims: VovKING (DT)
Fresh Kicks 150: Byron Yeates (DJMag)
Introducing: Anfisa Letyago (beatportal)
Selections: Mr. Mitch (DJMag)
Get to know: Kassian (DJMag)
In conversation with: My Nu Leng (DT)
EX.550 Ifeoluwa. The Intervention founder shares their story. (RA)
A list of 138 digital tools for music promotion. (Amber Horsburgh)
Summer of Love ‘21? How London’s clubs are preparing for the return of the Big Night Out. (Standard)
Music and club culture is the only good thing the UK has going for it. If we don’t value it now, we’ll lose it forever. (Vice)
How T2’s ‘Heartbroken’ brought bassline to new heights. (DJMag)
United At Home: How David Guetta live streams raised millions. (IQ)
Beatport’s definitive guide to techno. (beatportal)
Floyd Lavine’s new Afrikan Tales label is “a Place of Afro-Futurism”. (beatportal)
The Secret DJ: ‘Daft Punk are not dead. Long live Daft Punk.’. (PRS M magazine)
Mark Wilkinson: Problem Kid no more. (iDJ)
Polish producer & DJ Blazej Malinowski chats about his new hypnotic EP and launch of his label Inner Tension. (Magnetic)
How Twitch transformed Gabriel & Dresden's career. (Billboard)
"It’s time for nightlife’s rebirth": ABSOLUTE. is causing a scene. (Mixmag)
Imanbek on how his improbable Grammy win has made him 'The Son of Kazakhstan'. (Billboard)
Jungle: “Sampling brings more warmth and depth than digital music can offer” (Mixmag)
20 questions with Blond:Ish: The producer on crypto, digital detox and when John Legend made her cry. (Billboard)
20 questions with Steve Aoki: Daft Punk's influence, experimentation and why Elon Musk is his dream collaborator. (Billboard)
State of Play: the in-game concert boom. (DJMag)
Meet the women of Beatport: Part two. (beatportal)
SOS Music highlights five essential female-founded labels. (beatportal)
Charlie Tee: “Everyone involved in dance music has a responsibility to support women” (Mixmag)
Joe Conyers III, Crypto.com's head of NFTs, on the "world-building" intersection of digital art and music. (EDM.com)
Musicians turn to NFTs to make up for lost revenue. (WSJ)

ISSUE: 19 Mar 2021

The best DJ mixes of the year 2021 so far: February (Mixmag)
Beatport HYPE: Kuukou Records (beatportal)
How to start a record label. (RA)
On the road with... Fat Tony (Metro)
My Studio: Quenum (Attack)
Selections: ZULI (DJMag)
Get to know: Jyoty (DJMag)
Six emerging artists you need to hear this March. (DJMag)
In Conversation with Sydney Blu. (DT)
EX.549 He.She.They - Utopian raving with the rising party promoters. (RA)
The beginner’s guide to: chillout (MusicRadar)
Music publishing executives discuss how their marketing and playlist strategies are shifting and where the potential lies in the relationship between publishers and DSPs. (Synchtank)
7 foundation.fm DJs and collectives on the women and non-binary artists who inspire them. (Mixmag)
Carl Craig and the quality of sound. (Attack)
Jaguar: UK radio’s next gen champion (DJMag)
10 ways that Daft Punk's 'Discovery' predicted pop music's future, as explained by fellow artists. (Billboard)
How Silicone Soul's 'Right On' became a cult Ibiza anthem. (DJMag)
From Voder To OVox: A history of vocal synthesis. (Attack)
From Chicago footwork to Bucharest minimalism, these cities’ electronic music scenes have changed the way we move. (TimeOut)
Our digitised world hasn’t just changed how we listen to music. It changed the music itself. (NYTimes)
Producer Spotlight: Anastasia Kristensen is exploring new worlds in her productions. (beatportal)
Faithless: "Letting venues and festivals collapse would be utterly appalling" (Mixmag)
Refusing to follow trends, NYC’s Jubilee has won success exactly where it counts. (beatportal)
The next generation of dubstep producers are diverse, inclusive, and pushing boundaries. (beatportal)
After years of slogging through DJ sets and obsessional exercise, the London producer Joel Corry had one of 2020’s biggest and best pop hits. But his brutal work ethic is ‘a gift and a curse’. (Guardian)
GET Protocol's Olivier Biggs cuts through the NFT hype to outline how the live business can harness non-fungible tokens. (IQ)
NFTs: crypto grifters try to scam artists, again (DavidGerard)
'There’s a panic-stricken gold rush at the moment’: What do NFTs mean for the music making industry? (AMI - Mark Sutherland)
With NFTs, musicians see a way to finally take control. (Vice)
The NFT market is just getting started, but where is it headed? (TechCrunch)

ISSUE: 12 Mar 2021

The 15 best tech house tracks of February 2021. (Magnetic)
The best tracks of the year 2021 so far: February (Mixmag)
The best albums and EPs of the year 2021 so far: February (Mixmag)
10 YouTube channels for new producers. (DJMag)
Making Waves: Halina Rice (iDJ)
On Our Radar: March 2021 (beatportal)
Selections: Louisahhh (DJMag)
Artist of the Month: Nicole Moudaber is a resilient techno force. (beatportal)
The Art Of Production: Jam City (RA)
Taking Time: Mr. Mitch (RA)
Evolution & Iteration: Behind the scenes at Native Instruments. (Attack)
Inside the ‘Black Market’ where artists can pay for millions of streams. (RollingStone)
The idea of musicality in modern dance music. (electronicbeats)
How independent radio has thrived in the pandemic. (DJMag)
Why did Daft Punk split up? Mixmag examines the clues. (Mixmag)
Harlecore vividly renders Danny L Harle's experience of rave euphoria. (Mixmag)
DJ Earl's five favourite footwork dancers. (Mixmag)
20 questions with Nicole Moudaber: The techno legend on the causes most important to her. (Billboard)
20 questions with Danny Tenaglia: The dance legend on Paradise Garage, turning 60 & life off the road. (Billboard)
Amal is making dance music you can reach out and touch. (WashingtonPost)
Prospa: Leeds duo to soundtrack this summer’s hopeful return to raving. (NME)
Black Coffee: "I'm carrying so many young hearts with me who are dreaming of doing what I do” (Mixmag)
Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons’s musical collaborator, Richie Hawtin (under his alias Plastikman), weighs in on soundtracking their first fashion runway shows. (Vogue)
Remembering Angel Moraes, the influential Brooklyn house DJ with a selfless spirit. (DJMag)
Jamz Supernova: a shining star of British radio. (DJMag)
Why International Women's Day is important to me: Aluna, Tokimonsta and more. (EDM.com)
Underplayed's director Stacey Lee on dance music's continued gender reckoning: 'We women all shoulder this imposter syndrome'. (Billboard)
Why representation still matters for minorities in dance music. (beatportal)
"I'd be disappointed if we went 100% back to normal": How the Dutch dance music scene intends to reform upon reopening. (Attack)
How Monstercat's gaming partnerships have helped its acts thrive through the pandemic. (Billboard)
Producer Jacques Greene interviewed about his NFT experiment with a single track. (LuckyMe)
Steve Aoki on the future of digital art: "NFTs are a juggernaut that cannot be stopped" (EDM.com)
What is an NFT, and how could it help the music industry? A guide. (Mixmag)
Will NFTs finally fulfil the blockchain promise to music? (Forbes)

ISSUE: 05 Mar 2021

Label of the Month: Hospital Records (beatportal)
Label of the month: Superlux Records (iDJ)
Compilation of the Month: Carousel Records ‘8 years of Cakeshop’ (DJMag)
Tunes of the Month - February. (IbizaSpotlight)
The 15 best progressive house tracks of February 2021. (Magnetic)
The 15 best bass music tracks of February 2021. (Magnetic)
48 of the best 90s techno mixes you can listen to online. (Mixmag)
Recognise: Yazzus (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Speaker Louis (DT)
Selections: Jossy Mitsu (DJMag)
King Britt's Blacktronika celebrates Black innovators in electronic music (DJMag)
EX.547 Critics Roundtable (RA)
Rian Treanor: the producer hacking a smarter, kinder future for music. (Guardian)
The Bug and Dis Fig on Mutant Dub, sound system culture, and ‘In Blue’. (ElectronicBeats)
Seth Troxler on his Detroit DJ education and the rich Black History, plus the future of dance music. (Grammy)
Calibre: "The younger generation just hear music, they don't hear the genre so much" (Mixmag)
The world according to SG Lewis: Disco, Dance and Ecstasy. (EDM.com)
Sound Advice- a new handbook for aspiring musicians by journalist Rhian Jones and PhD researcher Lucy Heyman, is a surprisingly frank account of the pitfalls of working in music, with insights on mental health, substance abuse, body image and social media. (BBC)
Problems with songwriting splits are growing at a time when music-copyright ownership is more desirable than ever. (WSJ) The University of Southern California’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, which studies issues around diversity in entertainment, has flagged splits as an important area for overhaul in the music business — and suggested that unfair splits could disproportionately affect women in the industry.
Decolonizing electronic music starts with its software. (Pitchfork)
How Pandora won its royalty battle but lost the war to Spotify. (Vice) Pandora found a brilliant loophole win its fight with the recording industry, but it tied the company's future into a knot.
How subscription platforms have become revenue-generating, real-time fan clubs. (Billboard)
How history, wealth and nepotism determine access in South Africa’s segregated dance music industry. (Dweller)
Seeing sound: The audio-visual artists driving creative innovation in club culture. (DJMag)
Will rapid testing really save UK nightlife? Mixmag investigates. (Mixmag)
Nightclubs eye June reopening in the UK but can they survive? (BBC)
Nifty Gateway founders on why musicians should embrace digital art: "EDM artists are just the perfect fit for NFTs" (EDM.com)
If you haven’t followed NFTs, here’s why you should start. (TechCrunch)
NFTs, explained (Verge)

ISSUE: 26 Feb 2021

Renegade Riddims: SIREN (DA)
Dance Floor Epiphanies. (RA)
Selections: Om Unit (DJMag)
Introducing: VNSSA, the Beatport Next star who’s on the rise. (beatportal)
Billboard Dance emerging artists February 2021. (Billboard)
Jägermeister Presents: The Meister Series - LWE [watch] (JagerUK)
With the music IP market booming, seven reasons why artists are selling their songs now. (Variety)
How making music is changing lives in UK prisons. (DJMag)
State of Play: FUSER, the new DJ video game from the makers of Guitar Hero. (DJMag)
The future of massive interactive live events for music. (MusicX)
The Verge chatted with Daniel Ek about the tension between launching Spotify’s own exclusive shows while also trying to sell ads, as well as how Spotify might help creators monetise.
Erol Alkan: “Running a club or a label was never a dream of mine” (Mixmag)
Charlotte Toney on the Black Junglist Alliance: 8 months on. (DT)
How Bicep wound up on top. (RA)
"A form of therapy": Logic1000 and the healing power of dance music. (Mixmag)
The 20 best Daft Punk songs. (Billboard)
9 things you probably didn’t know about Daft Punk. (DJMag)
Why Daft Punk put on the robot masks: ‘It would not be enjoyable for humanity to see our features’ (Telegraph)
When Daft Punk went to Wee Waa: an ode to the strangest album launch of all time. (Guardian)
Daft Punk: always moving, always innovating, always brilliant. (DJMag)
Daft Punk brought humanity to dance music. (Telegraph)
Daft Punk talks Kanye West, Coachella and that wild Pyramid Stage in unpublished interview. (Variety)
Why Daft Punk was the most influential electronic act of its time. (Billboard)
Daft Punk were the most influential pop musicians of the 21st century. (Guardian)
Daft Punk’s retirement closes the book on an era of electronic music. (GQ)

ISSUE: 12 Feb 2021

The 15 best tech-house tracks of January 2021. (Magnetic)
The best DJ mixes of the year 2021 so far January. (Mixmag)
Renegade Riddims: Mizeyesis (DT)
Six emerging artists you need to hear this February. (DJMag)
Artist Tips: Jack Wyllie (Szun Waves / Portico Quartet) (XLR8R)
Music at Home: Moscoman. (beatportal)
Nightclubbing: The age of 1990s rave that found a natural home in Scotland. (Scotsman)
Record label, events brand and DJ agency PIV have responded to lockdown by switching things up. Label boss Prunk reveals all… (iDJ)
'Sisters with transistors': Pioneers of electronic music. (NPR)
Tracking genre diversity and fluidity in the Billboard charts. (Water&Music)
A look at Bandcamp’s new crowd-sourced record pressing operation, and the implications of it and their business model on independent music. (ISM)
How Monki made all her teenage dreams come true. (RedBull)
quest?onmarc: I'm not just that ballroom girl. (RA)
Mala: positive vibrations (DJMag)
Seth Troxler and Harvard professor Dr. Cornel West discuss the origins of house and techno. [video] (beatport)
Why Brexit won’t ‘destroy touring’ for DJs and electronic musicians. (Mixmag)
Massive Attack, talks about the power and danger of nostalgia as well as his work collaborating with Adam Curtis. (Guardian)
How J Dilla distilled Detroit techno on 'Welcome 2 Detroit' track, 'B.B.E.'. (DJMag)
20 questions with Rezz: New single, the influence of Deadmau5 and her personal Twitter account. (Billboard)
Bicep muscles its way to the forefront of the dance world (and beyond). (Billboard)
Sef Kombo and Kitty Amor are leading the UK's afro house movement. (Mixmag)
Artist of the Month: Seth Troxler is starting over, and building his legacy. (beatportal)
How Aluna found her renaissance in dance music’s queer Black history. (Vogue)
Flux Pavilion talks .wav and his newfound freedom ‘from whatever Flux had been in the past’. (DA)
Black Coffee: “I’m proud to say I’m a student of pretty much everything” (beatportal)

ISSUE: 05 Feb 2021

Label of the Month: Repopulate Mars. (beatportal)
The 15 best bass music tracks of January 2021. (Magnetic)
The 15 best house tracks of January 2021. (Magnetic)
The 15 best techno tracks of January 2021. (Magnetic)
The best tracks of the year 2021 so far January. (Mixmag)
The best albums of the year 2021 so far January. (Mixmag)
Recognise: Suzi Analogue (DJMag)
The Sound of: Western Lore (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Gully B (DT)
Breaking Through: Anz (RA)
EDM.com's Class of 2021
Selections: EQ Why (DJMag)
"Tripping revived me": Students are using LSD and magic mushrooms to get through lockdown. (Mixmag)
NAMM 2021: Highlights from the virtual event. (Magnetic)
The complete history of C&C Music Factory and early '90s house. (Ringer)
Motor Bass: how car culture influences electronic music. (DJMag)
Major EDM record label Monstercat has highlighted how non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, can be a successful new revenue stream for artists and the music industry, generating $180,000 in the first two minutes of an NFT collection release. (CoinTelegraph)
Dean Muhsin from Electronic music PR agency Dispersion PR gives advice on how to market electronic music. [video] (Magnetic)
"Experiment and develop": Korzi's soundsystem-inspired music accepts no limits. (Mixmag)
Kamixlo wears his heart on his sleeve. (Mixmag)
Jaymie Silk: “To say that art is apolitical is a lie” (beatportal)
Saturday Night Session 044: Thomas Gold highlights the production journey and puts aspiring producers through bootcamp in upcoming reality show. (DA)
Tchami talks about the creation of his Year Zero album, running around Paris with DJ Snake, Mercer & Malaa as teenagers, turntablism and inspiration from DJ Mehdi, running the Confessions label, future house, breaking into the US, and working with Lady Gaga. [video] (BackToBackwithWillyJoy)
Madlib: "If I didn't do magic mushrooms, I’d probably just be doing hip hop” (Mixmag)
Armin Van Buuren, Ruben De Ronde, and Ferry Corsten reflect on landmark A State Of Trance 1000 episode. (EDM.com)
How the tables turn: are DJs real musicians? (Guardian)
How do DJs survive a pandemic? We asked house legend John Digweed. (InsideHook)
Annabel Ross continues her investigation into Derrick May's alleged sexual harassment and sexual assaults. (RA)
Honour the birth of house music with 10 influential Black artists from Chicago. (EDM.com)
SOPHIE's 13 best songs, productions & features. (Billboard)
Listen to SOPHIE’s brightest musical moments. (TheFace)
Remembering SOPHIE, the once-in-a-generation artist who changed pop music forever. (TheFortyFive)
SOPHIE Transcended Everything. (Vulture)
Vince Staples remembers SOPHIE: ‘She was never afraid’ (RollingStone)
SOPHIE's triumphantly plastic music moulded a new world for trans people. (Guardian)
Remembering SOPHIE’s radical futurism. (Pitchfork)
SOPHIE showed us the future. (Ringer)
SOPHIE is gone, and it’s okay to cry. (RollingStone)
SOPHIE: An icon who made music a more fearless place. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 29 Jan 2021

Introducing: Marsh (beatportal)
Selections: Dobbs (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Katalyst (DT)
The 30 best songs about cocaine. (Mixmag)
Meet River Moon, South Africa’s loveable agent of chaos. (electronicbeats)
Gearbox Records - redefines what it means to be a vinyl junkie. (Magnetic)
Block 9: meet the pioneers tipped to take Glastonbury 2021 to cyberspace. (Telegraph)
What will Brexit really mean for touring UK and EU artists? (DJMag)
Will music festivals actually happen this year? (Mixmag)
The current state of independent music publishing globally. (Synchtank)
Meet the Latin American labels who are “de-berlinizing” experimental electronic music. (bandcamp)
Grand Theft Auto is changing how we discover music. (beatportal)
The evolution of music in video games. (electronicbeats)
DJ Mag: diversity & equality report Q4 2020
Re-record: Celebrating 120 Black artists in electronic music. (RA)
Brian Eno has had a pretty good quarantine. (LATimes)
20 questions with The Magician: On his 100th mixtape & what he'd do if magic potion were real. (Billboard)
Bicep capture the emotional spirit of rave. (Mixmag)
Bicep: From Belfast bloggers to international dance music stars. (bandcamp)
Dance duo Bicep, aka Matthew McBriar and Andrew Ferguson, look back at their teenage clubbing roots, and forward to the future of dance music. (TheIrishTimes)
For decades, the producer and rapper Madlib had no interest in synthesizing his disparate works into a single statement. So the electronic music producer Four Tet took matters into his own hands. (NYTimes)
Flux Pavilion on how antidepressants helped his new album: 'I could see, hear and feel more clearly' (Billboard)
Execs are scooping up the beats behind hits — sometimes without singers’ knowledge. Some see the practice as shrewd business, but others say the murky ethics can turn a breakthrough into “a nightmare”. (RollingStone)
How safe is the music industry for women? A new BBC Three documentary investigates how the music industry deals with assault allegations. (BBC - Tamanna Rahman) Music's Dirty Secret: Women Fight Back is available on iPlayer.

ISSUE: 22 Jan 2021

Ten of the best remixes (Guardian)
My Toolbox: Tchami (Magnetic)
In Session: DJ IC (Mixmag)
On Our Radar: January 2021 (beatportal)
Renegade Riddims: Hadley (DT)
The Sound Of: More Time (DJMag)
DJ Mag's labels to watch in 2021. (DJMag)
Meet 10 of the best underground drum & bass acts in Asia. (beatportal)
On the road with... Berlin-based techno DJ and producer Tassilo Ippenberger. (Metro)
Get to know Brazilian DJ & Producer Bhaskar (Magnetic)
Artist of the Month: Spain’s Fatima Hajji has become one of techno’s leading lights. (beatportal)
How it was made: Jubel - Weekend Vibe (Magnetic)
Major services pay musicians as little as £0.004 per stream, a rate it’s impossible to live on. What other options are there? (Guardian)
OS Community are the London party collective empowering disadvantaged people. (Mixmag)
TikTok has created an ecosystem that both new music and back catalogues can thrive in. (Synchtank)
Leonce’s 'Multiplexing' is the big room techno track to build anticipation. (electronicbeats)
Perspectives from the Scene: Thierry 'TT' Namer of Lausanne's Folklor club (RA)
The UK’s new generation of club producers is at the vanguard of dance music. (beatportal)
Defected Records helping to keep the party going under lockdown. The Drum talks to head of digital marketing Tom Coxhead.
Block 9: meet the pioneers tipped to take Glastonbury 2021 to cyberspace. (Telegraph)
"Everything just collapsed into everything": Australia's golden age of electronic music. (Mixmag)
The obsessive beat-making of Madlib. (NewYorker)
DJ Bus Replacement Service smashes all preconceptions of what a DJ should be. (Mixmag)
UK funky isn’t back — it never left. (DJMag)
Nastia in Conversation: "Why I gave away my wax" [video] (Mixmag)
Bicep: ‘Seeing rich DJs playing big raves during a pandemic is absolutely disgusting’. (Independent)

ISSUE: 15 Jan 2021

Label of the Month: Shall Not Fade (beatportal)
Fresh Kicks 147: KMRU (DJMag)
Taking Time: Cosha. (RA)
Renegade Riddims: Natty Lou (DT)
On Our Radar: January 2021 (beatportal)
DJ Mag's artists to watch in 2021.
EX.540 Roska - A conversation with a pillar of UK funky. (RA)
The absence of gigs last year has given new albums a longer shelf life in the attention-deficit age of streaming. (Guardian)
Music publishers are splurging hundreds of millions buying up back catalogues, but it’s a shortsighted strategy. (Observer)
Meet three labels changing the sound of electronic music in Thailand. (Bandcamp)
Totems of rave: How Vinca Petersen documented the European free party movement. (Mixmag)
How Minsk's club community thrives amid anti-government protests. (RA)
Video games have replaced music as the most important aspect of youth culture. (Guardian)
The dancefloor as the new religious congregation. (electronicbeats)
Jenifa Mayanja: Moving people forward (RA)
Making house music anthems helped Channel Tres learn self-love. (Mixmag)
Zora Jones is leading dance music into virtual reality. (Mixmag)
Rebekah: the techno DJ fighting sexual abuse in dance music. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 08 Jan 2021

17 of the most-anticipated albums of 2021: Skrillex, SG Lewis, Porter Robinson, and more. (DA)
Hot new tracks for January (IbizaSpotlight)
Introducing: Verraco (beatportal)
Making Waves: Rudosa (iDJ)
Renegade Riddims: Dopplershift (DT)
Aiyush Pachnanda spent three years photographing Cardiff's drum 'n' bass scene. (Mixmag)
The oral history of Haçienda, one of history's most notorious nightclubs. (Vice)
The Incorporated Society Of Musicians has released a handy guide to the new regulations for various countries in Europe, including what notifications must be made, whether or not visas have to be acquired, permits and more. Download here
Exploring the influence of social media on electronic music in the past decade. (electronicbeats)
Dance like nobody’s watching: Why GTA’s virtual clubs have saved dance fans. (beatportal)
Crying on the dancefloor: How dance music got emotional in 2020. (Independent)
For DJs, New Year’s Eve usually means a fat paycheck. This year, it meant isolation and fear. (LATimes)
Octo Octa and Eris Drew: "The future of music is manifesting in bedrooms all over the world". (MusicRadar)
James Blake: “People couldn’t care less if you’re mysterious now” (Mixmag)
Bicep are on an island all their own. (beatportal)
Carl Cox: "It's irresponsible to be partying during the pandemic" (Mixmag)
Virtual concerts aren't a passing fad – we're at the dawn of a massive shift in entertainment consumption, and it's time to get on board, says Roblox’s Jon Vlassopulos. (IQ)
Despite clubs being closed for much of the year, disco-influenced music ruled 2020. The artists and producers of some of the year’s biggest dance records talk about what the music meant to them. (Ringer)
Year in review: How will dance music survive in 2021? (electronicbeats)
The 15 best house tracks of 2020. (Magnetic)
The 15 best drum & bass tracks of 2020. (Magnetic)
Our favourite releases of 2020 (XLR8R)
The year of no gigs. (Mixmag)
2020's best mixes (RA)
2020's best albums (RA)
2020's best tracks (RA)
The best DJ mixes of the year 2020 (Mixmag)
The top 20 records of 2020 (electronicbeats)
2020: a year in dance music (DJMag)

ISSUE: 18 Dec 2020

Fresh Kicks 146: Martyn Bootyspoon (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Paul HG (DT)
Selections: High Contrast (DJMag)
How Inner City's new music video honoured Detroit's techno history and current protests. (Billboard)
Why you should be excited about Bristol's music scene. (Mixmag)
The pandemic has started a resurgence in underground raving. (Times)
Planning for the Future: a government proposal threatening clubs across England. (DJMag)
Dancing Astronaut’s Artists to Watch in 2021: ALRT (DA)
Dancing Astronaut’s 2020 Artist of the Year: Lane 8 (DA)
EX.537 Year In Review 2020 (RA)
EDM.com's Best of 2020: Performances
EDM.com's Best of 2020: Industry Leaders
20 stories that defined EDM in 2020. (EDM.com)
Behind the Beat: Staff Picks 2020 (beatportal)
The best tracks of the year 2020 (Mixmag)
Pennywild on merging dance, tech and music with the Penny Pad. (Magnetic)
A Man Called Adam: Talking 'Love Forgotten' and more with Sally Rodgers (iDJ)
Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis says "We're doing everything we can on our end to plan and prepare, but I think we're still quite a long way from being able to say we're confident 2021 will go ahead." (BBC)
Kerri Chandler talks about his Beatport Twitch Residency. (beatportal)
Anabel Englund found herself via her debut album, but she's already evolved beyond it. (Billboard)
Ida Engberg: "The dancefloor must be made safe for women" (Mixmag)
Ninajirachi & Kota Banks talk the 'different energy' of producing with a fellow female. (Billboard)
Disciples on their Ministry of Sound debut, "I Got You" hotline, and more. (EDM.com)
SHERELLE: force of nature. (DJMag)
Jaguar: “This year has shown that there’s strength in unity” (beatportal)
20 questions with Chris Lake & Armand Van Helden. (Billboard)
Kölsch: "I truly believe social media has saved electronic music" (Mixmag)
The Peggy Gou backlash exposes dance music misogyny. (Clash)
How Butterz changed the blueprint for independent UK labels. (DJMag)
Robert Hood thinks techno is losing its soul. (beatportal)

ISSUE: 11 Dec 2020

Label of the month: EI8HT (iDJ)
Artist of the Month: Even in lockdown, the legend of Carl Cox grows. (beatportal)
On Cue: Jana Rush (DJMag)
Six emerging artists you need to hear this December (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: LUNAR (DT)
The Sound Of: Private Persons (DJMag)
How it was made: Shaded - Holla Atcha Boy (Magnetic)
The secret shame of Spotify Wrapped. (Refinery29)
Dancing Astronaut’s Artists to Watch in 2021: John Summit (DA)
Dancing Astronaut’s 2020 Label of the Year: Anjuna (DA)
2020 was the year of dancing by ourselves. (NPR)
Producer Sessions 023: Boogie T lights up the groove on collaborative Joint Force EP. (DA)
Ready for rebirth: FAUZIA is leaving the club behind. (Mixmag)
Acts of Rebellion: an Ela Minus interview (Magnetic)
20 questions with Timmy Trumpet: Australian producer on his new album & the best trumpet solo of all time. (Billboard)
Angie Brown: Reaching 'Higher' than ever (iDJ)
How artists are trying to break through in a streaming world without gigs. (Bloomberg)
Beginner’s Guide: the mixdown. (DJMag)
Mike Paradinas on Planet Mu’s past, present, and future. (electronicbeats)
The Brooklyn-based DJ Avalon Emerson is making dance music for the desert. (Interview)
The MOBO Awards need dance and electronic music categories. (Mixmag)
beatportal's 50 best tracks of 2020
Music-streaming subscriptions contribute $8.5bn a year to the record business — but the biggest future growth may lie in social media, gaming, livestreaming, and fitness. (RollingStone)
Bradley Thompson, managing director of venue lab Broadwick Live reveals the impact of the pandemic on its business. (Vice)
Kristen Knight: “It is so important for women to come forward” (Mixmag)
Earlier this year, Erick Morillo was arrested and charged with sexual battery. Kristen Knight, the woman who brought the charges against him, has decided to speak out, bravely waving her right to anonymity. In this interview with Ellie Flynn, she shares her experiences in the hope it will create a safer space for survivors of sexual assault to come forward. (DJMag)

ISSUE: 04 Dec 2020

Label of the Month: Glasgow Underground (beatportal)
The 15 best progressive house tracks of November 2020. (Magnetic)
The 15 best house tracks of November 2020. (Magnetic)
The 15 best techno tracks of November 2020. (Magnetic)
Hot new tracks for December. (IbizaSpotlight)
Selections: Boxia (DJMag)
Six By Six: Eddie Amador. (iDJ)
On Cue: Tim Reaper (DJMag)
Dancing Astronaut’s Artists to Watch in 2021: REAPER (DA)
Dancing Astronaut’s Breakout Artist of 2020: Moore Kismet (DA)
“Metadata is a love note to the future” – Five takeaways from DDEX’s second Creator Credit Summit. (Synchtank - Emmanuel Legrand)
In Conversation with Nico Perez (CEO of Mixcloud) (DT)
The Newsfloor: Valerie Lee talks to AFEM. [video] (LostResort)
At home with: Amp Fiddler (DJMag)
Making Waves: boiish (iDJ)
Tomorrow you start again: Octo Octa and Eris Drew confront ephemerality. (electronicbeats)
Ibiza clubbing and COVID-19: how the White Isle has adapted during the pandemic. (DJMag)
One year, two children and a global pandemic later, Anna Lunoe is back. (EDM.com)
The remix album defined 2020 — And gave dance music a social bubble. (electronicbeats)
How DJ David Guetta is shaping the future of electronic dance music. (Forbes)

ISSUE: 27 Nov 2020

Label of the month: Champion Records (iDJ)
Rooted in Rhythm: A history of percussive techno through 10 essential records. (electronicbeats)
7 Things the 2021 Grammy nominations got right in the dance categories - And 3 things they got wrong. (Billboard)
Selections: TYGAPAW (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Climpo (DT)
Recognise: Jasmine Infiniti (DJMag)
Introducing: TSHA (beatportal)
Making Waves: Alex Mills (iDJ)
Inside the UK’s illegal rave scene, flourishing in lockdown. (Dazed)
The curious case of Marc Rebillet: How "Loop Daddy" is making absurdity cool again. (EDM.com)
How to get started DJing: How and what to play. (beatportal)
Cyclo, the artist behind ATTLAS’ mesmerizing visuals, delineates his creative process. (DA)
How the pandemic pushed Terraforma to the next level. (RA)
"It all starts with a groove": How Shonky made ‘Cookie Monster’ (Mixmag)
My culture fix: Goldie (Times)
20 questions with Gryffin. (Billboard)
Amuse CEO & co-founder Diego Farias on distribution without labels. (Magnetic)
E-Saggila expands her industrial universe. (electronicbeats)
Brother & sister duo Lastlings break down their darkly sophisticated debut LP track by track. (Billboard)
Krust: disrupting the pattern (DJMag)
Benji B on Deviation’s early days and the overlap between club culture and the fashion world. (electronicbeats)
Why trance works. (DJMag)
Shygirl speaks about split personas, filthy diction and taking inspiration from Aphex Twin and Missy Elliott. (Mixmag)
Race, representation, and reshaping festival culture. (beatportal)

ISSUE: 20 Nov 2020

Six emerging artists you need to hear this November. (DJMag)
Selections: Rupture (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Paleblu (DT)
Ibiza DJ focus | Anna Tur. (IbizaSpotlight)
Marcel Vogel: Celebrating 10 years in hell. (iDJ)
Ellen Allien shares, “a great DJ mixes the people into a dream.” (DJTechTools)
Alex Banks on his new EP Tephra, being inspired by Canary Islands landscape, covid and more. (Magnetic)
Juliana Huxtable: She's a computer, baby (RA)
The overlooked environmental impacts of the music industry. (BoingBoing)
Swan Meat B2Beats DJH: Melodies for fallen angels. (ElectronicBeats)
Moxie talks NTS memories, painting, and her most diverse compilation yet. (beatportal)
Carl Cox in conversation: the late 80s and the thrill of vinyl | Mixmag x Ballantine's True Music [Video] (Mixmag)
Patrice Scott on live streaming, new ep, Detroit and life during covid. (Magnetic)
How Miami duo boiish is conquering underrepresentation in electronic music. (EDM.com)
Ash Lauryn’s pivotal rave moment in the Black Mecca of America. (ElectronicBeats)
As one half of powerhouse label Night Slugs, L-Vis 1990 spent the 2010s twisting club music into thrilling new shapes. Newly reborn as Dance System, he’s going back to the source in order to bottle lightning a second time. (beatportal)
#PassTheMic – Why dance music needs its singers (5Mag)
Aluna: "I get asked daily to be exploited by a white DJ" (Mixmag)
Rebekah, DJ Empress and Dave Clarke talk about fighting sexual harassment and assault in the dance music industry. (Mixmag)
"A glass ceiling with razor wire": The harsh reality for women working in dance music. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 13 Nov 2020

On Our Radar: November 2020 (beatportal)
The 15 best tech-house tracks of October 2020. (Magnetic)
Selections: Laksa (DJMag)
Beatport Hype: Hot Fuss (beatportal)
Renegade Riddims: Baronna (DT)
Recognise: Zora Jones (DJMag)
Influences 19: Sarah Davachi (XLR8R)
Saturday Night Session 043: Imanbek reveals an EP with Rita Ora is on the way and discusses his surprise career in music. (DA)
A short history of the foghorn: The most divisive sound in drum & bass. (beatportal)
A guide to the music of Scott Grooves, house music’s unsung hero. (Bandcamp)
'She made music jump into 3D': Wendy Carlos, the reclusive synth genius. (Guardian)
8 trans and queer artists on dance music's LGBTQ+ history. (Paper)
Overmono is allowing Tessela and Truss to break the mould. (Mixmag)
Deep State’s inaugural Reactor assembles new wave of progressive luminaries. (DA)
Akua’s new acid-tinged techno track Find Another Connection breaks free from societal expectations. (ElectronicBeats)
Dwson: Feel what I've been feeling (RA)
Krust: “Lockdown has been one of the best times for me” (DT)
object blue & TSVI consider machines and sentience on Thought Experiment. (Fact)
Artist of the Month: Hot Since 82 opens up about his childhood, trauma, and recovery. (beatportal)
Carl Cox opens up about mental health: "I'm fine, but I'm not happy" (MusicOnMyMind)
TYGAPAW digs deeper into techno’s black origins. (ElectronicBeats)

ISSUE: 06 Nov 2020

Label of the Month: Terminal M (beatportal)
Hot new tracks for November (IbizaSpotlight)
The 15 best progressive house tracks of October 2020. (Magnetic)
The 15 best techno tracks of October 2020. (Magnetic)
Continental Drift: 20 club tracks guiding us into a new era. (electronicbeats)
Studio Selections: Rian Treanor (DJMag)
Selections: ANOTR (DJMag)
NUDE043: Polli ji (DT)
EX.531 Imagining future forms of music media. (RA)
Tackling artificial intelligence in music: Interview with Musiio CEO and co-founder Hazel Savage. (Medium)
Ibiza's golden age of clubbing: this Instagram account is a White Isle time capsule. (DJMag)
"I never intended to be an artist": Julian Jordan opens up about his career in dance music. (EDM.com)
Evolutionary Techno: DJ Bone’s journey through production. (Ableton)
How Rui Da Silva’s progressive house hit ‘Touch Me ft. Cassandra’ broke the pop mould. (DJMag)
House Gospel Choir: “House music is for everybody!” (iDJ)
Kaskade talks 'adjusting expectations' for sold out Drive-In series. (Billboard)
Richie Hawtin on income equality in dance music: "We're trying to fix a problem that we've lost control of" (EDM.com)
The ‘times’ according to SG Lewis. (DA)
How Fat Tony saved 2020: The DJ talks parties, playlists and getting sober. (Standard)
DJ Krust: “My Approach to making music is to get outside of that comfort zone” (beatportal)
Chase & Status: “Fabric is an institution in British and global clubbing” (beatportal)

ISSUE: 30 Oct 2020

The 15 best drum & bass tracks of September 2020. (Magnetic)
Selections: Nik Void (DJMag)
Introducing: Logic1000 (beatportal)
Fresh Kicks 145: Haider (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Caim (DT)
Special Feature: Chromatic (DT)
Unsung Pioneers: Basement Boys. (RA)
Return Trip: New pathways in Jungle. (beatportal)
EX. 530 dego: A driving force behind 4 Hero, Reinforced Records and 2000black. (RA)
How one trio turned livestreaming into a sustainable Co-vid business. (DJTechTools)
Inside Copenhagen’s sex positive rave scene. (ElectronicBeats)
The future is female: Inside "Underplayed", a new documentary on gender inequality in EDM. (EDM.com)
Underground Music Academy is ushering in a new generation of revolutionary artists. (TheFace)
Never stop the music - The Creation of Tomorrowland Around the World. (Tomorrowland)
UZ opens up about his final album Trinity, getting sober and the future of trap music. (EDM.com)
His soundtrack shredded audiences’ nerves. Now producer Daniel Lopatin AKA Oneohtrix Point Never is using radio to bring Trump’s America together. (Guardian)
Detroit Swindle: “Played at the right moment, these tracks can really create magic.” (DJTechTools)
A pandemic and a crackdown on clubbing tourism sends parties into the hills, but deep-pocketed Ibiza clubs are looking to bounce back in 2021. (Billboard)
20 questions with Zedd: 'Any living organism would be more fit for the job than Trump' (Billboard)
20 questions with Tchami: The French phenom on his debut album, working with Lady Gaga and 'The Communion' of live music. (Billboard)
ADE 2020: Martin Garrix, David Guetta & Timbaland | The Evolution Of Our Sounds (Martin Garrix)
DJ E-Clyps pens an op-ed on racism in the dance scene: I was told to 'keep my mouth shut and make music'. (Billboard)
No Signal is the future of radio. (Mixmag)
20 Black UK house music acts you should know about. (Mixmag)
The roadmap to change. (Mixmag)
Simon Dunmore: “I’ve had to re-educate myself” (Mixmag)
Why didn't UK funky break the mainstream? (Mixmag)
Nightclubs aren't utopia for every Black raver. (Mixmag)
Marshall Jefferson: Why I quit DJing (Mixmag)
The gentrification of jungle. (Mixmag)
RIP Benji Espinoza, an unsung hero of house music. (Mixmag)
Remembering Benji Espinoza, champion of Chicago house music. (ChicagoReader)

ISSUE: 23 Oct 2020

Label Of The Month: Juke Bounce Werk (RA)
Selections: Griffit Vigo (DJMag)
Patch Notes: Nene H (Fact)
Renegade Riddims: BRK (DT)
Six emerging artists you need to hear this October. (DJMag)
How we made: Insomnia by Faithless (Guardian)
From livestreaming platforms sharing their revenues with roadies, to immersive weekend-long gigs over high-end speakers, new music companies are innovating out of a crisis. (Guardian)
EX.529 Krust: The drum and bass innovator talks through his first album in 14 years. (RA)
Hyph11E finds her voice within the void. (ElectronicBeats)
Q&A: Sofi Tukker and Icona Pop head to the SPA. (DA)
Take a trip through the cosmos with the Zenker Brothers. (beatportal)
Mr.C chats Music, Producer tips, Live Streaming. (DT)
Mat Zo revels in return to Anjunabeats. (DA)
Dave Clarke: "The DJ scene is linked by money not ethics" (Mixmag)
How the world's biggest drum 'n' bass festival happened safely this summer. (Mixmag)
From "Save Our Scene" to "Save Ourselves" a.k.a. Resident Advisor and Boiler Room got some big government grants. (Shawn Reynaldo)
Berlin clubbing and COVID-19: how Europe's party capital is changing. (DJMag)
Inside Trax Records: Why Chicago's house originators are fighting for reparations. (Mixmag)
Annie Mac: "There's not enough Black people in every level of the music industry" (Mixmag)
The Beneficiaries: "We are resistance artists, techno is resistance music" (Mixmag)
The Lazarusman: "Not being racist isn’t enough, you need to be anti-racist" (Mixmag)
Honey Dijon: "Dance music has been colonised". (Mixmag)
The unsung Black women pioneers of house music. (Mixmag)
How the dance music industry failed Black artists. (Mixmag)
The exploitation of Black women vocalists in house music. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 16 Oct 2020

Label Spotlight: 20 years ago, a college project brought Anjunabeats to life. (Billboard)
Artist of the Month: Sub Focus and Wilkinson (beatportal)
The sound of: Banoffee Pies Records. (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: NUANCE (DT)
On our radar: October 2020 (beatportal)
Get to know Öona Dahl, the Burning Man enchantress informed by psychedelia. (Mixmag)
EX.528 Chris Korda. (RA)
Selections: Machinedrum (DJMag)
Data-driven startup Songfluencer uses analytics to drive TikTok marketing instead of “randomly handing checks to influencers”. (RollingStone)
State of Sync: How the entertainment industry is adapting. (Medium)
Pirate Studios are building a sustainable future for artists in uncertain times. (DJMag)
Meet the NHS junior doctor who started a record label during lockdown. (Mixmag)
An experimental record label wants to turn animations into pop stars. (RollingStone)
Sub Focus and Wilkinson talk new album, exploring live instrumentation, and more. (EDM.com)
Nazira, the DJ who swapped molecular biology for techno. (Mixmag)
"One day at a time": Nervo on persevering the challenges of breast cancer. (EDM.com)
Yaeji talks about community, collaboration, self-discovery on the dancefloor – and how a trip back to Korea sparked a creative rebirth. (Mixmag)
Annie MacManus: The BBC Radio 1 DJ on life changes, post-Covid clubbing and the inspiration for her new novel. (iNews)
Kelly Lee Owens: The Welsh producer’s second album is a meditative, powerful techno-pop triumph in the face of a crumbling world. (NME)
Mat Zo breaks down his new album Illusion of Depth: 'I wanted to make a F--- You statement' (Billboard)
The relationship between the dance music of the UK and South Africa stretches back decades. (Bandcamp)
An easy guide to ADE’s online program. (beatportal)
Resident Advisor, an online platform that specialises in electronic music and club culture, will receive £750,000 as part of the government’s arts support grant scheme has defended its application after the amount was described as “unfathomable”. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 09 Oct 2020

Horse Meat Disco ‘queer party for all’ brought fun back to the London club scene – then went global. Now, with their first album, they’re on a mission to keep the dancefloor spirit alive in lockdown. (Guardian)

iDJ meets Alix Perez, a producer whose work has been capturing – if not defining – the D&B zeitgeist for over 15 years.

Netsky on his new album, his return to Hospital Records and more. (EDM)

September's best albums, mixes and EPs. (RA)

Leaving Records announces debut full-length from San Francisco artist Xyla. (RA)

DJ Plead, Kush Jones feature on 3AFAK charity compilation. (RA)

Roisin Murphy: One of dance music's most enduring voices tells her story. (RA)

Meet the community behind Unorthodox: the UK’s first ever LGBTQ+ D&B event. (DataTransmission)

Renegade Riddims: South Londoner BrandNewTrumpets (DataTransmission)

Hudson Mohawke: searching for euphoria (DJMag)

Dee Diggs, the rising New York-based DJ who's upholding the true essence of dance music. (Mixmag)

Hyde Records feels like a hopeful sign of the music industry's power to survive and adapt. (Mixmag)

The moral dilemma surrounding partying during the coronavirus pandemic. (Mixmag)

Remembering Cookie Monsta: A dubstep pioneer and a paragon of kindness. (EDM)

ISSUE: 02 Oct 2020

The 15 best bass tracks of September 2020 (Magnetic)
The 15 best house tracks of September 2020 (Magnetic)
Renegade Riddims: Kallan HK (DT)
Fresh Kicks 144: Edge Slayer (DJMag)
Selections: Deena Abdelwahed (DJMag)
My Musical Influences: Eddie Amador (DT)
Introducing: Mathame, the Italian Techno Duo finding fans in every corner of dance music. (beatportal)
Q&A: Swole Sauce (DA)
Ray Mang: A one-man disco machine (iDJ)
How TikTok has changed the music industry. (NPR)
Spotify spin counts are the holy grail in the music industry right now. But manipulating these numbers can be the death of an independent musician's career. (Venture)
With touring on pause, artists are looking almost anywhere for income. As Harry Levin learns, for some, that means online education. (beatportal)
New job support plans 'leave nightclubs behind'. (BBC)
Promoters, managers and agents warn that Britain’s creative industries, worth billions to the economy, are being hung out to dry. (Telegraph)
Beatportal catch up with selector extraordinaire Vladimir Ivkovic and Making Time founder Dave P. to hear more about Friday’s 36-hour livestream.
The otherworldly perfectionist Zora Jones. (ElectronicBeats)
ZULI: Where do you go (RA)
Róisín Murphy on the disco revival: “I’m back to snatch Dua Lipa and Jessie Ware’s wigs!” (NME)
Róisín Murphy: ‘Basically, I’m JG Ballard sex-pop’ (Independent)
Jessie Ware on dance music in the age of quarantine. (RollingStone)
Calvin Harris breaks down the production process behind his collaborative track with The Weeknd, Over Now. [video] (YouTube)
Carl Cox talks future music and Awesome Soundwave label. (WeRaveYou)
Rediscovering paradise with Kelly Lee Owens. (Face)
Marie Davidson: ‘We were the under-under-under of the underground’. (Guardian)
Richie Hawtin on the interdisciplinary nature of creativity (and that Prada/Raf Simons show soundtrack). (StyleZeitgeist)
Checking in with Tiësto: Lamborghinis, Kanye stories, Ableton houses, and new music. (GQ)
David Guetta: "I texted Sia - the world needs us now" (Standard)

ISSUE: 25 Sep 2020

On Our Radar: September 2020 (beatportal)
Fresh Kicks 143: Alex Falk (DJMag)
EX.525 GAIKA (RA)
Selections: Emerald (DJMag)
Renegade riddims: SR (DT)
Studio selections: DJ Spen (DJMag)
Orbital: How I play live (DJMag)
DIY Nightlife In Dhaka (RA)
Baile funk: the criminalisation of Brazil's funk scene (DJMag)
Solid gold: how Robin S' Show Me Love became one of dance music’s most iconic anthems. (DJMag)
The story of David Guetta's Titanium feat. Sia | The making of an EDM anthem. [video] (DJMag)
Arkana talks upcoming album, New Dawn Collective label. (DMNW)
Bass music saviour Holly talks Covid home life, staying positive, and producing massive bangers with Baauer and Uno the Activist. (Magnetic)
Tycho finds silver lining through pandemic and California wildfires. (EDM.com)
Shimza is using house music to connect South Africa with the rest of the world. (Mixmag)
Ben Böhmer on 3,000-foot high hot air balloon performance: "I'm a bit afraid of heights" (EDM.com)
Andrea Oliva: Getting ANTS-y (iDJ)
Michelle Lhooq gives the unofficial account of New York's club scene in the 2010s, a pivotal moment when the city went from DIY underground to club superpower. (ElectronicBeats)
Róisín Murphy has been putting her own spin on glittery music for two decades. In a year full of dance-pop releases, she’s returning to shake things up yet again. (NYTimes)
The evolution of A. G. Cook. (Mixmag)
How A. G. Cook became pop’s great disruptor. (Fader)
object blue & TSVI's body music will hit you in the gut. (Mixmag)
DJ Pierre on creating acid house, elevating black voices in dance music. (Magnetic)
Elderbrook fills talks about quarantining in England, his new song with YTRAM, and more. (Magnetic)
Sherelle is ready to conquer the world. (beatportal)
At work with Stephanie LaFera, WME’s resident rave expert and head of electronic music. (RollingStone)
The hidden costs of streaming music. (NewYorker)
How data is redefining the role of A&R in the music industry today. (Chartmetric)
The future of streaming and music marketing post Covid-19. (MusicAlly)

ISSUE: 18 Sep 2020

Label of the Month: Moveltraxx (beatportal)
Label Spotlight: How Ministry of Sound expanded out of a bus shelter to become a dance leader. (Billboard)
The 15 best tech-house tracks of August 2020. (Magnetic)
The 15 best drum & bass tracks of August 2020. (Magnetic)
Artist Tips: AIDA (XLR8R)
EX.524 Lafawndah (RA)
Renegade Riddims: Winslow (DT)
The “Studio Berlin” exhibition by Berghain and Boros captures a city in flux. (ElectronicBeats)
Pay-per-view, livestreamed, concerts are generating revenue at a time when the live music industry has been all but financially paralysed. Artist manager Brian Message, who recently co-founded ticketed online concerts specialist Driift, discusses how this new industry sector is evolving. (AAA)
Pandora founder Tim Westergren on new venture sessions and how artists can make real money from live streaming. (Magnetic)
Róisín Murphy: disco machine (DJMag)
Latin American culture is the driving force of Nicola Cruz's music. (Mixmag)
RIP Simeon Coxe: An electronic music inventor who defied time. (Mixmag)
Afriqua: “Black artists are about to stunt hard on 2021” (beatportal)
TheFatRat on YouTube copyright, forthcoming album, and collaborating with K-Pop star Alexa. (EDM.com)
Aluna doesn’t want to be the exception to any rule. (Vulture)
Aluna: “A solo project is like turning up to a warehouse party, not knowing what’s behind the door”. (FortyFive)
20 questions with Damian Lazarus. (Billboard)
Damian Lazarus discusses his new album and finding optimism in the darkness. (beatportal)
Sofi Tukker building a ‘Freak Fam’ with 180 daily livestreams and counting. (Pollstar)
Avalon Emerson: now the party’s over (TheFace)
Beirut's club scene after the blast. (RA)
Lebanon’s club scene was perhaps the most vibrant in the Middle East, but the explosion that rocked the capital last month has silenced it: 'I don't know how we will recover' (Guardian)
A-Trak and Armand Van Helden interview David Guetta about his beginnings, production process and other musings for their Duck, Duck, Goose episode. [video] (DuckSauce)
David Guetta's guide to his nine collaborations with Sia. (Billboard)
David Guetta on turning ballads into bangers: "At the beginning, it was just about the druns and the bass line". (EDM.com)

ISSUE: 11 Sep 2020

The 15 best techno tracks of August 2020. (Magnetic)
Six emerging artists you need to hear this September. (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Lens (DT)
Making Waves: Matveï (iDJ)
In Conversation with… Ardalan (DT)
Fresh Kicks 142: Bored Lord (DJMag)
Producer Sessions 022: Rising bass star Ace Aura walks us through debut Disciple EP, reset_environment. (DA)
Is Spotify killing the top 40? (Quartz)
What does the future of Artificial Intelligence in music actually look like? (Nylon)
With nightlife in limbo due to Covid-19, Berlin's Berghain, the legendary temple of techno, has reinvented itself as art gallery. (Guardian)
EX.523 Ikonika (RA)
The Art of DJing: Al Ester (RA)
Conducta: follow the leader (DJMag)
Q&A: Goldie, DJ and producer (Guardian)
Song Exploder: Kelly Lee Owens - On
Interview: Kelly Lee Owens on finding her inner song. (Magnetic)
Sigala talks about Lasting Lover and making dance music in lockdown. (OCC)
Flying Lotus on the future of electronic music, UFOs, and the pandemic. (theLAnd)
20 questions with Tricky (Billboard)
Artist of the Month: Joseph Capriati (beatportal)
20 questions with Joseph Capriati (Billboard)
Porter Robinson on how Dance Dance Revolution shaped his career. (GQ)
Silver Apples' Simeon Coxe: visionary who saw music's electronic future. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 04 Sep 2020

The 15 best house tracks of August 2020 (Magnetic)
Meet the MC: V9 (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: pyxis (DT)
Selections: Errol (DJMag)
Q&A: Tom & Collins (DA)
Let’s Talk: Ronnie Spiteri (Inflyte)
Jimpster: On 25 years of Freerange and more. (iDJ)
Kombé’s Subsumption Rhythm is a club track for a rave in outerspace. (Electronicbeats)
How South Africa’s dance floors provide hope and safety in the face of oppression. (beatportal)
Berlin-based house and techno producer Eluize details the techniques behind her new track. (XLR8R)
EX.522 Kate NV (RA)
DJ Dougal: "We weren't the coolest kids… but we were the friendliest!" (iDJ)
Club Future Nostalgia is Dua Lipa's wildest flirtation with the underground. (ElectronicBeats)
Kelly Lee Owens is inspiring transcendental moments. (Mixmag)
How Kelly Lee Owens learned to thrive alone. (Fader)
Felix Jaehn on normalising the conversation around mental health: "There's light at the end of the tunnel" (EDM.com)
Are Minecraft concerts the future of electronic music? (NocturnalTimes)
Mixmag talks to Ibiza's wellness and beauty businesses about life on the White Isle in 2020.
Illenium talks about the new single, the creative freedom of departing a major label and the secrets of making something sound epic. (Billboard)
How it was made: Bob Moses - Desire (Magnetic)
Bob Moses break down their new album Desire track by track. (Billboard)
Erick Morillo’s death is an avoidable tragedy that leaves a hole in the lives of his loved ones, while also denying a woman justice from the crimes he was accused of. (Clash)
Disclosure: “Some people want us to make ‘Latch’ over and over again”. (NME)
Disclosure on new album ENERGY and the healing power of dance music: ‘No matter what happens, there’s always going to be raves’ (iNews)

ISSUE: 28 Aug 2020

Label Spotlight: 25 years in, Om Records is still aiming for that goosebumps feeling. (Billboard)
On our radar: August 2020 (beatportal)
Selections: SVBKVLT (DJMag)
Renegade Riddims: Ed Priest (DT)
Introducing: Huey Mnemonic, the unstoppable new Detroit techno talent. (beatportal)
NUDE33: Nakadia (DT)
The Sound of: BBE (DJMag)
In conversation with: Thys (DT)
Beatport Hype: Soft Computing (beatportal)
Phuture-T: Meet the Dutch drumfunk master. (iDJ)
The Midnight on seminal album Monsters and the volcanic potential of synthwave culture. (EDM.com)
What's going on with... Aluna? (DIY)
Interview: Matmos (ToneGlow)
Jon Gurd breaks down his new album Lion for Anjunadeep. (Magnetic)
Kraak & Smaak share tips on DJing technique + crate digging. (DJTechTools)
DJ-producer the Blessed Madonna spent lockdown secretly remixing Dua Lipa in her pyjamas – and facing up to the discomfort she caused with her former name, the Black Madonna. (Guardian)
Aluna: “It’s crazy how segregated dance music is when it was created to be unifying” [podcast] (AppleMusic)
COUCOU CHLOE's club music swerves into the bizarre unknown. (ElectronicBeats)
Cut Copy on the role of dance music when dancefloors are closed: 'It doesn't really make sense'. (Guardian)
Deborah De Luca: “I go from one groove to another, showing my character” (beatportal)
Deborah De Luca: "I worked solo for 11 years. I needed to prove myself on my own”. (Mixmag)
Disclosure: 'When you're 15, a club is a pretty terrifying place'. (Guardian)
TikTok's music team has given crucial assists to artists. But can it keep powering the music industry — especially amid uncertainty about TikTok’s fate in the US? (RollingStone)
The pandemic has changed the music industry forever. Meet the LA music-tech startups poised to reshape it. (Dot.LA)

ISSUE: 21 Aug 2020

The 34 best DJ mixes of 2020 so far. (DJMag)
Patch Notes: Emiliano Melis (FACT)
Breaking Through: Rey Sapienz (RA)
Renegade Riddims: NCT (DT)
Rising duo LUNDØN talk origins, new music, and future collabs. (DMNW)
Selections: DJ Bone (DJMag)
EX.520 DJ Minx (RA)
Producer Sessions 020: Dillon Francis on ‘This Mixtape is Fire.’ turning five. (DA)
An interview with CRYSTALLMESS. (RA)
Grum talks homecoming with Heartbeats: Ten and Deep State plans. (DA)
The Blessed Madonna on remixing Dua Lipa's Levitating: 'I was like, 'don't let anyone else have it'. (Billboard)
Here's what Disclosure geeked out on while making Energy. (Billboard)
Byron The Aquarius feels like “everything came from black culture”. (beatportal)
Founder of women's initiative GRL Gang on building a community of female empowerment. (EDM.com)
A tale of two ecosystems: On Bandcamp, Spotify and the wide-open future. (NPR)
Business techno matters: how those who have the most sacrifice the least. (Dweller)
Dave ‘Medusa’ Shelton was a fairy godmother to Chicago’s club scene. (ChicagoReader)
Chicago house hero Marshall Jefferson on representation in dance music. (Grammy)
Three music-industry trends from quarantine that are here to stay. (RollingStone)
By now it should have been the height of hedonism in Ibiza. But as nightclubs pivot to pandemic-safe partying, will the fun survive? (SundayTimes)
Tomorrowland's virtual festival set a new standard for digital events — here's how they did it. (DJMag)

ISSUE: 14 Aug 2020

The 10 best drum & bass acts you’ve (probably) never heard of. (beatportal)
Hot new tracks for August 2020. (IbizaSpotlight)
On Cue: CC:Disco! (DJ Mag)
Selections: Setaoc Mass (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Mrs Magoo (DT)
Grassroots action: How Young Urban Arts Foundation are helping young people through creative pursuits. (DJ Mag)
Artist of the Month: Amelie Lens (beatportal)
How a hit Spotify playlist is made in 2020. (Complex)
Kikelomo: London-Nigerian excellence in Berlin. (RA)
M.F.S: Observatory: Italy's most prolific tech-house duo. (iDJ)
8 essential facts about the new LP from Bronson, a shining collaboration from Odesza and Golden Features. (Billboard)
EX.519 Mr Scruff reflects on the state of dance music and his recent DJ Kicks mix. (RA)
Nathan Dawe talks working with KSI and Ella Henderson on new single Lighter. (OCC)
How indie developers are re-imagining social apps to save the iconic Burning Man festival. (TechCrunch)
Social media, dance music, and the spirit of modern youth activism. (ElectronicBeats)
Forget another summer of love - this is the summer of crisis for UK raving. (DJ Mag)
Want a record deal? Call a TikTok marketing company. (RollingStone)

ISSUE: 07 Aug 2020

The 33 best albums of 2020 so far. (Mixmag)
Label of the Month: Sistrum Recordings (beatportal)
In the Studio: MJ Cole (XLR8R)
Get to know: Casmilia (EDMIdentity)
Get to know: LODATO (DA)
Fresh Kicks 141: Nammy Wams (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Nooch (DT)
Rising Star: Meet Kiss DJ and Armada Music label manager Ben Malone. (MW)
EX.518 Afriqua (RA)
Ten behind-the-scenes stories from the biggest dance shows at San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic auditorium. (Billboard)
The novel documenting rave culture in reunified Germany. (i-D)
‘I organised raves in the 1990s — I wouldn’t be putting on parties now’: promoters respond to illegal events during the pandemic. (iNews)
How to process music industry data. (Berklee - Liv Buli)
Their vocals and songwriting feature on some of the biggest hits, but black women are often not credited, leaving their solo careers stunted and causing them to lose out financially. (Guardian)
8 amazing objects that define the history of electronic music. (Shortlist)
The rise of heavy metal in electronic music. (ElectronicBeats)
Kohra: “Before lockdown, India was experiencing some really fantastic parties”. (beatportal)
Meet the ringmaster: Claptone in the circus (Ibiza Spotlight)
Crazy Frog samples and DJ Fingerblast – Dance music's weirdest scene wants you to laugh along. (Vice)
Marshmello is one of the most adaptable stars in modern music - And the charts prove it. (Billboard)
Radio Silence: the movement to diversify the UK radio industry. (DJ Mag)
The weight of oppression: Artists share their stories about racism and mental health. (DJ Mag)
In June, the music industry started to have serious conversations about racism - but proof of change is hard to find. (RollingStone)

ISSUE: 31 Jul 2020

Joker picks his five favourite studio hardware. (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Bally & Boom (DT)
How manufacturers are finally waking up to underrepresentation in music tech. (DJ Mag)
How Twitch is shaking up the music industry. (Billboard)
Curated YouTube channels laid the groundwork for the playlists that dominate today, but human connection will always be a vital part of the music experience. (Complex)
Behind the Spotify playlists: Your questions answered by our playlist editors. (Spotify)
Getting official editorial support from Spotify is tough, forcing some artists to turn to third-party playlist networks to build fans. (RollingStone)
Clubbing in the COVID-19 era: How 5 Eastern European countries are reacting to coronavirus. (DJTechTools)
Inside the rave renaissance: the return of the UK’s burgeoning illegal party scene. (GQ)
The new rise of minimal. (beatportal)
Rave Family Block Fest debacle: What went wrong? (Variety)
Roska is a UK dance music hall-of-famer, and a testament to consistency. (beatportal)
EX.517 Jessy Lanza shares the story behind her new album. (RA)
Thommy Davis: Baltimore house legend speaks! (iDJ)
Jayda G talks new EP, promoting diversity in dance music and sharing joy. (Grammys)
20 questions with Howling. (Billboard)
20 questions with MK. (Billboard)
Steve Aoki: "Tomorrowland is where technology and magic meet" (EDM.com)
With the pandemic still raging, the dancefloor - and real change - feels very far away. (Shawn Reynaldo)
Isaac Eloi: Queering the arts, and taking up space, for a bolder tomorrow. (DJ Mag)
Black Band Camp: How a volunteer project is becoming a vital new platform for Black artists. (DJ Mag)
Sideman: to truly amplify Black voices, those with influence need to share the mic. (DJ Mag)
Inside Trax Records: Why Chicago's house originators are fighting for reparations. (Mixmag)
Nineties bands in need of rave vocals looked to the late Denise Johnson, whose rich, fiery voice alchemised their music into something else entirely. (Guardian)
RIP Denise Johnson: An all-time great soul singer and charming, energetic force. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 24 Jul 2020

On Our Radar: July 2020 (beatportal)
5 Facts, 5 Tracks: Zero T (DT)
Renegade Riddims: AON (DT)
Building Blocks: FJAAK (RA)
Impact: Sammy Virji (Mixmag)
Recognise: UNIQUU3 (DJ Mag)
Selections: Julianna Barwick (DJ Mag)
In conversation: Anz & DJ Paulette. (DJ Mag)
EX.516 The Hour: First DJ Sets (RA)
'Total Magic': How Mutabor breathed life into Moscow's scene. (RA)
Listen to a Black History Month symposium about Detroit techno with Mike Banks. (MEMCO)
Wolfgang Gartner breaks down his new Tucson EP (and confesses his love for Kool & The Gang). (Billboard)
UK garage's schism in the early 2000s forced a generation to adapt, but the scene is bubbling with fresh optimism. (RA)
The gambling world’s transition to implementing electronic dance music. (WeRaveYou)
Going underground in Cardiff, a hidden hotbed of drum'n'bass energy. (RedBull)
How Ministry of Sound redefined dance music culture. (WeRaveYou)
Watch Kygo discuss his favourite summer activities and preview his upcoming performance with Ryan Tedder. (Billboard)
"Future Rave" pioneers David Guetta and Morten claim their territory with New Rave EP. (EDM.com)
Patrick Topping isn’t who you thought he was. (beatportal)
John Digweed on the intricacies of a VR festival performance and the impact of Covid-19 on dance music. (EDM.com)
Suzi Analogue on Teenage Engineering’s new initiative to support Black artistry. (ElectronicBeats)
Aluna Francis on her personal and musical ‘Renaissance,’ continuing the fight for equality. (DA)
Mr. Mitch: all music made by Black people is Black music. (DJ Mag)
Chris Inperspective: Black people should own Black art. (DJ Mag)
DJ Noir: The '160' movement must not erase its Black roots. (DJ Mag)
20 questions with Inner City. (Billboard)
Inner City talks We All Move Together and diversity in dance music. (Forbes)

ISSUE: 17 Jul 2020

5 Facts, 5 Tracks: Chenai (DT)
Get Familiar: Nihiloxica (XLR8R)
Renegade Riddims: Inner Terrain (DT)
Fed up of getting the same tunes streamed on Spotify? Here’s how to train Spotify to generate new music that’s to your taste. (Forbes)
A quarter of a century ago today, the MP3 was born. Eamonn Forde argues that this, not the invention of vinyl, was the most revolutionary format in musical history. (Quietus)
Disco al fresco: The rise of socially distanced clubbing in London. (Standard)
How IsBurning helped shape Amsterdam’s queer party scene. (beatportal)
Less is more: the beginner's guide to minimal dance music. (MusicRadar)
OM Records label manager/partner Gunnar Hissam talks about putting together Om's 25 year compilation and the constantly evolving music business. (Magnetic)
Líndí Delíght from Masks For Music talks about her initiative providing masks to help keep the music industry afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (GlobalnNews)
Camo & Krooked on their revolutionary Red Bull symphonic performance and album. (EDM)
DJ Disciple: The Wild Pitch years (iDJ)
Per Hammar’s Soviet analogue drum machine, the Formanta UDS. (beatportal)
DJ Orawan is leading Bangkok’s drum 'n' bass awakening. (Mixmag)
Introducing: Eli Brown, Bristol’s unstoppable mystery producer. (beatportal)
Artist R.O.S.H. has written a systematic breakdown of structural racism, classism and bias in UK dance/electronic press.
Understanding Club Music: 5 Sub-Genres you need to know (TheManual)
Cinthie: “Just because we can’t dance, it doesn’t mean the music is canceled” (beatportal)
20 questions with Nicky Romero. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 10 Jul 2020

Mixmag's 40 best tracks of 2020 so far
Label of the month: ESP Institute (beatportal)
Selections: DJ Boring (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Accelerated (DT)
Q&A: Truth x Lies (DA)
Steve Mac & Josh Butler: Two UK house titans go head-to-head (iDJ)
Unsung Pioneers: The Burrell Brothers (beatportal)
Asch Pintura on her livestream series, debuting on Anjunabeats, and Summereyes festival. (EDM.com)
Producer Sessions 019: CloZee (DA)
CloZee breaks down each track on her new LP: 'I'll always see a new album as a new chapter of my life' (Billboard)
Meet the homebound DJs tipped to perform at Tomorrowland 2021. (Mixmag)
Anz: "If you're in a position to make things better for other people, do it" (Mixmag)
20 questions with Shpongle's Simon Posford. (Billboard)
Luciano on DJing after lockdown: "Dancing together is like a religious act" (Mixmag)
Gregor Kraemer, Club der Visionaere founder, talks about the club’s history. (XLR8R)
Mike Mago: “Technology is responsible for about 80 per cent of my success” (MusicTech)
Anti-algorithmic music: How Bandcamp is helping artists beat the odds. (RA)
As attractions move through a phased period of reopening we have to ask: Are online experiences here to stay? (IQ)
The best electronic music venues in the world. (WeRaveYou)
The rise of electronic music in Hong Kong. (TimeOut)
DJ False Witness examines the "ideal listening space" and how club architecture changed dance music's global tastes. (Electronic Beats)
How Rave Family built Minecraft’s biggest virtual music festival, with Steve Aoki, A-Trak, Paris Hilton and more. (Variety)
A new generation of black artists are reclaiming the roots of techno music. (Washington Post)
From Flying Lotus to Fatboy Slim, here are 8 dance tracks that sampled Ennio Morricone. (Billboard)
The Maestro: Ennio Morricone's innovations and personality are woven into dance music. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 03 Jul 2020

Hot new tracks for July (Ibiza Spotlight)
The 15 best techno music tracks of June 2020 (Magnetic)
The 15 best bass music tracks of June 2020 (Magnetic)
Sonny Fodera selects 10 tracks that define his friendship with touring partner and pal Dom Dolla. (Billboard)
Selections: Nightwave (DJ Mag)
Get to know: AJ Moreno (EDM Identity)
Out of the melting pot: The origins and evolution of drum'n'bass (Red Bull)
Lis Sarroca: Deep beats from Barcelona (iDJ)
In conversations: Eats Everything (Magnetic)
20 questions with Louis the Child. (Billboard)
EX.514 Eddie Fowlkes: Putting the Detroit in Detroit techno (RA)
Off their heads: the shocking return of the rave. (Guardian)
Spencer Brown talks about coming out publicly: 'The dance music community saved me during my darkest times' (Billboard)
Wolfgang Gartner on anxiety, rehab and this 'incredibly optimistic' career moment. (Billboard)
Irish wunderkind and Drumcode favourite, Rebūke, talks about his rave roots and his rise to dance music stardom. (beatportal)
On Underworld’s Drift Series 1, the music is never finished (Bandcamp)
Carl Cox interview: 'Socially distanced club nights aren't the way forward' (Standard)
Kevin Saunderson: 'You feel like somebody is eliminating Black artists and producers from being part of the scene' (Billboard)
Major artists are turning to brand partnerships in droves for new revenue streams. Since Covid hit, deal-making has been “heightened on steroids,” says one agency executive. (RollingStone)
With concerts on hold, it’s abundantly clear that most musicians can’t live off streaming income alone. How could the system be fixed? (Pitchfork) “The pandemic is only exacerbating the inequities of a [streaming] system that is rigged against the people who make it run”.
Spotify has been making investors — including music’s three major record labels — rich lately. But those same labels likely aren’t happy with the reason for the streaming service’s huge share boost. (RollingStone)

ISSUE: 26 Jun 2020

On Our Radar: June 2020 (beatportal)
Pawl and Discrete: Sweden’s next top electronic music stars. (OneEDM)
Renegade Riddims: Kidsonic (DT)
In Conversation with… Spartaque (DT)
Apple are changing the way they make their computers, here's why DJs and producers should care. (DJ Mag)
Are concerts, festivals, and live events ever coming back? Here’s what six experts say. (FastCo)
Live music industry recovery could take 3-4 years. (IO)
Why the death of the nightclub would be a disaster for British music. (Telegraph)
Shaquille O'Neal interview (EDM.com)
10 things Sofi Tukker learned from doing 100 livestreams during quarantine. (Billboard)
Kush Jones is New York City's ever-prolific shapeshifter. (Electronic Beats)
Baauer on the UK dance tracks that inspired his new album. (Red Bull)
Giorgia Angiuli: “It needs to be magic, always” (beatportal)
Armin van Buuren and Benno de Goeij talk about GAIA. (EDMTunes)
The divine creation of Chicago house. (Cuepoint)
Detroit is Techno City, and techno is Black. (DetroitMetroTimes)
Unraveling the mysteries of publishing, licensing and syncs. (Shawn Reynaldo)
Is livestreaming sustainable? (Synchtank)
How Defected Records kept the party going during lockdown. (BBC)

ISSUE: 19 Jun 2020

The 15 best drum & bass tracks of May 2020 (Magnetic)
Label of the Month: Drumcode (beatportal)
Beatport Hype: Nerang Recordings (beatportal)
Get to Know: Joy Club (MTV)
Renegade Riddims: Lally (DT)
SUAT: behind the DJ who walks for miles carrying and mixing on an XDJ-RX. (DJTechTools)
The evolution of electronic music. (WeRaveYou)
20 Questions with Baauer. (Billboard)
Folamour shares his tips on tempo switching, EQs, and bettering your DJ chops. (DJTechTools)
John Digweed: "I want clubs to open but I want them to restart properly without rushing" (Mixmag)
DJ Rush is a true original, and an entertainer of the highest calibre.(beatportal)
Children of the Windrush Generation: The pioneering DJs who paved the way for UK dance music. (DJ Mag)
'Why I Protest': G-Buck on why he marches in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. (Billboard)
DJ Sliink on racial inequality in the dance industry: 'How can we be legends if they don’t give us a chance?' (Billboard)

ISSUE: 12 Jun 2020

Premiere: Tunisian artist Househead Samira delivers feel good vibes. (DJMag)
Premiere: Gábor Lázár will release a new LP on Planet Mu. (DJMag)
Franky Wah talks us through ‘The Revival Vol. 1’ (DataTransmission)
In Conversation with... Marbs, Desert Hearts co-founder (DataTransmission)
Mura Masa announced training initiative for 10 black women to get into live music roles. (Mixmag)
Six reasons why dance music collectives are essential. (DataTransmission)
What is A&R? A behind-the-scenes look at record label talent-spotters. (RedBull)
The rights and wrongs of sampling. (Attack)
How countries plan to restart nightclubs and music festivals (RA)
46 Black-run electronic dance labels you can support on Bandcamp right now. (Billboard)
Premiere: Tunisian artist Househead Samira delivers feel good vibes. (DJMag)
This week’s Bandcamp essentials. (DJMag)
Obituary: Eugene Manzi, former head of the press office for London Records/FFRR (Guardian)

ISSUE: 05 Jun 2020

Hot new tracks for June (Ibiza Spotlight)
The best electronic music songs of May 2020 (Fader)
The best techno on Beatport you might have missed. (beatportal)
In conversation with… Wehbba (DT)
Renegade Riddims: Solsan (DT)
Yazzus is turning high-speed dance music into a transcendent experience. (Mixmag)
Sprechen: It's Balearic up north… or is it? (iDJ)
'Plamping hard': how DJs and creatives are earning a buck online via Twitch, Patreon, OnlyFans and more. (TheConversation)
20 things we’ve learned about music live streaming. (Medium - Phil Hutcheon, Dice)
How tech can save the music: Abandoning conventional thinking during a crisis. (Forbes)
Selections: B. Traits (DJ Mag)
EX.512 Waajeed (RA)
Dance Floor Epiphanies (RA)
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs can hear the birds again. (Flaunt)
Franky Wah interview (OneEDM)
Steve Aoki, Tokimonsta, Yaeji and more reflect on how their Asian heritage has influenced their music. (Billboard)
Meet DJ Fat Tony, the unlikely cult hero of quarantine. (SundayTimes)
SOPHIE: behind the mixing board and under pop’s bonnet. (Face)
How quarantine made David Guetta evaluate what he's doing with his life and inspired his livestream fundraisers. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 29 May 2020

The 15 best techno tracks of May 2020 (Magnetic)
The 15 best house tracks of May 2020 (Magnetic)
Artist tips: Rafael Anton Irisarri (XLR8R)
Renegade Riddims: Defraction (DT)
Introducing: Magit Cacoon, the Israeli artist who connects cultures and blurs boundaries. (beatportal)
Patch notes: Lucrecia Dalt (Fact)
Q&A: So Dope (DA)
DJ Almad was trapped at an airport for 17 days due to coronavirus travel restrictions, this is his story. (DJ Mag)
MixCloud - The business of music (Attack)
The other side of Ibiza (DJ Mag)
A look at music marketing campaigns — including song exclusivity to specific music streaming platforms, and how music metadata fields are handled by such platforms can make stream counts vary wildly. (Medium)
With her Oasis Festival in Marrakech, Marjana Jaidi is bringing global dance music stars (and their fans) to Morocco. (Billboard)
Shoffy talks quarantine plans, leaving finance for music, and new remix competition. (EDM.com)
David Morales talks gear, crate digging, and his favourite rotary mixer (DJTechTools)
EX.511 Junkie XL (RA)
Berlin musician Bad Conscience on techno, club culture and quarantine. (Forbes)
Mella Dee opens up in Red Bull's Fireside Chat.
Tinlicker serve up a towering mix of deep house, trance, and progressive. (beatportal)
The future of music releases. Albums vs EP’s vs playlists vs mixtapes. (MusicAlly)
Kraftwerk’s robotic rhythms resonated loudest in deindustrialising 1970s Detroit and gave rise to techno – starting a cultural feedback loop that continues today. (Guardian)
London's nightlife venues are more at risk than ever. Here’s what we need to do to save them. (TimeOut)
How a mediocre record by a toff, an investment banker, a real estate magnate and a socialite property developer epitomises the co-opting of underground electronic music by a wealthy elite. (Quietus)

ISSUE: 22 May 2020

The 10 best mid-90s progressive house tracks (Mixmag)
10 dance songs for Mental Health Awareness Month (Billboard)
Hot new tracks for May (Ibiza Spotlight)
Beatport Hype: SubVision (beatportal)
Renegade Riddims: Just Bee (DT)
Fresh Kicks 140: Juba (DJ Mag)
Breaking Through: Amazondotcom (RA)
5 techno artists to watch this May (DT)
Living-room disco: five of the best dance music mixes (Guardian)
Selections: Conducta (DJ Mag)
Gangs, sex, dwarfs and drugs: inside Manumission, the Ibiza club that makes White Lines look tame. (Telegraph)
What socially distanced live performance might look like. (Vulture)
Here are Electric Forest founder Jeremy Stein's 6 tips for how festival producers can get through COVID-19. (Billboard)
From drive-in concerts to livestreaming on Fortnite, the industry has had to adapt creatively to the current restriction. (Guardian)
"Believe in yourselves": Monster is breaking down barriers for the Eastern European scene. (Mixmag)
How LA’s DUBLAB revolutionized online community radio. (beatportal)
Dive into DJ David Goblin and The Horde's fantastical hardcore. (ElectronicBeats)
Interview with dubstep superstars Adventure Club. (OneEDM)
Red Axes, rock & rollers with a disco soul. (beatportal)
How horticulture helped Hodge flourish inside and outside the studio. (Mixmag)
RA Exchange 510 Grimes: The electronic-pop auteur speaks her mind. [audio] (RA)
Twitch’s head of music explains why channel subscriptions and so-called “tipping” on the Amazon-owned platform could open up a significant new revenue stream for artists in the future. (RollingStone)
How TikTok became the new music tipsheet for radio programmers. (TMN)

ISSUE: 15 May 2020

19 drum 'n' bass and jungle DJs from the 90s who are still at the top of their game. (Mixmag)
Label of the month: Anjunabeats (beatportal)
Label of the month: Suara (iDJ)
Label Spotlight: Counter Records (Billboard)
Introducing : Hooversound (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: DUSHI (DT)
Meet Gupi: Sonic The Hedgehog fan, Skrillex disciple and son of Tony Hawk. (RedBull)
On Our Radar: May 2020 (beatportal)
At home with: Mella Dee (DJ Mag)
Quarantine Diaries: Nervo (EDM.com)
The Art Of DJing: Sunil Sharpe (RA)
A look at the best services for monetising live streamed and on-demand performances. (Synchtank)
Video games are our new venues. (KQED)
Club Quarantine's viral absurdity. (ElectronicBeats)
The reality of post-lockdown clubbing in China. (ElectronicBeats)
Manchester’s underground is thriving despite the odds. (beatportal)
Shallou talks debut album release and spreading hope through music in times of crisis. (EDM.com)
Paul Woolford looks back at a career spent indulging in all his musical passions. [audio] (RedBull)
Q&A: NOTD (DA)
Folamour on his vision of life, singing on his next album and more. (Magnetic)
Helena Hauff is going stir crazy. (TheFace)
Maribou State: The five records that changed the way we make music. (beatportal)
Meet the next generation of Newcastle’s thriving drum & bass scene. (DJ Mag)
Jyoty Singh on working in music: "Push yourself and don’t be scared". (Mixmag)
Above & Beyond's Paavo Siljamäki: My coronavirus experience 'Was just terrifying' (Billboard)
Remembering Mike Huckaby, who delivered Detroit’s music to the world. (Pitchfork)
Remembering Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider. (RA)
Human After All: Remembering Kraftwerk's Florian Schenider (Billboard)
RIP Florian Schneider: Kraftwerk is perhaps electronic music's biggest influence. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 08 May 2020

Label Of The Month: Schatrax (RA)
Selections: Or:la (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Victoria-V (DT)
Get to know: Nazar (DJ Mag)
5 facts / 5 Tracks with Saytek (DT)
Renegade Master: NC-17 (DT)
Solid Gold: How Inner City’s Paradise linked Detroit techno to the Motor City's Motown heritage. (DJ Mag)
Q&A Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano (DA)
Fifteen questions with Fabio Florido (15Questions)
Terry Lee Brown Jr and Tom Wax go head-to-head (iDJ)
Laidback Luke discusses new Mixmash dating app to connect music producers. (EDM.com)
Interview with new Astralwerks signing Mike Mago. (OneEDM)
Mr.C: Don't freak out, Freq out! (iDJ)
EX.508 Beverly Glenn-Copeland (RA)
How young artists are transforming drum 'n' bass (Mixmag)
Groove Armada interview: Dance legends on their return with huge new track Get Out On The Dancefloor. (Star)
20 questions with Charlotte de Witte (Billboard)
Techno DJ Kelly Lee Owens: ‘I still have to fight to not be seen as just the singer’. (Guardian)
The many passions of GRiZ (beatportal)
How online games are becoming a new arena for live music. (FT)
As 2021 looks more likely for live music to safely return, agents argue that releasing music - and finding new avenues for engagement - is more important than ever. (Billboard)
Clubs on Ibiza are starting to cancel their events, a disaster for workers who survive on summer income. Pete Tong and others explain what happens next. (Guardian)
RIP Tony Allen: The self-taught drummer who became the best in the world. (Mixmag)
From Miley Cyrus to Coldplay, 10 surprising songs that sampled Kraftwerk. (Billboard)
How Kraftwerk’s synth wizard Florian Schneider rewired the world. (Rolling Stone)
How Florian Schneider and Kraftwerk influenced five decades of music. (BBC)
Florian Schneider: the enigma whose codes broke open pop music. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 01 May 2020

The 15 best progressive house tracks of April 2020 (Magnetic)
Renegade Riddims: Mc Fly Dj (DT)
Get to know: Lizzy Jane (EDM Identity)
In Session: Matt Karmil (Mixmag)
The sounds that shaped me: Trutopia (DT)
Selections: More Time (DJ Mag)
Music at Home: Claptone (beatportal)
Riot Ten: "You're going to hear some of the heaviest music I've ever produced. (EDM.com)
Laidback Luke and Steff Da Campo talk about their new collab. (DMNW)
Ark Patrol on mining his way to "Geode" by overcoming cancer and quarantine. (EDM.com)
How architecture transforms the clubbing experience. (Electronic Beats)
Studio 54 co-founder Ian Schrager's new club Sunset is bringing the spirit of the '60s back to LA. (Mixmag)
Club Matryoshka: The Manila-based virtual nightclub that predates coronavirus. (RA)
Amid censorship, Tehrani dance music emerges from the shadows. (Electronic Beats)
Interview with Cheat Codes (OneEDM)
Demarkus Lewis: "First and foremost, I'm a house music fan" (iDJ)
Doc Scott: Original junglist on lockdown (iDJ)
Girl Talk on how he avoided getting sued for sampling: 'We believed in what we were doing' (Billboard)
Duke Dumont: "an album is the worst business decision you could make as an artist". (ABC)
Hodge: another green world (DJ Mag)
The multiplicity of Nicolás Jaar. (RA)
Remembering Mike Huckaby: Ten tracks and one mix (RA)
Staying in with: Musicians RÜFÜS DU SOL (LA Magazine)
As Special Request, Paul Woolford is happily destroying dance music’s dividing lines. (beatportal)

ISSUE: 24 Apr 2020

20 of the best house music samples (Mixmag)
Label of the month: Quantize Recordings (i-DJ)
Selections: Danny Daze (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: CRSV & TS (DT)
In Session: Mirror Science (Mixmag)
Get to know: Annie Hall (DJ Mag)
Get to know: Niiko X Swae (EDM Identity)
Meet the MC: Shaybo (DJ Mag)
The best drops in dance music, according to Mixmag readers.
State of Bass: The origins of jungle/drum & bass (DT)
Interview with Canadian electronic artist Famba. (OneEDM)
Introducing: Kevin De Vries, Afterlife’s unstoppable new talent. (beatportal)
Music at Home: Fort Romeau. (beatportal)
From virtual club nights to live workouts and viral art challenges, national lockdowns have prompted a wave of creative uses of social media. (CreativeReview)
Jeremy Deller on the social and political importance of rave culture. (RA)
No short cuts: How Enrico Sangiuliano became the best-selling artist in techno. (Mixmag)
20 questions with Paul van Dyk. (Billboard)
Duke Dumont: "I've got six or seven top 40 U.K. records... And I'm saying, 'It does not make you a success.'" (Billboard)
Pete Tong talks about a road trip to Ibiza, cycling 600 miles to San Francisco and his visits to Brazil. (Metro)
From Detroit to the world: The history and evolution of techno. (Red Bull)
Inside the Defected Records 'Hype Machine' (MBW)
Warner Chappell's Paul Smith on how A&R is adapting to Covid-19: “We're seeing a real surge in dance music again at the minute, the requests we're getting in terms of a capellas and the top-lines on dance music right now is super exciting" (Music Week)

ISSUE: 17 Apr 2020

18 techno DJs from the 90s who are still at the top of their game today. (Mixmag)
Get to know God Colony (Mixmag)
Fresh Kicks 139: Jaymie Silk (DJ Mag)
Saturday Night Session 037: Dash Berlin (DA)
Dance Floor Epiphanies: Six people share their stories of transcendent experiences in the club. (RA)
20 questions with John Digweed (Billboard)
In a time of isolation, dance music offers community through streaming. (Vice)
AceMoMa: A new dawn (DJ Mag)
Alesso and Liam Payne talk new song Midnight and making a music video in quarantine. (Billboard)
The club nights that made Amelie Lens. (DJ Mag)
The gospel according to Tchami (DJ Mag)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this April (DJ Mag)
On Our Radar: April 2020 (beatportal)
Klangkarussell drop in with music from Adana Twins, Elton John, Pink Floyd and Four Tet. (Sun)
Redlight takes us back to his ‘90s rave roots. (RedBull)
Interview with trance & house maestro Sander van Doorn (One EDM)
Subtronics on upcoming EP, dream collabs, Riddim controversy and Covid-19. (EDM.com)
Music at Home: Claude VonStroke (beatportal)
Mark Knight: Going back to his roots (iDJ)
Electronica producer Faisal Baig: Finding spirituality in electronic music. (Red Bull)
10 years after breaking through, Eats Everything is feeling more creative and honest than ever. (beatportal)
Boileroom boss Dominique Frazer on why the industry would struggle without indie venues. (MW)
The music industry post 2020 depression: Here’s our recovery plan. (Synchtank)
The worrisome (lack of) infrastructure around livestreaming. (FirstFloor)
How Instagram Live became the music industry’s saving grace. (Vibe)
Should a fee-sharing model between DJs and producers be enforced in dance music? (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 10 Apr 2020

Label of the month: Critical Music (beatportal)
The Sound of: 100% Silk (DJ Mag)
Selections: CCL (DJ Mag)
In Conversation with: Degs (DT)
Renegade Riddims: Liondub (DT)
April: Six artists you need to check out this month (Mixmag)
Billboard Dance emerging artists: April 2020 (Billboard)
10 ideas for improving your mental health in isolation. (beatportal)
Solid Gold: how the beat science on Photek's Modus Operandi redefined drum & bass. (DJ Mag)
Saturday Night Session 036: Kaskade (DA)
Hypho: Northern uproar (iDJ)
Steve Kelley: In it for the long haul (iDJ)
'Club King' Peter Gatien on how Rudy Giuliani killed NYC nightlife. (Billboard)
"Coronavirus will never stop the rave": How people are finding new ways to party online (Mixmag)
Enzo Siragusa: Lighting the fuse (DJ Mag)
EX.504 Orbital (RA)
AceMoMa have a vision for rave’s future. (TheFace)
XL Recordings boss Richard Russell has a glittering CV but is going back into the studio to make a ‘rave album’. (FT)
20 Questions with Kaskade (Billboard)
Steve Aoki talks Neon Future IV, life in quarantine and living forever. (Billboard)
Netsky on his return to drum 'n' bass: 'For years, I woke up to messages saying, 'Go Back'' (Billboard)
Daring and playful: How VTSS is energising techno (Mixmag)
What's it like releasing an album during quarantine? Amtrac spins the tale. (Billboard)
Perspectives from the scene: Alejandro Cohen of Dublab. (RA)
This is how 33 DJs on multiple continents came together to livestream for Beartport's ReConnect event with AFEM. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 03 Apr 2020

The top 7 mixes of March 2020 (Electronic Beats)
The 15 best bass music tracks of March 2020 (Magnetic)
15 house DJs from the 90s who are still at the top of their game today (Mixmag)
14 house tracks that are perfect for summer (Mixmag)
Listen to Red Bull's On The Floor playlist. (RB)
Recognise: Badsista (DJ Mag)
Fresh Kicks 138: FFF (DJ Mag)
Selections: Martyn (DJ Mag)
Get to know: Cooper Saver (DJ Mag)
How to throw a rave at the end of the world. (Paper)
How digital clubbing became the saviour of queer nightlife during the coronavirus pandemic. (i-D)
I spent the weekend raving online and it was actually really fun. (Mixmag)
Sally C on AVA Festival: "It shows Belfast is a progressive city with a sense of unity". (Mixmag)
Koven talk all things Butterfly Effect, influences, and more. (EDM.com)
Tibi Dabo: From Barca to Berlin (iDJ)
This €60 Roland drum machine is one of Session Victim's faves. (DJ Mag)
How 'Soul Makossa' made Manu Dibango a club and pop legend. (Mixmag)
The unstoppable rise of Michael Bibi (Mixmag)
Amy Thomson, who managed Swedish House Mafia for almost 15 years and marketed Kanye West, has written a free digital book about the most important things she has learnt about artist management and marketing. (Billboard, download)
Here's how you can support nightclubs and music venues. (DJ Mag)
Self-Isolation 101: Artists tips for spending time at home #2 [video] (RA)
From Isolation: how artists are adapting to lockdown, part i. (DJ Mag)

ISSUE: 27 Mar 2020

10 electronic albums we’re thankful are coming soon. (Billboard)
The Orb pick 10 tracks that inspired their new album. (beatportal)
Watch the music documentary The Sound of Belgium online. [video] (Jozef Deville)
Label Spotlight: Kitsune (Billboard)
Producer Sessions 018: Doctor P (DA)
Fresh Kicks 137: Swan Meat (DJ Mag)
Renegade Master: Charlotte Devaney (DT)
Renegade Riddims: Cyan (DT)
Introducing: Hyperaktivist, the Venezuelan selector using ’90s principles to reunite the dance floor. (beatportal)
Aquarian is an antidote to po-faced monolithic techno. (Mixmag)
Jubilee's guide to Miami bass. (DJ Mag)
Meet Rony Seikaly: Former NBA player, now DJ. (Forbes)
The democratisation of record-label advances. (Cherie Hu)
Real nightclubs have shut down, but a new world of virtual raves has begun. (Times)
Kraftwerk: where to start in their back catalogue. (Guardian)
Richard Russell discovered the Prodigy, signed the White Stripes – and launched Adele. And it all started with a novelty rave tune about a bouncer. (Guardian)
LCY and India Jordan talk rave, masks and visibility in DJ culture. (Red Bull)
KG B2Beats Hagan: Rhythm lords in lockstep. (Electronic Beats)
"More intimacy": How Nene H is powering connections through techno. (Mixmag)
Christian Löffler on his latest album, organic approach, and playing moody sounds to techno crowds. (EDM)
Monolink: finding the connection. (DJ Mag)
Absurd TRAX are pioneering club music's future in a time of existential crisis (Mixmag)
David Guetta returns to the source as Jack Back. (DJ Mag)
Meet the artists and labels using innovative design to reclaim electronic music's influence on fashion. (Electronic Beats)
Running a business in a disrupted world with The Everyday Agency (TEA). (DT)
How to set up a livestream (RA)
How dance producers are using video game livestream platform Twitch to connect with fans. (DJ Mag)
Self-Isolation 101: Artists tips for spending time at home (RA)
Resident Advisor's Save Our Scene: Attend virtual events
Resident Advisor's Save Our Scene: Useful resources for those affected by the coronavirus pandemic and the people who want to help them.

ISSUE: 20 Mar 2020

Lauren Flax: 10 nasty jack tracks (beatportal)
6 ways EDM has crossed over into virtual reality. (EDM.com)
Renegade Riddims: L.E.X (RA)
On Cue: Rossko (DJ Mag)
On Cue: Sicaria Sound (DJ Mag)
Fresh Kicks 136: Poté (DJ Mag)
Introducing Swiss techno DJ Toma Hawk. (OneEDM)
Get to know dance music's next big underground scenes (Billboard)
23 dance music books you definitely need to read. (Mixmag)
30 years of unity: Junior Tomlin is the Salvador Dali of rave flyer art. (Mixmag)
Mild Minds explores how he made his new album MOOD. (Magnetic)
Record digging with Inner City at CRSSD Festival (Mixmag)
Pushing boundaries: New frontiers in music licensing. (Synchtank)
Leftfield electronica producers have become cinema’s go-to composers, blurring the boundaries between the dancefloor and the visual arts. (Guardian)
Although Nazar's debut album Guerrilla shoulders the weight of wartime trials and tribulations, the Hyperdub artist finds a true sanctuary in storytelling. (Electronic Beats)
Future Cut’s surprising career – in 7 key tracks. (Red Bull)
20 questions with Galantis. (Billboard)
Duck Sauce: Return of the quack. (DJ Mag)
HAAi’s good-natured passion for music and community has elevated her to the top. (beatportal)
Aundy Caldwell Crenshaw’s business smarts helped create Dirtybird - one of dance music’s most enduring brands — and its rabidly loyal fan base. (Billboard)
How being the busiest man in music made Diplo a pop star. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 13 Mar 2020

20 curated club tracks from around the world. (Electronic Beats)
The 15 best techno tracks of February 2020 (Magnetic)
Machete's 10 essential things to know about drum and bass. (Billboard)
KiNK: How I play live. (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Dark Ops (DT)
In Conversation With…Nymfo (DT)
On Our Radar: March (beatportal)
March: Six artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this March (DJ Mag)
Billboard Dance emerging artists: March 2020 (Billboard)
My Tech: Orbital (Metro)
The Art Of Production: Rrose (RA)
The real life of an underground DJ: Part III (DJ Mag)
Imposter syndrome in the music industry is rife, but it's not impossible to overcome. (Mixmag)
Investigating the psychological effects of club lighting. (ElectronicBeats)
"Charming and disturbing": Gabber Eleganza is flying the flag for hardcore. (Mixmag)
Why Minnesota's DJ mix culture is up there with the best (Mixmag)
Sonny Fodera and Dom Dolla reveal upcoming collab and talk friendship. (EDM.com)
Recovering from a near-fatal accident led Pongo to kuduro stardom. (Mixmag)
Austin Ato: "It’s important to have some balance when you work in this industry" (Mixmag)
"I don’t want to be limited": 박혜진 Park Hye Jin is a musical polymath. (Mixmag)
Maya Jane Coles’ uncompromising attitude is the key to her success. (beatportal)
Meet the 'Strictly Women' who guided the rise of iconic dance label Strictly Rhythm. (Billboard)
‘Everything is in chaos’: The concert business stands to lose billions from coronavirus. (RollingStone)

ISSUE: 06 Mar 2020

The 15 best house tracks of February 2020 (Magnetic)
Hot new tracks for March (Ibiza Spotlight)
Label Of The Month: Classic Music Company (beatportal)
Lorraine James: How I play live (DJ Mag)
Fresh kicks 135: Pelada (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Smooth (DT)
Get to know: Hector Plimmer (Mixmag)
Recognise: Juliana Huxtable (DJ Mag)
Los Angeles events company, Future Primitive, discuss their 2020 Los Angeles line-up: 'We want to throw shows from the fan perspective' (Billboard)
Spotify's Dance and Electronic Editor Christie Driver-Snell: "I focus on supporting underground music and creating playlists for niche sounds" (Mixmag)
Nowhere beats Berlin for hedonism – which is one reason the price of real estate is rocketing. Can the club scene survive? (Guardian)
How free parties are shaping a new generation of UK ravers. (DJ Mag)
Major music streaming services and media outlets lack an understanding of how new music culture evolves, but they still hold the power to determine success. (Quartz)
Shur-I-Kan: The connoisseur's choice (iDJ)
Fabio Florida talks about his new label RUNA. (Parkett)
20 questions: Wajatta (Reggie Watts & John Tejada) (XLR8R)
Freddy Fresh is the genre-hopping DJ who catalogued records way before Discogs was invented. (Mixmag)
Galantis on their groundbreaking virtual performance. (EDM.com)
Lee Burridge and Lost Desert discuss their latest EP and all things All Day I Dream. (Decoded)
I spent £1,000,000 on drugs: Fat Tony is dance music's wildest DJ. [video] (Mixmag)
How Kraftwerk helped redefine German identity after Second World War. (GQ)
The eternal appeal of piano house. (beatportal)
Why is ultra-repetitive music so special? Matt Unicomb speaks with Robert Hood, William Basinski and more to find out. (RA)
Techno pioneer Derrick May on dance music's radical potential: "What we did was a social revolt to the entire f***ing world" (MiamiNewTimes)
Caribou on Suddenly: "This is music that wants to comfort, reassure and be supportive” (Mixmag)
Caribou's Dan Snaith on his new and most personal album: 'I’ve just begun to realize how fortunate I’ve been'. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 28 Feb 2020

The 10 best Andrew Weatherall DJ mixes. (Mixmag)
The 15 best progressive house tracks of February 2020. (Magnetic)
Label of the month: Nervous Horizon (RA)
A guide to dance music’s devious new genre, Dark Disco. (beatportal)
Fresh Kicks 134: SYN (DJ Mag)
Bubblin’ Up: Mutant Joe (XLR8R)
Meet Denise Rabe: Berlin’s beloved techno fabulist. (beatportal)
Cue Point: Carista (RA)
Introducing: DJs Pareja (beatportal)
Renegade Riddims: Omega Point (DT)
Rinzen shares 7 tips on how to make it as an emerging electronic music artist. (Billboard)
The ultimate house and techno lover's guide to Coachella 2020. (EDM.com)
This is the future of festivals, according to festivals. (DJ Mag)
White gloves on, whistles out: Photos capturing the thrill of hardcore rave. (Red Bull)
Why major dance festival promoters are returning to Los Angeles. (Billboard)
Over and over: How the digital song economy is generating hit after hit. (Synchtank)
How the CruCast collective injected new life into bassline. (DJ Mag)
Jason Ross explains shift in sound on debut album, 1000 Faces. (EDM.com)
Martin Jensen discusses latest Day N Nite edit, favourite festivals and coastal cities, future music plans, and more. (OneEDM)
Omsk Social Club tells us what raving and ritual can teach us about utopian futurity. (ElectronicBeats)
Charlotte de Witte is among the most accomplished electronic artists today. (Miami New Times)
The many lives of Shovell, the heartbeat of house music. (Mixmag)
Carl Cox reflects on 20 years with Ultra Music Festival and shares his 2020 stage line-up. (Billboard)
Andrew Weatherall forged a bond between rock, house and rave that was a key musical influences on the 1990s. (SundayTimes)
Bobby Gillespie remembers Andrew Weatherall: ‘He was a true bohemian’. (Observer)

ISSUE: 21 Feb 2020

20 of Bristol’s best techno tracks (Mixmag)
On Our Radar: February (beatportal)
Fresh Kicks 133: Avernian (DJ Mag)
Breaking Through: Bergsonist (RA)
Get to know: Fred again... (Mixmag)
Renegade Riddims: Telomic (DT)
The Sound Of: Central Processing Unit (DJ Mag)
Sustainability tips: Snowglobe music festival (Magnetic)
The Cause: Clubbing with a conscience (iDJ)
The Art Of Production: Ron Trent (RA)
How Groove is in the Heart captured the energy of '90s New York club culture (DJ Mag)
"We come to dance": Motherland is the epicentre of London’s afro house movement. (Mixmag)
Nathan Micay: Building universes, and fighting for the rave. (Beatportal)
MHYSA: a manifesto for a liberated tomorrow. (DJ Mag)
How BRUX found herself in the darkness of dance music. (Junkee)
Daniel Avery and Alessandro Cortini talk Nine Inch Nails, video games and musical love letters. (Mixmag)
Armin van Buuren reflects on 10 years of A State of Trance at Ultra. (DA)
The DJ Caribou on turning down work with Rihanna, trying to sneak a sweary Stormzy sample onto Radio 1, and being a people pleaser. (SundayTimes)
Why were Kraftwerk such a colossal success? (Spectator)
Born out of Germany’s industrial heartland, Kraftwerk’s epic electronic pop did not just soundtrack a decade: it created a global language. (NewStatesman)
ARTBAT: “If you’re doing it for money, it ends very quickly” (beatportal)
Dirtybird: and the beak goes on. (DJ Mag)
Pete Tong: "Human Traffic captures the vibe of that era and I was part of that" (Mixmag)
Jeff Mills talks about his latest releases, innovation, and outer space. (Magnetic)
5 essential lessons from Andrew Weatherall. (Red Bull)
Andrew Weatherall: lone swordsman who cut new shapes for British music. (Guardian)
Remembering Andrew Weatherall, a lifelong maverick. (RA)
Remembering Andrew Weatherall, the UK producer who bridged rock and dance music. (Pitchfork)
Andrew Weatherall was uncompromising, pioneering, and a true alternative visionary. (DJ Mag)
RIP Andrew Weatherall: A sonic revolutionary and free spirit. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 14 Feb 2020

Label Of The Month: Stroboscopic Artefacts (beatportal)
The 15 best drum & bass tracks of January 2020. (Magnetic)
Studio Essentials: Weska (Magnetic)
Five Tracks: Risa Taniguchi (Inflyte)
Get to know Tini Gessler (Mixmag)
Fresh Kicks 132: Chevel (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: CONFUSIOUS (DT)
How it was made: Cerrone - DNA (Magnetic)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this February (DJ Mag)
Solid Gold: How St Germain's Boulevard opened the door for French house. (DJ Mag)
Music streaming services mishandle our data—and our culture is paying for it. (Quartz)
The Battle of Tamarindo: How two dance music festivals are vying for the same Costa Rican beach town. (Billboard)
How illegal rave crews are using custom apps to avoid the police. (Mixmag)
The Art of DJing: Lena Willikens (RA)
An interview with Stefan Goldmann on his Berlin Philharmonie techno takeover. (Electronic Beats)
Xpansions: Back from the rave (iDJ)
Sound Off: DJ False Witness rails against the industry’s gatekeeping audiophilia. (Electronic Beats)
Mambo Brothers interview (OneEDM)
Matt Black on the legacy of Coldcut, the values of Ninja Tune and building innovative new technology. (MusicTech)
Meduza demonstrate they're more than just catchy house music. (EDM.com)
20 Questions with Underworld (Billboard)
Josey Rebelle: the quiet storm (DJ Mag)

ISSUE: 07 Feb 2020

The 15 best techno tracks of January 2020. (Magnetic)
10 labels pushing drum'n'bass forwards in 2020. (Red Bull)
Label Spotlight: Deadbeats (Billboard)
Label Of The Month: SVBKVLT (RA)
Moon Boots: How I play live (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: DJ Raggo (DT)
Introducing: Yu Su (beatportal)
Fresh Kicks 131: BFTT (DJ Mag)
Billboard Dance emerging artists: February 2020 (Billboard)
February: Six artists you need to check out this month (Mixmag)
Record of the Day: Vonica's If You're New Here Dance (RotD)
Record of the Day: Pablo Nouvelle featuring Angelique Kidjo's Milambi (RotD)
How we made: Free, by Ultra Naté (Guardian)
Leo Pol was forced to become estranged from his family in order to follow his electronic music dream. (Mixmag)
At home with: Hybrid Minds (DJ Mag)
How dance music collectives are shaping our future. (beatportal)
Modern Rave Art: Meet the illustrators pushing flyer design forward. (DJ Mag)
Death by Popularity: What Griessmuehle’s closure signifies for all Berlin clubs. (ElectronicBeats)
Austerity, gentrification and big tunes: why illegal raves are flourishing. (Guardian)
A decade of DJing: How technology changed the art form. (DJ Mag)
MIDI 2.0 is live, and it could mean the end of the keyboard’s dominance over popular music. (Quartz)
Boris Brejcha Interview. (DA)
How Anjunadeep became one of dance music's ultimate tastemaker labels with the most 'down to earth' fans. (Billboard)
Insomniac founder Pasquale Rotella on first Power List placement and becoming the 'Willy Wonka of EDM' (Billboard)
Welcome to the kaleidoscopic, psychedelic world of DJ Tennis. (beatportal)
Hardwell Interview. [Podcast] (Revealed Music)
Between The Beats: Marie Davidson (RA)
Beatrice Dillon: Space exploration (DJ Mag)
Beatrice Dillon: "I want people to respond emotionally and instinctively to my music" (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 31 Jan 2020

On Our Radar: January (beatportal)
Renegade Riddims: HLZ (DT)
Fresh Kicks 130: Jasmín (DJ Mag)
On Cue: Francois X (DJ Mag)
Get to know Elkka, the Femme Culture founder merging classic and future-facing sounds. (Mixmag)
Interview: German DJ & producer Topic (OneEDM)
Northern Soul and the birth of the all-nighter. (Mixmag)
Solid Gold: How 4hero's Two Pages predicted the future of D&B. (DJ Mag)
Baltra: High Fidelity (DJ Mag)
Seattle native Kendoll introduces us to “tekno” with latest edit. (DMNW)
Why Beirut is going through a revolution in electronic sound (Red Bull)
What makes an innovative record label: Defected (Rebecca Smart Bakken)
In the dance field, the Grammys fail their own diversity standards. (Billboard)
From Madonna to breaking gender barriers: Grammy nominee, Tracy Young opens up. (Billboard)
Tracy Young on her historic Grammy win and what Madonna texted her after. (Billboard)
Ekali on overcoming mental health struggles and self-doubt to deliver debut album. (EDM.com)
Marina Trench: From Paris, with house (iDJ)
A.M.C talks new album, touring and more. (EDM.com)
Detroit Swindle: Life on top (Beatportal)
Gareth Emery goes through his creative process, music career and production tips and tricks. [video] (JBL Professional)
Resident Advisor's 2010-19: Tracks of the decade
Turning the wheel: Mura Masa is setting off on a whole new direction (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 24 Jan 2020

Laurence Guy: How I play live (DJ Mag)
Cue Point: Willow (RA)
Get to know Zendlo (EDMIdentity)
Renegade Riddims: V O E (DT)
The sound of: Repertoire (DJ Mag)
Tech’s impact on the biz and the rise of more diverse artists were some of the key topics covered by Barry, Jonathan and Lucy Dickins at Eurosonic. (IQ)
8tracks’ David Porter explains how the streaming industry has changed over the last decade. (NYMag)
DJs share their tips for going sober in the rave. (Mixmag)
A definitive guide to Norway’s early techno era. (beatportal)
‘We can’t have all our artists die’: How the music industry is fighting the mental-health crisis. (RollingStone)
How U.K. producer Diamond Eyes returned to music after sickness, abuse and the deaths of his best friends. (Billboard)
20 questions with Maya Jane Coles (Billboard)
20 questions with Armin van Buuren. (Billboard)
Nora En Pure: Force of nature (DJ Mag)
Giorgio Moroder: making mechanical music (E&T)
"Peter Pan paradise": How doing the Housework became fun. (Mixmag)
Let us be your fantasy: How Fantazia brought UK rave to the masses. (DJ Mag)
Wuki interview (Billboard)
Marshall Jefferson: Master of the house (DJ Mag)
On Seeking Thrills, Georgia channels a lifetime on the dance floor. (NPR)
‘Dance music is about love’: Georgia on headlining Glastonbury as a child, teenage hedonism and sobering up. (iNews)
Pete Tong shares insights on his new album Chilled Classics. (KCRW)
Armin van Buuren shaped streaming radio and festival EDM as we know it. (IndyWeek)
Squarepusher: Back to the future (XLR8R)
Rüfüs Du Sol talks dual dance Grammy nominations and new live album. (Variety)
The story behind the Palms Casino's cancellation of Marshmello's residency and the closing of KAOS. (Billboard)
Resident Advisor's 2010-19: Albums of the decade
Resident Advisor's 2010-19: Fresh sounds from around the globe

ISSUE: 17 Jan 2020

The 15 best drum & bass tracks of 2019. (Magnetic)
A history of African electronic music in 10 essential tracks. (Red Bull)
Dance music from the '90s you forgot you loved. (EDM.com)
On Cue: Anetha (DJ Mag)
Fresh Kicks 129: Tasha (DJ Mag)
Get to know Vegyn, creator of genre-shifting beats. (Mixmag)
In conversation with Will Clarke. (DT)
Billboard Dance emerging artists: January 2020 (Billboard)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this January. (DJ Mag)
Where to Dance In: London. (Billboard)
Disco professor Daniel Wang digs into the “Infinite Past” to inform the present of DJ culture. (Electronic Beats)
French house maestro Bob Sinclar goes back to his roots with this selection of songs. (Sun)
Major music streaming services and media outlets lack an understanding of how new music culture evolves, but they still hold the power to determine success. (Quartz)
50 years of Gramaphone Records, Chicago's most beloved institution. (Mixmag)
"In-your-face party": Why Adonis is doing the queer underground proud. (Mixmag)
Gift of the gabber: the return of dance music’s gloriously tasteless subgenre. (Guardian)
Sweet salvation: How Homobloc took the queer underground to new heights. (Mixmag)
In conversation Boris Brejcha (Magnetic)
Georgia talks about her love of house music, her rocky relationship with alcohol and how her hometown of London has changed for the worse. (Independent)
Diplo is workin' 5 to 9. (GQ)
Cerrone's contribution to dance music is as important as Giorgio Moroder and Kraftwerk's. (Mixmag)
Escaping bad energies: How Si’Noir is inspiring DJs to be non-linear. (Mixmag)
"Wanting to feel freedom": Why Mars89 is creating ‘rebel music’. (Mixmag)
Gut instinct: Why Meba Ofilia quit law school to pursue her musical dream. (Mixmag)
DJ Mag's labels to watch in 2020.
DJ Mag's artists to watch in 2020

ISSUE: 10 Jan 2020

Hot new tracks for January. (Ibiza Spotlight)
On Cue: J:Kenzo (DJ Mag)
Get to know rising Chicago-based house artist KC Wray. (EDM Identity)
Renegade Riddims: Larnie Moles (DT)
10 of the hottest photographers in dance music share their advice on making it in the scene. (Billboard)
Interdependence, or how I learned to love again on the dancefloor. (Fact)
The Art Of Production: Abby Echiverri (RA)
Kirk Degiorgio: Cosmic communion (iDJ)
5 ways EDM is taking over the Esports world. (EDM.com)
Why techno is harder, faster and angrier than ever. (Beatportal)
Gary Richards on The FriendShip 2020: 'I put my heart into it and it pays off' (Billboard)
Why 2019 belonged to Paul Woolford. (Mixmag)
How CBD is changing D&B. (DJ Mag)
The explosion of metrics and algorithms isn't just reflecting what's happening in the music industry. It's transforming it. (Wired)
Celebrating 50 years of the Amen break. (Beatportal)
Cash Cash talk creative process, P!nk collab and more. (EDM.com)
Charlotte de Witte: “It’s the best job in the world. But for every upside, there’s a downside.” (Beatportal)
Peggy Gou discusses online criticism and her resolutions for 2020. (i-D)
Nothing but herself: Why Teni The Entertainer is a new kind of pop star. (Mixmag)
There's almost no time for the past: Su Real on new album Visa On Arrival. (Red Bull)
"Pioneering mindset": How Touliver inspired Vietnam's electronic music boom (Mixmag)
Denis Sulta: Got to be real (DJ Mag)
No bullshit: How Kiddy Smile is turning house music on its head. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 20 Dec 2019

How I play live: RÜFÜS DU SOL (DJ Mag)
Recognise: LUCY (DJ Mag)
Fresh kicks 128: AQXDM (DJ Mag)
Renegade riddims: Toronto is Broken (DT)
One to watch: Haai (Observer)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this December (DJ Mag)
December: Six artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
Genre-hopping Mancunian maestro Sasso. (iDJ)
20 questions: Maya Jane Coles. (XLR8R)
In conversation: Underworld (Magnetic)
Illegal Raves, the Sheffield Sound and Acid Blues: Yorkshire's changing club scene 1989-91. (DJ Mag)
Ross From Friends looks back at his decade with 10 defining tracks. (Mixmag)
How Alok became South America's biggest EDM star. (Billboard)
How the fall of the Berlin Wall inspired Ellen Allien's marathon career in techno. (Billboard)
Techno is technocracy. (FACT)
With offices in London, Berlin, Paris and Los Angeles, Ninja Tune will celebrate its 30th anniversary in a digital age where indie acts have more options than ever. (Billboard)
The older clubbers who won’t stop dancing. (Guardian)
From Singapore to Hong Kong to Thailand with Busy P and company. (Billboard)
My culture fix: Pete Tong (Times)
The MDMA Mozart: Inside the mystique and mythology of Aphex Twin. (Mixmag)
Flying Lotus: "I listen to ‘Drukqs’ all the time. There’s something about it – the craziness, the piano and everything else" (Mixmag)
Kelela: "The 'making something out of thin air' feeling is so delicious" (Mixmag)
How Fisher's Losing It became one of the biggest dance hits of the decade. (Billboard)
2019: The year in black electronic and dance music. (Afropunk)
The best dance music films of the decade. (DJ Mag)
The best dance tracks of 2019. (PopMatters)
Fact's best tracks of 2019
DJ Mag's top 50 albums of 2019
DJ Mag's top 50 tracks of 2019
2019: a year in dance music. (DJ Mag)
The top 100 moments of the EDM decade (Billboard)
The 72 best albums of the decade 2010-2019. (Mixmag)
Mixmag's 8 acts who defined 2019.
Mixmag's top 20 DJ mixes of the year 2019
Mixmag's 100 best tracks of the year 2019

ISSUE: 13 Dec 2019

The 15 best drum & bass tracks of November 2019 (Magnetic)
The 15 best techno tracks of November 2019 (Magnetic)
Deep Inside: December 2019’s must-hear house and techno. (Fact)
20 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear: December 2019 (Fact)
Renegade Riddims: Meraki (DT)
Get to know: Elkka (DJ Mag)
Get to know rising house and techno artist Sysdemes. (EDM Identity)
Billboard Dance emerging artists: December 2019 (Billboard)
10 DJs who are also fashion designers. (Billboard)
Beyond the Turntable: How tech is changing DJing - with Richie Hawtin, Laurent Garnier, Ellen Allien and more. (Electronic Beats)
A brief history of industrial electronics – selected by Richard Fearless. (RB)
Chris Smith a.k.a. Shiny Objects chats running OM Records, running venues and session musicians. (DT)
Interview: Cedric Gervais (EDM.com)
A conversation with avant-hardcore producer Astrid Gnosis about the weaponization of sound. (Electronic Beats)
In Conversation: DJ Fresh (Magnetic)
SebastiAn talks new album, movie scores, and keeping the process fresh. (DA)
DVS1 talks about his long journey through dance music and why he thinks we now need to Support, Organise and Sustain. (DJ Mag)
Producer Nic Fanciulli talks about Tokyo after dark, road rage in New Mexico's Albuquerque and where to find the best tunes in Amsterdam. (Metro)
Eris Drew: brighter days (DJ Mag)
Warp 30: "Every time there's an anniversary, we subvert the idea of patting ourselves on the back" (Mixmag)
How UKF went from teenage dream to the global home of bass music. (RB)
Why techno is harder, faster and angrier than ever. (Beatportal)
20 questions with Pete Tong. (Billboard)
For club use only: Best of 2019 (Fact)
Resident Advisor's 2019's Best Mixes
Resident Advisor's 2019 in electronic music.
Resident Advisor's 2019's best tracks
Resident Advisor's 2019's best albums
Mixmag's 120 best tracks of the decade 2010-2019

ISSUE: 06 Dec 2019

11 essential New Year's Eve / New Year's Day parties (Mixmag)
The 15 best house tracks of November 2019 (Magnetic)
November's best music (RA)
Gaia: How I play live. (DJ Mag)
Fresh Kicks 127: Ian DPM (DJ Mag)
Getting to know Brando. (DA)
Breaking Through: E-Saggila (RA)
Renegade Riddims: missledz (DT)
Get to know: Lokier (DJ Mag)
In Conversation with: Droptek (DT)
Ones To Watch 2020: Joe Hertz (RotD)
Ian Pooley’s 5 favourite b-sides (Electronic Beats)
The Sound Of: Sound Pellegrino (DJ Mag)
Sales, lawsuits and data: The music publishing business in 2019. (Synchtank)
Massive Attack are hoping to bring ‘super-low carbon’ to the business of touring and performing. (FT) Can live music clean up its act?
How creative director Jordan Rosenheck built a universe for Gryffin's Gravity II tour. (Billboard)
"Experimentation and freedom": Inside the exhibition documenting the history of Berlin techno. (Mixmag)
Rewiring electronic sound with Suzanne Ciani and Rian Treanor. (DJ Mag)
No more 4x4: How sounds from the Global South stopped club culture stagnating. (Mixmag)
Pennywild is the queer DJ looking to bring LGBTQ culture to mainstream dance. (Billboard)
The Chemical Brothers: 'The most amazing highlight of our career is that we're still friends'. (iNews)
'It was all my fault' – Jackmaster breaks his silence. (Vice)
Simon Dunmore: 'Defected is not a record label anymore. We're much more than that.' (MBW)
2012 was the year that... EDM infiltrated everything. (Billboard)
Boom, bust, rebirth - the decade US dance music grew up. (Magnetic)
11 ways dance music became more ethical this decade. (Mixmag)
The 20 best DJ mixes of the decade 2010-2019. (Mixmag)
DJ Mag's electronic albums that defined the decade.

ISSUE: 29 Nov 2019

Renegade Riddims: Kyrist (DT)
In conversation: Eli Brown (Magnetic)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this November. (DJ Mag)
Meet Cera Khin, the Tunisian-born DJ bringing dark hardcore vibes to the techno floor. (Electronic Beats)
Q&A: Sigma (M Magazine)
Wild relief: RP Boo and SHERELLE discuss the power of footwork. (Mixmag)
The radical noise of Shanghai's underground. (DJ Mag)
How German festival Time Warp became a global techno brand: 'We are crazy for electronic music, we come from the dance floor'. (Billboard)
The essence of Time Warp according to the DJs that play there. (Mixmag)
Bloody Mary: Keeping the fire burning. (DJ Mag)
Richard Fearless: Death In Vegas man goes it alone (iDJ)
Turning it up a notch with RAM Records founder Andy C. (DA)
Is virtual reality the future of DJing? (DJTechTools)
The Art Of DJing: Craig Richards (RA)
The real life of an underground DJ. (DJ Mag - Part I / Part II)
The 40 greatest dance albums of the decade. (Billboard)
The 60 greatest dance songs of the decade. (Billboard)
The 22 artists who shaped the decade. (Mixmag)
Richie Hawtin discusses his Close Combined project: 'If techno's mission is still about pushing forward, I want to embody that'. (Billboard)
The Chemical Brothers are as big today as they were in the 1990s — yet they never had a plan. (FT)

ISSUE: 22 Nov 2019

10 anthems from unit, Hamburg’s notorious early-’90s techno temple. (ElectronicBeats)
25 classic tracks from 25 years of Paper Recordings (Mixmag)
Label of the month: Lucidflow (iDJ)
20 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear: November 2019 (Fact)
Fresh Kicks 126: Olivia (DJ Mag)
On Cue: Jacques Greene (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: RMS (DT)
A conversation with the team behind MUMA 2019, a dance music conference in Dortmund. (Electronic Beats)
Russia's GAMMA festival: An experimental showcase where dance music is still misunderstood. (Mixmag)
The enduring energy of Nottingham's DIY underground. (DJ Mag)
The do’s and don’ts of music merchandising. (Spotify)
Madeon discusses good faith, moving to LA and more. (EDM.com)
In Conversation: Harry Romero (Magnetic)
20 questions with Rusko. (Billboard)
Discover the extreme hardcore-fueled sound of rising New York producer Kilbourne. (ElectronicBeats)
Richie Hawtin interview (L.A Weekly)
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike talk about music, their Garden of Madness events, the DJ Mag Top 100 and more. (EDM.com)
HAAi describes her favorite chonks, talks new EP Systems Up, Windows Down. (Magnetic)
TNGHT are right here, right now. (DJ Mag)
This is The End, the club that changed London (DJ Mag)

ISSUE: 15 Nov 2019

Label Of The Month: Warp Records (RA)
Fresh Kicks 125: Liam Doc (DJ Mag)
Gaint Swan: How I play live (DJ Mag)
Get to know: Naina (DJ Mag)
Get to know Alisha, purveyor of peak time rollers with plenty of groove. (Mixmag)
How to mix different genres and BPM. [video] (Point Blank Music School)
Shanti Celeste’s 5 favorite B-sides [video] (Electronic Beats)
The Art Of Production: Maya Jane Coles (RA)
Yaeji’s Elancia party is a love letter to the crews that make New York's club scene. (Mixmag)
How Chinese tech giant ByteDance conquered the West with TikTok. (TelegraphBusiness)
How EDM conquered America in the 2010s. (Pitchfork)
The mainstreaming of EDM and the precipitous drop that followed. (NPR)
ADE 2019: by day / by night (iDJ)
Glasgow Underground boss Kevin McKay dives into the history of sampling in dance music and what can be done to ensure sampling in the future. (Magnetic)
A timeline of tech-house. (Mixmag)
Grum interview (Magnetic)
Ed Banger OG SebastiAn talks growing up on Thirst LP. (Billboard)
Róisín Murphy on the music that made her. (Pitchfork)
Why did TNGHT return after a seven-year break? 'No one really wanted us to go away in the first place' (Billboard)
Why electronic artists like Rezz, Marshmello and Kayzo are making rock-influenced EDM. (Billboard)
Anything goes in Berlin’s clubs. But are bouncers killing the vibe? (New York Times)
Berlin Wall: 'Germany was first reunited on the dancefloor' (BBC)
How the fall of the Berlin Wall forged an anarchic techno scene. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 08 Nov 2019

Hot new tracks for November. (Ibiza Spotlight)
The best bass music tracks of October 2019. (Magnetic)
Deep Inside: November 2019’s must-hear house and techno (Fact)
7 essential releases from Haunter Records’ catalog picked by its artists. (Electronic Beats)
The Sound of: Haunter (DJ Mag)
On Cue: Galcher Lustwerk (DJ Mag)
Fresh Kicks 124: Tristan Arp (DJ Mag)
Get to know Chelina Manuhutu, the Ibiza tech house favourite going global. (Mixmag)
Renegade Riddims: Averse (DT)
November: Six artists you need to check out this month (Mixmag)
Billboard Dance emerging artists: November 2019 (Billboard)
Insider tips: how do you break into the electronic music industry? (Music Radar)
Artist tips: Jungle (XLR8R)
Jack Back’s 5 things every producer needs to know. (DT)
Get to know the women shaping electronic music. (Red Bull)
Is London’s club scene really under threat? (FT)
Goldroom talks about his new album, some of his favorite wines and the tough recovery road he faced two years ago. (Magnetic)
Jeff Mills drops knowledge on what it takes to be an artist, what Djing really is and so much more. (Magnetic)
20 questions with Ardalan: Growing up in Iran, being evicted and the real story of Mr. Good. (Billboard)
20 questions with Tinlicker: The Dutch duo on Daft Punk, touring and why there are so many Dutch DJs. (Billboard)
Jouvert! How afrodiasporic club sounds are flourishing in the Los Angeles underground. (RA)
Justice: Written in the stars. (DJ Mag)
Denis Sulta: "I only believe in two genres of music: good and bad" (Mixmag)
Deadmau5 talks Cube v3 and connecting with fans at Billboard Live Music Summit. (Billboard)
Underworld, the rave pioneers relentlessly pushing creative limits. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 01 Nov 2019

Best tunes in Ibiza clubs from September to October. (Ibiza Spotlight)
Label of the Month: Analogue Attic (RA)
Fresh Kicks 123: Rees (DJ Mag)
Dominik Eulberg: Desert Island Kit (DJ Mag)
Take Ten: Steffi & Virginia choose the records that connect them. (DJ Mag)
Where to Dance In: Atlanta (Billboard)
Get To Know: Adiel (DJ Mag)
Joyhauser: Belgian techno ambassadors (iDJ)
One Cue: Barley Legal (DJ Mag)
At home with: Cristoph. (DJ Mag)
Stream age kicks: How streaming services are changing the game and sending UK artists global. (Standard)
Q&A: Ferry Corsten (DA)
Interview with Brazilian electronic music duo Cat Dealers. (OneEDM)
Goldroom interview. (DA)
Rave is all the rage again and it's no nostalgia trip. (Metro)
Thunderdome: the Dutch rave with the world's fastest, hardest music (Guardian)
Today, Patrick Cowley is barely known outside record-collecting circles: but his ecstatic electronic disco left an indelible mark on the music scene. (NewStatesman)
Tricky, a radical artist who stands alone. (DJ Mag)
Maya Jane Coles gives a track-by-track breakdown of Full Circle, her latest LP as Nocturnal Sunshine. (Billboard)
A conversation with Jayda G about Berlin, Significant Changes and environmental toxicology. (ElectronicBeats)
“Sweat and hope and the love for music”: Meet the team behind Nyege Nyege Festival. (Mixmag)
The Nashville House Syndicate is the Music City’s electronic rebellion. (Mixmag)
ADE19: Paving the way for transformation in electronic music. (Magnetic)
Marshmello manager Moe Shalizi talks about breaking Dance/Electronic songs chart history with Happier. (Billboard)
Flume: “I'm happy to be called EDM... call me whatever you want” (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 25 Oct 2019

The month's best mixes: digital sludge, techno slammers and Kylie. (Guardian)
Get to know: Johanna Knutsson (DJ Mag)
Minimal Violence: How I play live. (DJ Mag)
In the Studio: Apparat (XLR8R)
Renegade Riddims: Frenetic & Natty D (DT)
20 questions with Jacques Greene. (Billboard)
20 questions with Griz. (Billboard)
Ibiza 2019 in retrospect | What the DJs had to say. (Ibiza Spotlight)
Secret Project fulfils the appetite for raw underground dance music in LA. (Mixmag)
On its 20 year anniversary, Fabric remains one of the world's most impactful nightclubs. (Billboard)
Barker: The paradise engineer. (DJ Mag)
The driving force of Shinichiro Yokota and Soichi Terada. (DJ Mag)
Patrick Cowley, the gay genius of Hi-NRG. (DJ Mag)
Interview: Moodymann (RA)
Industry executives answer the question for emerging artists, “If I was an emerging artist and I had £1,000 to spend then…”. (Sentric)
Sonic Futures: How technology is guiding electronic music. (Fact)
Amsterdam Dance Event 2019: Five key performances. (RA)
The best and worst of Amsterdam Dance Event 2019. (Billboard)
Charlotte de Witte is a force of nature. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 18 Oct 2019

The 15 best tech house tracks of September 2019. (Magnetic)
7 must-hear mixes from September 2019 (Fact)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this October. (DJ Mag)
Take Ten: Goldie selects jungle and drum & bass classics from his collection. (DJ Mag)
Label Of The Month: Flashmob Records (iDJ)
On Cue: Anja Schneider (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Charli Brix (DT)
Fresh Kicks 122: Hyph11E (DJ Mag)
Stihia: An electronic dawn in Uzbekistan. (RA)
10 ways Ibiza will change in 2020. (Mixmag)
INSTA DJ - Social media and the new age dancefloor.[video] (Pioneer DJ)
Juan Atkins: The Originator [video] (Electronic Beats)
How Twitter changed music. (Pitchfork)
How social virtual reality will ramp up the music experience. (Forbes)
As the conversation about how artists can best navigate the streaming economy develops, many musicians and labels are moving towards more independent platforms including Bandcamp, selling their music and growing their fanbase with greater control over their output and finances. (DJ Mag)
Can electronic music be made with metal cans and car parts? Kokoko! says yes. (Billboard)
Stellar OM Source: No more nights alone. (RA)
DJ Bone and the power of charity through raving. (Mixmag)
How DJ Harvey's Pikes Ibiza residency became one of the island's coolest events. (Billboard)
DJ Harvey: "I’m most definitely not a disco DJ... I'm just a DJ" (Mixmag)
How Frankfurt’s ’80s tape scene laid the foundation for the city’s techno renaissance. (ElectronicBeats)
David Guetta talks about his new track with MORTEN, taking a break from producing pop hits, and David Greta memes. (EDM.com)
Defected Records founder Simon Dunmore explains how the label overcame the EDM boom. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 11 Oct 2019

Deep Inside: October 2019’s must-hear house and techno. (Fact)
10 uplifting records from DJ Harvey's magical Pikes Ibiza party. (Mixmag)
October: Six artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
Billboard Dance emerging artists: October 2019 (Billboard)
In Conversation with… Danny Howard (DT)
Renegade Riddims: Asterix (DT)
Positive vibrations: Kamma (DJ Mag)
The Shock of the Future film aims to "speak for the overlooked female pioneers of electronic music". (Mixmag)
The best and worst of CRSSD 2019, a boutique electronic festival for the streaming era. (Billboard)
Moving mountains: How a community of electronic artists are capturing the imagination of Kathmandu. (DJ Mag)
Ano 0 is the community-led festival unifying Lisbon's electronic underground. (DJ Mag)
Where to Dance In: Miami (Billboard)
Preview: ADE 2019 (iD)
These are the top events at ADE 2019. (DJ Mag)
Navigating Amsterdam Dance Event: Where to get the week’s best house, techno, bass, and electronica. (DJ Mag)
How TikTok changed the way we discovered music in 2019. (Junkee)
How Spotify’s algorithm knows exactly what you want to listen to. (OneZero)
The art of production: Surgeon. (RA)
Nothing Else Matters for BBC Radio 1 dance music tastemaker, Danny Howard. (Sun)
Sofi Tukker talks new EP Dancing on the People, Brown University, spirituality and more. (Magnetic)
20 questions with David Guetta. (Billboard)
Floating Points: The ecology of sound. (DJ Mag)
Dixon and Âme on fusing technology with the dancefloor through Transmoderna. (Mixmag)
Richie Hawtin, renaissance man of techno, on bridging technology and creativity. (Forbes)

ISSUE: 04 Oct 2019

The 15 best techno tracks of September 2019. (Magnetic)
20 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear: September 2019. (Fact)
Emperor Machine: How I play live (DJ Mag)
TSHA: Desert Island Kit (DJ Mag)
Meet the MC: Master Peace (DJ Mag)
Fresh Kicks 120: Tash LC (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Tephra & Arkoze (DT)
Get to know Sama’, the Palestinian artist bringing techno to the West Bank. (Mixmag)
Get to know Anz, the DJ that'll give you the hardest club workout you've ever had. (Mixmag)
EX.477 Richie Hawtin (RA)
In conversation with… Dirtybird’s label manager Deron Delgado. (DT)
The sound of: Kompakt (DJ Mag)
Dimension's immersive new show is a futuristic take on live drum'n'bass. (RB)
Discovering the spirit of inclusivity on the dancefloor at Absolut + elrow's The Gardenarium. (Mixmag)
'People are forever chasing an idea of success': 10 things we learned at Paris Electronic Week's Mental Health Panel. (Billboard)
The ecstasy and pain of NYC's lost LGBTQ dance scene. (Billboard)
Boiler Room connects global underground club culture to music fans at home, and has made the careers of a new generation of DJs. (Guardian)
He’s the trance titan whose band Faithless got the world raving. She’s the angel-voiced sister whose talent he couldn’t see. Rollo and Dido talk about euphoria and cancer. (Guardian)
Sam Feldt talks about why he started the Heartfeldt Foundation, a new development of an online eco-friendly merchandise store and his latest track Post Malone feat Rani. (Magnetic)
Eclair Fifi and Afrodeutsche talk Aphex Twin, family raving and techno musical chairs. (Mixmag)
The lost souls of Saturn: How Seth Troxler is transcending his 'party guy' days. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 27 Sep 2019

11 tracks that define the sound of canonical Berlin techno party Grounded Theory. (Electronic Beats)
10 early-’00s big room house tracks that can still be used to pump up dance floors today. (Electronic Beats)
Label of the Month: Snatch! Records (iDJ)
Renegade Riddims: Aaron Jay & J-Skeptik (DT)
Fresh Kicks 119: Ziúr (DJ Mag)
Desert Island Kit: Johannes Brecht (DJ Mag)
Watch the Ultra Miami 2019 Aftermovie (UMF TV)
An oral history of the Miami Mobile DJ scene. (RBMA)
The BPM Festival was a house and techno paradise on the beaches of Portimão. (Mixmag)
25 years of Wiggle with Terry Francis, Eddie Richards and Nathan Coles. (iDJ)
Polo & Pan soundtrack life on tour ahead of CRSSD festival. (Mixmag)
MOGUAI mixed vinyl back in the day, but he's just as excited about the future of deejaying and music. (EDM.com)
Sofi Tukker interview (Billboard)
In conversation with Solomun (Ibiza Spotlight)
RYBO, Lubelski, and Wyatt Marshall talk giving back to house music with Percomaniacs. (DA)
Illenium on new album, ascend, and the tour of its namesake. (EDM.com)
Q&A | Klingande (Flaunt)
Deadmau5 reveals how he coded his own tour. (Billboard)
How Paranoid London redefined acid house from their Hackney studio. (DJ Mag)
Meetsss is the dance-centric music industry conference for and by women -- and everyone's invited. (Billboard)
Surrounded by Machines: Electronic music runs through Georgia Barnes DNA. (Mixmag)
How TOKiMONSTA reclaimed her art. (DJ Mag)

ISSUE: 20 Sep 2019

On Cue: Joe (DJ Mag)
Fresh Kicks 118: Long Island Sound (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Fascad (DT)
Protest through djing: Meet the artists putting Georgia on the electronic music map (Mixmag)
Yosi Horikawa travels the world's most obscure corners to source unique field recordings. (Mixmag)
How rising Dutch artist upsammy creates space with her music. (Electronic Beats)
HAAi talks about her record label and upcoming Ibiza gigs at Pacha and Pikes. (Ibiza Spotlight)
ADD Festival is the unofficial relaunch party of Athens' electronic music community. (Mixmag)
Dallas: electro's second city. (RA)
Avicii continues to shape the mental health conversation in dance music. (DJ Mag)
How sampling and streaming are changing the future of music. (Verge - podcasts)
Jumpin Jack Frost is breaking the stigma around mental health. (DJ Mag)
Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) director Mariana Sanchotene comments on electronic music’s rise to the top and the natural connection between the genre and technology. (IQ)
Richie Hawtin interview on the release of his audiovisual mix album CLOSE COMBINED: "I do not want to just play your favourite records" (Groove)

ISSUE: 13 Sep 2019

Paranoid London break their no-interviews rule to talk clearing dancefloors in Ibiza, giving two fingers to minimal – and the joys of banging acid house. (Mixmag)
How Ecuador's relative isolation is cultivating a unique electronic scene. (Mixmag)
Get to know O'Flynn, the Four Tet and Bonobo-approved artist making drum-led dancefloor bangers. (Mixmag)
Through 20 years of hard graft, Belgrade's foremost music journalist became Serbia's breakout DJ. Tijana T tells Gabriel Szatan how she made her transition. (RA)
In Conversation with elrow’s Creative Director Jo Vidler. (DT)
It's no secret that vinyl records are becoming more popular, but soon vinyl sales will earn more revenue than that of CDs. (DA)
Illenium on his new record ‘Ascend’, being candid about his personal experiences and Australian tour plans. (MusicFeeds)
Deep Inside: September 2019’s must-hear house and techno. (Fact)
TJ Hertz, AKA Objekt, grew up without a clue electronic music existed. Now he’s the genre’s most cutting-edge star – but the studio still gives him the jitters. (Guardian)
Six By Six: Huxley (IDJ) 36 of his all-time favourite records.
Josh Pan talks career, culture and more. (EDM)
Haitian music flag bearer Michael Brun interviewed. (EDM)
Electric Zoo: My first ever festival (EDM)

ISSUE: 06 Sep 2019

Rodriguez JR: How I play live. (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Octo Pi (DT)
Fresh Kicks 116: DJ Plead (DJ Mag)
Get to know Euphonique, the DJ here to give you a heavy jungle workout. (Mixmag)
Hot new tracks for September 2019 (Ibiza Spotlight)
Deuce & Charger: 5 tracks from our childhoods we still love. (DT)
The 27 best mixes of the year so far (Mixmag)
An ode to the fanny pack, a 90's rave classic. (Mixmag)
Dimensions Festival 2019: Five key performances (RA)
Meet Drömfakulteten, the collective behind some of Sweden’s most forward-thinking new music. (ElectronicBeats)
The reality of syncs: The ease (or difficulty) in getting placements. (Synchtank)
The sound of: L.I.E.S (DJ Mag)
Glitterbox and New York's House of Yes are a flamboyant match made in heaven. (Mixmag)
The new faces of Hyperdub. (DJ Mag)
RayRay talks Yellow Claw cosign, Alien Invasion EP and more. (Billboard)
Q&A: Trentemøller (XLR8R)
Interview: DJ Dirty South (OneEDM)
Seb Fontaine interview (iDJ)
CamelPhat: "We never play the same set twice, you just can't" (Metro)
Two decades after its disastrous launch, Goldie’s second LP is being reissued. He talks about his path from coked-up raver to national treasure – and reconciling with his mum. (Guardian)
Carl Cox talks to Tiga about what he'd play at his last DJ set ever for his new Last Party On Earth podcast. (Mixmag)
Soul on wheels: How music for the roller rink impacted the club. (RA)
The use of ghost producers is seen as cheating by many in dance music, but producers have been working with studio collaborators and engineers for decades. Matt Anniss explores the taboo topic. (DJ Mag)
Metronomy's Joe Mount and Róisín Murphy talk house music, touring and experimentalism. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 30 Aug 2019

The 15 best techno tracks of August 2019. (Magnetic)
My Tech: DJ and Musician Derrick May. (Metro)
Derrick May: How I play live. (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Amy B (DT)
Fresh Kicks 115: Amazondotcom (DJ Mag)
Get to know Lauren Flax, the artist delivering raw and powerful dancefloor energy. (Mixmag)
September: Six artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
Exploring Tokyo's buzzing dance music scene with BudX. (Mixmag)
NAAFI are redefining Mexican club music. (DJ Mag)
AI and Music, part 2. (iDJ)
The thud, thud, thud of techno music leaves no space for bad thoughts. (Guardian)
The art of DJing: Tijana T (RA)
Electronic dance music and ‘algorave’ — how live coding got cool. (FT)
Not Dead: How punk inspires dance music's innovators. (Mixmag)
Interview: William Black shares deeply vulnerable life story in debut Pages LP. (EDM.com)
Interview: Aitor Ronda (iDJ)
Sunscreem: The veteran duo discuss how things have changed since the rave era. (iDJ)
Krewella talk Mana music video and new empowered sound. (Billboard)
Interview: Velvet Code (EDMTunes)
Diplo talks Missy Elliott's impact and wanting to get a picture with Lil Nas X at VMAs. (Billboard)
Sigma talk new album, SW4 and fans getting risky. (Star)
The many faces of Seth Troxler. (DJ Mag)
Long-time friends Sven Väth and Underworld talk about sleeping in Ibiza forests, why vinyl won't die and marathon DJ sets. [video] (Mixmag)
Africa is not a jungle: How Black Coffee is leading a music industry revolution. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 23 Aug 2019

10 Leeds DJs you need to hear. (Mixmag)
Label of the month: Rephlex (RA)
On cue: Ruf Dug (DJ Mag)
Renegade riddims: Think Tonk (DT)
Recognise: Anz (DJ Mag)
Fresh kicks 114: rkss (DJ Mag)
Everything you need to know about Eagles & Butterflies. (Billboard)
Toolroom DJs share their favourite tracks of the summer. (IbizaSpotlight)
Monstercat events head, Ben, talks Compound, the industry, and more. (DMNW)
Art cars, Plug and Play and Playa Tech: How electronic music culture is evolving at Burning Man. (Billboard)
The do's & don'ts of sample clearances. (Spotify)
The new school of UKG. (DJ Mag)
Techno is booming in Germany’s smaller cities, and Schwerin’s tanztag club proves it. (ElectronicBeats)
From B-Boy to DJ: Boca 45 draws on funk breaks for his new album, Forty Five. (DJ Mag)
Italian producer Zoibaf dives into his love of Avicii, the inspiration behind his music, and his future as a musician. (EDM.com)
From Kiev to Ibiza: an interview with ARTBAT. (Ibiza Spotlight)
Compton-raised Channel Tres is taking his West Coast-inspired dance music worldwide. (Billboard)
20 questions with Illenium: The producer discusses his success, Sadboi status and new album Ascend. (Billboard)
Madeon discusses his meticulous process, and why he’s happiest when he’s working. (DJ Magazine)
Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz and his team are behind some of dance music’s most extravagant and tech-forward events, the latest is EPIC 6.0: Holosphere. (Verge)

ISSUE: 16 Aug 2019

The 15 best chill dance tracks of July 2019. (Magnetic)
7 must-hear mixes from July 2019. (Fact)
5 house anthems that always work on Ibiza. (Ibiza Spotlight)
The best tracks of the 2019 Ibiza season. (Mixmag)
5 facts, 5 tracks with Serge Santiago. (DT)
Joey Daniel: Desert Island Kit (DJ Mag)
On Cue: Nightwave (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Nelver (DJ Mag)
Get to know: VTSS (DJ Mag)
Get to know Catnapp, the Berlin-based producer blurring the lines between rave and punk. (Mixmag)
Get to know Moscoman (Electronic Beats)
Watch Black to Techno - a short film on the lineage of Detroit techno. (Gucci)
In conversation: Jeremy Oldander [Vivrant] (Magnetic)
The art of production: Paula Temple (RA)
Meet the vinyl fiend with one of the biggest record collections in Ibiza. (Mixmag)
Solid Gold: The remarkable influence of Detroit techno's first album, Enter by Cybotron. (DJ Mag)
Love Dancin is the audiophile soundsystem bringing sonic perfection to festivals. (Mixmag)
Armada: Inside the world's biggest independent dance label. (BBC)
Trax Records' Rachael Cain talks house music's 'enduring, spiritual' quality on the label's 35th anniversary. (Billboard)
Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy: The art of listening (DJ Mag)
Netsky, Jauz and Slushii interview. (EDM.com)
Ellis talks about bootlegs, setbacks, and the exciting story of his first big milestone as a producer. (EDM.com)
DJ and sound artist Kayla Painter uses everything from electronic beats to splashing water in her work. (Standard)
Kayzo Comes 'Unleashed': How the genre-bending producer bridged rock and electronic music on new album. (Billboard)
"This ship never sinks": How Hot Since 82 battled grief to make an album supporting mental health. (Mixmag)
Jonas Blues talks Tiesto collaboration, staying fit on the road and more. (EDM.com)
Fabio Florido explains his Kuukou Records release and being a PLAYdifferently ambassador. (Inflyte)
Deena Abdelwahed's intense, experimental sonics are the product of political strife. (Mixmag)
DJ Craze talks artificial intelligence, tech and the future of DJing (DJ Mag)
She’s got a fashion label, a million Instagram followers and her own festival – but it’s Peggy Gou’s ‘k-house’ that has made her the hottest DJ on the planet. (Guardian)
Hyperdub: Another future is possible. (DJ Mag)
Deadmau5' manager Dean Wilson shares seven tips on how to become a dance music star. (Billboard)
Derrick May talks Detroit, the state of the scene and his orchestra work. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 09 Aug 2019

Deep inside: August 2019’s must-hear house and techno. (Fact)
The 15 best drum & bass tracks of July 2019. (Magnetic)
The 15 best techno tracks of July 2019. (Magnetic)
Hot new tracks for August 2019 (IbizaSpotlight)
20 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear: July 2019. (Fact)
The 21 best electronic songs right now. (Fader)
10 killer acid techno tracks according to Unsound-affiliated Polish selector Olivia. (ElectronicBeats)
The sound of: Local Action (DJ Mag)
Take ten: Blanck Mass (DJ Mag)
Breaking through: Afrodeutsche (RA)
Renegade riddims: Hollie-May (DT)
Fresh kicks 113: Sissel Wincent (DJ Mag)
Get to know Seb Wildblood, the producer serving up hazy house nostalgia. (Mixmag)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this August. (DJ Mag)
August: Six artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
Billboard Dance emerging artists: August 2019 (Billboard)
How to holiday like a VIP on a budget in Ibiza 2019. (Mixmag)
The best ways to keep your Burning Man fashion eco-friendly. (Mixmag)
Dekmantel festival further cemented its position as one of the best festivals in the world. (Mixmag)
Dekmantel Festival 2019: Five key performances (RA)
Grandma Techno shares her love for Movement, Detroit and life. (Mixmag)
Meet the minds behind Parametric Records. (EDM.com)
Berserk dancehall: How Equiknoxx caught the world's attention. (Mixmag)
The unrelenting strength of Kuduro, Lisbon's most exciting sound. (DJ Mag)
Understanding the enigmatic techno of Anna [Interview] (EDM.com)
Noel Gallagher talks about the life-changing impact The Haçienda, rave culture and acid house had on him. (Guardian)
How we made Good Life: Paris Grey and Kevin Saunderson on Inner City's house classic. (Guardian)
BPM Supreme CEO Angel 'Arock' Castillo: "We're always thinking of new ways to keep innovating". (Mixmag)
Family business: Five famous DJs whose children followed in their footsteps. (Billboard)
Zedd talks about upcoming Orbit Tour and testing out Columbia's new shoe line: 'To me, shoes are art'. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 02 Aug 2019

Label of the month: Kimochi (RA)
On Cue: Ethiopian Records (DJ Mag)
My Tech: DJ Monki (Metro)
Renegade Riddims: Tekitoka (DT)
Fresh Kicks 112: DJ Delish (DJ Mag)
The 20 best US rave anthems of the '90s. (Mixmag)
July's best music (RA)
Get to know Seattle’s next big thing: Fluencie (DMNW)
Get to know Imogen, the fast-rising techno artist who's proving age is just a number. (Mixmag)
11 DJs who wear masks and the stories behind them. (Billboard)
Six By Six: Rasmus Faber (iDJ)
Love Dancin is the audiophile soundsystem bringing sonic perfection to festivals. (Mixmag)
Meet the underground crews transforming Miami's rave landscape. (DJ Mag)
How the women of dance music have taken over high fashion. (Mixmag)
How TikTok became the music discovery platform for the smartphone generation. (CNBC)
The Great Annual Ibiza Debate: 2019 (IMS)
Game Changer: How Tangerine Dream's Phaedra set the template for ambient electronics. (DJ Mag)
Sónar has always sought to support talent from its home country, and this year its programme highlighted the incredible creativity of Spain’s electronic music scene in 2019. (DJ Mag)
Shambhala through the ages: The evolution of a raver (DMNW)
Velvet Code interview (EDM.com)
Skin Teeth: Hardcore will never die! (iDJ)
Fabio & Grooverider's Rage Night was the fiery crucible where jungle and drum 'n' bass were formed. (Mixmag)
Nina Kraviz and Parris Mitchell talk record obsessions, ghetto-house and creativity. (Mixmag)
Kings of House NYC (Louie Vega & David Morales) talk Ibiza expense, phone addiction and 51st State. (Mixmag)
Inside the winning, spinning world of Steve Aoki, music’s $30 million DJ. (Forbes)
David Guetta talks about the pressure of stardom and his love for making house records as alter-ego Jack Back. (Sun)
Carl Cox: "Police used to tap my phone and intercept my van on the way to parties" (Mixmag)
Seth Troxler discusses the evolution of Ibiza and gentrification of electronic music. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 26 Jul 2019

Queensyze: Canada's fastest-rising techno star. (iDJ)
Renegade Riddims: Kolectiv (DT)
Fresh Kicks 111. Bergdonist (DJ Mag)
Get to know: Zamilska (DJ Mag)
Take ten: Enzo Siragusa picks the tracks that have inspired him. (DJ Mag)
The 10 best Rezz songs. (Billboard)
The 10 best early 90s trance tracks. (Mixmag)
The 15 best bass music tracks of June 2019 (Magnetic)
Sónar 2019: Five key performances (RA)
15 years in, Tomorrowland is a spectacle of both massive size and thoughtful detail. (Billboard)
Post-PC Music: How the London label inspired a new stage in the pop continuum. (Mixmag)
Forging electronic futures in Karachi. (DJ Mag)
DANCE OR DIE: How Nic Fanciulli is bringing a warehouse vibe to Ibiza. (Mixmag)
Joeski: 30 years on and still going strong… (iDJ)
"This is what my life is" - Elephante talks new tour and upcoming album. (EDM.com)
Lee Burridge and Lost Desert speak with each other about their new album, surviving the elements, and more. (DA)
Real Talk: Agoria (XLR8R)
Jayda G: breaking through, to a disco beat. (DJ Mag)
Richie Hawtin talks about his music history and new app and release CLOSER and CLOSE Combined. [podcast] (ElectronicBeats)

ISSUE: 19 Jul 2019

Label of the month: Senso Sounds (IDJ)
Ben Pearce: Desert Island Kit (DJ Mag)
Get to know Distinkt, the producer with the big-league bass co-signs. (Mixmag)
Bubblin' Up: Little Snake (XLR8R)
Get to know: Baltra (DJ Mag)
Fresh Kicks 110: Holly Lester (DJ Mag)
Take Ten: 16B picks the tracks that have inspired him. (DJ Mag)
Best tunes in Ibiza clubs from June to July. (Ibiza Spotlight)
How Nation of Gonwana became one of Germany's most cherished techno festivals. (ElectronicBeats)
The renegade soundsystems of California that shaped West Coast rave culture. (DJ Mag)
La Ruta: The rise and fall of dance music in Valencia. (RA)
One dance: Ghana's Asa Baako is the festival set on uniting African music lovers. (Mixmag)
Dreams of the future: Reimagining techno's sci-fi foundations. (DJ Mag)
Trax Records: The beats go on for Chicago’s premiere label for house music. (ChicagoSunTimes)
How Chicago built house music from the ashes of disco. [video] (Vox)
Welcome to the play house: Cassy's party is breaking the male-led mould in Ibiza. (Mixmag)
Idris Elba is one of the busiest men in music. (Complex)
Catching up with Gabriel and Dresden before the Gorge. (DMNW)
Diplo talks about his Burning Man fundraiser. (EDM.com)
Shimza on South Africa's DIY party scene, giving back and his Eminence EP. (Billboard)
How party streaming platform Cercle hosts Shows at the Eiffel Tower, a remote Bolivian salt flat and more. (Billboard)
EX.466 IMS Panel: Where is club culture headed? (RA)
SOPHIE: Changing the narrative. (DJ Mag)

ISSUE: 12 Jul 2019

Set Mo: How I play live. (DJ Mag)
On Cue: Om Unit. (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Task Horizon. (DT)
Get to know Terr, the producer making moody techno-disco. (Mixmag)
Recognise: Air Max '97 (DJ Mag)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this July. (DJ Mag)
7 must-hear mixes from June 2019. (Fact)
The 15 best drum & bass tracks of June 2019. (Magnetic)
20 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear from June 2019. (Fact)
Deep Inside: July 2019’s must-hear house and techno playlist. (Fact)
Watch Dekmantel new documentary on the seminal Dutch techno label Djax Records. (Electronicbeats)
IICON in Glastonbury's Block9 is a festival wonder up with the world's best. (Mixmag)
Meet the artists shaping Japan's vital techno underground. (DJ Mag)
Meet the women transforming northern Ireland's electronic music scene. (i-D)
The future of music: An interview with Zach Katz. (MBJ)
Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein talk through the Stranger Things 3 soundtrack. (Mixmag)
Sinistarr: D&B that's worth waiting for. (iDJ)
Bob Sinclar talks about new venture Electrico Romantico. (IbizaSpotlight)
Underground house music DJ/producer, Alex Arnout, opens up on mental health awareness and why it is a topic that is high on the agenda in the clubbing scene. (Sun)
Interview: Lady Faith is here to Paint It Black. (Magnetic)
He’s the superstar DJ with billions of streams to his name and a schedule that will leave you dizzy. Peter Robinson spends a rare calm moment with Diplo. (Standard)
Liberating potential: How Cyberspeak tears the fabric of rave reality. (Mixmag)
Spanish party company elrow pushes the limits of EDM by leaning on the absurd. (Billboard)
Hï Ibiza's Yann Pissenem: "It was a big bet to take over from Pepe Rosello's legacy with Space". (Mixmag)
Pan: How Bill Kouligas and his clubland cohorts built an experimental empire. (Mixmag)
Burn the house down: Baltimore's house scene is bubbling up again. (Mixmag)
Mark Gillespie, founder of Three Six Zero and manager to Calvin Harris profile and interview: 'This is the most exciting time the music business has ever known.' (MBW)

ISSUE: 05 Jul 2019

Fresh Kicks 109: Lamin Fofana (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Nvrsoft (DT)
Adeline: Sweden's hottest musical export. (iDJ)
Ask the Experts: LTJ Bukem (XLR8R)
Billboard Dance emerging artists: July 2019 (Billboard)
July: Six new artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
The best photos so far from Arcadia's Pangea stage at Glastonbury. (Mixmag)
The 15 best techno tracks of June 2019. (Magnetic)
The 15 best house tracks of June 2019. (Magnetic)
June's best music. (RA)
Glastonbury Festival 2019: Five key performances. (RA)
Kontaktor 2019: Latvia’s growing techno scene is a reminder of a land before brands. (Fact)
Sounds of the Future: How Sónar became the world’s leading festival of electronic music and art. (DJ Mag)
Cancellations, controversies and refunds: how to programme a music festival. (NewStatesman)
DJ Mag's Ibiza guide 2019.
Gotta get up: Meet the dancers of Ibiza. (Mixmag)
Fatboy Slim and Julien Temple on the changing face of Ibiza: ‘People don’t really dance anymore. They just stand, holding up phones’. (iNews)
Dallas Electro: The unlikely story of the hard-hitting Texan underground. (DJ Mag)
'Michael Eavis didn't know what dance music is': a history of rave at Glastonbury. (Guardian)
LSDXOXO: Sexy, psychedelic club. (RA)
A conversation with Why Be on Yegorka, the changing face of Berlin and redefining modern club music. (ElectronicBeats)
Saytek on playing live, working with Carl Cox and his love of social media. (Sun)
Carl Cox, Nic Fanciulli and Derrick May talk about why the Kappa FuturFestival in Turin, Italy, is a jewel in the crown of electronic music festivals. (Sun)
Stanton Warriors: "It's time for a more underground sound to rise" (DJ Mag)
Goldroom talks about how sampling himself opened up a whole new avenue for musical inspiration and exploration. (Magnetic)
Why Purple Disco Machine bought the Roland Juno-106 synth twice. (DJ Mag)
Porter Robinson explains the impetus to create Second Sky Festival: 'It helps the audience understand me better'. (Billboard)
Daniel Avery: “I want to play as much to the people in the back corner as those people down the front going crazy”. (NME)
Stardust on the gay bars, firings and failures that led to Music Sounds Better With You. (Billboard)
Peggy Gou is kicking her electronic music career to the next level. (NewYorkTimes)
How Richie Hawtin transformed electronic music again and again and again. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 28 Jun 2019

Label of the month: Sähkö (RA)
Renegade Riddims: Mountain (DT)
Henry Hacking - A house name to watch in 2019 (iDJ)
On The Road with... John Digweed. (Metro)
Artist Tips: Kate Simko (LR8R )
In conversation with Wez Saunders. (DT)
In conversation: Daniel Miller at Moogfest 2019 (Magnetic)
The 10 best Polish techno tracks. (Mixmag)
10 Essential Boards of Canada tracks. (Billboard)
The best of Philippe Zdar: 10 essential productions. (Mixmag)
DJing slow, fast and everything in between. (RBMA)
A 10 track guide to the funky world of old-school disco re-edit services. (ElectronicBeats)
The art of DJing: Derrick Carter (RA)
The sound of: Astrophonica (DJ Mag)
Norman Cook has spent three decades blowing away the Ibiza party crowd. He talks about why he teamed up with Julien Temple to make a ‘silent’ film about the island’s past. (Guardian)
Fatboy Slim and Julien Temple's silent film about Ibiza is 'an intervention' for the island. (Mixmag)
Inside YouTube Music Presents: Marshmello spotlight fan experience. (Billboard)
Volvox: The techno firebrand raised in the rave. (DJ Mag)
Interview: Opolopo (iDJ)
Holy Ghost! takes us to the disco on Work, their first album in 6 years. (Billboard)
Saturday Night Session 024: Tritonal opens up about what could be their most personal body of work to date and craft custom mix to celebrate the release of U&ME. (DA)
Hannah Wants talks tunes, tour life and Love Somebody. (EDM.com)
Behind the rise and risks of artist-driven dance music festivals. (Billboard)
Intense and cathartic: How Object Blue's creative fixation ignites her groundbreaking music. (Mixmag)
The Chemical Brothers - a band striving to stay vital to a new generation of ravers. (NME)
'What I made before was fiction. Now, I'm designing a life': Madeon discusses his new album and next act. (Billboard)
Stockholm Syndrome: How Kornél Kovács' hometown inspires his playful productions. (Mixmag)
How Stardust’s Music Sounds Better With You inadvertently changed the face of house music. (DJ Mag)

ISSUE: 21 Jun 2019

Label of the month: Sous Music (iDJ)
Renegade Riddims: Polaris (DT)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this June. (DJ Mag)
The 38 best tracks of 2019 so far. (Mixmag)
Best tunes in Ibiza clubs May - June 2019 (Ibiza Spotlight)
Richie Hawtin: Exclusive playlist. (Mixmag)
Sex, techno, feminism: inside a new generation of queer parties. (RA)
How Renegade Soundwave's The Phantom paved the way for the UK's gritty rave sound. (DJ Mag)
A day in the life: International Music Summit Ibiza 2019 (DA)
How electronic artists are reshaping Ghana's music scene. (DJ Mag)
How Poland's radical DIY club scene became an international rave haven. (DJ Mag)
Logos on the classic methods behind his genre-bending club and ambient experiments. (Fact)
Bassnectar talks Tempo of Dreams and the art of mixtapes. (Billboard)
Hayden James is getting his moment in the sun with new album. (Billboard)
Cheat Codes talk about their new single, working with Kaskade, and more. (DA)
Arcadia co-founders Pip Rush and Bert Cole talk about their brand new creation Pangea. (Mixmag)
Steve Lawler: "Ibiza has lost its balance". (Mixmag)
RIP Philippe Zdar: The energising force behind decades of beloved music. (Mixmag)
Adam Beyer: Techno's uncompromising kingpin. (DJ Mag)
Richie Hawtin: Techno’s future-focused pioneer. (DJ Mag)

ISSUE: 14 Jun 2019

After Avicii died last year, his family decided that his album Tim should be completed. How did the chosen collaborators handle such a sensitive task? (Guardian - Lauren Martin)
How the Moscow bass scene is tearing down the city's techno barriers. (DJMag)
Can China’s underground club culture survive the country’s rise in state surveillance and control? (Mixmag)
Gala festival is fast becoming one of dance music's happy places. (Mixmag)
How Birmingham is building the underground scene it deserves. (Mixmag)
Drezo talks new EP series, hip-hop origins, and disregard for genre tags. (DA)
Prospa dig into their record bag. (Clash)
Everyman superstar DJ Carl Cox on techno, Ibiza, Burning Man and life in the fast lane. (Forbes)

ISSUE: 07 Jun 2019

On Cue: Marlon Hoffstadt (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: D.R.K (DJ Mag)
Fresh Kicks 106: Bambooman (Kirk Barley) (DJ Mag)
Get to know: Jabru (DJ Mag)
Get to know: Elliot Adamson (Mixmag)
7 must-hear mixes from May 2019. (RA)
The 15 best techno tracks of May 2019. (Magnetic)
The 15 best house tracks of May 2019. (Magnetic)
Hot new tracks for June 2019. (Ibiza Spotlight)
June: Six artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
Festival fiasco: Poorly organized events are putting you at risk. (Mixmag)
20 European techno festivals that you should go to this summer. (ElectronicBeats)
Nuits Sonores 2019: Five key performances. (RA)
AVA Festival 2019: Five key performances. (RA)
Daisybelle gives her 5 inspirational producers. (DT)
The enigmatic Claptone shares ten hot tracks for the summer. (Sun)
Crazy P pick ten tracks that influence their sound. (DJ Mag)
Spitting Image: Meet the electronic artists collaborating with their artificial twins. (RA)
Labour of love: Krystal Klear is riding a wave of well-earned euphoria. (Mixmag)
W&W talk rave culture, new music, production and career tips. (YourEDM)
Andrew Rayel talks about hosting inHARMONY’s inaugural stage at EDC Las Vegas and growing the label. (DA)
Prince Fox redefines the line between pop and dance music. (EDM.com)
ARTY talks through his creative process creating new genre-blurring Sunshine. (DA)
DJs of the future don't spin records - they write code. (Wired)
Kolsch breaks down his flight-inspired Fabric Presents: Kolsch mix album. (Billboard)
Avicii's father, Klas Bergling, talks about the Tim Bergling Foundation: 'We want results. We don't want to sit and talk and spend money'. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 31 May 2019

Label of the Month: Pangea Recordings (iDJ)
Renegade Riddims: Clouwds (DT)
Get to know Sally C. (Mixmag)
The 15 best house tracks of May 2019. (Magnetic)
Listen to WHIPPED CREAM’s stunning set at EDC’s Circuit Grounds. (DA)
Tiny but fierce: How La Cheetah became a Glasgow clubbing institution. (Mixmag)
Meet Kikelomo: The London-born DJ bringing UK sounds to the Berlin underground. (ElectronicBeats)
Movement 2019: Five key performances. (RA)
Carl Cox picks his top 5 festival memories. (Mixmag)
The making of Minimal Nation, Robert Hood’s techno masterpiece. (RBMA)
The art of production: Paul Woolford. (RA)
Artist, engineer and producer Alex Tepper interview. (Magnetic)
Mihalis Safras talks about his music, working with Green Velvet, and discussions about mental health in the electronic music scene. (Decoded)
Griz, the Face of MeUndies' 2019 Pride Collection, talks learning to love himself. (Billboard)
Jan Blomqvist interview. (EDMTunes)
Crispy urban house originators Mat.Joe discuss fusing hip-hop, soul and tech house into a unique sound. (Magnetic)
Paula Temple: Techno for the apocalypse. (DJ Mag)
Cedric Gervais and Epizode discuss Asia's festival scene with BUDX. (Mixmag)
How the Amiga Commodore 500 kick-started Kölsch's career back in 1994. (DJ Mag)
Crowd pleaser: Volvox's relationship with ravers is at the core of everything she does. (Mixmag)
Orbital talk plans for 30th anniversary and where they go from here. (Billboard)
Competitive Creation: How Maceo Plex took over the dance music mainframe. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 24 May 2019

Label of the month: Djax Records (RA)
On Cue: Louisahhh (DJ Mag)
Fresh Kicks 104: Elle Dee (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Laurie Charlesworth (DT)
Get to know: Mount (Mixmag)
Movement Detroit 2019: Pre-Party and & afterparty guide. (YourEDM)
The 10 best new parties in Ibiza in 2019. (Mixmag)
Take 10: Josh Wink picks the tracks that have inspired him. (DJ Mag)
20 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear in May 2019. (Fact)
Plugging into Chicago’s forgotten house venues. (ChicagoReader)
ClubTogether is a celebration of your best club memories. (Fact)
The best clubs and parties in Ibiza in 2019. (Mixmag)
Beats: Behind the scenes of the riotous Glaswegian film’s 1,500-strong warehouse rave, (Independent)
The Art of DJing: Dr Rubinstein (RA)
How to survive Movement Detroit according to the DJs. (Mixmag)
Gary Richards on where he’s been, what he’s learned, and starting over. (DA)
Super8 & Tab talk ‘Past, Present & Future’ compilation and maturation of trance. (DA)
Doorly on house music, hard times and Hard Times. (iDJ)
Saturday Night Session 021: Elephante opens up about being a vocalist on more music moving forward and gives fans a look into a day in his life. (DA)
'Panic is setting in': Jayda G brings climate crisis home to fans. (Guardian)
Seventh Heaven: How SlapFunk went from illegal rave to the most unmissable party in Amsterdam. (Mixmag)
Bradley Zero: State of rhythm. (DJ Mag)
Born lippy: how I helped Underworld write a socialist banger. (Guardian)
30 years on from Tears, Satoshi Tomiie continues to reinvent himself. (Magnetic)
The keyboard wizards of Acid House. (Mixmag)
Emanuel Satie talks about working with Pete Tong and Sven Väth, DJing at fabric and remixing Damian Lazarus. (Sun)
Idris Elba: "The musical part of my life is really liberating at the moment" (Mixmag)
Ken Collier: The pivotal figure of Detroit DJ culture. (RBMA)
Armin van Buuren's trance evolution and the dark side of success. (DJ Mag)
Pete Tong and David Morales talk mental health and club culture ahead of IMS Ibiza. (DA)
Richie Hawtin on his origins as F.U.S.E. and how he made techno in the early ’90s. (Fact)

ISSUE: 17 May 2019

My Tech: Cameron Edwards (One half of production duo Sigma) (Metro)
On Cue: Mr. Mitch. (Mixmag)
Renegade Riddims: Edlan (DT)
Renegade Riddims: IN:FO (DT)
One To Watch: Ludwig A.F. Röhrscheid (Electronic Beats)
Introducing: Beat Merchants (DT)
Bubblin' Up: Bleie (XLR8R)
Recognise: Ciel (DJ Mag)
20 Questions: Traumer (XLR8R)
In Conversation with Maxinne. (DT)
In Conversation: Emma Hewitt [Armada/Black Hole] (Magnetic)
In Conversation: Monika Kruse (Magnetic)
Fresh Kicks 103: DJ Bowlcut (DJ Mag)
The 15 best Tech House tracks of April 2019. (Magnetic)
Flava D’s 10 favourite D&B tracks. (DT)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this May. (DJ Mag)
Get to know Prospa (Mixmag)
5 tips every producer needs to know with Junior Sanchez. (DT)
DJ Zinc picks the 10 best basslines ever. (Mixmag)
Crazy P: Your guide to the Age Of The Ego. (iDJ)
Setting the ‘MOOD’ with Zack Martino [Interview] (DA)
Anastasia Kristensen: Taking the world by storm. (DJ Mag)
Anna Lunoe talks motherhood on the move and delivers frenetic Mother’s Day playlist. (DA)
Purple Disco Machine is a hard hitting one-man disco army. (Mixmag)
Beats is the latest film to focus on 90s rave culture and its political implications. (Guardian)
Why South Africa is one of the most exciting destinations for electronic music today. (Mixmag)
A brief history of Aphex Twin in the mix. (Mixmag)
'Part of the collective unconscious': the utopian return of breakbeats. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 10 May 2019

Get to know: Doctor Jeep (Mixmag)
On Cue: Kedr Livanskiy (DJ Mag)
Mr.G: How I play live (Mixmag)
Get to know L'Impératrice (Mixmag)
May: Six artists you need to check out this month (Mixmag)
7 must-hear mixes from April 2019. (Fact)
The 15 best techno tracks of April 2019. (Magnetic Mag)
The 15 best drum & bass tracks of April 2019. (Magnetic Mag)
Deep Inside: May 2019’s must-hear house and techno playlist. (Fact)
The loft in Lille: Recreating David Mancuso’s renowned sound system. (RBMA)
Where Northern Soul meets hardcore rave. (RA)
Industrial pressure: Third Room Collective's dedication to techno in brutal spaces. (Mixmag)
Steve Aoki talks about his comic book series Neon Future and believes technology will merge with us. (Billboard)
Saturday Night Session 020: DVBBS gives fans a look into their lives when they aren’t in the DJ booth and reveal 2019 will see the most music from the duo fans have ever seen in one year. (DA)
Stretch & Vern: Ready to rock the space (again). (iDJ)
Dan Curtin: Inside the DJ mind of a 30+ year career in electronic music. (DJ Techtools)
Why house and techno pioneer Anton Tumas keeps coming back to lightning in a bottle. (EDM)
Berlin techno figurehead Monika Kruse talks about DJing, her new music and festivals. (iDJ)
Jai Wolf on "The Cure To Loneliness", early dubstep days, and making music that lasts. (EDM)
Christos: The origins of a dance music Godfather. (Red Bull)
John Digweed talks about Output live mix, marathon sets and clubland's rapid evolution. (Magnetic)
Agoria Interview (EDM)
Berghain mainstay Answer Code Request selects five of his DJ weapons. (Electronic Beats)
Always Energetic: Why Saoirse is this summer's essential festival DJ. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 03 May 2019

Get to know: Riobamba (Mixmag)
Renegade Riddims: Djinn & Mantra (DT)
On Cue: Jubilee (DJ Mag)
Jan Blomqvist: How I play live (DJ Mag)
Artist Tips: Alex Smoke (XLR8R)
The 15 best techno tracks of March 2019 (Magnetic)
April: Six artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
7 must-hear mixes from March 2019 (Fact)
The 10 most essential Miami bass tracks (Mixmag)
Discover New York’s ’90s techno scene with 11-Track guide by Damon Wild. (ElectronicBeats)
Judge Jules on what makes a classic dance track timeless. (Magnetic)
The art of DJing: Jeff Mills (RA)
Chrissy: Bringing back the love (iDJ)
MusExpo 2019: Diving into data, playlists & the importance of managers. (TMN)
Dance Dance Revolution: How gaming became electronic music's newest frontier. (DJ Mag)
Jeremy Olander talks upcoming warm-weather debut at Vujaday. (DA)
Saturday Night Session 016: Sunnery James and Ryan Marciano talk making it work as a musical duo and the meaning behind their ‘Sexy By Nature’ brand. (DA)
Benny L is one of the most in-demand names in D&B right now. (DJ Mag)
How Chvrches took their Marshmello collab Here With Me from an acoustic ballad to their first Hot 100 Hit. (Billboard)
David Lee Roth and Armin van Buuren on why they remixed Jump. (Rolling Stone)
A conversation with legends Armin van Buuren and Van Halen’s David Lee Roth. (DMNW)
Going Global: Holy Goof is building a worldwide movement from the ground up. (Mixmag)
Marshmello, Armin van Buuren, Alesso and more full sets from Ultra 2019. [video] (Billboard)
Nicky Romero talks DallasK/XYLØ collab Sometimes and going back to his roots with new music. [Video] (Billboard)
Armin van Buuren talks about new music and giving up-and-coming talent a platform on his radio show. [Video] (Billboard)
Don Diablo chats about his new collaboration with CID and recalls his first time at Ultra. [Video] (Billboard)
The head of Atlantic's electronic/dance music label Big Beat, Gina Tucci, talks about signing artists who keep dancefloors full. (Billboard)
Billboard Dance 100 Artists of 2019: The complete list. (Billboard)
Digital Dealmakers: 11 agents and curators launching viral dance music sensations. (Billboard)
Billboard Dance Power Players 2019: The managers, live leaders and tastemakers shaping the genre. (Billboard)
Mental Health and Dance music: How 'Not enough has changed' since Avicii's death. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 03 May 2019

Label of the month: STROOM (RA)
Get to know: Kokoko! (DJ Mag)
Get to know: Rylan Taggart (EDMIdentity)
Get to know: IAMDDB (DJ Mag)
Get to know CC:Disco! (Mixmag)
Renegade Riddims: Creatures & OB1 (DT)
Fresh Kicks 102: Miley Serious (DJ Mag)
20 of the best techno tracks released this decade. (Mixmag)
Something ‘Bout The Music by Tobtok, AKA George & Oliver Nelson is a Record of the Day. (RotD)
Is dance music destroying the environment? (DJ Mag)
The Da Vincis of the dancefloor – meet the artists capturing clubland. (Guardian)
Pasquale Rotella on 25 years of Insomniac: 'I Did Imagine It Would Get This Big, But It Was Never About That'. (Billboard)
Take Ten: Daniel Avery picks 10 cutting-edge techno record keeping him inspired. (DJ Mag)
An exhaustive guide to Diplo's collaborative side projects. (Billboard)
Party Favor peels back the Layers of his debut LP in a track-by-track breakdown. (Billboard)
Party Favor discusses the creation of Layers alongside A$AP Ferg, Juicy J, Lil Baby, Rich The Kid and more! (EDM)
"The Power of the Youth": AJ Tracey can't be stopped. (Mixmag)
Moby reveals how he became a sad joke boozing and bedding women after classic album Play’s success went to his head. (Sun)
An unexpected global hit put Moby’s ailing music career into overdrive. Here, he recounts how celebrity was his ticket to depravity — but not happiness. (SundayTimes)
Saturday Night Session 019: Nicky Romero discusses how Protocol Recordings empowers his creativity and talks staying balanced despite a near constant life on the road. (DA)
Diplo talks about Lil Nas' Old Town Road and love of country music. (Billboard)
Carl Cox chats about the forthcoming Space Ibiza event in Creamfields' Steel Yard in London, paying his respects to Keith Flint, mental health in dance music, Time Warp 25th anniversary and his new label for live artists, Awesome Soundwave. (Sun)
DJ Fresh talks health scares, sobriety and producing records for the worlds biggest artists. (DJ Mag)
The Chemical Brothers: "Young people are having opportunities taken away. We wanted to channel that". (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 26 Apr 2019

Isolée: How I play live (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: NEMY (DT)
11 emerging artists you need to hear. (DJ Mag)
One to watch: HAAi [video] (Electronic Beats)
The role of South African dance music during apartheid. [video] (RA)
Ibiza events guide 2019: Best parties and places to eat sleep, rave, repeat. (Mirror)
DJs expound the importance of ear safety at shows. (DA)
Darude talks about how he doesn’t see other Eurovision entrants as competition as he represents Finland. (Metro)
2000 and One: “Technology has made it more fun these days in my opinion. The CDJ, Traktor, and Ableton allow you, as a DJ, to be more creative. DJing has become more than only mixing the records one after another”. (Decoded)
Skeptical: Back from the trip (iDJ)
SPFDJ talks about techno, intrepid skin and what it means to “Go for the bang”. (Electronic Beats)
Naive label boss, Rádio Quântica and mina party co-founder and DJ extraordinaire Violet discusses her forthcoming LP, Lisbon's defiant underground and her unwavering determination and optimism. (DJ Mag)
Three decades after their inauspicious start, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons of the Chemical Brothers think the spirit of 90s rave culture, as captured on their new album, can help heal Brexit wounds. (Guardian)
The incredible story of soul singer Teddy Pendergrass. (Mixmag)
In conversation: Agoria (Magnetic)

ISSUE: 19 Apr 2019

Fresh Kicks 100: Bobby Analog (DJ Mag)
Fresh Kicks 101: RQ (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Cardinal Sound (DT)
One to watch: Peggy Gou (Observer)
Alex Adair's Stronger is a Record of the Day. (RotD)
11 emerging artists you need to hear. (DJ Mag)
Five record labels fueling the Italian underground according to Elena Colombi. (ElectronicBeats)
Streaming platforms are keeping more money from artists than ever (and paying them more, too). (RollingStone)
Watch Juan Atkins, Shanti Celeste and more play at Phonica’s Record Store Day 2019 party. [video](Fact)
An oral history of the famed “cultural laboratory” beloved by New York City’s downtown elite - Nell's. (RBMA)
No ID is the new party championing South Asian DJs and artists. (DJ Mag)
Why the Yamaha DX21 is Posthuman's go-to synth. (DJ Mag)
Meet Nihiloxica, the band taking Uganda’s techno underground global. (bandcamp)
J. Worra talks On The Run with Kaleena Zanders and VenessaMichaels and the production process. (Magnetic)
Basti Grub interview: "Music is my passion" (Pulse)
Saturday Night Session 017: Generik reveals his mom came up with his DJ name and talks about his craziest night in Ibiza. (DA)
Um, Idris Elba’s Coachella DJ set was actually great. (Vulture)
The Chemical Brothers break down their new LP No Geography track-by-track. (Billboard)
Interview: Kaskade (EDM)
Fisher talks about growing up a beach bum, learning from his rave mom and riding the wave of success. (Billboard)
Techno pioneer Juan Atkins is rewiring his electro legacy. (DJ Mag)
How Flat Beat changed the world. (RA)
Raves, robots and writhing bodies: how electronic music rewired the world. (Guardian)
DJ Peggy Gou on the best way to deal with sexism: 'Kill them with kindness'. (Standard)
David Guetta talks Daft Punk, gay clubs and '90s Paris in 'The Road To Jack Back' mini-doc. [video] (Billboard)
Rüfüs Du Sol talk Coachella return and new music: 'We want to throw paint at the wall again'. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 12 Apr 2019

Get To Know: Jabru (Mixmag)
5 Facts, 5 Tracks: Kove (DT)
Bubblin' Up: Bézier (XLR8R)
Renegade Riddims: Dilemma (DT)
Guti: How I play live. (DJ Mag)
Fresh Kicks 99: Marina Trench (DJ Mag)
The 10 most diabolical, gut-wrenching techno tracks according to VTSS. (Electronic Beats)
The 15 best bass music tracks of March 2019. (Magnetic)
Billboard Dance's ones to watch: April 2019. (Billboard)
Under her Annie Mac Presents (AMP) banner the DJ brought together a two-day music industry conference. (M)
From Kraftwerk to Daftpunk, a history of dance music, in pictures. (Telegraph)
Louise Chen on fashion investments and DJing for the Beckhams. (Mixmag)
Electronic music has a performance problem, and Chagall van den Berg is trying to solve it. (Verge)
Inside Colombia's world-class techno scene. (RA)
What it's like to juggle electronic music with parenthood. (RA)
Avicii’s S.O.S: Why, a year after the DJ’s death, touring is still harming musicians. (Telegraph)
He.She.They is the progressive party series promoting diversity in the world's biggest clubs. (DJ Mag)
You call that EDM? Moritz Simon Geist’s robots make the most technical techno. (Ars Technica )
D&B star Crissy Criss talks about his new album War On Silence. (IDJ)
Kemistry & Storm – the tragic story of the drum'n'bass originals. (Guardian)
Gareth Emery talks Laserface Seattle, acting and more (DMNW)
Shlohmo explores the apocalyptic experiments on The End track-by-track. (Billboard)
Bassnectar breaks down his Reflective (Part 4) album track-by-track. (Billboard)
Klingande talks new album details and pool party secrets. (DMNW)
DJ Minx talk origins, Women on Wax and the spirit of Detroit. (DJ Mag)
S.P.Y is bringing classic jungle into the future. (DJ Mag)
DJ Craze: 'Sync is your friend... embrace technology' (Mixmag)
Don Diablo is the world-conquering future house pioneer. (DJ Mag)
Alison Wonderland on breaking through by singing, producing and telling her stories. [video] (Billboard)
TOKiMONSTA talks diverse musical influences and understanding music again after brain surgeries. [video] (Billboard)
Rezz explains how Tiësto and Deadmau5 influenced her sound and teases new musical collaborations. [video] (Billboard)
What is it like when Aphex Twin plays your music. (Mixmag)
Avicii’s death left many questions. Will his new music provide answers? (NYTimes)
Crisis Over: Agoria's lost album led to his most ambitious work yet. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 29 Mar 2019

Label of the month: Is / Was (RA)
Label of the Month: Selador (iDJ)
Fresh Kicks 98: High Class Filter (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Sweetpea (DT)
In Conversation: Apparat (Magnetic)
In Conversation: Carl Cox (Magnetic)
The month's best mixes: dusty house, spooky techno and sparkling jungle. (Guardian)
Solid Gold: How Leftfield's Leftism united the electronic music community in post-rave Britain and beyond. (DJ Mag)
Annie Mac talks expanding her festival empire and fighting for gender equality. (Billboard)
DJs of the future don't spin records - they write code. (Wired)
'It will rock your house!' Inside the Iranian electronic underground. (Guardian)
Inside Miami's dance music oasis Do Not Sit On The Furniture. (Mixmag)
Six DJs share their favourite Miami Music Week memories. (Mixmag)
Spinnin' Records: Inside the influential dance label on its 20th anniversary. (Billboard)
Shaq talks fun house, "Shiplo" and previous music career as Shaq Disel. (EDM)
Irish collective MOTZ thrives on a passion for banging Techno. (Mixmag)
A look at Gesaffelstein's nebulous, powerful relationship with hip-hop. (RB)
Getting deep and melodic with the sublime Eli & Fur. (Sun)
Fisher is the Aussie tech-house DJ/producer riding the wave of a meteoric rise. (DJ Mag)
The godfather of disco, Giorgio Moroder, talks about Bowie, Donna Summer and building supercars as he approaches his first ever tour aged 78. (Telegraph)
Skream and Rusko talk about the current state of Dubstep and their EDC b2b DJ set. (Mixmag)
Ravers with Guns: Meet the teenage British soldiers who partied in Berlin’s ’90s techno scene. (Electronic Beats)
Mixmag Cover Feature - Living in the moment: Jayda G dances to her own tune. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 22 Mar 2019

City Guide: Glasgow with Illyus & Barrientos. (Magnetic)
Get To Know: Dombresky (DJ Mag)
Get To Know: Cray (DJ Mag)
Get To Know: Sairen (DJ Mag)
You Should Know: Audien [video] (Billboard)
Fresh Kicks 97: Henry Greenleaf (Mixmag)
Renegade Riddims: Maztek (DT)
Renegade Master: Cyantific (DT)
Artist Tips: Man Power (XLR8R)
Billboard Dance's Ones to Watch: March 2019 (Billboard)
March: Six artists you need to check out this month (Mixmag)
11 emerging artists you need to hear this March. (DJ Mag)
10 of the most exciting new names in bass music. (Mixmag)
40 of the best UK Garage tracks released from 1995 to 2005. (Mixmag)
Positive education: Inside the Lisa Lashes School of Music (iDJ)
How 'creator-first' streaming tools are shifting roles for artists and labels. (Billboard)
As music data analytics services proliferate - giving everyone access to the same information - some believe A&R will revert back to being a field based on gut feeling. (Billboard)
Music, fashion and town planning: how nightclubs change the world. (Guardian)
Deorro explains why Latinx representation matters in the EDM scene. (Billboard)
French Express founder Perseus selects seven tracks that inspire him. (DJ Mag)
Dexter Tortoriello of Houses talks touring with Jungle, trusting your instincts and Diplo taking chances on him. (Magnetic)
Ejeca's Trance Wax is breathing new life into classic trance. (DJ Mag)
The wistful yet energizing dance music of RÜFÜS DU SOL. (NewYorker)
Saturday Night Session 015: Armin van Buuren discusses how his heart will always be with trance music and teases a return of his ‘classical’ Armin sound later this year. (DA)
Sasha talks about preserving clubs, the magic of John Digweed partnership and his favourite spots in New York City. (Magnetic)
Masterminding Marshmello: 'How do we turn this into the next Disney?’ (MBW)

ISSUE: 15 Mar 2019

In the studio: Levon Vincent. (XLR8R)
Get to know Vaal. (Mixmag)
The art of Djing: Teki Latex (RA)
20 Questions: Shlohmo (XLR8R)
FKJ's chilled banger Leave My Home is a Record of the Day. (RotD)
Brazilian producer Lucas Brontk's G-house track Womaback is a Record of the Day. (RotD)
A beginner's guide to club lighting. (RA)
The life of the DJ is often presented as a utopia on screen. Can Idris Elba’s new show Turn Up Charlie buck the trend? (Guardian)
Best daytime raves in London. (Standard)
Marshmello's Las Vegas residency might be the city's most expensive yet: Behind the deal. (Billboard)
Girl Pwr: Kittens shows the strength in building a female DJ community. (Mixmag)
The women who've shaped electronic music. (Mixmag)
"Less talk, more action": How Cinthie started a one-woman dance music empire. (Mixmag)
International Women's Day: 10 unforgettable live streams from DJ Mag HQ. (DJ Mag)
International Women's Day: 15 unforgettable mixes from the DJ Mag archive. (DJ Mag)
Tony Pike: a life in images and words. (Ibiza Spotlight)
Audien and Echosmith break down their latest release and what their favourite sound is. (EDM)
DVS1: "Festivals do not bring out the best in artists" (Mixmag)
Hannah Holland talks rave revival, rediscovery and leaving London. (DJ Mag)
Giorgio Moroder, the pop pioneer, talks about working with Bowie and Blondie and going on the road at 78. (Times)
Everything you need to know about Gesaffelstein. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 08 Mar 2019

Matador: How I play live (DJ Mag)
Fresh Kicks 96: Krotone (DJ Mag)
5 Facts, 5 Tracks: Jack Mirror (DT)
Get to know Pinty (Mixmag)
Q&A: Vladislav Delay (XLR8R)
Renegade Riddims: Soul In Motion residents Bailey and Need For Mirrors (DT)
7 must-hear mixes from February 2019. (Fact)
5 Years of CRSSD: The best of the Festival's Sunny Legacy. (Mixmag)
Algorithm is a dancer: How artificial intelligence is reshaping dance music. (DJ Mag)
Machine learning is helping unsigned artists make Spotify pay. (Wired)
Exploring the nostalgic treasures of the rave archive. (Mixmag)
Fabio Florido talks about his new Multiverse EP. (DJMagla)
Classixx talk about their origin, bridging creative differences and developing live show. (MagneticMag)
Kastle: Forward-thinking UK Garage... from LA. (iDJ)
Jeff Mills interview (Afropunk)
Jack into the vivid cyberpunk-inspired sonic universe of futuristic UK producer Murlo. (ElectronicBeats)
How Bjarki became techno's most unpredictable artist. (Mixmag)
The art of production: Christoph De Babalon (RA)
Jeff Mills is more than a DJ, more than a producer, more than a musician. (Mixmag)
The dance music world reacts to the tragic passing of Keith Flint. (Mixmag)
Keith Flint’s fire has gone out far too early. (GQ)
Keith Flint of The Prodigy was the face and voice of America's '90s electronic boom. (Billboard)
The Prodigy’s Keith Flint was the face of raving for a generation. (LATimes)
Court jester, mob orator: The Prodigy’s Keith Flint was rave on legs. (NewStatesman)
Remembering Keith Flint, a rave icon. (RA)
The Prodigy’s Keith Flint remembered: The unforgettable face of rave rebellion. (DJ Mag)
Rave Icon: As the frontman of The Prodigy, Keith Flint delivered a furious new type of dance music. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 01 Mar 2019

Six by Six: Ralf Gum (iDJ)
Fresh kicks: Flora Yin-Wong (DJ Mag)
Get to know Angel-Ho (Mixmag)
Renegade riddims: Ekko & Sidetrack (DT)
Eagles & Butterflies: Desert island kit (DJ Mag)
Turkish DJ and producer Berkcan Demir's debut track Hopes is a Record of the Day. (RotD)
The 15 best drum & bass tracks of February 2019. (Magnetic)
Billboard Dance's ones to watch: February 2019 (Billboard)
How independent artists are reinventing the physical release format. (Mixmag)
Acid over Hollywood: How Blade immortalized a 303 anthem. (RBMA)
Russell E.L. Butler is building a home in techno. (DJ Mag)
CTM is the inspiring festival dance music needs. (Mixmag)
CTM Festival 2019: Dance music is not in crisis, it’s more hopeful than ever. (Fact)
XOYO resident Joshua James talks about his residencies, his new music, Sink The Pink and more. (Mixmag)
Louis Futon breaks down feature-heavy debut LP Way Back When. (Billboard)
Made in Ibiza: Tony Pike, hotelier, playboy. (Ibiza Spotlight)
'He played the game of life properly': Remembering Tony Pike. (RA)
9 moments that defined Tony Pike's rollercoaster life. (Mixmag)
Tony Pike has passed away but his legend – and the hotel that he founded – will live on for many years to come. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 22 Feb 2019

Real Talk: Alan Fitzpatrick (Xlr8r)
Get To Know: Justin Cudmore (DJ Mag)
Get To Know: Alison Swing (DJ Mag)
In conversation: Icarus (Magnetic)
Matador: How I play live (DJ Mag)
12 emerging artists you need to hear this February. (DJ Mag)
Creative songwriting and performance in Ableton Live with Afrodeutsche. [video] (DT)
How Indie company 418 Music beat Taylor Swift, Katy Perry labels in Billboard's 2018 list of Dance Imprints. (Forbes)
Behind the scenes of Chantel Jeffries' Life as a DJ and her YG collaboration Facts. (Billboard)
The most expensive dance floor records ever sold on Discogs Part 2. (RA)
The resilience of Russia's dance music scene. (RA)
Las Vegas and the EDM scene. (EDMTunes)
Massive Attack: ‘I have total faith in the next generation’ (Guardian)
Toby Green talks tuning out of external pressures and tuning into his love for dance music. (DA)
ANNA talks determination, meditation and the power of her incendiary techno. (DJ Mag)
No sleep 'till Ghent: Soulwax's relentless pursuit of the unknown. (Mixmag)
R3HAB on EDM's rise in Asia, how to make hit remixes and pop collabs. (EDM)

ISSUE: 15 Feb 2019

Label of the month: Frequenza (iDJ)
Renegade riddims: Murdock (DT)
Fresh Kicks 94: Cressida (DJ Mag)
Deep Inside: February 2019’s must-hear house and techno playlist. (Fact)
The 20 best New Jersey house records. (Mixmag)
February: Six artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
Moog House of Electronicus 2019 in photos. (Fact)
What does DJ Marshmello's Fortnite concert mean for the future of music performance? The 10-minute virtual concert was one of the largest digital gatherings ever. (NPR)
For two decades, the Farringdon club Fabric has brought underground dance into the mainstream. But with increasing costs and less adventurous punters, it faces serious challenges. (Guardian)
How it was made: Gettoblaster - Get Dat ft. DJ Funk. (Magnetic)
Tru Thoughts Records co-owner Robert Luis picks 10 tracks that represent the best of the label's impressive catalog. (Paste)
Dance music is leading the charge when it comes to gender diversity within the workplace. (Sun)
EJ scores the most unconventional residency there is, and talks being the anonymous musical face of Formula E. (DA)
Taking it slow with Kara-Lis Coverdale. (RA)
Killer tracks only: Solid Blake's uncompromising vision. (Mixmag)
Nastia is the techno outlier going against the grain. (DJ Mag)
Porter Robinson breaks down what makes a perfect dance record. (Billboard)
Giorgio Moroder: ‘I do not like being called the Godfather of electronic music’ (Guardian)

ISSUE: 08 Feb 2019

Watch Point Blank's tips for instant creativity in Ableton using Max for live. (PointBlank)
Studio essentials: Lazare Hoche (Xlr8r)
Fresh Kicks 93: Reka (DJ Mag)
Get to know: Harriet Jaxxon (DJ Mag)
7 must-hear mixes from January 2019: Surreal avant-club, boggy techno, destabilized bass. (Fact)
10 cathartic industrial techno tracks that will purge your soul according to Paula Temple. (ElectronicBeats)
The 15 best bass music tracks of January 2019. (Magnetic)
Solid Gold: How Underworld's Dubnobasswithmyheadman changed UK dance music forever. (DJ Mag)
B-Sides: Digging in the crates with Cinthie. [video] (ElectronicBeats)
'Best Remixed Recording’ can be a career-making Grammy Award. (Variety)
Cause4Concern: 20 years in darkness. (iDJ)
Bjarki is bringing Icelandic Techno down to earth. (DJ Mag)
Excision spotlights his favourite Bass up-and-comers. (Billboard)
Amy Douglas: The voice of Horse Meat Disco and more. (iDJ)
The art of DJing: Avalon Emerson (RA)
Powder discusses origins, no wave, community, instinct and more. (DJ Mag)
Goldie's new life as Subjective with James Davidson. (Mixmag)
Tiga talks Turbo Recordings, the future of techno and what’s coming in 2019. (DJ Mag)
Defected is the great success story of UK dance music. (DJ Mag)
Peggy Gou, Lee Burridge, tINI and Josh Wink reveal how they deal with pre-set jitters. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 01 Feb 2019

Label of the month: Halcyon Veil (RA)
Get to know Jerry Folk. (Mixmag)
How to be a Resident DJ with Dennis Cruz. (DT)
Renegade Riddims: Lady V Dubz (DT)
The 15 best house tracks of January 2019. (Magnetic)
Putting a value on music publishing catalogues. (Synchtank)
Scott Cohen: "If you think that mixed reality isn't interesting, you're probably going to be replaced." (Forbes)
Photographer George Nebieridze’s unfiltered look into the heart of the electronic music scene. (ElectronicBeats)
The strange story of Township Funk, the unlikely hit that helped South African dance music go global. (Pitchfork)
Lost Frequencies opens up about his favourite tunes including big room cuts from Eric Prydz, Flume and the late great Avicii. (DJ Mag)
ARTY talks video games and explains the huge year he has in store. (DA)
Rudimental break down Toast To Our Differences. (Billboard)
Judge Jules picks 10 classic dance tracks ahead of Ministry of Sound's Annual Classical. (Standard)
Steve Aoki talks Hakkasan residency and K-pop collabs. (EDM)
DJ, producer and Firehouse label founder Kim Ann Foxman unveils the unique locations that make Brooklyn, NYC a community-focused hub for dance music. (Mixmag)
Paul Oakenfold on the state of electronic music and new sunset at Stonehenge release. (Forbes)
Mixmag cover feature: Midland's path to DJ stardom. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 25 Jan 2019

In conversation with Franky Rizardo. (DT)
Get to know: Charlotte Adigéry. (Mixmag)
Fresh kicks 92: TR One (DJ Mag)
Renegade riddims: Zeal (DT)
My musical influences: Set Mo (DT)
Artist tips: Fabian Winkels (Xlr8r)
Cinthie talks about her favourite piece of studio kit, the [TR-]505 by Roland. (DJ Mag)
Interview: Freq Nasty (iDJ)
Solid Gold: How Prince's iconic album Purple Rain influenced electronic music. (DJ Mag)
Billboard Dance's ones to watch: January 2019. (Billboard)
Reflecting on well-being in 2018 (and into 2019). (Medium - Darren Hemmings)
Fans may assume the $10 they pay for a monthly streaming subscription goes to the artists they listen to most. That’s not the case. Now, a growing number of musicians and industry players want change. (Ringer)
DJ Mag investigates the growing culture of 'flipping' in dance music, where unscrupulous Discogs sellers inﬂate the cost of rare records to extortionate amounts. (DJ Mag)
10 Things Zedd Can’t Live Without. [video] (GQ)
Why Varg hates techno. (RA)
Nightclubbing: House of God. (RBMA)
From ice skating at Berghain to Balinese gabber, This is your guide to CTM Festival 2019. (ElectronicBeats)
Alan Walker explains how he created Different World. [video] (Billboard)

ISSUE: 18 Jan 2019

5 Facts, 5 Tracks: Mendo. (DT)
Marvin & Guy: Desert Island Kit. (DJ Mag)
Renegade Riddims: Deuce & Charger. (DT)
20 Questions: Selling (Xlr8r)
35 best French house songs ever. (Billboard)
10 tracks that define the tripped-out sound of the breakbeat house revival. (ElectronicBeats)
How to run a vinyl only record label with I Love Acid. [video] (Point Blank)
Naive, Private Persons and Enclave Records are three essential labels to look out for in 2019. (DJ Mag)
Ellie Goulding talks about recruiting Diplo for Close to Me and why her next album is a Return. (Billboard)
Zozo, Istanbul’s purveyor of rhythmic psychedelia and “space drama” talks about her passion for electronic music and her hectic 2018. (DJ Mag)
iDJ catches up with Scotland's Illyus & Barrientos. (IDJ)
The haunting techno of Rebekah. (DJ Mag)
The wisdom of Skream. (Mixmag)
Veronica Vasicka picks 10 boundary-breaking records that have inspired her. (DJ Mag)
Derrick Carter demonstrates Chicago's commitment to house music in 'My City' with WAV. (Mixmag)
Techno star Helena Hauff: 'Every woman who DJs and is visible helps to make a change'. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 21 Dec 2018

The 20 best piano house tracks ever. (Mixmag)
12 perfect records to soundtrack your New Year's Eve party. (Mixmag)
Interview: Andres Campo. (Inflyte)
Maayan Nidam: Forever present. (XLR8R)
Maribou State: How I play live. (DJ Mag)
The art of DJing: Vladimir Ivkovic. (RA)
Solid Gold: How 'Dig Your Own Hole' redefined The Chemical Brothers' sound. (DJ Mag)
Globe-trotting DJ and Vienna native, Cassy talks about 1990's New York, going potty in Sicily and impulse airport buying. (Metro)
RAM talks Northern Star, future of Grotesque, returning to hard trance and more. (EDM Identity)
Bassline’s bigger and louder than ever before. (RB)
Ellen Allien talks Griessmuehle, the changing face of techno and her new label. (Electronic Beats)
Marie Davidson’s feminist techno brought humour to the dancefloor this year. (Pitchfork)
Mumdance talks about how he’s navigated the music industry and learned that being himself is the best strategy. (DJ Mag)
From Burning Man to Ibiza residency, Bedouin shares their journey. (Billboard)
Maribou State make electronic music for the soul. (Complex UK)
DJ Mag Best Of British Awards 2018 winners. (DJ Mag)
Scottish hardcore visionaries Clouds, together with designer David Rudnick, have gone above and beyond for their new album project, creating a nightmare future, yet finding their own peace within it. (DJ Mag)
Tycho reflects on why 2018 was the "most inspiring year of his musical career". (Mixmag)
Martin Garrix teams up with GQ to answer fans questions. [video] (GQ)
Mixmag cover feature - Relentlessly Creative: Objekt is the DJ of the year. (Mixmag)
EDM Sauce's dance music industry members of the year. (EDM Sauce)
The 5 best independent dance labels of 2018. (Billboard)
Billboard Dance's breakout artist of 2018: Alison Wonderland. (Billboard)
Dance music curators from around the industry share their favorite songs of 2018. (Billboard)
Billboard's 30 best dance/electronic songs of 2018: Critics' picks. (Billboard)
Noisey's 17 best mixes of 2018. (Noisey)
Guardian's best DJ mixes of 2018. (Guardian)
Resident Advisor's 2018 Best Mixes. (RA)
DJ Mag’s top 50 albums of 2018. (DJ Mag)
DJ Mag’s top 50 tracks of 2018. (DJ Mag)
Mixmag's top 50 albums of 2018. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 14 Dec 2018

Label of the month: Kneaded Pains. (IDJ)
5 Steps with…Brian Cid (DT)
Real Talk: Kasper Bjørke. (Xlr8r)
Fresh Kicks 90: Laura BCR (DJ Mag)
Get to know Chrissy, the living embodiment of a DJ's DJ. (Mixmag)
The 15 best tech house tracks of November 2018. (Magnetic)
Deep Inside: December 2018’s must-hear house and techno playlist. (Fact)
Learn how to make a Techno track in this new masterclass video. (PointBlank)
How to prepare for a DJ set with Louie Vega. (DT)
Hardcore sounds from Tehran. (RA)
10 Moments that defined Major Lazer. (DJ Mag)
Gilles Peterson: at home with the superstar DJ. (FTWeekend)
Illenium talks bluntly about addiction. [video] (Illenium)
Martin Garrix & Mike Yung explain how they created Dreamer. [video] (Billboard)
GRiZ: the EDM artist using his star power to make a difference. (Guardian)
Moxie is a one-woman dance music cottage industry. (Mixmag)
Techno’s most tireless ambassador, Nicole Moudaber, talks about the secrets to her success. (DJ Mag)
Roger Sanchez talks about the future of dance music and how to make it as a DJ. (Sun)
Zedd breaks down his most iconic tracks. [video](GQ)
Richie Hawtin Interview: "I'm interested in man and machine". (TheTalks)
For club use only: Best of 2018 (Fact)
Pitchfork's best electronic music of 2018. (Pitchfork)
Billboard's 10 best dance/electronic albums of 2018: Critics' picks. (Billboard)
Resident Advisor's 2018 Best Tracks. (RA)
Resident Advisor's 2018 Best Albums. (RA)
Mixmag's top 50 tracks of 2018. (Mixmag)
Mixmag's DJs of the Year 2018. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 07 Dec 2018

8 DJ sets in frankly outrageous locations. (RB)
Plattenspieler: A listening session with Gilles Peterson. (Ableton)
Juany Bravo talks about his 2018 successes and what’s to come in 2019. (Inflyte+)
Breaking Through: Violet (RA)
7 must hear mixes from November 2018. (Fact)
The top 15 house tracks of November 2018. (Magnetic)
The 30 best vocal house anthems ever. (Mixmag)
Daphne Oram and the birth of electronic music. (Hackaday)
Bradley Gunn Raver on ‘Creating a Brand’. (DT)
Get to know Nkisi, the artist uniting hyper-modern club sounds and Afrocentric rhythms. (Mixmag)
How the Chainsmokers and Kelsea Ballerini made This Feeling. [video] (Billboard)
Thomas Gold returns to Armada with Real Love and talks about his inspirations behind the release. (DA)
The Prodigy star Liam Howlett opens up about how he ‘nearly killed himself in the studio — working has to be intense’ after release of band’s SIXTH No1 album. (Sun)
Travis Scott & Skrillex talk SICKO MODE (Remix) and why their collaboration felt like 'A Movie'. (Billboard)
China’s Electric Jungle festival co-founder, Boyi Zhou, talks dance music culture, obstacles, and the wild time yet to come. (DA)
Look backing at Massive Attack's classic Mezzanine ahead of their 20th anniversary tour. (Billboard)
Bradley Gunn Raver is spreading his Love Life and Rave message across the world. (Mixmag)
Richie Hawtin talks technology, Art Basel and the future of electronic music. (BlackBook)

ISSUE: 30 Nov 2018

Artist Tips: Rebekah (XLR8R)
One to Watch: Weval (Electronic Beats)
In Conversation with… Break (DT)
Vorso: Bath's brazen beatmeister. (IDJ)
Lonely C: How I play live. (DJ Mag)
December: Six artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
Cheeky Bubblers: Six acts you need to hear this November. (DJ Mag)
Q&A: Elderbrook (DA)
Carista is a DJ star in the making. (Mixmag)
New Year's Eve parties on Ibiza. (Ibiza Spotlight)
The rise of Africa’s most exciting new dance music scenes. (Dazed)
God Save The Bass: Remembering the UK’s contributions to dance music. (DMNW)
From Miller Soundclash to Miller Music Amplified - the DJ's journey. (DJ Mag)
Watch Mike Banks discuss the Detroit-Berlin connection with the Tresor masterminds. [video] (RBMA)
DJ, Producer and label co-founder, Seb Wildblood, talks about his music, new releases and his past year. (DJ Mag)
In the Key of She is the new radio show exploring female trailblazers in dance music. (Mixmag)
dBridge is the uncompromising producer pushing the boundaries of drum & bass. (DJ Mag)
Adriatique talk about bringing Nude album to life. (Billboard)
Alternative Top 100 DJs 2018, powered by Beatport. (DJ Mag)
Electronic music titans Jean-Michel Jarre and The Crystal Method in conversation. (Forbes)

ISSUE: 23 Nov 2018

In Conversation with... Danny Byrd (DT)
The sound of: Dark Entries. (DJ Mag)
The art of DJing: Eris Drew (RA)
Game Changer: 808 State Pacific State. (DJ Mag)
Billboard Dance's ones to watch: November 2018 (Billboard)
Carl Cox & Eric Powell's Mobile Disco: 10 Essential Tunes. (DJ Mag)
The 20 best tracks that sample the Amen Break. (Mixmag)
Studio Science: Marie Davidson on live performance. [video] (RBMA)
Artist Advice: Label vs Independent - which is the better route? (Magnetic)
How we made: Groove Armada’s At The River. (Guardian)
Gene Farris: On 20 years of Farris Wheel and more. (IDJ)
Let’s Talk: Gary Beck. (Inflyte)
Gary Beck talks about his new album, Dál Riata. (Ibiza Voice)
Chancha Vía Circuito and the story of electronic cumbia. (RA)
How YouTube's recommendation algorithm really works. (Atlantic)
UK producer and member of Snow Ghosts, Throwing Snow discusses the importance of place to music, soundtrack work and field recording. (DJ Mag)
Tchami on Confession's direction, his priest persona and a return to melodies. (EDM)
Steve Lawler & Yousef B2B interview on life balance, career longevity and more. (Magnetic)
Mixmag Cover Feature: Claude Vonstroke and the future of dance music in America. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 16 Nov 2018

In Conversations with... Carl Bee (DT)
In Conversation with… London Elektricity (DT)
8 rising artists taking jump-up drum ’n’ bass to new levels. (RB)
The best 15 tech-house tracks of October 2015. (Magnetic)
5 new books about dance music and club culture that you should read this year. (Electronic Beats)
Solid Gold: How Sound of Silver turned LCD Soundsystem into one of America's most important bands. (DJ Mag)
How the inclusive electronic networks of Brazil’s musical mecca are working to educate and unite the local scene. (RBMA)
Jacklndn's euphoric vocals and melodic tone are making an impact and show us how beautiful life can be. (Mixmag)
Italian house veteran Tuccillo talks about new EP, djing in Ibiza and his career. (IDJ)
Amsterdam techno legend Steve Rachmad discusses the city’s changing scene, evolving as a DJ and plans for the future. (DJ Mag)
Erol Alkan discusses how he made his new tracks Spectrum and Silver Echoes. (Mixmag)
ILLENIUM talks about redefining the live show game with his Awake 2.0 tour. (DA)
After making her name with an unmissable Phonox residency, HAAi has a thousand new plans, including setting up a live band, and a global tour. (Mixmag)
Skream looks back on 15 years of doing whatever the hell he wants. (Billboard)
Mark Ronson discusses Kevin Parker & SZA collabs, getting the most out of singers and new album. (Magnetic)
Agoria discusses aliens and electronic music's evolution at ADE. [video] (Mixmag)
Lost Frequencies talks about touring with The Chainsmokers, DJ's Mag's top 100 and what's next. (DA)
Jonas Blue breaks down his album Blue track by track. (Billboard)
Anatomy of a Hit: Marshmello & Bastille discuss how Happier became their biggest hit. (Billboard)
How we made: Ministry of Sound. (Guardian)
Sasha talks John Digweed, depression and electronic music’s ‘bright future’ at EMC 2018 keynote. (IO)

ISSUE: 09 Nov 2018

In Session: Lone (Mixmag)
In conversation with... Breakbeat Kaos (DT)
Get to know Klose One, Rinse FM resident mixing the sound of London. (Mixmag)
Anna Lunoe shines light on the scene’s latest club stompers with new HYPERHOUSE Livestream series. [video] (DA)
7 must-hear mixes from October 2018: Quantum jungle acceleration and “techno dancehall” experiments. (Fact)
The 15 best bass music tracks of October 2018. (Magnetic)
15 flute house tracks from the '90s that will make you reconsider flute house. (Electronic Beats)
DJ and producer Fabio Florido discusses his hybrid setup and the thought process behind his work. (NI)
Ben Bristow and DJ Ravine share their top DJ tips. [video] (Point Blank)
DJ's and label bosses, Dixon and Gerd Janson discuss clubbing, careers, when to say yes or no, and how criticism can have a positive impact. [video] (RBMA)
Music lawyer Judge Jules talks about music law for DJs, including takedowns, live streaming, publishing, dodgy promoters and more. [video] (DT)
PBR Streetgang chat about the return of Asylum, their early memories and balancing dad with DJ life. (IbizaVoice)
DJ Stingray is the future-focused selector at the helm of the electro renaissance. He chats about history, science, futurism and where his deadly abilities behind the decks come from. (DJ Mag)
W&W reflects on the potential of the present dance scene ahead of its ZoukOut 2018 set. (Bandwagon)
The Prodigy: 'We don't need to reinvent ourselves’. (BBC)
Darude talks about Sandstorm, mental health and more. (Bandwagon)
Wolfgang Gartner revives electro house grooves for Medicine EP and discusses the tracks. (Billboard)
David Guetta breaks down his formula for success and talks about his new album, 7. (Billboard)
No Shade — a DJ collective, club night, and training program — is transforming Berlin nightlife one rave at a time. (i-D)
Spotify can’t keep losing more than $1bn a year. Can podcasts rescue its business model? (RollingStone)
Electronic Music conference director Jane Slingo discusses how to best put on a music conference and what is happening with the lockouts. (Magnetic)
Blond:ish talk about Ibiza, the careless attitudes towards the island’s environment and how motivated they are to change this. (MyIbiza)
Maceo Plex talks electro, EDM and going back to his roots as Mariel Ito. (DJ Mag)
How Marshmello became a $44m DJ. (Forbes)

ISSUE: 02 Nov 2018

20 Questions: Ouri. (XLR8R)
My Music Influences by Saytek. (DT)
Q&A: Scuba (EDM)
East End Dubs: A rare interview. (Ibiza Voice)
November: Six artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
Cheeky Bubblers: Six acts you need to hear this October. (DJ Mag)
Billboard Dance's ones to watch: October 2018 (Billboard)
Real Talk: Laurent Garnier (XLR8R)
Get to know Qrion, the artist bringing soulful samples to digital-age sounds. (Mixmag)
Bruce talks about sonic evolution, versatility, and his debut LP on Hessle Audio. (DJ Mag)
The Prodigy's Liam Howlett talks No Tourists, U.S. dates and hitting their 'Old School' sound. (Billboard)
10 best tracks and moments of Ibiza 2018. (Mixmag)
Gothenburg's Way Out West festival is keeping the city raving through tough challenges. (Mixmag)
Growlers: The dance world according to Pig&Dan. (Billboard)
A special report from ADE 2018. (iDJ)
Apple’s new MacBook Air, Mac mini and iPad Pro are a mixed bag for musicians. (Fact)
Farewell Store Street: 7 DJs tell Mixmag their favourite Warehouse Project memories. (Mixmag)
Archie B talks Audio Rehab, 2019 plans and his dream label. (Inflyte)
Jeff Mills explains the appeal of his live techno outfit Spiral Deluxe. (Electronic Beats)
Watch Nina Kraviz lay down nearly two hours of avant garde techno at the top of the Eiffel Tower. [video] (Cercle)
Paul van Dyk talks about the new home of trance on Ibiza. [video] (Ibiza Spotlight)
Rüfüs Du Sol wants to change the way you think about electronic music. (Time)
Paul Oakenfold talks ADE, Dreamstate, Perfecto and more. (EDM Identity)

ISSUE: 26 Oct 2018

Tea & Biscuits with... Wise Men Project
Let’s Talk: Marco Faraone (Inflyte)
5 steps with Hervé (DT)
Interview: Lee K [Circulate/CRSSD] (Magnetic)
6 Chicago classics that brought house music to Europe. (DA)
10 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear in October 2018. (Fact)
10 titanic techno tunes from Movement Torino. (Pulse)
DJ Hannah Wants talks about her tech, loving Pioneer and her dad's old cassette player. (Metro)
How to add extra decks and FX to your DJing with Roger Sanchez. [video] (DT)
Rüfüs Du Sol break down their album Solace. (Billboard)
E-Saggila's fearless electronic music and commitment to the DIY scene is making an impact. (Mixmag)
Ticketmaster’s acquisition of Upgraded: One small step for blockchain ticketing, a giant leap in ticketing. (Aventus)
The average remix is just a marketing tool – a way to get money for old rope. But in the right hands and with the best intentions, it can be sublime. (Guardian)
Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence make music composition easier than ever – because a machine is doing half the work. Could computers soon go it alone? (Guardian)
Discowoman's Southbank Party was a demonstration of the crew's innovative powers. (Mixmag)
The future of intelligent d'n'b, the divisive '90s style that's coming back. (RB)
Amelie Lens is 2018's DJ phenomenon. (Mixmag cover story)

ISSUE: 19 Oct 2018

Breaking Through: Forest Drive West (RA)
Get to know: Ceri (DJ Mag)
Sub Focus: Desert Island Kit (DJ Mag)
Get to know Giant Swan, the duo with riotous live sets and releases that match. (Mixmag)
This is how much it costs to spend a week in Ibiza in 2018. (Mixmag)
EBM DJ Kris Baha talks Rammstein, magic and running a record label. (Electronic Beats)
Hannah Wants talks new label Etiquette and single Close To You. (Your EDM)
Lunchmeat: the continental electronic music festival that’s paving the future for live performance. (NME)
Interview: Patrice Bäumel (Ibiza Voice)
Meet the people creating the code of conduct to end sexual harassment in dance music. (DJ Mag)
Techno workaholic Marie Davidson: 'I'm a total maniac who is very hard on myself’. (Guardian)
Mixmag goes on the road with techno duo Blond:ish. (Mixmag)
Martin Jensen talks ADE, debut EP and playing in Asia. (EDM Identity)
Sasha, Heidi, Henry Saiz and Baile share their favourite Last Night On Earth tracks and ADE recommendations. (Magnetic)
Amsterdam-based artists share their hidden gems to visit during ADE. (DJ Mag)
Artists explain how to make the most of this year's ADE. (DJ Mag)

ISSUE: 12 Oct 2018

Detroit Swindle: How I Play Live (DJ Mag)
Hot new tracks for October (Ibiza Spotlight)
October: Six artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
The top 15 house tracks of September 2018. (Magnetic)
Get to know German house and techno artist Julian Wassermann. (EDM Identity)
Producer Mark Fell on his love of FM synthesis and algorithmic composition. (Fact)
Electric Rhythm: The history of the drum machine. [watch] (Reverb)
Annie Mac on how to succeed in a male-dominated industry. (Stylist)
Richy Ahmed chats about FourThirtyTwo upcoming shows. (DT)
Christian Bachmann talks through his new LP Stardust. (DT)
Old DJ sets resurfacing on the web reveal the true outlines of dance music history. (Mixmag)
Solid Gold: How Daft Punk's Discovery reshaped dance music for the digital age. (DJ Mag)
Ask the Experts: The Orb's Alex Paterson. (XLR8R)
Nachtbraker's eclectic output of funky dance music is making an impact. (Mixmag)
Secret DJ Interview (Ibiza Voice)
Jonas Rathsman discusses his home studio he built himself, the new ELEMENTS series, and more. (EDM)
Ida's acid flash parties are making an impact on Scotland's clubbing scene. (Mixmag)
The rapid rise of Peggy Gou. (Ibiza Voice)
Alison Wonderland is the star electronic dance music needs now. (Forbes)
Get to know Poté, the bleeding-edge talent merging percussive prowess with a psychedelic flair. (Mixmag)
Alesso chats about Remedy with Conor Maynard and more. [video] (Billboard)

ISSUE: 05 Oct 2018

Introducing... Mathame (DT)
In Conversation with ... DLR (DT)
The best closing parties in October on Ibiza. (Ibiza Spotlight)
7 must-hear mixes from September 2018: Redlining rave, hardcore energy and bleep history. (Fact)
Billboard Dance's ones to watch: September 2018 (Billboard)
The art of djing: Louie Vega (RA)
Vintage clothing specialist, Wavey Garms discuss their collaboration with Chase & Status on their new rave-inspired collection. (Mixmag)
Marie Davidson talks touring, psychology and the power of not caring. (Electronic Beats)
The Knocks break down their new album, New York Narcotic. (Billboard)
London club The Cause is leading the way for DIY dance music. (RB)
The love story continues for dance music mavericks Layo & Bushwacka! (Sun)
Damian Lazarus discusses the best parties and rave omens. (Mixmag)
From his ups and downs to the controversy and calamity - Ibiza Voice analyses the career of Denis Sulta, the latest dream-living Glasgwegian to rocket to stardom. (Ibiza Voice)
Walk through the birthplace of techno with Carl Craig in the latest edition of My City. [video] (Mixmag)
DJ Mag dons a fancy helmet and attempts to throw shapes to the sounds of Peggy Gou and Artwork at a rave in the world’s deepest diving pool. (DJ Mag)
The Crystal Method breaks down their first LP as a solo artist. (Billboard)
Francesca Lombardo talks about her live performance, debut album and deciding her own destiny. (DJ Mag)
Andy C gives his tips on djing and thinking behind record selection. [video] (DT)
Mixmag takes Orbital's Phil Hartnoll to a 2018 free party in the Welsh countryside. (Mixmag)
Denis Sulta escaped depression to live out his DJ dreams. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 28 Sep 2018

Label of the Month: EM Records (RA)
Cheeky Bubblers: Nine acts you need to hear this September (DJ Mag)
From Eno to Aphex: UK ambient music in 7 essential albums. (RB)
10 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear in September 2018. (Fact)
Get to know J. Worra, the tech-house purveyor with a big party attitude. (Mixmag)
Myradh Cormican chats social media tips for DJs at IMS College Malta. (DT)
Watch Bradley Gunn Raver dance his way through New York City. [video] (Mixmag)
Chris Liebing on family, fortune, and his first album in eight years. (DJ Mag)
Nastia talks through her role in the Smirnoff Equalising Music programme. (Mixmag)
San Holo breaks down his new sound on Album1. (Billboard)
Swedish pop-DJ duo Rebecca & Fiona chat about their new album, Art of Being A Girl. (EDM)
Solid Gold: How Music For The Jilted Generation turned the Prodigy from rave outsiders to festival headliners. (DJ Mag)
John Digweed and Nicole Moudaber talk about being leaders, staying positive and non-stop travel. (Magnetic)
Justice talk DIY live gear, being selfish in the studio and their new live album Woman Worldwide. [video] (Billboard)
HAAi chats about her life on the road, new Pacha residency and playing to 5000 people at DGTL earlier this year. (Ibiza Voice)
The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett discusses the futile allure of celebrity, becoming a rave dad, and channelling chaos on their new album No Tourists. (Dazed)
Nina Kraviz: An uncompromising electronic hero. (Ibiza Voice)
The women who’ve been written out of Manchester's clubbing history. (Dazed)
RL Grime & Diplo: In Conversation. [video] (RL Grime)
GQ speaks to those close to Avicii to understand how his intolerable nightly schedule was allowed to continue. (GQ)
David Guetta: "I love pop. So What?" (DJ Mag)

ISSUE: 21 Sep 2018

Get to know UK bass house producer DOMMIX. (EDM Identity)
How I play live: Shaded (DJ Mag)
5 Facts 5 Tracks: Problem Central (DT)
Get To Know: Mason Maynard (DJ Mag)
Q&A: Kaskade (DA)
Q&A: MNEK (M)
10 new breaks acts pushing the sound forward in 2018. (Redbull)
DJ Ravine and Ben Bristow discuss five key mistakes made by DJs. (DT)
How Aphex Twin's 'Selected Ambient Work 85-92' redefined dance music. (DJ Mag)
Jungle discuss how finding love and heartbreak inspired their new album For Ever (Sun)
He’s played Everest and the Great Wall of China. But what happened when Paul Oakenfold set out to be the first person ever to DJ at Stonehenge? (Guardian)
Bob Moses break down their new dance-rock LP Battle Lines track by track. (Billboard)
Solardo: "We don't want people to think we're some one-trick tech-house pony" (Mixmag)
Orbital chat about their new LP, sibling bickering and sending a message through music.
(DJ Mag)
How wacky flamboyance made Elrow the most popular party in the world. (Independent)
Carly Foxx talks about her time in the electronic music scene, the incredible work she does for women and upcoming artists, and what she has planned for the remainder of 2018 (Decoded)
Watch Danny Daze take Mixmag on an intimate tour of Miami's vibrant and Latin-flavored culture, sights and scenes in new series, My City. [video] (Mixmag)
Kaskade discusses the current state of EDM, the Asian market, mental health and more. (Bandwagon)

ISSUE: 14 Sep 2018

The best mixes from August: Discwoman, Gian Manik, LSDXOXO and more. (Guardian)
Bubblin' Up: Anastasia Kristensen (XLR8R)
Q&A: Australian producer Nyxen. (DA)
The Art of DJing: James Zabiela (RA)
10 moments that defined Skrillex. (DJ Mag)
Burning Man 2018: 9 of the best sets. (Billboard)
Best closing parties in September on Ibiza. (Ibiza Spotlight)
An oral history of Berlin minimal techno. (RBMA)
The Sound of Berlin Documentary [video] (Embassy One)
Get to know Satori, the Dutch artist leading Ibiza's nomadic movement. (Mixmag)
Jauz talks about the concept behind his new album The Wise and The Wicked. (DMNW)
The delicate art of building robots that make techno with Moritz Simon Geist. (Mixmag)
How to write a summer banger. [video] (BBC Radio 1)
Jungle’s first album was a dreamy hit — now the band’s two frontmen are on their second, and it’s all about broken hearts. (Standard)
Jeff Mills discusses his history with the iconic Roland TR-909 and how technology will shape music in the future. (Mixmag)
UK garage legend DJ Spoony chats about his top tracks that chart the influential sound. (DJ Mag)
Eats Everything talks about the cost of Ibiza, his first trip to the island, mental health and how he balances his work and family life. (Ibiza Voice)
David Guetta's Top 40 biggest songs in the UK. (Official Charts)
David Guetta is slowing down and trying to reinvent EDM. (SundayTimes)

ISSUE: 07 Sep 2018

Things to do this month on Ibiza - September 2018. (Ibiza Spotlight)
Six artists you need check out this September. (Mixmag)
Label Profile: Sleazy Deep (DT)
Q&A: Brooke Brothers (Your EDM)
The 15 best bass music tracks of August 2018. (Magnetic)
What do DJs actually do? [video] (Insider)
Naughty Boy: 'UK is the hub of world music.' (M)
The art of club design. (Mixmag)
A new wave of electronic acts from the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland are taking over the British dance scene. (Guardian)
Ben Klock's Photon show is a perfectly judged synthesis of light and music. (Mixmag)
Jauz breaks down his ambitious concept album, The Wise and The Wicked. (Billboard)
DJ, live electronic artist & vocalist Thomas Gandey talks about living and working with his speech impediment. (Ibiza Voice)
Dutch DJ Julian Jordan discusses friendship with Martin Garrix and being CEO of his own label. (Billboard)
Loud Luxury discuss life after Body and staying humble. (Billboard)
Bedouin have taken nomadic house to lands further afield than just Burning Man. Johnny Lee catches up with them in Ibiza. (Mixmag)
Justice on 10 years together, Woman Worldwide, and what the future holds for the greatest dance-rock band of all time. (DA)
DJ Benji B has worked with everyone from Kanye to Phoebe Philo. Now as Louis Vuitton's first ever music director he wants to reinvent the sound of the runway. (FT)
Andy C opens up about his passion for DJing, giving new artists a platform and his love of the beautiful game. (DJ Mag)

ISSUE: 31 Aug 2018

10 Hidden techno gems released between 1998-2008. (DJ Mag)
10 Ultimate rave anthems chosen by acid house heroes Altern-8. (DJ Mag)
My Musical Influences with... Kinnerman. (DT)
Ask the Experts: Paula Temple. (XLR8R)
Let's Talk: Sharam Jey (Inflyte)
How to make 'breakbeat house' (Attack)
Billboard Dance Ones to Watch: August 2018 (Billboard)
'Spice, sunshine and bassline': Notting Hill carnival's history – told through its greatest anthems. (Guardian)
Former DJ and owner of The End, Layo Paskin talks about building up a food and drink empire. (Property Week)
How Boards of Canada's debut album reached U.S. shores and quietly changed the course of music. (Billboard)
Hearing Damage: A DJs guide to preventing Tinnitus. (DJ Mag)
Eris Drew's personal awakening has merged with her stratospheric rise as a DJ. (Mixmag)
Felicita: the producer confronting Polish identity through pop. (Guardian)
Dominick Fernow, the veteran experimental, noise and techno artist talks about his approach to music. (The Creative Independent)
Ibiza Spotlight talks to the organisers of this year's DJ Awards. (Ibiza Spotlight)
R3HAB breaks down his 16-track album The Wave. (Billboard)
How electronic music became the sound of today. (FT)
David Morales discusses Ibiza, embracing change and New York club culture. (DJ Mag)
The relationship between Berlin Club Culture and Contemporary Art. (RBMA)
A celebration of Chicago's pioneering dance music - its origins, evolution, songs, and stories. (Chicago Mag)
Jamie Jones, iconic DJ and producer, talks widely on Ibiza, his label and the changing underground scene. (Mixmag)
Josh Wink's enduring passion for electronic music. (Electronic Beats)
Carl Cox talks about Ibiza's role in dance music, the importance of new talent and his plans for the rest of 2018. (DJ Mag)
Sasha talks to Anja Popp about the history of dance music, mental health and Avicii. [video] (Channel4)

ISSUE: 24 Aug 2018

New 'Blueprint' poster lays out a detailed history of dance music and rave culture. (Wire)
Get To Know: Drones Club (MTV)
In Conversation with Barbara Tucker. (DT)
10 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear in August 2018. (Fact)
The Secret DJ: "Sabotaging the next DJ is never ok" (Mixmag)
Rising London producer and DJ SG Lewis talks about being inspired by club culture. (High Snobiety)
Jason Walker talks Dance Club Songs chart success with Tony Moran collab I'm in Love With You. (Billboard)
Techno queen Nina Kraviz demolishes gender bias. (DMNW)
Mark Knight shares his insight and reflects on 15 years of Toolroom. (EDM Identity)
Meet the sound camps of Burning Man festival. (Mixmag)
Playboy visits Palm Springs' Splash House and discovers electronic music's staying power. (Playboy)
Dillon Francis hints at new collaborations and explains upcoming new album Wut Wut. (DA)
Jess Glynne has had seven No 1s, but she refuses to succumb to the usual pressures on female artists, she tells Neil Mccormick. (Telegraph)
Oliver Heldens talks about his Ibiza experiences ahead of his upcoming shows on the island alongside Steve Angello, Martin Solveig and more. (DJ Mag)
Moby shares stories and talks about his Netflix Special 'Once in a Lifetime Sessions' (Billboard)
Grand Theft Auto music director Ivan Pavlovich talks about bringing real-world club culture to the video game screen for After Hours. (Fact)
30 tracks that have shaped dance music over the last 30 years (BBC)
The Medicis of raving: how Elrow became a dance music empire. (Guardian)
Rüfüs Du Sol are fast becoming one of the world's most popular live electronic acts. (Mixmag)
Aretha Franklin's impact on dance music over the years. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 17 Aug 2018

10 Venues that self-respecting audiophiles should visit. (Mixmag)
Top 10 Acts not to miss at Lost Village festival. (DT)
The 10 Best Big Beat tracks released pre-'98. (Mixmag)
Label of the Month: Kittball Records. The house sound of Dortmund. (International DJ Mag)
In Conversation with Alexis Raphael. (DT)
My Musical Influences: Tube & Berger. (DT)
Max Chapman and George Smeddles talk Resonance. (Fabric)
Lucky Seven: Róisín Murphy picks her key records. (DJ Mag)
Ultimate beginners guide to Italo House with Minimono. (Pulse)
Best tunes in Ibiza clubs this past month. (IbizaSpotlight)
How the Blaze’s emotional dance music brings listeners to tears. (NY Times)
Aïsha Devi is using frequency and spirituality to heal our bodies and free our minds. (DJ Mag)
What So Not talks new album and working with Toto. (EDM)
How Grand Theft Auto created a virtual underground clubbing scene. (Guardian)
French house legend Cassius discusses the making of W18. (Mixmag)
How Black Coffee overcame adversity to become one of the biggest DJs on the planet. (DJ Mag)
YouTube Music releases a new documentary, Lost Club Culture, featuring unseen footage from UK's '90s rave culture. (Mixmag)
How DJ Snake went from a Paris 'Ghetto' to international dance music superstar. (Billboard)
Sigma reveal the secrets behind Nobody To Love. (Music Week)

ISSUE: 10 Aug 2018

The 50 most influential dance music albums of all time. (Mixmag)
Label of the month: Ascetic House. (RA)
On The Rise: Ian Blevins. (Pulse)
Aidy West enters the diggers directory. (StamptheWax)
Pete Tong's insider guide to Ibiza. (GQ)
Dance music producer Alexander Lewis talks jazz roots, crossing over into hip-hop. (KultureHub)
The unlikely harmony between Iggy Pop and Underworld. (Atlantic)
Jonas Blue’s track Rise has caught the mood of Britain’s heatwave summer, sending his streaming numbers into the billions. But, he says from his Ibiza residency, it can all easily go wrong. (Guardian)
Take a trip into masked magician Claptone’s mystical world. (DJMag) "I would hope it’s possible to still be underground but have chart hits.”
M.in (or Markus Ferdinand as he is known to others) discusses what he has planned for 2018, how his life has changed over the years since his first release, and of course his label. (Decoded)
David Morales on Ibiza, embracing change and New York club culture. (DJMag)
Thessa Torsing's unconventional sound has earned her a residency at De School and made her one of the scene's most promising new artists. Carlos Hawthorn finds out more. (RA)
Mark Archer of the classic rave duo Altern-8 picks his biggest rave-era bangers. (DJMag)
Tom Fec chats with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about the latest BMSR album Panic Blooms, lyrical abstraction, opening for Nine Inch Nails and more. (PostGazette)
Ant TC1, label manager of mighty drum & bass institution Metalheadz discusses breaking and developing new artists, dropping key releases and driving the scene. (DJMag)
Tripmastaz talks production, DJ Sneak and Sunwaves. (Feeder)
Blimps, runes and latte mummies: how Aphex Twin keeps fans guessing. (Guardian)
Minival has gone from parties in a student kitchen to kings of the castle. (Mixmag)
Welcome to Abode, the tech-house empire built by a tight-knit crew of resident DJs. (Mixmag)
Is clubbing in a video game fun? (Pitchfork)
French house artist Brawther is on the cusp of stardom. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 03 Aug 2018

10 UK club nights that support good causes. (Mixmag)
Best five live electronic music acts on Ibiza. (IbizaSpotlight)
In conversation with… Darius Syrossian. (DT)
In conversation with Eli & Fur. (DT)
Label of the month: Ascetic House. (RA)
How ODESZA dreamt up their epic Panorama set. (Billboard)
Step inside Giorgia Angiuli's weird and wonderful live show. (DJMag)
Egg London: The legendary nightclub's defining moments from the past 15 years. (Standard)
DIY London: how club organisers are keeping London's club scene alive by going to the fringes. (Guardian2 - Will Coldwell)
Million-dollar DJ Zedd tells David Smyth that his success is all down to hard work. (Standard)
Johnny Lee picks out Ibiza's best cult parties as an alternative to the traditional superclubs. (Metro)
Sam Divine is on her 13th season as a DJ in Ibiza and it’s still her dream job, she tells Phoebe Luckhurst. (Standard)
Jon Hopkins on psychedelic meditation and taking DMT to his own music. (Spin)
The ritual of music with Anané and Louie Vega. (DHA)
Meet the artists striving for diversity in Vancouver’s electronic music scene. (DJMag)
Catching up with the London based, Aussie born DJ HAAi and talk life on the road, new Pacha residency and playing to 5000 people at DGTL earlier this year. (IbizaVoice)
Catching up with Tom Findlay and Andy Cato, AKA Groove Armada, ahead of their Elrow show at Amnesia to find out what the White Isle means to them. (DJMag)
The Secret DJ on the problem with being off your tits when you perform. (Mixmag)
With Claptone’s explorative new album Fantast taking his sound even further afield, and a busy summer season ahead, take a trip into the masked magician’s mystical world. (DJMag)
Joey Negro on why Southport Weekender is something he'll never forget. (Mixmag)
Berlin-based, Montpellier-native, rRoxymore's is a sound that is fast becoming an unmistakeable hallmark at many a club and festival. Get to know. (DJMag)
After a three-decade career producing instant classics for the dancefloor and touring the world, Kerri Chandler shows no sign of slowing down. (DJMag)
The Chainsmokers talk new song Side Effects and how the pressures of fame have influenced their music. (Billboard)
PC Music’s Danny L Harle is the maestro of manufactured music. (HighSnobriety)
The Freakeasy is Chicago's best kept underground party paradise. (Mixmag)
Carl Cox Interview: Legendary DJ talks Ibiza, social media and the shifting nature of electronic music. (Independent)
The History Of Propaganda: How A small house club brought techno to Moscow. (ElectronicBeats)
Between art tech and techno, past and future, a view from Russia. (CDM)
UKG veterans Oxide & Neutrino explore the darker side of garage. (RBMA)
Helena Hauff embodies everything thrilling about dance music right now. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 27 Jul 2018

Meet the promoters behind Malmö's Backyard Sessions. (Pulse)
Techno star Helena Hauff: 'Every woman who DJs and is visible helps to make a change'. (Guardian)
Is Ministry of Sound’s Love Island compilation the perfect way to mug off the threat of streaming? (Guardian)
Surgeon chats touring, trains and the state of techno. (XLR8R)
Jordan: “People from Belfast are out making and playing music all over the world yet they could be doing it here. But they’re not supported”. (Decoded)
Underground Vs Overground: How Tomorrowland, DJ culture got trolled by Salvatore Ganacci. (MagneticMag)
Salvatore Ganacci is the performance artist dance music needs right now. (Mixmag)
How Rainbow Disco Club became one of the world's most idyllic festivals. (RA)
Are The Chainsmokers growing up? (Philly)
Is there too much techno in Ibiza? (Mixmag)
Monoloc: Music From Another World. (Pulse)
Pink Noise is the incendiary new zine for women interested in DJing and production. (Mixmag)
The feminist DJs in Uganda taking back the night. (CNN)
Nina Kraviz and ТРИП are the raw force that main-stage techno so desperately needs. (Pulse)
Blond:ish: “Ibiza has such an impact throughout the world of music”. (DJMag)
Mark Smith explains how a no-bullshit attitude is shaping the music and DJ sets of JASSS. (RA)
Sasha’s new Refracted:LIVE show redefines his talent, delivering a fresh take on his biggest hits and reinvigorating an artist who’s often struggled with his place in the spotlight. (DJMag)
Discover Shadwell club E1, the place with a ludicrously bangin' soundsystem that's perfect for big nights out. (TimeOut)
Me Me Me label boss Man Power discusses his enduring musical beginnings in Newcastle, how he's developed his identity over time and how to gain confidence as an artist. (IbizaVoice)
Tritonal opens up about sobriety & struggles. (Billboard)
The police are losing the war against London's illegal rave scene. (Mixmag)
Inside the EDM tribute act boom. (RollingStone)
Jon Hassell speaks to Ableton shines a light on some of the techniques behind his sound. (Ableton)
Nina Kraviz on the Great Wall Of China was a magical pinch-yourself rave moment. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 20 Jul 2018

A beginner's guide to club lighting. (RA)
The ultimate guide to every Berlin club worth going to in 2018. (ElectronicBeats)
Create your own reality: The Palestinian scene. (RA)
The wild, war-torn history of raving in Croatia. (Pulse)
What next for Lisbon’s club music scene? (Dazed)
Zabelin is an evangelist for Russia's electronic music scene—and also one of its best artists. Mariana Berezovska sits down with the mystic-minded DJ and producer. (RA)
These are 10 filthy, yet underrated techno acts you should be listening to. (DA)
He We Made: Roni Size and Reprezent's New Forms. (Guardian - Dave Simpson) Ryan Williams (aka Roni Size) recalls donating the £20,000 Mercury Prize money to Sefton Park youth centre, to the astonishment of his crew.
Jules Buckley: the man bringing grime and disco to the concert hall. (Independent)
Pig&Dan on the early successes of their imprint ELEVATE, the modern accessibility to music and what negatives or positives it might behold. (Inflyte)
How Alan Fitzpatrick manages to sustain a highly successful DJ career, alongside running his We Are The Brave imprint and his most important role as father and husband. (IbizaVoice)
Renaissance man Geoff Oakes speaks of Moments of Ibiza. (IbizaSpotlight)
Sophie on Madonna: ‘Her work is so vast – there’s a reference for any situation’. (Guardian)
Sophie on criticism, collaborating and childhood. (LennyLetter)
Victor Ruiz on his latest release, his next gig at Stadt Land Bass and some well remembered advice he received. (Inflyte)
The time Philip Glass made an acid house remix. (RBMA)
Ship Fam Island is the festival combining rave, intimacy and togetherness. (Mixmag)
The world according to Lena Willikens. (Mixmag)
Luciano discusses his recent sobriety, where Ibiza is headed and his vision for DYSTOPIA. (DJMag)
How women like DJ Camilla and Ranking Miss P pioneered UK pirate radio. (Fact)
Worthing is an unlikely hotbed of electronic music. (Mixmag)
Techno titan Nina Kraviz: 'People were suspicious of a pretty woman making music'. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 13 Jul 2018

Create your own reality: The Palestinian scene. (RA)
The art of DJing: DJ Bone. (RA)
Analog Tara is bringing her ‘homemade techno’ back to the outside world. (WashingtonPost)
The Liverpool-born producer Anton Powers recalls how Creamfields has transformed from a small event to a global behemoth. (EDM)
Nastia talks Ibiza, BURN residency and what it really takes to make it as an international touring DJ. (DJMag)
Charlotte de Witte: “I started going out to underground clubs at the age of 16 and 17. I lost my heart to the kind of music they were playing.” (Decoded)
Staying Cool with Tiga and the crusade against boring records. (DHA)
How to survive as an independent record label in 2018. (DJMag)
Luca Cara divides his time between the studio, the dance floor and a Sardinian corn farm. Matt Unicomb unpacks his cosmic minimal sound. (RA)
Dimitri From Paris explains what it really takes to remix a classic, his take on the great vinyl vs. digital debate, and how to be a legendary disco DJ in 2018. (DJMag)
Maya-Roisin Slater hears about the method behind Lucrecia Dalt’s surreal musical constructions. (RA)
Taipei producer Sonia Calico thinks globally but acts locally. (Fact)
Joe Hart celebrates 10 years of Body Hammer with 10 defining dancefloor fillers. (Fact)
Mexico City’s EXT party is inclusive, innovative and inexpensive. (Mixmag)
Techno titan Nina Kraviz: 'People were suspicious of a pretty woman making music’. (Guardian)
Electronic shock treatment: how dance music was born. (NewStateman)
The Theremin-playing, Dekmantel-slaying German DJ and producer Lena Willikens will take you on a trip through the dunes. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 06 Jul 2018

The 10 best Fabric mix CDs. (Mixmag)
Label of the month: Alan Fitzpatrick's techno label, We Are The Brave. (IDJ)
This is the early history of the synthesizer. (Redbull)
Floex & Tom Hodge interview in support of their album release A Portrait of a John Doe on Mercury KX. (Decoded)
Luca Cara divides his time between the studio, the dance floor and a Sardinian corn farm. Matt Unicomb unpacks his cosmic minimal sound. (RA)
Fur Coat get candid about being new label owners, melodic techno vs. trance, and more in this edition of Techno Tuesday. (DA)
Groove sits down with the father of the burgeoning Fourth World school, Jon Hassell. (Groove)
How the instrumental music of Max Richter, Ólafur Arnalds and others became a big hit with young audiences. (FT)
Footwork producer Jlin speaks to composer Max Richter in an exclusive two-way interview that gets to grips with practice and inspiration, speaking from one artist directly to another. (Quietus)
Patrice Bäumel: “I don’t see ‘progressive’ as an unfortunate label at all.” (Decoded)
Mark 'MK' Kinchen's 10 essential studio lessons. (MusicRadar)
The best electro clubs in London. (Standard)
Jim O'Rourke discusses his latest album, Sleep Like It's Winter. (EleKing)
Louie Vega breaks down NYC Disco double album. (Billboard)
The story behind Berlin record store Bikini Waxx. (ElectronicBeats)
At home with Theo Kottis: In Edinburgh with the Scottish selector. (DJMag)
Following Avicii’s tragic death, what changes need to happen in the music industry? (Pheonixmag)
Ross From Friends navigated a whirlwind of hype to emerge on world famous label Brainfeeder. (Mixmag)
The most influential DJs of all time. (Standard)
Three decades after acid house exploded on the UK club scene, Sharon Walker and her fellow ravers remember the blissed out spirit of 1988 and the second summer of love. (Observer)

ISSUE: 29 Jun 2018

10 films about dance music culture that we actually like. (ElectronicBeats)
10 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear in June 2018. (Fact)
Five books about dance music history and culture you need to read. (DMNW)
Ring The Alarm: DJ Haram interviewed. (Quietus)
Billboard Dance's Ones to Watch: June 2018. (Billboard)
Q&A: Steve Angello talks Vital 2018 - 'Belfast has so much love for dance music’. (BelfastTelegraph)
Robbie Lowe lays down his all time favourites ahead of his Progressive House Classics night. (Decoded)
Space Afrika are the Manchester duo breathing new life into dub techno. (Fact)
A beginner’s guide to the history and hybridity of reggaeton. (Fact)
In Conversation With… Sabb. (DT)
Andrew Ryce spends time in Toronto with Cindy Li, a DJ, producer and promoter on a mission to improve the scene around her. (RA)
We interviewed the director of Netflix film Ibiza and it didn't go well. (Mixmag)
Parisian collectives are building an underground scene outside of the clubs and city. (Mixmag)
Get to know Kah-Lo, the Grammy-nominated Nigerian MC. (Mixmag)
The Orb on mixing politics & dance music, legalizing weed, what makes ambient music timeless. (MagneticMag)
Martyn's pioneering electronic music is as fresh and as warped as ever. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 22 Jun 2018

Meet the artists bringing down the house at Mamby: Moon Boots. (DA)
How we made: Orbital's Chime. (Guardian)
Breaking act: Elderbrook. (SundayTimes - Dan Cairns)
Virtually famous: Elderbrook. (Standard - David Smyth)
A tribute to warehouse raves with Eastern Electrics. (Pulse)
The Secret DJ on Ibiza: "Fuck all that heritage nonsense”. (Mixmag)
Mark Knight explains how Toolroom has stood the test of time in an ever-changing landscape. (DA)
Nicolas Chaix has been quietly crafting sublime electronic music for more than two decades. Matt Anniss spoke with the French artist about his craft. (RA)
Thanks to reissues by labels like Dark Entries and Into The Light Records, Lena Platonos is reaching new audiences. Sarah Souli tells her story. (RA)
A KiNKy Experiment: The masterful performer's next trick is to use the audience. (Mixmag)
Since 2010, Ilija Djokovic has assumed the position of one of Balkan Techno’s fastest rising individuals, Steve Dickinson finds out more. (DHA)
Lotic is the sound and spirit of experimental dance music. (Mixmag)
Paul Kalkbrenner is back with a new LP that pays tribute to the city’s halcyon early rave days. Stephen Flynn find out more about how he avoids the limelight, his obsessive work ethic and his love of early dance sounds. (DJMag)
In Conversation: Ellen Allien @ Moogfest 2018. (MagneticMag)
A-Trak interviews Sammy Bananas about new album, climate change and sick moustaches. (Billboard)
Get to know Roza Terenzi, the Melbourne scene figurehead specialising in warehouse-ready euphoria. (Mixmag)
Dutch DJ Estiva talks mentorship, touring with Armin Van Buuren. (Billboard)
Family affair: Patrick Topping's dad is his number one fan. (Mixmag)
Pride of Detroit: DJ Bone is taking over Europe with his pulsating techno. (Mixmag)
Kit Macdonald visits Copenhagen to investigate its emergence as a hotbed for 140 BPM dance music. (RA)
'Our crowd is willing to follow us around': Club Chai's DJs on the power of DIY nightlife. (Guardian)
Weird times in the world means we need more oddball music. (Mixmag)
In search of Euphoria: Spotlighting Austin's under-the-radar dance club scene. (CultureMap)
Nídia unites sounds from Portuguese-speaking Africa with influences from European and American dance music. (NYTimes)
EDM meets the orchestra - producer and composer, Jon Craig. (EDM)
The epidemic of passable tech house. (Mixmag)
Black Coffee on his Sonar 25 comp and plans for creating an arts school in Johannesburg With Virgil Abloh. (Billboard)
Gay black men helped create EDM. Why do straight white men dominate it? (Billboard)

ISSUE: 15 Jun 2018

Luigi Madonna's top 10 Amnesia classics. (Pulse)
In Conversation With…Paul Sawyer & Friends. (DT)
What is Balearic? Arguably there’s isn't a more contentious sub-genre in dance music. Joe Morris lays it out and tells us where to find it in the place it all began. (IbizaVoice)
Just who is the man behind one of the most popular deluges of minimal house to emerge from the London scene in recent years? We take a rare interview opportunity with East End Dubs to find out. (IbizaVoice)
Simian Mobile Disco on one-of-a-kind synths and working with a choir on new album Murmurations. (Fact)
Secretsundaze duo Giles Smith and James Priestley discuss their upcoming release and give some insight into their own tricks for longevity within the scene’s rigors. (DHA)
Surgeon, the techno veteran, looks back at his lengthy career with RBMA's Emma Robertson. (RBMA)
The Amen break: one legendary sample, a few different mixes. (Discogs)
Meet the DJs of the new Parisian underground. (Mixmag)
Lone discusses his love for Amsterdam nightclub Claire. (Mixmag)
Afro EDM is zipping towards the main spotlight in all its frenetic glory. (BBC)
Tiësto interview: 'When you do what you love, you never really get tired’. (Independent)
Peggy Gou & Jackmaster on the art of eclecticism. (Billboard)
Get to know Roza Terenzi, the Melbourne scene figurehead specialising in warehouse-ready euphoria. (Mixmag)
Theo Parrish weighs in on 20 years of Sound Signature, the questionable ethics of disco edits and the connection between punk rock and house music. (Afropunk)
Steve Angello: "To sit and create a top 40 record is easier than making an underground techno record”. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 08 Jun 2018

Yaeji: A raver-next-door goes from DIY parties to global sensation, and she’s bringing her friends. (Fader)
Lightning In A Bottle is a heavenly melting pot for fearless genre explorers. (Mixmag)
Laurent Garnier on his movie, a potential live tour, early struggles and not touring for money. (MagneticMag)
Gabriella Vergilov, the Bulgarian newcomer earning the praise of techno’s biggest names. (Pulse)
Blood Wine Or Honey: “The energy is good and the buses are regular”. (Pulse)
Meet the artists you can’t miss at Spring Awakening: Alison Wonderland. (DA)
The Philly acid master Josh Wink breaks down his secrets to surviving almost three decades of constant touring. (IbizaVoice)
Matt Tolfrey has become a staple name for many and he is one of the few artists today who got his break purely because of his ability as a DJ. (Decoded)
Unearthing the story behind Hyperdub’s celebration of video game music, Diggin’ in the Carts. (Fact)
Label of the month: Brutaż. (RA)
Breaking Through: Mor Elian. (RA)
Eight of Moodymann's best tracks. (Pitchfork)
Inside the Glitch Mob's innovative Blade 2.0 Stage. (Billboard)
Learn from the pros: studio tips with Ant LaRock. (MagneticMag)
Get to Know: Machine Woman. (DJMag)
How to get your track played in Ibiza. (Mixmag)
10 early-80s post-disco tracks that helped inspire house. (Mixmag)
A guide to a new dance music destination: Malta. (Mixmag)
Local hero: A return to Guadalajara with Hector. (Mixmag)
CRSSD is the San Diego festival luring the nocturnal music savants into the light. (Mixmag)
CTM Festival pushes the limits of the electronic music experience. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 01 Jun 2018

The do's and don'ts of DJ residencies. (Mixmag)
Clubs to visit before you die: Heideglühen. (IbizaVoice)
15 East African artists you need to hear. (RA)
Under The Radar: Meet Herzeloyde. (EDM)
Label of the month: Brutaż. (RA)
Josh Wink's favourite breakbeat house tracks. (Fabric)
30 picture from DJ Mag's rooftop Ibiza stream with David Morales. (DJMag)
Underworld: 13 amazing photos from their live show at the IMS Legends Dinner. (DJMag)
Positiva turns 25: lessons from the dance label’s first quarter-century. (MusicAlly)
Club night Despacio, a collaboration between LCD Soundsystem and Soundwax, is battling ‘weaponised elevator music’ by playing slowed-down disco and rock on a 30,000kg sound system. (Guardian2 - Andy Beta)
Club nights, drum machines, and game-show hosts: welcome to the brave new world of classical music. (Telegraph - Ivan Hewett)
Moodymann’s soulful anthems redefined Detroit dance music. Here are eight of his best. (Pitchfork)
Children of the Windrush generation: The pioneering DJs who paved the way for UK dance music. (DJMag)
Can Berlin’s techno lovers defeat the far right? (Guardian)
Love, life and music with house legend Larry Heard. (Clash)
From turntables to timetables: How did superstar DJ Graeme Park end up lecturing at Wrexham Glyndwr University? (TheLeader)
Inside the livecoding algorave movement, and what it says about music. (CDM)
Local hero: A return to Guadalajara with Hector. (Mixmag)
Denver's bass music community is the site of dubstep’s resurrection. (Mixmag)
Carl Cox told us how to survive on tour. (Mixmag)
Inner City's Kevin Saunderson talks legacy, new music, and current line-up ahead of Movement Festival. (Billboard)
DJDS on their Kanye West co-sign, working with Khalid, and their ambitious new album. (Billboard)
Aurora Mitchell explains how Mor Elian moved through cities and sounds to become one of the scene's most promising new names. (RA)
Experimental French producer and Ed Banger signee Borussia gives us an insight into his roots. (DT)
We catch up with the Danish Kompakt king Kölsch to take a look around his studio and find out more about the gear behind his sound. (DJMag)
State of play: Detroit. (IbizaVoice)
The bass house don Low Steppa reaches Boiling Point. (IDJ)
In defense of trance. (Pitchfork)
Oneohtrix Point Never’s quest to make music that freaks people out. (NYT)
Donald Trump protest party: Seth Troxler, Jackmaster, more on why they’re playing for free. (DJMag)
Loneliness of the long-distance DJ: how Avicii's death forced the music business to talk about mental health. (Telegraph)
Ibiza love: The White Isle has informed everything Sven Väth has done since 1980. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 25 May 2018

The tracks that influenced Roman Flügel. (XLR8R)
In the studio with Efdemin. (InvertedAudio)
15 East African artists you need to hear. (RA)
Staying healthy as a DJ with Carly Wilford. (DT)
Positiva’s Jason Ellis interviewed as the label hits its 25th anniversary. (M)
Timo Maas and Basti Grub interview each other and talk new collab with Eric Volta, food & upcoming music. (MagneticMag)
Israeli producer, DJ, and multi-talent Borgore, dissects his Adventures In Time jazz EP. (MagneticMag)
Charlotte De Witte on her intellectual bond with music, perseverance, and wisdom gained along the way. (DA)
Ibiza Global Radio’s Anna Tur picks her tour highlights from Argentina, London, Ibiza, Madrid, Switzerland and more. (Decoded)
Introducing the residents forming the core of Ibiza’s underground scene. (MyIbiza)
How Brownies & Lemonade's home-grown party series won over EDC and the world. (Billboard)
Get to know Perel, a master of precision-engineered German hypnotism. (Mixmag)
Ken Collier: The pivotal figure of Detroit DJ culture. (Redbull)
Live The Dream: How Blackburn dominated warehouse raves in the Summer Of Love. (Mixmag)
Denver's bass music community is the site of dubstep’s resurrection. (Mixmag)
Arcadia’s 10th anniversary unravelled a web of intrigue in London. (Decoded)
Muzik N Vibes: Beneath keeps dance music fresh and fun on his own terms. (Mixmag)
Michail Todua was arrested five years ago. Since then, he's been making and releasing techno from his in-jail studio. (ElectronicBeats)
The Man-Machine: re-examining Kraftwerk’s prototype for electronic music. (Happy)
‘DJ culture became weaponised elevator-music’: how Despacio is fighting EDM (Guardian)
Eight tracks that defined the Soviet era’s industrial scene. (ElectronicBeats)
Detroit is Techno City, and techno is black. (MetroTimes)
The Detroit-raised DJ and founder of the Underground and Black blog Ash Lauryn reflects on how the dual influences of Detroit and Atlanta have informed her sound. (Redbull)
Kirk Degiorgio reflects on the incendiary impact of the early UK gigs by key Detroit techno artists in this personal essay. (Redbull)
The story of Sole Tech’s Chuck Chuck, the remix that redefined Detroit techno in the 1990s. (Redbull)

ISSUE: 18 May 2018

Rising: Giant Swan. (Crack)
Avicii remembered: A tribute Gallery. (Billboard)
Techno Karaoke: Jackmaster Talks. (RansomNote)
Illegal raves: How the underground scene has never really gone away. (BBC3)
Carly Wilford had it all – from the perfect house to the successful business. But something was missing. Now, as a DJ bridging the gender divide, she’s found true fulfilment. (Huck)
Art Department discusses the importance of taking a break. (Fabric)
Haitian DJ Michael Brun is bringing his island's sounds to the world. (Time)
As the dance world said goodbye to the late Swedish DJ Avicii, these five sets helped lift our spirits. (VillageVoice)
From owning yourself to owning the world: 3LAU’s journey to the top. (AWAL)
Beyond the infinite: What Jagwar Ma did next. (Redbull)
The Secret DJ on how Glastonbury changed his life. (Mixmag)
Acid flashback: Nancy Noise is the pioneering Balearic DJ and acid house hero. (Mixmag)
Leeds' Cosmic Slop is a club night with a mission. (Mixmag)
ZHU's new EP invites dance music to the desert to save its soul. (Billboard)
DJ Koze wants dance music to have a sense of humour again. (NotionMag)
For EDX the EDM world is still just as exciting as it was in the 90’s. (EDM)
Positiva at 25: 10 massive tracks from the iconic label. (DJMag)
Since its launch in 1993, Positiva has been a leading name in dance music. As it hits its 25th anniversary, Director of A&R Jason Ellis discusses its success and the difficult current climate. (RotD)
Paul Kalkbrenner talks techno history, Berlin vs. New York and kush. (NewYorker)

ISSUE: 11 May 2018

Norman Cook on life after divorce from Zoë Ball. (Times - Michael Odell)
How Larry Heard made house music deep. (RA)
The remarkable rise of Jai Nova. (Redbull)
Major Lazer, Virtual Self, Testpilot and more: The must-hear side projects and aliases in dance music. (Billboard)
DJs Assemble! Here are The Avengers of Dance Music. (EDM)
How The Glitch Mob keep it future. (MagneticMag)
Ben Murphy charts the evolution of Dallas’s key artists, labels and venues, which have helped shape the Texan city’s distinct and ever-evolving electro sound. (DJMag)
Ahead of Belfast's AVA Festival and Conference in June, some of N.I's finest including Bicep, Timmy Stewart, Hammer, Sally C, Jordan and Holly Lester discuss just what it is that makes it such a special place to party. (DJMag)
Ecstasy island: This is the story of how MDMA reached the UK in 1988. (Mixmag)
Children of the original travelling soundsystem DJs are upholding their parent's legacy. (Mixmag)
Mad Decent artist Kandy talks coming out in the dance scene & new drag-inspired music video. (Billboard)
Acid flashback: Nude establishes The Haçienda as the North's Summer of Love epicentre. (Mixmag)
Acid flashback: Danny Rampling. (Mixmag)
Kick in the Bass: Meet the producers turning Bahia into a global bass paradise. (Mixmag)
Three-deck mixing, double drops, concept DJing—we find out how Andy C became a drum & bass superstar. (RA)

ISSUE: 04 May 2018

Irvine Welsh: “I wouldn’t be a writer if it hadn’t been for acid house”. (Mixmag)
The history of acid house in 100 tracks. (Mixmag)
Artist Tips: Efdemin. (XLR8R)
Q&A: Jon Hopkins. (Observer)
7 Wonders: Latin American club music. (Wonderland)
Breaking Through: Machine Woman. (RA)
Catch up with DJ T. (Attack)
Robert Hood, the d.j. known as Floorplan, who is an ordained minister, brings his spiritual mission to clubs. (NewYorker)
Jon Hopkins: My new album is a psychedelic experience. (Standard - David Smyth)
Jon Hopkins reveals the techniques and processes behind his hotly-anticipated new album. (RA)
In Conversation: Kygo and Alan Walker on making it in music. (Paper)
Dutch DJ Don Diablo explains why he played 16-show tour for free. (Billboard)
A Divine Shadow: meet Elohim. (Mixmag)
“I believe electronic music is all about challenging how humans perceive time. Repetition and loud music in dark places is the closest we have ever gotten to time travel” – Kölsch. (Decoded)
When Markus met Timo, a candid talk on BMC18, progressive house, Brighton and everything inbetween. (Decoded)
Breaking into the music industry with Nick Halkes, co-founder of XL Recordings. (Decoded)
Kode9 talks to experimental trance producer Lorenzo Senni. (Interview)
Giorgio Moroder looks back on his prolific career. (LAWeekly)
Drugs, booze and 100s of gigs a year had DJ Avicii warning he’d die… but he was told to carry on. (Sun)
Remembering and reflecting on Avicii’s timeless impact. (DA)
Superstar DJ-producer Tim Bergling shaped EDM – but could never outrun his own problems. (RollingStone)
Oli Warwick profiles the immaculately curated French label Latency that tries to programme its catalogue like a DJ set. (RA)
Israeli DJ duo Vini Vici talks new track with Steve Aoki and China debut. (Billboard)
Desert Hearts takes LA’s homeless epidemic into their own hands. (Mixmag)
A performer, musicologist, and robotics engineer, Moritz Simon Geist aka Sonic Robots is a unique figure treading the lines between electronic music and electronics. (DHA)
Sonideros: The mobile soundsystems of Mexico City. (RA)
A pre-flight chat with the hottest DJ around: Honey Dijon. (Wonderland)
Sound Of The Future explores the integral role the synth has played in music history. (Beat)
Elderbrook is Alex Kotz, a UK artist, songwriter and producer, who’s minimal electronics and way with a melody have quickly elevated him to household name status. (M)
As Circoloco prepares to enter its 20th season, we examine some of the ingredients responsible for the magic of one of the world's most influential clubs of the past two decades. (IbizaVoice)
No rest for the wicked: How gabber took root in the UK. (RB)
Raveheart: How house music exploded in Scotland. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 27 Apr 2018

The Innovator: How Jlin is altering dance music's DNA. (RollingStone)
Get familiar with mindswimmer. (XLR8R)
Transcending imagination: Claptone talks forthcoming album & being a Fantast. (DA)
30 years on: The summer of love continues to inspire us. (Mixmag)
Undercatt's Life In Records. (Pulse)
Digital has been turbo-charging D&B with soundsystem-melters for over 20 years, and he’s about to drop his fifth album. This is where he’s at. (IDJ)
Blocks & Escher talk expectations, high standards and how they finally broke their creative stasis to make a masterpiece. (DJMag)
Jon Hopkins offers an electronic soundtrack for spiritual awakening. (NewYorker)
How Zedd, Maren Morris and a 23-year-old songwriter turned a few chords into The Middle - an enormous hit. (NYTimes)
eBay's most ridiculous dance music memorabilia. (Mixmag)
One to Watch… Mason Collective. (DT)
Marco Faraone's ten essential Italo house records. (Fabric)
Elderbrook is Alex Kotz, a UK artist, songwriter and producer, whose minimal electronics and way with a melody have quickly elevated him to household name status. (M)
Avicii obituary: Swedish DJ and producer who spearheaded a revolution in electronic dance music. (Guardian)
The EDM star Avicii dies too soon. (NewYorker)
Avicii remembered by Wake Me Up co-writer Mike Einziger: ‘He changed my life’. (Variety)
Geffen Records’ Neil Jacobson on the power of Avicii and plans for unreleased music. (Variety)
A tribute to the influential Swedish producer Avicii who helped power the EDM revolution. (Mixmag)
DJ Mag’s digital editor Charlotte Lucy Cijffers pays tribute to Avicii aka Tim Bergling, the talented superstar who has died at the age of 28. (DJMag)
Electronic Awakening: How Avicii turned the world on to dance music. (Mixmag)
Remembering Avicii, the pop innovator who led EDM into the mainstream. (Variety)
Avicii and EDM’s promise of post-recessional excess. (Vulture)
Was Avicii trying to bridge EDM and country? And did anyone dare walk across? (WaPo)
Avicii: the poster boy for EDM who struggled with the spotlight. (Guardian)
Avicii will live forever as an EDM legend. (Noisey)
Stories of all the messy teen moments that Avicii soundtracked. (Noisey)
Avicii's death a turning point for electronic music's golden age. (Channel24)
Remembering Avicii, the producer who influenced a generation of EDM. (Spin)
Eat, sleep, rave, repeat: Avicii and the punishing life of a superstar DJ. (Telegraph)

ISSUE: 20 Apr 2018

UK festival guide 2018. (DT)
10 DJs who play electronic body music choose their favourite classic EBM tracks. (DJMag)
Bubblin' Up: Brothers Black. (XLR8R)
Abandoned NYC: 11 vacant locations ideal for a late night rave. (Mixmag)
Tea and Biscuits with…The Mambo Brothers. (DT)
"I am fascinated by art that asks a lot of questions": DiS meets Jenny Wilson. (DiS)
72 hours in paradise with DJ Koze, electronic music’s trickster genius. (Pitchfork)
Even the best DJs can hate recording mixes but for James Zabiela, the process of making his latest mix album took its toll on his health and sanity. (IbizaVoice)
Hardwell talks performance prep, Tomorrowland, and his plans for 2018. (DA)
Inside HATE, every techno fan’s favourite YouTube channel. (Dummy)
Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello on his return to music. (Paper)
Set Mo may just be the hardest working producers in Aus dance music. (StoneyRoads)
How the iPhone X made Sofi Tukker’s career. (NYPost)
Local energy is fuelling Lithuanian capital Vilnius' thriving underground scene. (Mixmag)
Nicole Moudebar has spoken candidly about the way VIP culture has negatively impacted Ibiza’s scene. (DJMag)
One of the most prominent representatives of London house music, Steven Julien (aka Funkineven) interviewed ahead of Lente Kabinet weekender. (DHA)
Joeski interview: “There are tons of labels out there nowadays, and while some might call that oversaturation, I see it as a lot of talent out there, and people really doing their best to put out good music”. (Decoded)
Aurora Mitchell talks to Anastasia Vtorova about her playfully irreverent take on dance music. (RA)
A tribute to Lepke, the late founder of London's Dread Broadcast Corporation. (RBMA)
The Secret DJ: "‘Paying to play’ is a genuine threat to dance music culture”. (Mixmag)
Davide Squillace still plays with Circoloco all over the world, has started his own label, This And That, and clearly is a man that values a snooze. (IbizaVoice)
Women dancers are leading Manila’s burgeoning dancehall culture. (Mixmag)
Einmusik discusses his plans for his label’s anniversary, and how life as a label manager has changed since he started the imprint in 2008. (Pulse)
The Bunker NY celebrates 15 years of tight-knit techno thrills. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 13 Apr 2018

The top 15 tech house tracks of March 2018. (MagneticMag)
The top 15 techno tracks of March 2018. (MagneticMag)
Marco Faraone’s ten essential Italo house records. (Fabric)
Get familiar with Acronym. (XLR8R)
How I Play Live: dOP. (DJMag)
The art of DJing: Analog Soul. (RA)
Cool Contest Records founders Bobby Lava and Buck Townsend on distinguishing yourself in the La Hustle. (MagneticMag)
Porter Robinson talks writing a 'really sincere love letter' to the early 2000s with Virtual Self project. (Billboard)
The Bunker NY celebrates 15 years of tight-knit techno thrills. (Mixmag)
Why disco should be taken seriously. (BBC)
GTA talks Ultra 2018, staying diverse and the industry itself. (MagneticMag)
Bastian Bux on opening for Jean-Michel Jarre, his live set, working with Coyu. (MagneticMag)
The changing nature of Trap – how artists are adapting to the evolving genre. (StoneyRoads)
20 years ago, Boards Of Canada made electronic music personal. (AVMusic)
Low Steppa: Keeping house music timeless. (EDMSauce)
Deadmau5 orchestral project Where's the Drop? is his gateway into film scoring. (Billboard)
Answer Code Request is changing expectations of what techno is capable of. (Mixmag)
Thirty years on from the second summer of love, a cohort of middle-aged DJs remain on the club circuit, fuelled by nothing stronger than coffee. (Guardian2 - Tony Naylor)
Get Lost Miami: Arthur Baker's revenge. (Mixmag)
The Walled Off Hotel: A creative retreat in Palestine. (RA)
Get to know JD Reid, London's answer to Timbaland. (Mixmag)
Meet Grey, the brothers mentored by Zedd and pushing the boundaries of catchy. (Billboard)
Coachella-bound Black Madonna has emerged as one of electronic music's most potent advocates for change. (LATimes)
Dropping a male pseudonym has led Charlotte De Witte to find her true sound. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 06 Apr 2018

10 of Green Velvet's most iconic, life-changing tracks. (Pulse)
DGTL Amsterdam 2018: Five key performances. (RA)
Bubblin' Up: Hymns. (XLR8R)
Film: Above & Beyond Acoustic: Giving Up the Day Job. (FilmJournal, NYTimes)
We spent a night in New York with James Murphy and 2ManyDJs’ million-dollar dancefloor experiment, Despacio. (Mixmag)
With firm reputation for standout productions since Tarantula, the evolution of the Pleasurekraft sound has since moved towards a tougher, atmospheric blend of melodic techno. (DHA)
French electronic duo Her find immortality in their music. (Independent)
Sasha, Evolved: A glimpse into the innovator’s next phase. (DA)
Dissecting the furiously rapid rise of Peggy Gou, one of the most hyped stars in recent years. (IbizaVoice)
Will Saul, the prolific producer and DJ behind Simple Records and Aus Music, has a new concept mix series up his sleeve with the first edition out at the end of the month. (DHA)
Get to know Ciel, the artist and promoter showcasing melodic, off-kilter electro and breakbeat. (Mixmag)
Jlin and Klein discuss the realities of the electronic music world. (Interview)
Sophie is changing the sound of pop - and its impossible beauty standards. (Vogue)
Rave Reviewz' Kamran Ahmed has a wide-ranging, personal chat with the legendary Carl Cox ahead of PURE.
Sophie is an immaterial girl in a material world. (TheMuse)
The glorious resurrection of house music deity Mr Fingers. (Noisey)
Behind the scenes of Time Warp: An interview with the organisers of Europe’s favourite electronic music festival. (Sun)
Hardwell talks EDC China, new radio show, DJ friendships and more. (Billboard)
Deadmau5 is unapologetic about making his latest album available only on Tidal for streaming. (Variety – Steve Baltin)
Three years after revealing his mental health struggles, Benga's back with a typically raw and honest sound. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 29 Mar 2018

Data Transmission founder Grahame Farmer shares his top 5 tips for artists. (IMS)
Eight DJs tell their festival horror stories. (Mixmag)
The best electronic music radio shows. (IbizaVoice)
Why DJs get better with age. (5Chicago)
Ashton Holland enters the Diggers Directory. (StampTheWax)
How punk shaped electronic music. (RA)
In the ‘90s jungle became the soundtrack to many producers’ formative years before taking a backseat to more formulaic ideas. Recently, however, a new wave of talent has been on the rise, feeding their junglist sensibilities into all corners of the dance. (DJMag)
Marshmello discusses how takeout and his midnight studio session with Anne-Marie led to Friends. (Mixmag)
Meet the resident DJs at the heart of Berlin's club scene. (Mixmag)
Globetrotting, Glitz and Greed: Dom Phillips on the meteoric rise of the superstar DJ. (Redbull)
Krewella, Kittens and Dani Deahl talk dance music's gender gap in the age of #TimesUp and #MeToo. (Billboard)
Paul Oakenfold talks collaborating with Amba Shepherd, Mount Everest compilation album. (Billboard)
Kaskade talks new music, taking musical inspiration from Brazil. (Billboard)
Danny Howells returns with his 3D project and talks festival activism of Rapture Festival. (Mixmag)
The Icelandic electronic music renaissance: Sónar Reykjavík reviewed. (Fact)
Peter Hook and Haçienda Classical will be bringing the strings to some rave classics, says Johnny Sharp. (Standard)
The DJ-turned-pop star Diplo is dogged by cries of cultural appropriation, but whether on his own or with Major Lazer, he’s on a quest to start trends – ‘or mess them up’. (Guardian2 - Kate Hutchinson)
Inside The Chainsmokers' plan to rethink the album cycle. (Billboard)
Ministry of Sound’s chief, Lohan Presencer, tells Rhiannon Curry his new co-working space venture has its roots firmly in Nineties clubland. (Telegraph) Ministry of Sound record label sold to Sony in 2016 for £67m.
The legacy of LA’s infamous beat scene pushes forward. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 23 Mar 2018

10 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear in March 2018. (Fact)
21 labels pushing UK music forwards. (Redbull)
Anita Awbi meets international DJ, producer and label boss Nina Kraviz as she straps herself in for her biggest year yet. (MMagazine)
Brian Eno is collaborating with other artists to create a high-tech, immersive experience that will tour Europe and America. (NYTimes)
Charissa Saverio, aka DJ Rap, on making it big in the electronic music “boy’s club”. (GirlTalkHQ)
Does dance music need an extra helping of dork? (DMNW)
The alter ego of Lisbon DJ and producer Inês Coutinho, Violet is a multi-talented figure within the city’s underground electronic music scene. (DHA)
Andrew Ryce hears some thrift-store bangers in the company of the rising Brooklyn-based artist Jex Opolis. (RA)
Romanian producer DYL discusses his mutated vision of drum and bass. (TwoHungryGhosts)
Danny Howells returns with his 3D project and talks festival activism of Rapture Festival. (Mixmag)
tINI talks new label, marathon sets, Miami, Rapture Festival and more. (MagneticMag)
Kenya’s EDM scene is on the rise. (MusicinAfrica)
Zero T reminisces about DnB’s progression over the past 20 years; from cutting house politics and dubplates to social media and USBs. (IbizaVoice)
Romanian artist Miruna Boruzescu is on the cusp of releasing her excellent debut album. Mark Smith hears how her tenacious mindset shaped its unique sound. (RA)
Marta Salogni and Chris Carter take an extended lunch to share ideas on the creative process, when experiments go wrong, their current work and sexism in the industry. (Quietus)
Holly Dicker meets Marc Acardipane, the artist who's been described as the inventor of hardcore, a dance music rockstar and the forgotten man of techno. (RA)
Film-score composer Tom Holkenborg (AKA Junkie XL) discusses his soundtracks for Mad Max: Fury Road, Tomb Raider and more. (Monocle)
Exploring The Outer Limits with Jeff Mills. (Fabric)
“I’ve got everything I was wishing for”: How The Black Madonna became a dance music superstar. (IntheMix)
Carl Cox on Hï: “I think I’ll shed a tear as I walk in. I’m still not ready to go into that club”. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 16 Mar 2018

The glorious mixes of Late Night Tales. (Bandcamp)
25 female DJs you need to know now. (Billboard)
Six artist you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
A guide to Vujaday Festival in Barbados. (DT)
The art of DJing: Mumdance. (RA)
Berghain resident Patrick Gräser explains how versatility shapes his creativity. (RA)
Borusiade: the uncompromising Romanian artist is on the cusp of releasing her excellent debut album. Mark Smith hears how her tenacious mindset shaped its unique sound. (RA)
Leon and Roush‘s Hector Couto go “In Conversation” on their collaboration, mutual respect, creative approach and more. (DHA)
How Australian DJ What So Not tapped Toto, Skrillex and more for his debut album. (Billboard)
Road Trippin': Through the roots and rise of the U.S. West Coast bass scene. (Mixmag)
Creating the ‘decadent twilight world’ of nightclubs. (Guardian)
The new rules of clubbing: from illegal raves to spacehopper hedonism. (Guardian)
Peggy Gou is winning over the world. In a one-off lecture, she’s coming home to reflect on the journey. (Fader)
Boxia shares influences, inspirations and keeping the techno scene moving forward. (Earmilk)
The Black Madonna on performing at Sónar festivals and making dance music accessible for all. (SCMP)
One to watch: George FitzGerald (Observer - Killian Fox)
Long player: George FitzGerald is the man in flux. (Mixmag)
George FitzGerald on his banging new album, the dance scene and becoming a father. (NME)
Mija is keeping dance music alive. (Paper)
Laurent Garnier: “DJing is like my drug.“ (Mixmag)
Mount Kimbie: "We're just as clueless as when we started and just as excited to do the work, but in different ways”. (Bandwagon)
Get to know Volvox, the Brooklyn-based artist with a cyber-futuristic vision. (Mixmag)
The unstoppable influence of EBM. (DJMag)
Meet the promoters hosting inclusive club nights across the UK and Ireland. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 09 Mar 2018

Label of the month: Growing Bin Records. (RA)
10 rising record labels that are pushing things forward. (Mixmag)
March: Six artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
Hi-Five: Alison Swing. (XLR8R)
Black Tiger Sex Machine's new album, New Worlds, is out today. Find out what's in store for this LP and their upcoming Ceremony tour. (DA)
The most influential artists in music today including Diplo and The xx. (Guardian2)
Electronic DJ Tom Middleton makes album to send you to sleep. (Independent)
Balancing: the diary of my important mixtape, by James Zabiela. (DHA)
From tech house to EDM and jungle, the 5,500-person mega club Laroc has become a pillar of Sao Paulo’s emerging dance music landscape in just a couple of years. (Billboard)
Anne-Marie talks working with Marshmello on Friends, and dance's influence on her 'emotional' new album. (Billboard)
The many shades of Booka Shade and the constant art of reinvention. (Decoded)
All that must be with George FitzGerald. (DT)
Long player: George FitzGerald is the man in flux. (Mixmag)
Larry Heard is still spreading house music's original message of hope and unity. (Mixmag)
Why Nicolas Jaar is this generation’s most important electronic musician. (Dowsers)
From soundtracking the catwalks of Louis Vuitton to playing at Panorama Bar, Honey Dijon straddles different worlds with deceptive ease but being a black trans artist is not an easy path to tread. (Quietus)
DJ Peggy Gou’s style is as eclectic as her dynamic sets. (Vogue)
Forget the hedonism – millennials crave safe, clean clubbing. (Observer)
The evolution of women in the global dance music scene. (EggLondon)

ISSUE: 02 Mar 2018

Desert Island Kit: Lindstrøm. (DJMag)
10 releases that make Houndstooth an eyebrow-raising imprint. (Mixmag)
Take in an oral history of freestyle. (Redbull)
Claude Young in conversation with Semtek. (DontBeAfriad)
Gudrun von Laxenburg’s club guide to Vienna. (DT)
Meet the five MCs and producers at the forefront of grime in Japan. (Mixmag)
Meet The Promoter: Broadwick Live. (IbizaVoice)
“Printworks London is like nowhere else. It’s just totally unique. We love that this incredible behemoth of a space has had life breathed into it” – Mark Newton, Broadwick Live Director. (Decoded)
Idle Hands record shop and label owner Chris Farrell discusses the the records that have shaped his tastes. (RA)
The Blaze will be the best electronic duo to ever do it. (Noisey)
“It’s always good to try new things creatively and writing Addicted was a very natural process and didn’t feel forced” – Max Chapman & Jacky. (Decoded)
Astrid Sonne abandoned classical training to become a daring new electronic experimenter. (Fact)
With the recent death of the Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, what exactly have we lost? (XLR8R)
Zedd on why Maren Morris had the 'perfect voice' for 'the middle'; plus Oscar predictions & more. (Billboard podcast)
An oral history of the community at The Loft who helped define the ethos of dance music. (RBMA)
What should we tell our kids about raving? Kristan Caryl finds out, with help from rave parents including Bill Brewster, Dinky, Krysko and more… (Attack)
In:Motion, an oral history of Bristol's most beloved club. (Mixmag)
Nina Kraviz speaks to Channel 4 as the channel examines her rise as one of the world's top DJs. (RA)
Techno Tuesday: Roy Rosenfeld dives into the Israeli dance scene, and mixing music and politics. (DA)
New York Rising: How Brooklyn became one of the world’s best clubbing destinations. (Mixmag)
Steve Aoki talks returning to dance music, working with BTS and loving Japan. (Forbes)
Peggy Gou once said that she wanted to be the first South Korean DJ to play Berghain. She's since achieved that, and much, much more. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 23 Feb 2018

10 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear in February 2018. (Fact)
Five essential DJ sets. (VillageVoice)
Billboard Dance's ones to watch: February 2018.
Eight Puerto Rican DJs you need to know. (Mixmag)
Five of the most cutting edge producers in the world today. (IbizaVoice)
20 Questions: Charlotte de Witte. (XLR8R)
In Conversation with…Eveline Fink. (DT)
Canadian producer Mathew Johnson, who now resides and works in Berlin, discusses what makes him tick. (AskAudio)
Magnetic Fields is India’s finest festival. (Mixmag)
Defining D&B with Alix Perez and Sam Binga. (Fabric)
How did UK garage become dubstep? (RA Video)
DJ T. on the history of tech house. (IbizaVoice)
Man Power selects a set of recent tracks by producers from the North East of England. (XLR8R)
DJ Taye is evolving footwork as his debut LP reflects the genre's development, and its growing worldwide appeal. (Mixmag)
Will Clarke, Zombie Disco Squad interview each other for new Dirtybird EP. (MagneticMag)
Riva Starr & Tiger Stripes interview each other ahead of a collaborative EP coming out at the end of the month. (MagneticMag)
Judge Jules on 30 years in dance music, the nostalgia boom and the future. (Sun)
Austrian Apparel: “Playing from a laptop creates a barrier between you and the crowd”. (Pulse)
Porter Robinson once again abandons the sounds that made him a global star to become Virtual Self. (DJMag)
Virtual Self and the state of electronic music: Keeping art authentic in the face of a swallowed up culture. (DA)
DJ Hype says that drum and bass’s ability to be a global scene with a good underground infrastructure enables it to keep refreshing itself. (Decoded)
“The one thing that hasn’t changed is my passion to make people dance. I don’t think that part will ever change” – Rick Pier O’Neil. (Decoded)
"Dance or die!" Holly Dicker attends the biggest indoor hardcore rave in history to tell the story of Thunderdome and Holland's most significant youth culture movement. (RA)
Gilles Peterson: 'The boundary between club culture and jazz is finally breaking’. (Guardian)
Perc: "I don't want techno to be seen as angry, dark, male music”. (Festiticket)
Danny Tenaglia on the lost art of residencies and how Traktor renewed his interest in DJing. (Billboard)
Alesso talks working with Brazilian star Anitta and producing first urban record. (Billboard)
What happens when a DJ loses everything. (Mixmag)
Shoom's spirit of positivity, happiness, togetherness lives on as it turns 30. (Mixmag)
Eli from Soul Clap: “The dinner table is a powerful place to cross cultural boundaries”. (Mixmag)
Darius Syrossian on his new label and return to Leeds. (IbizaVoice)
New York Rising: How Brooklyn became one of the world’s best clubbing destinations. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 16 Feb 2018

13 weird & worst dance music label names. (MagneticMag)
All Ears: Three ravers are trying to stop you getting tinnitus from clubbing. (Independent)
Oasis, a festival of electronica in Marrakech for the grown-up crowd, is putting Morocco on the music map, says Sarah Bradbury. (Standard)
Relative Values: the DJ and broadcaster Pete Tong and his DJ daughter, Becky. (Times)
The Tastemaker: Annie Mac talks AMP Sounds, festivals and new music. (Independent)
Ten overlooked electronic albums from 1998. (Pitchfork)
Ghostwriters in the former USSR are turning Western DJs into stars. (Mixmag)
Keyzuz is the DJ seeding electronic music in Accra's alternative venues. (Mixmag)
B2B etiquette: A guide to the subtle art of sharing a DJ booth. (Mixmag)
Digging with Lauren Hansom. (StampTheWax)
Crate Digging: Andrew Wowk. (Decoded)
10 moments that defined fabric. (DJMag)
Tor talks upcoming Envision Festival performance, forthcoming album. (DA)
Meet the underground talent of CRSSD Fest: Rodriguez Jr. (DA)
POPOF picks 10 timeless French house and techno classics. (Pulse)
Everything Is Recorded: Richard Russell's debut LP is a cross-pollination triumph. (Mixmag)
We spoke with Justice’s Xavier de Rosnay about revolutionising electronic music. (StoneyRoads)
15 Lisbon artists you need to know about including Rádio Quântica's Inês Coutinho and Marco Rodrigues. (RA)
Celebrating Jóhann Jóhannsson, a singular composer. (RA)

ISSUE: 09 Feb 2018

Five classic sets: Sven Väth. (DHA)
Five MCs to watch out for in 2018 according to P Money. (Fabric)
10 of Sven Väth's best throwback tracks. (Pulse)
Breaking Through: Rian Treanor. (RA)
In Conversation with…Fritz Kalkbrenner. (DT)
Ambient music at 40: Lawrence English examines the future of a drifting genre. (Fact)
David Van Koevering and the Island of Electronicus. (Redbull)
Annie Mac on why live music is still so lacking in women, and her first AMP Sounds festival. (Grazia)
The art of being self-made: a conversation with Steve Aoki. (Forbes)
What on earth is deconstructed club music? (Redbull)
Nick Monaco dismantles dance music’s heteronormativity one lipstick at a time. (Nylon)
After 20 years out of the game, hardcore and jungle originator Ron Wells is making new music again. So why now? (IDJ)
“It’s time to go back to basics”: Tiësto on the future of dance music. (InTheMix)
In Oakland and San Francisco, cities once defined by radical creativity, electronic artists are finding it ever harder to survive. But as Matt McDermott finds out, they're not giving up just yet. (RA)
DJ Boring on quitting your shitty job, acquiring dedicated Instagram fans and getting revenge on your high school bullies. (IQ)
Electronic pioneer Ryuichi Sakamoto: 'My great regret is not reconnecting with Bowie'. (Guardian)
Groove Cruise Miami 2018: the original rave ship retains its appeal. (Billboard)
Laroc is a furious testament to Brazil’s dedication to dance music. (Mixmag)
Get to know Maher Daniel, the DJ and producer making alluring minimal techno. (Mixmag)
Keyzuz is the DJ seeding electronic music in Accra's alternative venues. (Mixmag)
Another day, another dickhead: Dealing with bigots in dance music. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 02 Feb 2018

The 11 best DJ mixes of January 2018. (Pitchfork)
DJ Jonas Blue tells Will Hodgkinson about the journey from his dad’s garage to global hitmaker. (Times)
Yaeji’s colourful fusion of hip-hop and house is making an impact. (Mixmag)
Umfang on the unstoppable rise of Technofeminism. (Redbull)
You need to know the laser-focused electro of Tel Aviv-born adventurer Mor Elian. (Fact)
DVS1 has evolved from half a lifetime of ‘anti-star’ behaviour to a DJ with a rep second to none. (DJMag)
Alison Wonderland discusses finding her ‘Happy Place’ and how she hopes her music does the same for her fans. (DJMag)
Artwork's story reads like he's already lived a thousand dance music lives, now he's inviting everyone back to his house. (Mixmag)
Modular On The Spot is LA's most unconventional party. (Mixmag)
Achieving the perfect balance with James Zabiela. (Decoded)
Dubbing is a Must: The modern sound of leftfield dub. (Fact)
Mark Fell recalls how the house and techno wave has impacted the wider European electronic music scene. (XLR8R)
Scottish producer Lanark Artefax explores ancient & extraterrestrial worlds. (Dazed)
Get to know Smerz, the deadly Norwegian duo reimagining r’n’b. (Mixmag)
SNBRN talks family love, new tech house EP ahead of Groove Cruise. (DA)
Crane is the mega-venue Birmingham has been waiting for. (Mixmag)
Louie Vega on the power of remixes. (Spotify)
Daniel Avery: The techno auteur doing things with a distinct touch. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 26 Jan 2018

January: Six artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
15 lesser-known underground clubs recommended by your favourite DJs. (ElectronicBeats)
In the studio with Heartthrob. (Attack)
My Musical Influences: Pagano. (DT)
S’Express mastermind Mark Moore on unsung heroes of the UK’s early house scene. (RBMA)
Datsik discusses his tenth studio EP: Master of Shadows. (DA)
A year-and-a-half after his near-death accident, Paul van Dyk returns to trance stronger than ever, with a new album, new live show, and new perspective afforded to those who have grazed the veil separating this world from the next. (DJMag)
Darren Emerson, Dave Seaman and Danny Howells have reunited under the name 3D. They discuss how life has changed, their new alias, longevity in dance music, life on tour and keeping up with the millenials. (IbizaVoice)
Dusky’s Nick Harriman and Alfie Granger-Howell discuss the ins and outs of organising the 17 Steps Label Tour, their experiences in Amsterdam and more. (DHA)
'I want it to be trusted': Annie Mac on her grand vision for AMP. (MusicWeek)
Detroit original: The tao of Amp Fiddler. (Mixmag)
David Brown discusses the current Swayzak status with the release of Lost Tapes, as well as the entire Swayzak back catalogue digitally. (DHA)
Martin Garrix talks X-Games and STMPD RCRDS in 2018. (Billboard)
Dillon Francis talks Spanish-language album: 'you don't need to know the words to enjoy the song’. (Billboard)
Peggy Gou on her new 12″ for Ninja Tune: “I’ve always wanted to sing on my own records”. (Fact)
How Ben UFO became the most loved meme in electronic music. (Independent)
Unity and Community: How the Arcadia spider's web captured the planet. (EverFest)
New book Rave On: Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music, is a scholarly account of how dance music migrated from the margins to the multibillion-dollar mainstream. (Guardian)
The New East: Kazakhstan's underground is on the map. (Mixmag)
New York Trax is the label ushering in a new wave of gritty NYC-based techno. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 19 Jan 2018

20 Questions: Errorsmith. (XLR8R)
Ian Schrager: how we made Studio 54. (Guardian)
Pulse asks a selection of DJs how to get a crowd back in the mood when the party dies. (Pulse)
Meet the counselors of Dirtybird Campout East: Louisahhh. (DA)
How the freedom and expression of Chicago house inspired Tune-Yards. (VinylFactory)
Meet Illenium: one of electronic music's next biggest stars. (Forbes)
Inside Tehran's secret culture of nightclubs. (GQ)
The surreal touch that colors Roman Flügel's music extends to his masterful DJ sets. Speaking to Matt Unicomb, he reflects on his decades behind the decks. (RA)
Another Green World: How Japanese ambient music found a new audience. (Fact)
Where to party in 2018: a clubbing, nightlife and festival guide. (Guardian)
Bill Brewster: ‘I like to chuck on a deeply unfashionable 70s pop act like Smokie’. (Guardian)
Forms is the new event series bringing "fun party music with an edge" to fabric. (Mixmag)
UNIIQU3 talks being the first black female DJ to play Holy Ship!, personal style and what she's working on now. (Billboard)
Patrick Cowley is one of disco's most important producers. These are his must-hear deep cuts. (Pitchfork)
Step inside Umfang's world of Technofeminism. (Redbull)
Mixmag predicts the most important things that will happen in 2018. (Mixmag)
From Japan's aging scene, to the recent growth in South Korea and Taiwan, electronic music in East Asia is in flux. Tobias Burgers reports on both the challenges and exciting developments that have gripped the region. (RA)

ISSUE: 12 Jan 2018

10 artists to watch in 2018. (MagneticMag)
24 albums to look forward to in 2018. (Fact)
10 club artists to watch in 2018. (Fact)
10 house and techno artists to watch in 2018. (Fact)
The 10 best DJ mixes of 2017. (Pitchfork)
12 DJs talk about their favourite clubs. (Mixmag)
Harangue the DJ: Danny Rampling. (Guardian)
Harangue the DJ: Tiffany Calver. (Guardian)
Tony Ozier dishes five tips for music producers. (MagneticMag)
Book review of Rave On: Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music by Matthew Collin (SundayTimes)
Getting to know Do Not Sleep resident Ronnie Spiteri. (Pulse)
A potted history of Petre Inspirescu. (Fabric)
Reading a dance floor: the most important DJ skill. (DJTechTools)
The Story of Massive Attack, through their music, art and influences. (Decoded)
Ambitious in programme and ethos, Comunité sets itself apart from Tulum’s mainstream party scene. (Crack)
Dominick Fernow, the artist who once ruled the noise world as Prurient, now plays in nightclubs as Vatican Shadow. Andrew Ryce sits down with him for a rare interview. (RA)
Hyperdub’s Klein on scoring a fantasy musical inspired by Disney princesses. (Fact)
SASASAS have made jump-up drum 'n' bass a global hot ticket. (Mixmag)
Astonishing releases and stunning DJ sets have sent Avalon Emerson on a remarkable ascent. (Mixmag)
Interview: The hidden master behind Ahrpe Records, Amandra, is known for his subtly evolving and droning atmospheres. (DHA)
How Josh Dupont and James Reed, the duo behind Kinda Super Disco, built Houston's premiere underground scene. (MagenticMag)
Rising German talent Perel reveals the story behind her upcoming album on DFA Records. (XLR8R)
The Great Crusader: How Laurent Garnier helped bring house music to France. (Billboard)
Trance reborn: The sound is back and big as ever. (Mixmag)
Magnetic Fields is a huge rave in India’s desert. A vivid indicator of dance music’s global reach, or simply another playground for the well healed? (Guardian2 - Tara Joshi)
From Helena Hauff to Charlotte de Witte: The female DJs storming a music scene dominated by men. (Independent - Sarah Bradbury)
elrow CEO Juan Arnau Junior takes us on a whistle stop tour of Spanish electronic music culture in the lead up to his first ever Australian tour. (Decoded)
Interview: Magnetic's industry person of the year: Ultra co-founder Russell Faibisch. (MagneticMag)

ISSUE: 22 Dec 2017

2017's best tracks. (RA)
Pitchfork’s 20 best electronic albums of 2017.
The top 20 compilations of 2017. (Mixmag)
The most anticipated dance/electronic albums of 2018. (Forbes)
Billboard's 10 best dance/electronic albums of 2017: critics' picks. (Billboard)
Billboard's 50 best dance/electronic songs of 2017: critics' picks. (Billboard)
2017 in electronic music. (RA)
Top 100 tracks of 2017. (DT)
XLR8R's best of 2017: New Artists
The 50 best albums of 2017. (Fact)
The 10 best record labels of 2017. (Fact)
The 50 best tracks of 2017. (Fact)
Monstercat named Dancing Astronaut’s 2017 Label of the Year. (DA)
Ask the experts: Kiasmos. (XLR8R)
In conversation with… Stacey Pullen. (DT)
The rise and rise of electro, 2017’s year's most urgent genre. (Mixmag)
Billboard Dance's breakout artist of 2017: REZZ. (Billboard)
Breaking through: Yaeji. (RA)
DJ Stingray's dystopian brand of electro has made him a dance music visionary. (Mixmag)
Jlin's Black Origami is the soundtrack for an age of ever-increasing uncertainty. (Mixmag)
Houghton arrived perfectly formed as the year's best festival. (Mixmag)
It's getting hot in here: Jeremy Underground talks Saunagate. (Mixmag)
Ambient music has become a soothing soundtrack to turbulent times. (Mixmag)
Meet the charity helping us bring together the underground electronic community for refugee aid. (DHA)
Objekt made the year's biggest rave anthem in Theme From Q. (Mixmag)
The sound of UK drill will turn a rave into a mosh pit in seconds. (Mixmag)
“It’s still great to put newly acquired vinyl on the turntable and turn it up loud. They’re the secret weapons.” – Digitalism. (Decoded)
Peggy Gou won our hearts, minds and shoes on the dancefloor. (Mixmag)
Go behind the scenes of Björk’s Utopia with the women who engineered it: Heba Kadry, Marta Salogni, and Mandy Parnell. (Fader)
Coldcut: "The saddest thing about dance music now is the lack of venues”. (Mixmag)
Rudimental and The Martinez Brothers in conversation about success, their cities and underground music. (GQ)
Zedd talks Stay, Grammys, Alessia Cara and the two albums he’s working on. (Variety)
DJ of the year Nina Kraviz: Fiercely independent, musically fearless and immersed in everything from acid techno to 80s pop. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 15 Dec 2017

20 best EDM and electronic albums of 2017. (RollingStone)
The 13 best mixes of 2017. (Noisey)
Amandra on his studio gear. (Hyponik)
Harangue the DJ: Benjamin Damage. (GuardianGuide)
Annie Mac On Working Motherhood & How To Party In Your 30s. (Refinery29)
Giraffage's Too Real tour conquers depression with friends & cat gifs. (Billboard)
Shoom: An oral history of the London club that kicked off rave culture. (RollingStone)
Skyping with house music legend Larry Heard. (Noisey)
Hyperspecific: The best electronic music of 2017. (Quietus)
Rødhåd: Ben Klock changed my understanding of electronic music completely. (DJMag)
Interview: UNKWN, who keeps surprising and delighting with his trademark blend of trap and bass. (YourEDM)
“I cannot stand the elitist ignorance of people when they devalue sample-driven music” – Robosonic. (Decoded)
The new album from Anja Schneider, SoMe, comes at a dramatic and artistically freeing new point in the career of the Berlin electronic veteran, she explains. (DHA)
Bored of Berghain? Visit Leipzig house and techno haven The Distillery instead. (Mixmag)
Rising London-based DJ-producer Ceri explains why freedom on the dancefloor is a fast fading liberty. (XLR8R)
Craig Richards: 'Time is running out, and now I have turned 50 I really feel like I need to do significant things. I want to make a mark.' (XLR8R)
Electronic music is booming in East Africa, and a small collective based in Kampala, Nyege Nyege, is at the heart of it all. Aaron Coultate travelled to Uganda to hear their story. (RA)
Chatting to one of techno's most exciting producers: Skee Mask. (RA)
SONOS, Carsten Nicolai, Ivan Smagghe, Kelly Lee Owens, Max Richter and Michael Mayer explain how film inspires their work. (RA)
SOPHIE: "An experimental idea doesn’t have to be separated from a mainstream context.” (Vulture)
Exos on some of the music that inspired his sound. (OffTheRecord)
Joseph Capriati explains how he performed a 25 hour DJ set. (Mixmag)
Ellen Allien: 'Trust yourself and release the music you love’. (RA)
Princess Nokia is the electric rapper using music as a form of spiritual communication. (Mixmag)
Mister Saturday Night open their indoor party palace with a DIY state of mind. (Mixmag)
Palms Trax's joyful spontaneity is keeping house music fresh. (Mixmag)
We went to the vinyl factory that's kickstarting Brazil's homegrown vinyl scene. (Mixmag)
A brief history of Reno, the Manchester nightclub and sanctuary for mixed-race clubbers. (Guardian)
Maya Jane Coles introduces her visual creative partners, The Fashtons. (Fabric)
CamelPhat & Elderbrook on Cola’s success and the unexpected Grammy nomination. (Billboard)
The top 50 albums of 2017. (Mixmag)
The 100 best tracks of 2017. (Mixmag)
The top 20 breakthrough DJs of the year. (Mixmag)
The top 20 DJs of 2017. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 08 Dec 2017

Five reasons why 3D sound will change electronic music. (DT)
Four artists exploring the darker sides of electronic music. (EDMIdentity)
10 Australian DJs who absolutely killed it overseas. (ToneDeaf)
The top 5 downtempo, electronica and underground producers in the world right now. (MusicRadar)
The 10 best music videos of 2017. (Fact)
Top 10 Papa Records releases in their 15 years. (DT)
10 moments that defined Claude Vonstroke. (DJMag)
Nyege Nyege: East Africa's new wave. (RA)
The 20 best record labels of 2017. (Mixmag)
Hi-Five: Jori Hulkkonen. (XLR8R)
Bubblin' Up: Kllo. (XLR8R)
How to craft 'rumbling techno bass’. (Attack)
A lesson in afrobeats with DJ P Montana. (Trench)
When dubstep emerged from the underground, in photos. (BBC)
Swing Ting unpack their record bag. (Guardian)
Manchester’s Swing Ting on their journey from club night to label and beyond with Junction. (Fact)
TVO talks about his upcoming Breitbart-sampling release for V I S. (Quietus)
BLITZ is the museum-turned-techno club with a one-of-a-kind Void Acoustics soundsystem. (Mixmag)
Cassy & Demuir talk jazz, family influences, each other's music in B2B interview. (MagneticMag)
RA editor Ryan Keeling discusses his favourite albums of 2017 on BBC 6 Music. (BBC)
Get to know William Djoko, the Ibiza favourite making seductive house music. (Mixmag)
The funk and futurism of rRoxymore, Berlin's rising techno introvert. (Fact)
Strings 'n' synths: Like it or not, dance music's gone orchestral. (Mixmag)
Discovering Taiwan’s underground with Lucfest & four of Taipei’s electronic ambassadors. (DHA)
Finally! The selector became as treasured as the producer this year. (Mixmag)
The political awakening of Budapest’s underground music scene. (ElectronicBeats)
From bush doof to clowncore: your favourite underground music scenes. (Guardian)
A history of electronic music at The Grammys. (Mixmag)
Kero Kero Bonito, IGLOOGHOST and the rise of hyper-cute culture in underground electronic music. (405)
How A-Trak went from teenaged battle champ to global ambassador of DJ culture. (Complex)
Pete Tong says old clubbers don’t party until 6am anymore… but dance music is still really important to them. (Sun - Jacqui Swift)
Leave them all behind: Anja Schneider on leaving Mobilee after 12 years. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 01 Dec 2017

A guide to DFA Records. (BandCamp)
10 of the most valuable rave records on Discogs. (Redbull)
10 of the most iconic marathon DJ sets ever. (Mixmag)
The art of DJing: Dave Clarke. (RA)
A guide to jungle tekno with Ron Wells. (RA)
A quick-fire history of US DJ culture. (Redbull)
Cuban multi-instrumentalist Alpha 606 gives some tips on removing the computer from your workflow. (XLR8R)
Alesso talks Anitta, Poo Bear and the Latin explosion. (Billboard)
Nurse-turned-techno-pop shaman Kelly Lee Owens’ debut album is meditative and has healing qualities, finds Kate Hutchinson. (Observer)
Twenty five years on, the spirit of rave is being seen everywhere from catwalk fashion and art to the collective political experience of Acid Corbynism. (Guardian2 - Lauren Cochrane)
How we made: Shoom club night, with Danny Rampling and Pete Heller. (Guardian2)
San Francisco label Dark Entries is a prolific source of esoteric dance music from the '80s and the present day. Matt McDermott talks to Josh Cheon, the man making it all happen. (RA)
Claude Young: 'A lot of Detroit techno guys, we're all Radiohead fanatics’. (RA)
'People are taking safer choices': six alternative artists on today's musical underground - including The Black Madonna. (Guardian)
Get to know IAMDDB, the ice cold vocalist blending neo-soul and trap. (Mixmag)
How Jai Paul and AK Paul enlisted Fabiana Palladino and Ruthven for their new label. (Fact)
Examining the curious condition of the flash in the pan DJ and how to handle yourself when dance music’s big time beckons. (IbizaVoice)
Richie Hawtin needs no introduction. Here, we countdown 10 memorable moments that made him the legend he is today. (DJMag)
Annie Mac webchat – on banning bongos, club closures and her favourite song. (Guardian)
Run the code: is algorave the future of dance music? (Guardian)
Or:la is the inventive artist with a kaleidoscopic approach to music. (Mixmag)
The Black Madonna, an activist DJ, wants to turn dance music upside down. (NYTimes)

ISSUE: 24 Nov 2017

Take a look inside the new elrow global HQ in Barcelona. (Decoded)
Harangue the DJ: Digitalism. (Guardian)
Made in Ibiza: Tony Pike, hotelier, playboy. (IbizaSpotlight)
11 moments that defined Sasha & Digweed. (DJMag)
Paride Saraceni talks post-humanism, Afrofuturism, techno politics and terrifying tour experiences. (Pulse)
Walker & Royce touch down to talk the release of their debut album Self Help, abandoning samples, and bringing hip hop vocals to house music. (DA)
Cold Blue: A retrospective of his takeover leading to Dreamstate. (DA)
Just how exactly did Talking Heads front man David Byrne end up on a house record at the top of the charts in 2002? The Story Behind… X-Press 2's Greatest Hit. (IbizaVoice)
Shaded explains the 10 tracks which were the biggest influences on his style and career. (DT)
The Art of DJing: Asmara. (RA)
Four Tet returns with New Energy on Text Records. (Decoded)
Rod Modell (a.k.a. DeepChord) explains how the harsh nature of modern techno could be damaging our nervous systems. (XLR8R)
Be stripped of all artifice and be judged by the work, this is the (admirable) ethos of Bastian Bux. (DHA)
DJ Harvey, Lovefingers and Young Marco share their favourite Christmas tunes. (RansomNote)
Francis Harris and Gabe Hedrick discuss their Aris Kindt collaboration. (Ravelin)
Martin Garrix discusses his musical roots, the drawbacks of fame, collaborations and productions. (Skiddle)
Frankie Bones tells how his new EP on Intec Digital came to fruition, and how he encouraged label boss Carl Cox to start producing. (MagneticMag)
Alesso talks Let Me Go, his American Music Awards performance and new music. (Billboard)
Bogota nights: Colombia's after-hours scene is an anarchic, cultural melting pot. (Mixmag)
The cosmic messenger: How Karlheinz Stockhausen shaped contemporary electronic music. (VinylFactory)
How Major Lazer infiltrated Cuba's DIY internet to throw a giant Havana concert. (Ringer)
The evolution of the turntable 1877 - 2017 (Mixmag - Thomas H. Green)
KiNK, the mastermind behind the world's favourite live house and techno set explains his setup and gives some tips. (ElectronicBeats)
Björk has been immersed in and inspired by club culture since before her Debut in 1993, she tells Ralph Moore. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 17 Nov 2017

13 stunning photos of Pete Tong's Ibiza Classics at The Hollywood Bowl. (Mixmag)
Benjamin Damage's favourite techno tracks. (Dummy)
Artist Tips: The Mole. (XLR8R)
Harangue the DJ: Call Super. (Guardian)
10 releases that shape the Circus Recordings sound. (Mixmag)
Ten years of Honey Soundsystem. (SFWeekly)
Refugees welcome: How German clubs help asylum seekers. (RA)
Writing in the liner notes for the new Recompiled collection, Interdimensional Transmissions boss Brendan M. Gillen tells the story of techno luminary Dave Sumner. (Aton)
How Flosstradamus built the biggest show in dance music. (InTheMix)
Marshmello could be great, but he keeps making pop songs. (Noisey)
Not Waving discussing being a punk in a dance world who is just trying to make pop music. (Exclaim)
DJs including Luciano, Camelphat, Doorly, Solardo and Agoria recap the Ibiza season in quick-fire interviews. (IbizaSpotlight)
Malta has long been a tourist hotspot, but this new festival is making it a destination for dance music fans. Carlos Hawthorn tells the story of Glitch. (RA)
Pete Tong takes victory lap for dance music - with a full orchestra - at Hollywood Bowl. (Variety)
Andrew Ryce travels to south LA to discuss Asmara's smooth and eclectic style of DJing. (RA)
Nature boy: Lindstrøm's stunning music is informed by the natural world. (Mixmag)
Quasi-legal nightclubs were on the verge of extinction in New York — until the city realised how crucial it is to have an underground. (Vulture)
Yoga, meditation and sober morning raves - as time goes on, healthy living becomes evermore present in club culture. Angus Finlayson considers the implications. (RA)

ISSUE: 10 Nov 2017

Five steps with Marshall Jefferson. (DT)
What Anjunadeep means to its artists. (DA)
Harangue the DJ: Magda (Guardian)
Danny Howard steps up to BBC Radio 1's Friday night line-up this week (November 10). He tells us more about the new show, his move to tastemaker status and the state of dance music. (RotD)
Pete Tong's “grown-up rave with an orchestra" comes to the Hollywood Bowl. (LAWeekly)
Meet Austin Daboh, the man behind your favourite UK music playlists. (Complex)
The 50 most exciting DJs in the world right now. (Crack)
Examining the anatomy of classic dance anthems with Pete Tong. (DA)
Alfredo tells the story of how a chance game of rugby lead to one of the most pivotal residencies in the history of house music. (IbizaVoice)
Faced with being lost in a sea of demos, Lazare Hoche decided to take matters into his own hand and found himself at the controls of one of the hottest selling labels in vinyl house. (IbizaVoice)
Burial's Untrue: The making of a masterpiece. (RA)
The art of disruption: How CDJs are changing DJing. (RA)
Panama and Costa Rica are undergoing a clubbing revolution; Tireless local energy is driving a rise in electronic music's popularity across Central America. (Mixmag)
Get to know Francis Inferno Orchestra, the house maestro turned ambient explorer. (Mixmag)
In the studio with Anthony Parasole. (Attack)
Read an oral history of legendary Chicago club Medusa’s. (RA)
Richie Hawtin talks the synchronized sci-fi of his live CLOSE Experience: 'It feels like the audience is sitting on my shoulder’. (Billboard)
Kygo on how his new album was inspired by Red Hot Chili Peppers & Bon Iver. (Billboard)
Lo-fi house superstar DJ Seinfeld doesn’t care what you think of his name. (Fact)

ISSUE: 03 Nov 2017

The 20 best pre-90s house tracks. (Mixmag)
Digging with Darryn Jones. (StampTheWax)
Harangue the DJ: Lido Pimienta (GuardianGuide)
Why Burial’s Untrue is the most important electronic album of the century so far. (Pitchfork)
20 years of New Forms with Roni Size. (Pulse)
Having grown up with and tour managed The Martinez Brothers, Jesse Calosso has a promising musical future. (Pulse)
Corey James discusses 2017, his new single, and signing with Size Records. (YourEDM)
Faced with being lost in a sea of demos, Lazare Hoche decided to take matters into his own hand and found himself at the controls of one of the hottest selling labels in vinyl house. (IbizaVoice)
The wonder years of House Music: A homage to a revolution. (DeCoded)
The young, gifted, world traveling twenty something from South Africa, Culoe de Song is something of a wonder in the world of electronic music. (DHA)
Having recently left her Mobilee home, German artist Anja Schneider explains why we too should value creativity over commercialism. (XLR8R)
Armand Jakobsson, AKA Rimbaudian, discusses the lo-fi scene with which he's associated, the origin of his DJ Seinfeld alias and his first gig with Groove.
One of lo-fi house's leading names, DJ Seinfeld, discusses inspirations, his debut album, and the position of the genre. (XLR8R)
The Love & Logic behind Soup NYC. (DT)
Shigeto's creativity is fuelled by the spirit of Detroit while his latest album, The New Monday, simmers with a newfound energy. (Mixmag)
A potted history of Thomas Melchior. (Fabric)
Tony Ozier opens up about the inspiration behind the single and video for Real1 Day1 from his album AutoTone. (MagneticMag)
Alfredo tells the story of how a chance game of rugby lead to one of the most pivotal residencies in the history of house music. (IbizaVoice)
Gideon Berger has co-created something amazing with Glastonbury Festival’s Block9 field, but it’s been somewhat to the detriment of his own DJ career. He discusses his return to the decks. (DJMag)
Henrique Oliveira aka HNQO discusses his conceptual and interpretive ideas and creative processes in recording his debut album. (Decoded)
Spirits Rejoice: James Holden reflects on a career spent escaping dance convention. (Fact)
The art of disruption: How CDJs are changing DJing. (RA)
Kölsch talks about his recently completed record trilogy for Kompakt, his inaugural residency at Hi Ibiza, and being on the top of his game at 40. (Billboard)
Get to know Francis Inferno Orchestra, the house maestro turned ambient explorer. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 27 Oct 2017

Label of the month: Butter Sessions. (RA)
Bubblin' Up: Cinthie. (XLR8R)
Amsterdam Dance Event: 46 massive tracks. (RA)
Five excellent electronic albums made with a single synthesizer. (Pitchfork)
Harangue the DJ: Guy Andrews. (Guardian)
Craig Richards recounts fabric's history on BBC Radio 6.
Joris Voorn on fine art, Detroit techno and the future of Spectrum. (DJMag)
Jamz Supernova on club culture. (TMRW)
Video games are influencing a generation of electronic music innovators. (Mixmag)
Paul Woolford's Special Request alias has put him at the height of his powers. (Mixmag)
Heartache hits: Why XL’s Smerz ditched classical training for field recordings and footwork. (Fact)
Errorsmith: The cult Berlin favourite talks 21 years in club music, designing synths and his incredible new album. (Fact)
Meet Yaeji, house music’s most exciting new voice. (Pitchfork)
Purple Disco Machine shares the 10 songs that influenced making new album, Soulmatic. (MagneticMag)
Alongside running labels, Terminal M and Electric Avenue, Monika Kruse is an active performer, producer, philanthropist, and ambassador of electronic music culture going on some two decades. (DHA)
Walker & Royce discuss their new album, Self Help. (DT)
Romanian DJ Alexandra discusses her home country. (Feeder)
Oliver Schories: “Germany is not Berlin, and Berlin is not Germany in terms of clubbing”. (NightBazaar)
Ibiza's Hostal La Torre, the Balearic haven that's open all year round. (Mixmag)
With his latest release, The Desecration of Desire, Dave Clarke once again showcases his studio skills and musical vision giving us a lot to speak about in this far reaching interview. (DHA)
One of lo-fi house's leading names, DJ Seinfeld, discusses inspirations, his debut album, and the position of the genre. (XLR8R)

ISSUE: 20 Oct 2017

20 Questions: Magda. (XLR8R)
Former Honest Jon's staffer, ZAKIA, is the latest Diggers Directory subject. (StampTheWax)
Harangue the DJ: Minor Science (Guardian)
High Contrast on his most diverse album yet. (IDJ)
Is dance music the place for politics and philosophy? Angus Finlayson meets the artist who's folded both into his incredible new album: Lee Gamble. (RA)
53 years ago, Robert Moog dropped the first keyboard synthesizer. (DancemusicNW)
South African kwaito veteran Professor Rhythm selects 11 ‘90s house anthems. (Fact)
Junior Boys’ Jeremy Greenspan talks Geej, a local record label with techno and ambient dreams. (Fact)
After endless revisions, Chloé isn't scared about the future anymore. (Pulse)
Fatima Al Qadiri on the risks of making queer Arabic dance music. (Pitchfork)
L.A producer TOKiMONSTA talks recovery from life-threatening brain condition & being 'given a second chance' with new Lune Rouge LP. (Billboard)
Following the success of his inaugural Houghton Festival, Craig Richards talks future plans and stepping away from his fabric residency. (Crack)
The eye-popping production at Elrow events has helped it become arguably the world's most popular clubbing brand. But, as Carlos Hawthorn explains, this is only the most recent venture for a family whose roots in entertainment date back to 1870. (RA)
Richie Hawtin on raving, dance music and using his first turntables. (HighSnobiety)
15 years strong: Critical Music has become a drum 'n' bass empire. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 13 Oct 2017

Five times TRAX Records changed the course of house music. (DT)
10 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear in October 2017. (Fact)
Harangue the DJ: Charlotte de Witte. (Guardian)
Interview: Yokoo & Retza. (DHA)
Mick Harris: Greetings from Birmingham. (RA)
Minor Science's favourite 'breakbeat slammers’. (IfOnly)
Arty explains how a Russian DJ discovered Bruce Springsteen & earned his approval on 'supposed to be’. (Billboard)
Richy Ahmed talks plans for Four Thirty Two. (Fabric)
Where is the musical underground in 2017. (Guardian - Alexis Petridis)
A who's who of Romanian techno. (IbizaVoice)
Anya Schneider discusses how she’s embracing her new-found freedom with a brand new label and her first solo album in nearly a decade. (DJMag)
Boris Werner gives the inside details on Amsterdam, ahead of this month’s ADE, with the five places he most enjoy’s in his home city. (DHA)
The Secret DJ: "A proper DJ selects well and mixes well”. (Mixmag)
As she releases her debut album, Take Me Apart, Kelela reflects on her experiences as a woman of colour in the music industry. (RA)
Radio Slave is a master of propulsive, muscular, inventive house and techno. (Mixmag)
Saoirse: The industry is geared towards rewarding producers more than DJs. (IbizaVoice)
In Close, techno legend Richie Hawtin bears it all between machines. (MiamiNewTimes)
Romanian DJ-producer Cosmin TRG explores how social media has broken the dance music ecosystem. (XLR8R)
Gerd Janson’s Running Back is a label with an unparalleled reputation for consistency. Kristan Caryl speaks to the man himself about the imprint’s 15th birthday, then a group of top artists and DJs explain why they admire it. (Attack)
Josey Rebelle is the genre-bending DJ dominating top-tier dancefloors worldwide. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 06 Oct 2017

In Conversation With…Phil Weeks. (DT)
Promoter Focus: On The 5th Day. (DJMag)
30 years in the game: 10 killer cuts from Laurent Garnier. (DT)
Label of the month: Posh Isolation. (RA)
Eight moments that defined Swedish House Mafia. (DJMag)
Diggers Directory: Project 95. (StampTheWax)
Harangue the DJ: Kölsch. (Guardian)
The summer afternoon I shared a dining table with Kraftwerk (Observer - John Rutledge, Goldie Lookin Chain)
Ahead of his headline date at Ultra Brazil, Nic Fanciulli discusses his debut album, My Heart, an LP that draws from 20 years of influences and came together over a decade of work. (Pulse)
Gorgon City talk new music, DJ sets, and club culture. (DA)
Getting to know Ellum: Maceo Plex’s forward-thinking underground label. (DA)
Party Favor talks playing for various cultures, favourite song, and upcoming EP. (MagneticMag)
“We are out on the road as most bands do, no frills and demands like DJ’s do, pile the stuff in a van and get out there and rock it” – Way Out West. (Decoded)
“That’s my niche in Berlin, there I feel comfortable with my music and the crowd’s feedback always proves me right” – Matthias Meyer. (Decoded)
Prok & Fitch reveal their inner workings, how they met and about the way they work in the booth. (DHA)
Einmusik discussed how the new LP came together, his inspiration behind it, and also how he is going to go about celebrating the 10 year anniversary of his label. (DHA)
Do Androids Dream Of Electronic Beats? How Blade Runner impacted electronic music. (Fact)
Mark Smith profiles Bristol producer Pessimist, who's achieved a singular union between techno and drum & bass. (RA)
One of New York's rising talents, Photay, talks inspirations and processes behind his latest LP. (XLR8R)
A life in music: Arthur Russell, the disco cellist in a world of echo. (Guardian)
DJ Awards chat: Luciano, Dennis Cruz, Bontan, Abel Ortiz & more. (DT)
Fabich shares genre-hopping mix, talks collaborations and upcoming music. (MagneticMag)
Discwoman: Power In Numbers. (Crack)
Get to know Walker & Royce, the duo making thumping house music for Dirtybird. (Mixmag)
GEM is Georgia's wonderful and insane 32-day marathon festival. (Mixmag)
DJ Deep speaks about the importance of understanding the roots of dance music in order to be able to expand on the styles that have existed for decades. (Truants)
Bicep's remarkable rise to stardom. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 29 Sep 2017

In Conversation… Carlos Sanchez. (DT)
Introducing… Birds of Paradise. (DT)
Hi-Five: Julia Govor. (DT)
Harangue the DJ: Low Steppa (Guardian)
Jax Jones lets us in on his secret to success. (MagneticMag)
Odd Future's DJ Taco on internet beef and the importance of kindness. (Ssense)
Failed histories of electronic music. (Cambridge)
After Skrillex helped bring EDM to the pop charts, a whole new wave of artists are taking the genre in surprising new directions. (Vulture)
Germany’s Melt! Festival is the strikingly dystopian techno mecca. (Mixmag)
“I love playing in the UK. The crowd is knowledgeable and know how to have a party” – Franky Rizardo. (Decoded)
Get to know Debonair, the genre-busting NTS Radio regular. (Mixmag)
Label of the month: Posh Isolation. (RA)
Mediterranean madness: Wild times on the MDRNTY Cruise's maiden voyage. (Mixmag)
Jlin & Holly Herndon: Comparing Notes. (Ableton)
Laidback Luke talks creating a sustainable Asian dance market, being a modern DJ and more. (MagneticMag)
Uncovering Lenzman’s singular drum & bass sound. (Fabric)
Steve Aoki is still EDM’s most ambitious multitasker, says Julianne Escobedo Shepherd. (Spin)
Let NYC dance: The battle to save New York City's nightlife. (Mixmag)
Pete Swanson, the US record collector, label owner and (sort of) noise artist invites Matt McDermott into the weird world of his tastes. (RA)
Montreal producer Lunice took some time away after TNGHT went on hiatus. Now he’s back with an immersive new solo project for a distracted planet. (Fader)
Having begun 20 years ago as a village rave in the German countryside, Nachtdigital is now among the most beloved in the world. Will Lynch hears how it got there. (RA)
Sasha is releasing recordings of live shows that turned his old hits into complex compositions - easy as turning water to wine. (Noisey)
Club Chai started as a party with a purpose. Amidst tragedy and tumult in the Bay Area, it’s become so much more. (Fader)
Awesome Tapes From Africa: 'It made sense to DJ tapes… there's no rules about bpm’. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 22 Sep 2017

Laidback Luke talks about DJing habits, the rise of dance music in Asia, its similarities with North America a decade ago and how to create a sustainable environment and more. (Magnetic)
DJ and producer Levon Vincent issued a lengthy and heartfelt apology to Facebook for his remarks following the 2015 Paris terror attacks calling them "horrible”. (Pulse)
The ultimate ADE party guide with Oliver Helens. (Pulse)
Jackmaster touched on his connection to small venues: “Without grassroots venues and clubs the scene is finished. They’re the lifeblood of what we do”. (Mixmag)
Watch Trentemøller: The Science of Fixion (a music documentary). (Decoded)
DJMag joins the Apollonia brotherhood for an extended stay in Ibiza to talk boats in Paris, the evolution of the underground, DC-10 family and the golden age of electronic music.
Matt McDermott meets the designer and producer who's shaped two of the most distinctive-looking labels in techno: Sandwell District and Jealous God. (RA)
More than just a record shop, Rubadub has inspired generations of Glasgow DJs, producers and promoters, and fostered its own community. Kit Macdonald tells its story. (RA)
The incredible record libraries where you can listen to vast archives for free. (VinylFactory)
“I love playing in the UK. The crowd is knowledgeable and know how to have a party” – Franky Rizardo. (Decoded)
Naples is nurturing a hot, heady and very Italian style of dance music. (Mixmag)
The battle to save New York City’s nightlife. (Mixmag)
How transgender dancer Lucy Fizz is using her own story and role as the face of disco revival night Glitterbox to challenge society's view of the LGBT community. (BBC)

ISSUE: 15 Sep 2017

John Arlidge interviews the creator of Studio 54, Ian Schrager, about the world’s most glamorous nightclub and the last days of disco. (Sunday Times)
Pop, dance and hip-hop BPMs are getting slower, partly because of drugs, finds Kathy Landoli. (Guardian Guide)
Israeli DJ Guy Gerber reveals the contents of his record bag. (Guardian Guide)
Widely celebrated as the pioneer of techno in India, Arjun Vagale steers the course of the country’s expanding underground electronic movement. (DeepHouseAmsterdam)
Ask the Experts: Maceo Plex / Maetrik. (xlr8r)
History revision: The art of the disco edit. (Mixmag)
David Zowie talks about his long-awaited comeback. (Mixmag)
10 years of the Adana Twins. From Hamburg to Deep House and now Watergate, we chat to them about their journey. (DataTransmission)
Bruce Tantum spends time with the revered veteran DJ Tony Humphries. (RA)

ISSUE: 08 Sep 2017

September: Six artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
10 iconic Tiga moments. (Mixmag)
10 artists remember 10 years of Outlook festival. (Mixmag)
The history of Ibiza in 25 photos. (Mixmag)
Spotify playlist: 50 obscure disco gems waiting to be discovered. (Mixmag)
Harangue the DJ: Snakehips. (Guardian)
Eats Everything on giving back and the spectacle of Ibiza. (IbizaSpotlight)
Follow the birth of ASTIR Recordings, as told by label boss Simon Huxtable. (IDJ)
[Podcast] Chase & Status: "there's a lot more at stake the longer you've been around”. (Mixmag)
He’s known for speaking his mind on social media but Chicago-born house legend DJ Sneak is on the road to redemption. He talks selling out, Ibiza history and how to stay ahead of the game. (DJMag)
Electric Zoo 2017: Paul Kalkbrenner discusses why he went Back to the Future. (DA)
Thomas Jack on the ‘discovery and curation’ that drives his career. (DA)
Bicep lift the lid of the darkest corners of their record collection. (Guardian)
Meet the promoter: Brigitte Armengol, Acid Sundays, Ibiza. (IbizaVoice)
“It’s not a bad thing at all when underground music becomes popular – maybe it’s just finally the recognition it deserved” – Chopstick & Johnjon. (Decoded)
Resistance DJs share their wildest Ibiza memories. (IbizaSpotlight)
Bas Ibellini: "Time management and balance are the key”. (IbizaVoice)
A week-long trip into drone and techno at MUTEK Montréal 2017. (Fact)
Interview: Eelke Kleijn. (DHA)
Playing all night long is one of the best tests of all true DJs and, as Skream embarks on his second year of his Open To Close tour, we ask him to reveal his secret weapons. (IbizaVoice)
Uncovering Treatment’s secret weapons. (Fabric)
Festival Chat: Sub Focus at South West Four. (DT)
Malta’s local DJs and Glitch festival Founder Kevin Glitch give an inside look at a side of the island you might not have heard about before. (Pulse)
James Lavelle: "Our business lunches were fuelled by Bolivian marching powder”. (Mixmag)
Breaking through: Tzusing. (RA)
Dub Fx gives his thoughts on the value of busking, why the music industry is basically fucked, and how we need to give more props to the Caribbean for modern music. (MagneticMag)
From Munich to Miami, Monika Kruse’s mission to give back has left a trail of fervent fans in its wake, eager to share in her music, her motives and her open heart. (DJMag)
Get to know Hammer, the Bicep collaborator sounding out his own space. (Mixmag)
ODESZA discuss evolving through experimentation for A Moment Apart. (DA)
A shadow history of LCD Soundsystem in five DJ sets. (VillageVoice)
Rossko talks FUSE, pirate radio and Ibiza. (IbizaSpotlight)
MK walked away from dance music — now he's back and bigger than ever. (LAWeekly)
Actress: ‘When I’m properly making music, and properly in the throes of albums, things get hot’. (Standard)
Tony Humphries spoke to Marko Kutlesa about the importance of tempo, changes to the dancefloor, pivotal records and much more. (Skiddle)
Sister Bliss: Beyond gender, before equality. (Skiddle)
One of Iran’s foremost electronic musicians, Sote, speaks to Oli Warwick about dance music in Tehran and Ebtekar’s commission for CTM Festival. (Fact)
The dancing may have shifted to early evening, the drink of choice is now a large G&T and lunch is a Sunday roast – but for the DJs and hedonists who first found themselves in the Ibiza of the Eighties, the party is still going strong. Simon Mills returns to rave at 53 at Pikes. (Times)
Dannic talks Spinnin' deal, Hardwell friendship and more. (Billboard)
Zanzibar, Kiss FM and the Jersey sound - Bruce Tantum spends time with the revered veteran DJ Tony Humphries. (RA)
Meet the female coders pushing electronic music into the future. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 01 Sep 2017

10 reasons we worship Kerri Chandler. (Mixmag)
10 iconic Sasha moments. (Mixmag)
20 questions for Midland. (XLR8R)
101 with Fabio Florido. (Solvd)
Harangue the DJ: Hot Since 82. (GuardianGuide)
Mura Masa, Lido and Cashmere Cat noted as the “next gen of EDM”. (Hits)
Label of the month: Lullabies For Insomniacs. (RA)
Music On’s residents select six tracks that define the Ibiza institution. (Fact)
EDM super-agents like Ben Hogan help artists score those big DJ fees. (LAWeekly)
An introduction to Norwegian Disco. (Pitchfork)
Moby explains why he has opened his back catalogue to be remixed on dance music's finest labels. (Mixmag)
Darude on changing EDM culture, new projects, and Johnny Monsoon. (DMNW)
Patrice Baumel’s enigmatic sound world. (Fabric)
Life Balances with Mano Le Tough. (Fabric)
How Dekmantel turned an Amsterdam favourite into a Croatian paradise. (Crack)
From Jamaican soundsystems to jungle, garage and grime, dubplates have long played a crucial role in DJ culture. But what does that look like in 2017? (VinylFactory)
After-hours parties are the beating heart of New York nightlife. (Mixmag)
Electronic music doesn't need tribute bands yet - and that's a good thing, says John Ochoa. (Mixmag)
Charlotte Lucy Cijffers meets charismatic selector tINI to talk life balance, music-making and the changing face of Ibiza. (DJMag)
Armin Van Buuren talks NYC love ahead of Electric Zoo 2017. (Billboard)
How Idris Elba is rising to the top of the DJ world amid his demanding acting career. (DA)
Eric Prydz discusses his new Ibiza residency at Hí. (DJMag)
DJ Harvey discusses his role as Cultural Attaché at Pikes Hotel Ibiza. (DJMag)
Techno and catharsis: Discovering electronic music’s outer limits at Berlin Atonal 2017. (Fact)
Maya Jane Coles returns with her latest, and most complete, substantive album to date – Take Flight. (DHA)
Permanent Vacation, the label of Tom Bioly and Benjamin Fröhlich, celebrates 10 years in the game. (DHA)
The evolution of Maceo Plex. (DT)
Mar-T’s top 5 tips to the art of being a successful resident DJ. (DT)
Oneohtrix Point Never: 'I was given the keys to the Corvette’. (Guardian)
Digging with Justin Carter. (StampTheWax)
RBMA visits Cologne to take some snaps of a key birthplace of electronic composition.
Raving Iran: The promoter/DJs risking their lives to party. (Mixmag)
Get to know Charlotte de Witte, the Belgian artist crafting dense, dark techno. (Mixmag)
Rezz is the Deadmau5 protegè gearing up for world domination. (Mixmag)
Oddball and tribalistic: Salon Des Amateurs is the club night in its own league. (Mixmag)
London native Troyboi discusses his debut album, diverse background and upcoming tour which is set to be bigger than ever. (Mixmag)
Nicole Moudaber discusses what keeps her coming back to Ibiza. (DJMag)

ISSUE: 25 Aug 2017

Five locations fight to become the next Mecca for EDM. (Hypebot)
10 iconic Sasha moments. (Mixmag)
Bubblin' Up: Late Night Approach. (XLR8R)
Hi-Five: Dorian Paic. (XLR8R)
Rebekah talks the top 10 tracks that inspired her. (DJMag)
B.Traits shares her top 10 most influential tunes. (DJMag)
Harangue the DJ: Dillon Francis (Guardian)
25 years of Ebeneezer Goode: Were the Es really that good though? (Noisey)
Can dubstep’s legacy be rescued from the fart chamber of history? (Noisey)
New York City legend Nicky Siano describes the downfall of modern DJs, clubs & producers. (MagneticMag)
Rebekah unpacks her live rig, which blends analogue with digital devices. (NativeInstruments)
Delving into dance music's orchestral revival. (DJMag)
What’s it like to pull off a DJ set at eight months pregnant? Anna Lunoe explains.(Guardian)
Black pirate radio: The 'Robin Hoods' of music. (BBC)
Jeff Mills: 'It's easier to just accept the norm’. (Attack)
Lover of cheap vinyl, producer of exquisitely odd records, mind-bending conversationalist—Matteo Ruzzon is an electronic music personality like no other. Will Lynch went to Queens to catch him in his natural habitat. (RA)
Holly Dicker meets one of electronic music's busiest—and best—live performers, Marie Davidson. (RA)
Anastasia Vtorova talks about her route into electronics, her noise background, and soaking up influences from everywhere. (XLR8R)
Terrence Dixon: Detroit minimalism. (RA)
Ahead of the launch of the new label Stepper Man, Kissy Sellout picks the 5 pivotal points of his remarkable career so far. (DT)
Mar-T’s top five tips to the art of being a successful resident DJ. (DT)
DJ Mag trips out to Croatia’s Love International, to find out why it’s the most fashionable festival in the Adriatic for fans of tasteful house and disco. (DJMag)
Hot Since 82 talks magic, mysticism and moving forward. (DJMag)
James Murphy wants to justify LCD Soundsystem’s existence (again). (NYTimes)
Jesse Rose celebrates two decades in the game. (Fabric)
Driven by telling stories, passionate about DJing in bed; no one is doing techno quite like Bebetta. (IDJ)
Talking music ingredients with Matador. (IbizaSpotlight)
Jump-up — the bouncy, bassline-led strain of drum & bass — seems bigger than ever right now. DJ Mag talks to the leading playaz in the sub-genre.
Glasgow’s Sub Club is celebrating its 30th birthday, having weathered bad 90s techno, empty dancefloors and fake IRA gunmen. Its leading lights explain how they’ve carried on for so long. (Guardian)
Could a new club from the Tresor cofounder help revitalize Detroit's nightlife? Max Pearl heads there to find out. (RA)
From the terrace to the main room: a guide to the soundsystems of Ibiza. (Mixmag)
J Hus is the optimistic soundtrack to Britain's turbulent times, says Kamila Rymajdo. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 18 Aug 2017

DJ Minx's party flyers. (RBMA)
Zedd, dance music's anti-bro, on making hits for Selena, Kesha and Liam and why DJs should 'speak up' on Trump. (Billboard)
Four tips for mixing 808’s. (8Daysof808)
808 in production: A Q&A with Bob Power. (8Daysof808)
Schematic & Polaris: Two rising Technique stars join forces. (IDJ)
Uncovering Leftfield’s modern dancefloor weapons. (Fabric)
Aaron Coultate meets one of Detroit techno's most elusive artists: Terrence Dixon. (RA)
A guide to a complete night out in Shanghai. (Pulse)
Meet Hamster: the latest thought-provoking masked-producer on the scene. (DA)
POPOF & Luca Donzelli walk us through their Amnesia 2017 Compilation. (DT)
Miami-based and soul/funk rich, Beki Powell, brings the nostalgia of a quality groove in her exclusive soul-heavy set and interview for Magnetic Magazine.
Label Focus: Viper Recordings. (Mixmag)
Wolf + Lamb chat ahead of Crew Love's NYC festival. (MagneticMag)
The Beat Usagi: “It’s an exciting time to be an electronic musician in Singapore”. (Pulse)
DJ Mag follows Numbers boss Jackmaster from Glasgow to Glasto to hear about his unstoppable rise.
Jasper James has classy dance music deeply embedded in his DNA but he is no longer living in his father’s shadow, he’s doing the dancefloor damage on his own terms. (DJMag)
Norman Jay: ‘Goldie is the Picasso of our contemporary dance music scene’. (Guardian)
Ask the Experts: Carl Craig. (XLR8R)
Interview: Henrik Schwarz & The Metropole Orkest. (DHA)
10 sounds that define modern club music – and the stories behind them. (Fact)
Groove Terminator talks 30 years of Australian dance music. (InTheMix)
Allyson Toy talks about breaking the music industry’s bamboo ceiling. (HypeBae)
The history of Ibiza in 100 Tracks. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 11 Aug 2017

Breaking Through: Jayda G. (RA)
A decade of HARD: 10 incredible moments according to Destructo. (DJMag)
Five reasons to experience UNO Village Malta. (Pulse)
10 under-the-radar club tracks you need to hear in August 2017. (Fact)
10 must-see dance acts at HARD Summer 2017. (Billboard)
Harangue the DJ: Dimitri From Paris. (Guardian)
Berlin’s best underground club nights. (Amuse)
Flamenco, DJ politics and vinylism with Ellen Allien. (IbizaSpotlight)
Henry Saiz on creative inspiration, his Balance compilation, and more. (DA)
Blaine Stranger talks tech, viper and how his tracks Mesmerise. (YourEDM)
Groove Terminator talks 30 years of Australian dance music. (InTheMix)
Meet one of SA’s favourite veteran DJs, Claudia Lovisa. (Pulse)
The Chicago artist Benn Jordan (AKA The Flashbulb) explains his decision to stop releasing on vinyl, pointing out the environmental concerns associated with the medium. (Blog)
How Steve Aoki channeled uber and his punk-rock origins on his way to $29.5m. (Forbes)
David Guetta changed electronic music ten years ago, and he's gearing up to do it again. (Forbes)
DJ Tracy Young celebrates 25-year career, talks spinning at Madonna's wedding. (Billboard)
On tour with Diplo in Africa. (GQ)
Italy’s Avantgarde label head Dabs talks style, funk, and being remixed by Break. (YourEDM)
Howie Lee is the cyberpunk-obsessed club producer concerned we’re trapped in the Matrix. (Fact)
Dimitri From Paris: 10 ultimate '80s pop-dance classics. (Pulse)
How a small town record store quietly released an exclusive Aphex Twin record. (NPR)
HAAi: How an Australian psych-rocker became London’s best new DJ. (Pulse)
Meet the '90s dance DJ behind the score for The Dark Tower. (NPR)
The 10 biggest tracks from Together Ibiza (so far). (Pulse)
Kraftwerk, Detroit legends and rising stars: Tracing the evolution of techno at Portugal’s Neopop Festival 2017. (Fact)
How the death of EDM brought pop music one step closer to eternal life. (WashingtonPost)
Mystic Bill: An acid original. (Inn8)
Tribes Records with Zepherin Saint, Albee & Alton Miller. (DT)
Building a genre-less music society with TOKiMONSTA. (Pulse)
With a fresh spin on the 808, DJs become rhythm composers. (NPR)
Abby Nurock and DJ Buhle weigh in on the gender equality debate. (Pulse)
When techno was house: Chicago’s impact on the birth of techno. (RBMA)
Junkie XL on His Dark Tower inspiration, mentor Hans Zimmer & advice for aspiring composers. (Billboard)
Larry Heard: 'Music is like a blanket you wrap round yourself’. (Guardian)
Florian Meindl talk modular mindsets and compression workarounds. (MusicRadar)
The Balearic Three: Talamanca System are channeling the true spirit of Ibiza. (Mixmag)
Machine Love: SchneidersLaden, Mark Smith meets the man who's played a vital role in shaping the modular synthesis industry. (RA)
Hot Property: The unstoppable rise of Mall Grab. (Mixmag)
Meet the women who owned Hard Summer Fest 2017. (Nylon)
Ricardo Villalobos, the Chilean-born techno pioneer, lets rip on the gentrification of clubbing, and why family responsibilities mean he’s now always home by 10… in the morning. (Guardian - Ben Beaumont-Thomas)

ISSUE: 04 Aug 2017

10 big tunes you need to hear this month. (Mixmag)
Five things that have changed running a label in the last five years with Zulu Records. (DT)
A decade of HARD: 10 incredible moments according to Destructo. (DJMag)
10 slept-on albums that should have been absolutely huge. (Mixmag)
Harangue the DJ: Nastia. (Guardian)
Your Paradise Fiji: A destination music experience that lives up to its hype. (DA)
Inside Ibiza Underground: The island’s best kept secret is finally out. (DJMag)
Paul Oakenfold and Connect club promoter Alex Ryan interviewed. (Ibizan)
Podcast: Fabio Florido discusses this season in Ibiza. (IbizaVoice)
Happy birthday, Carl Cox: celebrating his legacy with three decades of live footage. (DA)
Catching up with the Leeds-based twosome Spektre as they prepare to drop their remix of a Sourmash classic. (IDJ)
Sonus & DA present: A guide to planning a techno holiday in Croatian paradise. (DA)
What Would Diplo Do?: How James Van Der Beek turned an EDM spoof into a TV show. (RollingStone)
Calvin Harris and his endless quest for 'sound of the summer’. (Noisey)
umami: Germany's tastiest house duo?. (IDJ)
How Caspa, one of dubstep's biggest stars, has rediscovered his sweet spot deep in the underground trenches. (IDJ)
In Conversation: Jojo Walker [Halcyon Sf & Walker Management]. (MagneticMag)
Dance artists to catch at Lollapalooza 2017. (Billboard)
At Tomorrowland music festival, luxury can be a main event. (CNBC)
Huxley on his new label, No Idea's Original. (Fabric)
Kate Simko on pregnancy, hybrid music and more. (Phoenix)
The iconic Berlin trio Moderat on their indefinite hiatus. (Lola)
Disclosure reveal the secrets behind their Wild Life residency at DC10. (DJMag)
Danish techno artist Ctrls goes deep on studio technique. (CDM)
Amsterdam DJ Interstellar Funk talks digging. (StampTheWax)
Talking equality, bias and sexuality in South Africa with ANG and K-$. (Pulse)
Goldie: gentrification has ruined clubbing. (Independent)
Hï expectations: Glitterbox is putting Ibiza's newcomer through its paces. (Mixmag)
Meet DJ Kittens, the female spin master working to equalise dance, one workshop at a time. (Billboard)
Howie Lee is the cyberpunk-obsessed club producer concerned we’re trapped in the Matrix. (Fact)
Kafes is the club keeping the rave flame alive in Istanbul. (Mixmag)
Hot Property: The unstoppable rise of Mall Grab. (Mixmag)
Paris Hilton on her music career: 'i'm more talent than name’. (Billboard)
Get to know Compa, producer of new school dubstep laced with echoes of the past. (Mixmag)
Parris is the DJ and producer who jettisoned dubstep to journey into space. (Fact)
Kaytranada, the rising DJ with incredible retro style. (Vogue)
Larry Heard is the deep house pioneer who changed dance music forever. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 28 Jul 2017

20 tunes that defined Sasha & Digweed’s first resistance party. (Pulse)
25 anthems from Berlin’s legendarily wild Bar25. (ElectronicBeats)
10 fierce talents you shouldn't miss at Hard Summer. (Mixmag)
7 reasons why you need to see GHE20G0THIK founder Venus X. (Mixmag)
The 33 best tracks of 2017 so far. (Mixmag)
Label of the month: Dream Catalogue. (RA)
A city guide to Delhi by VridianMusic. (DT)
DJ Stingray: Foreign waters. (RA)
Crate Diggers: Steffi. (VinylFactory)
The art of DJing: Dorian Paic. (RA)
Harangue the DJ: wAFF. (GuardianGuide)
Everything you need to know about New York's no-dancing law. (Thump)
Tomorrowland headliner Martin Solveig: 'Labels are for canned food, not for music’. (National)
How David Guetta built his hedonistic brand. (FTWeekend - Ludovic Hunter-Tilney)
We went on a campervan tour of America's West Coast with Andhim. (Mixmag)
Armand van Helden: “DJs don’t have to think about much up there”. (InTheMix)
Glasgow's Sub Club is one of the best rave experiences on the planet. (Mixmag)
Get to know Lauren Lo Sung, Liverpool's sumptuous rolling house producer. (Mixmag)
Heart Of Darkness: The secret DJ on touring. (Mixmag)
Steve Lawler: "Being an A&R is the best route to becoming a great DJ”. (Mixmag)
From indie rock to IDM to reggae and two-step, Panorama Bar resident Nick Höppner picks nine of his biggest obsessions from the past three decades. (RA)
After working in obscurity for nearly three decades, Italian singer and synth artist Gigi Masin is finally getting his due. Andy Beta hears his story. (RA)
Theo Parrish weighs in on a story about how Detroit's house music heritage has begun to step out of the techno scene's shadow. (NYTimes)
Oshi is creating his own lane of wonky, emotional bass that's making an impact. (Mixmag)
One of Europe's most spectacular music venues, Macao, is under threat. Christine Kakaire visits the former slaughterhouse in Milan to hear its story. (RA)

ISSUE: 21 Jul 2017

20 of the world's most astonishing-looking festivals. (Mixmag)
Q+A: Walker & Royce. (Mixmag)
Dekmantel 2017: Five artists to watch. (DHA)
Interview: Mano Le Tough. (DHA)
DJ Tennis talks DJ-Kicks. (MagneticMag)
Hi-Five: Terry Francis. (XLR8R)
Harangue the DJ: Daniel Miller. (Guardian)
Follow the 10 Commandments of clubbing, or go to hell. (Thump)
David Guetta interview: Ibiza's Peter Pan on his forthcoming album, EDM, and the island's changing club scene. (Independent)
Robert Hood is the techno pioneer who refuses to slow down. (Mixmag)
Two authors swap stories of NYC & London nightlife, their favourite spots, and how they managed to make sense of the wild scenes. (ElectricLiterature)
Spring Breakers director Harmony Korine shares the music that's shaped him over the course of his life including DJ Taye and Russell Haswell. (Pitchfork)
Letter of Recommendation: Detroit Techno. (NYTimes)
Doorly & his Reptile Dysfunction. (DT)
A model for the future: Synth pioneer Morton Subotnick on 50 years of Silver Apples of the Moon. (Fact)
Gene Farris has become the face of Chicago house music, says Amelia Waters. (MagneticMag)
Dense & Pika: "Techno is no longer the sound of the future”. (IbizaVoice)
Reporting on this year's most vital new UK parties: Liverpool's MODU:LAR. (IbizaVoice)
Enzo Siragusa: "I'm actually quite a shy guy”. (IbizaVoice)
I went magazine shopping with Honey Dijon. (Thump)
KSHMR launches Dharma Worldwide Label, promises a track a week from new EP. (Billboard)
Follow the birth of ASTIR Recordings in our new monthly column from label boss Simon Huxtable. (InternationalDJ)

ISSUE: 14 Jul 2017

The 101 best EDM songs of all time. (Thump)
Obscure Cuts: Moscoman. (XLR8R)
10 of the greatest Rinse FM shows of all time. (Mixmag)
The month's electronic music. (Quietus)
Harangue the DJ: Mary Anne Hobbs. (Guardian)
Steve Aoki traveled 16,427 miles, visited three continents, and played four shows—all on just six hours of sleep, he tells Michael Easter. (Tonic)
An oral history of Melbourne's rave scene in the '90s. (RBMA)
Dance music according to Limmy. (Mixmag)
RHA Fest reaches to fill a hole in the heart of Mexico's underground. (Mixmag)
Anastasia Kristensen talks creative technology. (RansomeNote)
Machine Love: Shawn O'Sullivan. (RA)
Toronto's Electric Island is bringing different dance cultures together. (Billboard)
Afrojack races into future with new sounds, talks David Guetta collabs and birthday bash. (Billboard)
Courtesy is the Danish DJ putting Copenhagen’s techno scene on the map. (Fact)
For Club Use Only: The month’s best under-the-radar club tracks. (Fact)
Inside YouTube's hit-making electronic music channels. (Thump)
Tony Poland meets Karen Gwyer, the artist who is cutting a singular path through the modern techno landscape. (RA)
The best artwork of 2017 so far. (Mixmag)
Claremont 56 are celebrating a decade of crystal clear quality. (Thump)
Rebekah & Paula Temple on their new live hybrid set. (XLR8R)
Carl Cox: “to play Ibiza you have to be the best of the best”. (DJMag)
View from the side: YouTube is killing the art of MCing. (RansomeNote)
Clean-living clubbing: the new trend of alcohol-free raves and mindfulness sessions at festivals like Wilderness. (Guardian - Harriet Gibsone)
Produced with love: Joey Negro is riding the recent disco revival. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 07 Jul 2017

Spotlight Mix: Jeff Fader. (DT)
Breaking Through: Umfang. (RA)
In Conversation with…OC & Verde. (DT)
Studio Essentials: Polar Inertia. (DT)
In Conversation with… Roger Sanchez. (DT)
Harangue The DJ with Debonair. (Guardian)
Rudimental: 'It’s actually a blessing not being as famous as our singers’. (Standard - David Smyth)
A quarter century after their first 12" and 15 years since the death of James Stinson, the legacy of Drexciya is more enduring than ever. (RBMA)
DIY electronic productions are challenging what opera can be. (Thump)
DIY videos are the launchpad for your new favourite underground house tracks. (Mixmag)
How Hyte is bringing the European super-warehouse to North America. (Mixmag)
A chat with Fur Coat about their new label Oddity Records. (DT)
Salford is the most exciting place to party in the UK right now. (Thump)
Ellen Allien takes us on a tour of Berlin to show us why "it's the best city in the world”. (Mixmag)
Uncontrollable energy: 20 years on, The Fat Of The Land is still a life-changing album. (Mixmag)
Privilege is the world's biggest club and this season it's reclaiming its legendary status. (Mixmag)
Warp Records’ compilation Artificial Intelligence brought electronic music to the living room, but also unleashed a tidal wave of snobbery around ‘intelligent dance music’. Twenty-five years on, has it endured? (Guardian)
Five producers reflect on Aphex Twin playing their music. (Crack)
Fatima Al Qadiri unpacks her creative process. (NativeInstruments)
[Audio] Richie Hawtin: 'Once you could go to Detroit, you wanted to explore it’. (BBC)
Wet Sounds: New Atlantis is ushering in the new wave of new age. (Fact)
House Call: On the road with Alan Fitzpatrick. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 30 Jun 2017

The Haçienda closed 20 years ago - look back at Manchester's legendary nightclub. (MEN)
Seven pieces of gear that prove Kraftwerk are technological trailblazers. (Fact)
Seven DJs explain how to get a gig in Ibiza. (Mixmag)
Martin Solveig's seven favourite Ibiza hangouts. (Pulse)
The hedonistic beauty of Glastonbury's Block9 in 13 photos. (Mixmag)
22 images that capture the glory of Glastonbury 2017. (Mixmag)
Faithless' Sister Bliss picks 10 Ibiza classics. (Pulse)
A city guide to Amsterdam by Deltawerk. (DT)
Breaking Through: Lanark Artefax. (RA)
Breaking Through: Deena Abdelwahed. (RA)
Get Familiar: Map.ache. (XLR8R)
Hi-Five: DJ Haus. (XLR8R)
In Conversation With… DJ Eli Iwasa. (DT)
Goldie: 'David Bowie was a beautiful soul, I love him dearly' (MusicWeek)
My Philosophy: Goldie. (Insomniac)
Goldie's voyage into another galaxy. (DJMag)
Into the future: Sinjin Hawke is building a utopia of what he wants music to sound like. (Mixmag)
The master: Patrick Cowley created the definitive I Feel Love remix. (Mixmag)
An underground resource brings house and techno back to its roots. (CDM)
How Major Lazer bet on diversity (and data) to make global hits: ‘The audience controls music now’. (Billboard)
The death strobe of EDM, or Daft Punk at Coachella for dummies. (Hazlitt)
DJ Pioneer and Distro present their guide to UK funky. (Fabric)
Happy Accidents: The gear that changed electronic music by mistake. (DJMag)
Laurel Halo shakes up her sound after partnering with a humanoid pop star. (NYTimes)
Recently, acts like Huerco S, Steve Hauschildt and Patricia have played ambient shows in a 109-year-old Gothic Revival church in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Kevin Lozano gets the story. (Pitchfork)
A list of female DJs who are better than you. (IfOnly)
Warung: The Brazilian outpost that became a clubbing empire. (Pulse)
Ikonika discusses her latest album's Dark Tones with RBMA.
Chicago producer Jana Rush, AKA JARu, speaks to the Chicago Tribune on her return to music with Pariah, her debut album out next month.
Joe Goddard the crate digger. (VinylFactory)
Monoloc: “Afterlife stands clearly for its own sound and style”. (Pulse)
Watch The Crystal Method gear up for a tour with Tool, chat about new music in his studio. (AXS)
Vancouver's new electronic scene is breaking the boys club. (Thump)
How Milkshake became “the most open-minded electronic music festival” in the world. (Pulse)
Larry Heard discusses the making of Can You Feel It. (Thump)
Tiesto talks EDM's pop makeover in Las Vegas and how Sven Väth inspired his career. (Billboard)
How Splash House founder Tyler McLean went from college kid to festival power player. (Billboard)
Meet the underground talent of HARD Summer: Madam X. (DA)
Calvin Harris on what it's like to be the richest DJ in the world. (GQ)
I Feel Love: Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder created the template for dance music as we know it. (Mixmag)
When disco ruled the world: Casablanca Records was the debauched centre of the Universe. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 23 Jun 2017

How to stay sane in Ibiza. (Mixmag)
Eleven podcasts for DJs, By DJs. (DJTechTools)
Andrea Oliva’s five essential tips for the perfect party. (Pulse)
[Video] How Hardwell growth hacked his career, a keynote from TNW Conference 2017. (YouTube)
Four of the world's best rooftop clubs. (DJ Mag)
Italo disco don Fred Ventura picks 11 stone-cold classics from his record bag. (Fact)
Six party crews redefining the gay underground. (Mixmag)
Jacob Moesgaard, CEO of AM, explains a revival of vinyl. (MagneticMag)
Get to know KISSEY, the Swedish singer making danceable trip hop. (Mixmag)
Jump around: The powerful sound of jump-up d'n'b is entering a golden era. (Mixmag)
Meet DJ Nesa, a woman aiding Iran’s electronic music boom. (ElectronicBeats)
[Video] Real Scenes: London. (RA)
Figuring out why Americans sound so great on house records. (Thump)
NON co-founder Chino Amobi speaks to Andrew Ryce about the importance of collaboration and collectivism in art and music. (RA)
Slipmatt's top 5 old skool records of all time. (DT)
How Russian youth is raving into a bold new future. (Dazed)
Chee’s mind-warping sound is the future of drum & bass. (Pulse)
10 DJS explain why Ibiza still matters. (Mixmag)
Festival Chat: Joe Goddard at Field Day. (DT)
Breaking Through: Lanark Artefax. (RA)
Slowdive have been marrying shoegaze with electronic music for years. (Thump)
Djebali: “legends making dance music history is what brought us here”. (Pulse)
A new era: The Social Festival makes its Latin America debut. (Mixmag)
Kraftwerk's Ralf Hütter: 'Music is about intensity … the rest is just noise’. (Guardian)
Innocence and Influences with Giegling’s Edward. (Fabric)
Hottest photos from EDC Las Vegas 2017. (RBMA)
Does Drake hate my DJ mixes? Soundcloud copyright strikes Vs DJ mixes. (DJTechTools)
Is Georgian club Bassiani the new Berghain? (Thump)
Jax Jones talks Instruction, working with Demi Lovato, and radio domination. (Billboard)
Lone Romantic: The dance world according to Maceo Plex. (Billboard)
How Splash House founder Tyler McLean went from college kid to festival power player. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 16 Jun 2017

10 subgenre definitions we could use right now. (MagneticMag)
Artist Tips: Steve O'Sullivan. (XLR8R)
Hi-Five: Etapp Kyle. (XLR8R)
Interview: HVOB. (DHA)
A brief chat with Hifi Sean. (DT)
Andrea Oliva’s five essential tips for the perfect party. (Pulse)
Roundtable: Revisit 10 iconic DJ Snake tracks in honour of his birthday. (DA)
Kaskade: ‘Electronic [dance] music is the sound of today’. (SunTimes)
Five years deep and with a debut Ibiza jaunt coming up, time to find out more about Tough Love's house label. (InternationalDJ)
More and more musicians are throwing their own festivals – is this the future of live performance or a cynical fad? (GuardianGuide - Gavin Haynes)
He was in care and into crime. Now he’s a British icon and an MBE. Goldie tells Chris Harvey about his highs and lows Even wiser and sober, Goldie is still out there – a long way out there. (Telegraph)
Through The Wire: Remembering Idris Elba’s 2-step past. (Fact)
The Black Madonna: Dance Music’s Saviour. (RollingStone)
40 years since its creation, Jon Hassell's music for "unknown and imaginary regions" remains a powerful influence on modern electronic music. Andy Beta considers its legacy. (RA)
Explore Green Velvet’s Chicago house roots with this video. (ElectronicBeats)
Cheat Codes talk first Hot 100 hit No Promises, how Demi Lovato 'really connected with the song’. (Billboard)
The Polish Ambassador talks Color of Flight, farmstead life & prepping his first festival. (Billboard)
Bassnectar talks crafting positivity and committing to authenticity, shares two new tracks from Reflective EP. (Billboard)
For Tarik Barri art is all a matter of perspectives. (Thump)
From college to arenas: meet Tony Ann, the guy whose YouTube covers landed him on The Chainsmokers' tour. (Billboard)
The women of Sónar+D 2017. (AtlasoftheFuture)
Pasquale Rotella talks Insomniac Records and shares 40-track compilation for EDC Las Vegas 2017. (Billboard)
Thurston Moore: 'Techno is a brain-dead exercise of plastic sound’. (Pitchfork)
This is the modular synth Aphex Twin is using in his DJ sets. (Fact)
How revolution galvanised Egypt's electronic underground. (Thump)
Becoming a top techno artist is a dream come true for Dax Heddon. Matt Unicomb hears about the hard work behind his success. (RA)
Emma Robertson gets a rare interview with Berlin-based artist Binh. (CrackMagazine)
How B-boy culture directly inspired D’n’B: Defrostatica’s global homage. (Bandcamp)
[Video] Watch The Martinez Brothers meet with Pete Tong for an intimate interview at IMS Ibiza. (Mixmag)
The A-Z of techno. (Mixmag)
Remembering DJ Dominator – one of bass music’s rising stars. (YourEDM)
On the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Edgar Gomez reflects on what a safe haven the club was for him and others — maybe even shooter Omar Mateen. (LongReads)

ISSUE: 09 Jun 2017

20 Questions: Robag Wruhme. (XLR8R)
13 influential LPs that shaped modular synth legend Suzanne Ciani. (ElectronicBeats)
25 historic nightclubs that shaped German club culture. (ElectronicBeats)
13 influential LPs that shaped modular synth legend Suzanne Ciani. (ElectronicBeats)
Festival Guide 2017: rest of the world. (DJMag)
Festival Chat: wAFF at We Are FSTVL. (DT)
Festival Chat: Steve Lawler at We Are FSTVL. (DT)
A potted history of Joy Orbison. (FabricLondon)
Playing Favourites: Mr Bongo. (RA)
Hi-Five: Shanti Celeste. (XLR8R)
In-depth with Dark Sky. (DT)
Interview: Warp Records stalwart, Clark. (MagneticMag)
Harangue the DJ: Ikonika. (Guardian)
Re-rewind! The odd tale of how UK garage legends Artful Dodger became Original Dodger. (Guardian)
The Night Ibiza Was Born, extract from The Acid House by Alfredo. (Ibizan)
Defected boss Simon Dunmore discusses Glitterbox’s beginnings, what’s in store for the season, what makes the party so special, and a few of his favourite memories. (Pulse)
New Order’s Bernard Sumner comments on the Manchester bombing and recording Technique during a keynote discussion at the International Music Summit Ibiza. (CoS)
Lee Burridge talks ‘spiritual botox’ and growing his culture ahead of new All Day I Dream tour. (DA)
The Family That Raves Together, Stays Together: Kevin Saunderson and his sons Dantiez and DaMarii are Detroit techno's first family. (Thump)
Travel advice from Diplo, who takes 320 flights a year. (GQ)
Andy Kayll and Rich Walsh: the duo behind the phenomenal sound at Ibiza's DC-10. (Mixmag)
Oakland artists after Ghost Ship fire: 'We knew things would never be the same’. (Guardian)
‘Techno trance for tiny ears’: taking your newborn to a rave. (Guardian)
Dimitri From Paris delves into his '90s garage house selection. (Mixmag)
“It’s a psychological overload”: Weirdcore on creating Aphex Twin’s live visuals. (ItsNiceThat)
Politics and dance music are intertwined and there's nothing you can do about it. (Mixmag)
Looking back at Labyrinth, the east London rave that still lives long in the memory. (Thump)
Phil Mison's keeping his Balearic spirit alive, a quarter of a century on. (Thump)
Duke Dumont and Gorgon City talk about their new collaboration which is set to be a summer smash. (Sun)
Technology must be accessible to the next generation of artists, Ableton co-founder Gerard Behles says. (Thump)
Laurel Halo’s surreal, complex third album once again proves she's onto something far more special. (Mixmag)
Martin Solveig: “Evolving is not a prerequisite, it’s something you go with”. (Pulse)
Kornél Kovács on why raving is an inherently anti-fascist movement. (Fact)
Get to know Niña Dioz, the Mexican rapper on the cusp of international recognition. (Mixmag)
Maceo Plex's Mosaic is bringing something different to Ibiza. (Mixmag)
“I’m having more fun than ever”: the emancipation and diversification of Move D. (StampTheWax)
New face, fresh style: Michael Blume talks queer identity & just wanting 'to feel different’. (Billboard)
This mayoral candidate wants to heal Detroit with afrofuturism and techno. (Thump)
[video] IMS Ibiza 2017 looked at balancing the ratio in gender in electronic music. (DT)
A damn good chat with the incomparable DJ Harvey. (InTheMix)
“Furious and uncompromising”: the enduring live power of Richie Hawtin. (InTheMix)
Kölsch is heading to the White Isle as one of this summer's biggest stars, says Ralph Moore. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 02 Jun 2017

Six disco releases you need to hear this month. (Mixmag)
Eight electro releases you need to hear this month. (Mixmag)
The ultimate Ibiza 2017 guide. (Mixmag)
Ibiza 2017 preview. (RA)
Harangue the DJ: Honey Soundsystem (Guardian Guide)
Six questions with... Melissa McKinlay of Defected Records. (MusicWeek)
In conversation with…Charlotte De Witte. (DT)
From Being Boiled to I Feel Love: Gary Numan’s top electro tracks. (Guardian)
Suzanne Ciani runs through her favourite records for The Quietus
Label of the month: Mannequin Records. (RA)
Obituary: Robert Miles - musician and DJ renowned for the elegiac track Children. (Times)
Josh Hall checks in with one of electronic music's most consistently innovative duos, Emptyset. (RA)
Montreal-via-London producer Deadboy on the ten records he was listening to while making Earth Body. (Thump)
Circoloco resident Davide Squillace on new Balearic ventures with Hï Ibiza and Labyrinth at Pacha. (IbizaSpotlight)
Sample Hunting: We traced the surprisingly dark origins of Weiss’s biggest hooks. (Pulse)
Marco Shuttle talks us through the key elements of his studio. (XLR8R)
N.M.O make military space music and you'll want to listen to it right now. (Thump)
Get to know Mollie Collins, the breakthrough drum 'n' bass sensation. (Mixmag)
Between Two Coasts: Underground club music is thriving in America's heartland. (Mixmag)
Sunset Music Festival collaborators Disco Donnie & John Santoro preview 2017 festival. (Billboard)
Gareth Emery on the strength of the City of Manchester after tragedy. (Billboard)
Meet Black Coffee – Drake's latest collaborator and host of Ibiza's hottest party. (IbiTimes)
Five Key tracks: Marcus Intalex/Trevino. (Pulse)
A tribute to Marcus Intalex. (UKF)
Marcus Intalex - A true master of his form. (Fabric)
Master Craftsman: remembering Marcus Intalex and his exploratory D’n’B. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 26 May 2017

Ibiza 2017 preview. (RA)
Festival Guide 2017: DJMag counts down the continent's best festivals. (DJMag)
Every dance music festival you’ll go to this summer. (Thump)
RA's guide to Movement 2017.
The dance music trends to keep you Moving this summer. (Pitchfork)
Interview: Martin Solveig. (DT)
In conversation with… Tube & Berger. (DT)
Promoter interview: Audio Obscura. (DHA)
Spotify playlist: 35 tracks for the Haçienda's 35th birthday. (Mixmag)
Carl Craig's orchestra: in the zone. (DJMag)
Get to know Amtrac, the producer making a mark on the international house scene. (Mixmag)
Ireland’s Higher Vision festival is a perfectly pitched combo of 90s style and 2017 tech, says Cóilí Collins. (Mixmag)
Awakenings celebrated 20 years with the best techno DJs in the world including Nina Kraviz, Sven Väth and loads more. (Mixmag)
Octave One reveal their favourite gear for live techno. (Mixmag)
Safe as house is: Gender identity and safe spaces in clubs. (DJMag)
Making sounds with Suzanne Ciani, America's first female synth hero. (Guardian)
In wreckage of the Fyre Festival, fury, lawsuits and an inquiry. (NYTimes)
There's a unique dance music scene brewing in the Uruguayan capital. Matt Unicomb travels there to meet the exceptionally talented DJs and producers at the heart of it. (RA)
Rebekah: The Birmingham-born techno artist talks overcoming fear, hybrid DJ sets and sobriety. (RA)
Petite Noir: Noirwave is “a higher consciousness of black excellence”. (Pulse)
Q&A: Paul Oakenfold on playing Mt. Everest and the state of electronic music in 2017. (Stereogum)
At Moogfest, untamed sounds and futuristic protests. (NYTimes)
Real Talk: Kiani and his legion on a science of uncertainty. (XLR8R)
A history of dance music in 50 photos. (Mixmag)
Club Tropicana: George Michael was a dance music pioneer. (HuffPo)
Eric Prydz: I make music to please myself. (MusicNews)
DJ Shadow: 'Music has never been worth less, and yet sampling has never been more risky’. (Guardian)
Kevin EG Perry previews an upcoming Cuban electronic music festival at the Barbican, Manana, featuring Ariwo, Obbatuke, Plaid, Soundspecies and DJ Tennis. (Guardian)
The footwork producer has taken influences from across the map to make dance music that sounds like nothing else. Is Jlin the future of electronica? (Guardian - Simon Reynolds)
Conceptual Clubbing: Murlo is creating an otherworldly space for dance music. (Mixmag)
The definitive tale of the seminal Detroit club, The Music Institute, that gave techno a local platform. (RBMA)
A new film, If I Think Of Germany At Night, connects electronica, Heine and the romantic German soul in troubled times. (Economist)
Honey Soundsystem, Honcho, Wrecked, the Carry Nation, TNX, and Men's Room join the THUMP Podcast for a roundtable about the queer underground. (Thump)
Celebrating 10 years of Deviation with Benji B. (RA)
On the road with the Brazilian superstar ANNA. (Mixmag)
Electronic dance music has been huge in Europe since the 90's. Now, at last, the genre is taking over America, reports Whitesmith Entertainment's co-founder. (Midem - Emily White)

ISSUE: 19 May 2017

Harangue the DJ: Busy P. (Guardian Guide)
How we made… Leftfield’s Leftism. (Guardian2)
Meet Berlin techno trio FJAAK. (Fabric)
10 acts who will blow your mind at Sónar 2017. (Mixmag)
Simon Reynolds meets Jlin: 'I got part of my ideology from Coco Chanel’. (Guardian)
Ten questions for Sven Väth. (Skinny)
Before Chunda Munki embarks on his tour of South Africa, he discusses his incredible journey to the top of the South African bass house scene. (Pulse)
The 12 best B2B combos of all time. (Pulse)
What does DJ Khaled actually do? (Pigs&Planes)
82-year-old grandma, DJ Sumiko has a story that is stranger than fiction. (Thump)
Trainspotting a DJ’s tracks: is it lazy or legit? (DJTechTools)
Video: A history of sampling w/ Chris Read [WhoSampled] at Point Blank London. (YouTube)
High times in the Highlands: Exploring the outer reaches of Scotland's music scene. (Mixmag)
Block9’s NYC Downlow might just be the best festival arena on the planet. (Mixmag)
It's a London ting - Chatting UKG with garage legend Marc Cotterell. (Traxsource)
Get to know Cakes Da Killa, the rapper mixing energetic wordplay with club culture. (Mixmag)
Plus Eight Equity partners, Richie Hawtin, Pete Tong and Ben Turner, talk 'pushing the bounds' of electronic music through investment. (Billboard)
Busy P talks Ed Banger's past, present & future, shares Ed Rec 100 compilation. (Billboard)
Joe Seaton, the DJ and producer better known as Call Super, examines the Brexit's consequences for club culture, and explains how to get involved. (RA)
The art of DJing: Anthony Parasole. (RA)
Arca, Deadboy and Mr Mitch: the new wave of beat-makers becoming pop stars. (Guardian - Adam Bychawski)
Techno pioneer Richie Hawtin opens up about his CLOSE live show. (DJMag)
The underrated art of the pub DJ. (Mixmag)
The sample legacy of Computer World, Kraftwerk’s most influential album. (VinylFactory)

ISSUE: 12 May 2017

A guide to choosing the perfect DJ headphones. (DHA)
Spotify playlist: 30 dance music tracks heard on the big screen. (Mixmag)
The UK's early '90s free party movement in photos. (Guardian)
Spotlight Mix: Riaz Dhanani. (DT)
Moby’s top 10 drum & bass tracks. (UKF)
Harangue the DJ: Haai. (Guardian)
11 bangers from Skream and Patrick Topping's epic back-to-back set at Fabric. (Mixmag)
12 new parties that are hitting Ibiza this season. (Mixmag)
Mura Masa introduces his self-titled debut album. (Billboard)
Craig David talks about his club night, TS5. (LATimes)
If anyone knows how to have fun at a festival it’s rockumentary stars-turned-IRL party crew Kurupt FM. Here’s their survival guide. (Guardian)
Alright everyone, chill: why ambient is one of the sounds of the summer. (Guardian)
How Leftfield's Leftism redefined dance music. (BBC)
Jlin: Woman of Steel and producer at the vanguard of electronic music who makes tracks that pulse with a quick and steady heartbeat. (Pitchfork)
Or:la introduces her timeless sound. (FabricBlog)
Interview: Paul Woolford brings meditation into dance music. (MagneticMag)
Curated by Chris Lake and Skrillex, HOWSLA tries to push the genre into the future, and it succeeds - sometimes. (Thump)
Build Something Together: 10 years of Ilian Tape. (Mixmag)
Robert Miles' Children was a time-blurring, brain-sticking classic. (Billboard)
Mija challenges the status quo with hard-hitting drum 'n' bass and is making an impact. (Mixmag)
Trance is making a big comeback thanks to the likes of Nina Kraviz, Adam Beyer and Sven Väth. (TechnoMoves)
Ask the Experts: Helena Hauff. (XLR8R)
Pushing the envelope: Dense & Pika are the most unique act in modern techno. (Mixmag)
In Conversation: Davide Squillace & Yousef. (DHA)
Artist Tips: Machinedrum. (XLR8R)
Andrea Oliva sticks brings positivity to underground dance music and the world. (MagneticMag)
Zedd chats about launching his own line of headphones in a crowded market. (Forbes)
Like MC and DJ: An audiovisual alliance for the digital age. (MusicTechFuture)
Meet Amine K: The Moroccan house don bringing the underground to Marrakech. (Pulse)
Major Lazer’s Give Me Future documentary director, Austin Peters, discusses the challenges of shooting the globe-trotting trio's historic 2016 Havana concert. (Thump)
Judge Jules on the upcoming year and Ibiza in general. (WhiteIsle)
Where is home? On tour with Planet Giegling: Beyond bringing their beloved sound to cities around the world, this tour had a profound mission: to save Giegling. Will Lynch tells its story. (RA)
Five years deep: The unique story of System. (UKF)
The futuristic reggaeton of Chico Sonido is ready to blow. (Fact)
Patrick Topping: Local Hero. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 05 May 2017

Harangue the DJ: Joe Goddard. (Guardian)
Six disco releases you need to hear this month. (Mixmag)
15 of the most influential techno labels of the past decade. (Mixmag)
Skrillex: A musical timeline of greatness. (DA)
A look back at Aphex Twin & Grant Wilson-Claridge’s Rephlex Records. (BandCamp)
DJ Shiva is noncompliant. (DJMag)
Searching for answers in Fyre Festival’s viral disaster. (Pitchfork)
Women in Clouds: Three 'ambient' musicians discuss their art and careers. (Muse)
Minister turned DJ, DJ J.A.Z, thinks the dancefloor can save us all. (Thump)
Essential Wax: Dan Deacon. (Discogs)
Black promoters are taking back Chicago's nightlife. (Thump)
A handful of the industry’s talented resident DJs share what makes them tick on the night. (DT)
Dave Clarke pays tribute to one of his favourite Amsterdam record stores. (Guardian)
Interview: Ben Pearce. (DHA)
Carl Craig has turned his back catalogue into an orchestral masterpiece after nine years with a team of musicians including Francesco Tristano. (Mixmag)
Bassline mainstay Jamie Duggan is looking towards the future. (Thump)
Get deep into the mind of DJ Soch — the Italian producer ready to take on the world. (Thump)
Do music videos have a future in dance music? (StoneyRoads)
Defiance in DC: Raving in Donald Trump's Washington. (Mixmag)
Afro house artist of the year, Hyenah, selects top tunes for the weekend. (Pulse)

ISSUE: 28 Apr 2017

The 10 worst electronic dance tracks before the rise of EDM. (LAWeekly)
CloudBounce CEO, Anssi Uimonen gives fives reasons to master your music. (DataTransmission)
Seven innovative VST synths for making cutting-edge sounds. (Fact)
Enough Black: Let’s bring colour back to techno. (Pulse)
From Chicago to Brixton: The surprising rise of UK drill. (Fact)
The 90s were a weird but wonderful time for dance music. (StoneyRoads)
Label of the month: Traffic Records. (RA)
10 iconic Ricardo Villalobos moments. (Mixmag)
Still spinning after all these years: the DJ dinosaurs who keep evolving. (IrishTimes)
In Conversation with… Elias Mazian. (DataTransmission)
Harangue the DJ: Perc. (Guardian)
The organiser of Scottish festival T in the Park has admitted that the festival landscape has changed forever due to dramatic changes in the habits and demands from music fans. (Scotsman)
Watch: How Ibiza became the world's most famous party island. (DJMag)
Talking capitalist elitism, corporate greed and why music doesn’t always have to be good with SA festival Edge Of Wrong Festival. (Pulse)
Yousef talks the legacy of Circus. (FabricBlog)
Nicky Siano on disco, drugs and DJing at Studio 54. (VinylFactory)
A look at the misunderstandings, redemptions and renaissance of synthesizers. (VinylMe)
Poetry, modesty and balance – the tenets of legendary drum and bass MC, DRS. (Pulse)
Funkmaster Flex Vs. DJ Clue is the DJ battle the culture needs. (Thump)
Nick Curly presents the Sound of Trust. (FabricBlog)
Wave: The emotive new genre with its own icy ecosystem. (Mixmag)
The curious life of Cashmere Cat. (Thump)
10 iconic DJ Harvey moments. (Mixmag)
Junkie XL on making Hollywood movie soundtracks. (GQ)
Electronica maestro Sibot thinks “one mistake can kill it all”. (Pulse)
Jonas Kopp talks Argentina. (MNMT)
Venus X: Bold, confrontational, unique—the New York DJ talks shop with Max Pearl. (RA)
Trutopia bring the London dance underground to the world. (MagenticMag)
A chat with Two Can about their soothing new track and breaking into the us market. (StoneyRoads)
Meet the underground talent of Sónar: Heidi. (DA)
Boddika: “I wonder if anyone actually gives a f*** about the underground anymore…”. (DataTransmission)
Eats Everything, DJ Pierre, Optimo and Richy Ahmed explain what acid house means to them. (Pulse)
Is Innervisions the label of the decade? Voting now open. (Mixmag)
Richie Hawtin at Coachella 2017 on Sake and his history with the festival. (Billboard)
How Carl Craig spent a decade bringing his best tracks to life for the orchestra on Versus. (Fact)

ISSUE: 21 Apr 2017

Are your cables changing the sound of your music? Rashad Becker, Ena, Stereociti and Toshihiko Miyoshi give their thoughts on this controversial issue. (RA)
We sit down with playa tech virtuoso Lemurian at Euphoria 2017. (MagneticMag)
Hifi Sean: ‘I was consumed with guilt because I’d hurt people’. (Guardian)
How Do LaB has become the lifeblood of Coachella. (Earmilk)
Picard Brothers drop Running from my life [Premiere + Q&A]. (Earmilk)
Nightclubbing: Fabio and Grooverider’s Rage. (RBMA)
We hung out with a sloth and Dirtybird's Sacha Robotti. (Pulse)
Harangue the DJ: Karen Gwyer. (Guardian)
How do you solve a problem like the Chainsmokers? (NYTimes)
Dwson: The house music prodigy set to take SA by storm. (Pulse)
Gary Richards was instrumental in the rise of electronic dance music in the US. Now his challenge is grappling with the surging number of drug-related deaths on the scene – including at his Hard Summer festivals. (Guardian)
Late Nite Tuff Guy on Prince: “We’re talking about a genius”. (Pulse)
Goodbye "Shelter": a conversation with Porter Robinson. (Earmilk)
20 Questions: Bruce - The Bristol-based sonic explorer sits down to answer our questions on production, inspirations, and anything else. (XLR8R)
Joe Goddard on getting lost in your work. (CreativeIndependent)
7 pieces of gear that helped define Aphex Twin’s pioneering sound. (Fact)
Aphex Twin: 10 strange myths and the truth behind them. (Fact)
Aphex Twin’s Avril 14th: How Drukqs’ piano lullaby became a runaway pop culture hit. (Fact)
Carl Craig on mixing electronic and classical music. (Billboard)
Gentlemens Club on embracing on the "hyper future”. (MagneticMag)
House artist Josh Butler is ready to take over the US. (MagneticMag)
Yotam Avni talks political partying. (FabricBlog)
Encounters: Matmos & Alvin Curran. (RBMA)
Nikki McNeill's music PR agency, Global Publicity, whose roster includes Sziget, Lowlands, ADE and Exit, celebrates its 10th anniversary. (FestivalInsight)
Saluting Alex Solman’s strange, supreme illustrations of your favourite club heroes. (Fact)
As Holly Dicker explains, Aïsha Devi has undertaken a long creative and spiritual journey to achieve the singular work she's now widely known for. (RA)
How Prince’s love affair with Detroit helped fuel the birth of techno. (TheCurrent)
13 of the most influential house labels of the last decade. (Mixmag)
Legendary Finnish producer Mika Vainio died on April 12, leaving behind a diverse catalogue that has influenced a large swathe of the contemporary electronic music scene. Revisit this interview from 2013, which takes a closer look at that year’s Kilo. (Fact)
Remembering Mika Vainio - Andrew Ryce examines some of the pivotal moments in the late Finnish electronic music pioneer's extensive catalogue. (RA)
Mika Vainio's quiet influence on electronic music was deafening. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 14 Apr 2017

10 drum 'n' bass tunes you need to hear this month. (Mixmag)
16 house releases you need to hear this month. (Mixmag)
Harangue the DJ: Young Marco. (Guardian)
Jules O’Riordan (Judge Jules) now of Sheridans, talks music, the law and artists in 2017. (MusicAlly)
Ibiza, butt plugs and crying to Adele with Franky Rizardo. (Pulse)
How cruising, graveyards and swan songs inspired Arca's new album. (Guardian)
Studio Essentials: Leo Pol. (XLR8R)
Angus Finlayson meets Alex Solman, the man behind the distinctive drawings for the Golden Pudel and one of the best visual artists working in music today. (RA)
2007-2017 might just be the greatest decade in dance music history. (Mixmag)
How I'm raving my way out of depression. (Thump)
The Chainsmokers are legit now, and also boring, says Rob Harvilla. (The Ringer)
A history of rave in dance music documentaries. (Mixmag)
An overview of Iran's electronic music scene. (BandCamp)
The untold story of San Francisco's Filipino mobile DJ crews. (Noisey)
The Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole is still a rollercoaster of block rockin' beats. (Fact)
Depeche Mode's Martin Gore: 'The alt-right liking us is baffling". (Guardian)
Meet DJ Sumirock, the 82-year-old granny ripping through Tokyo. (Billboard)
The megastars of EDM are untouchable, super-rich elites. We need an everyman. (Thump)
With his new show Close, Richie Hawtin will DJ without his decks at Coachella. (LATimes)
Interview with Jean-Michel Jarre: Electronic dance music pioneer. (DigitalJournal)
Sian gets back to his roots: "Remember why we got into this, or what's the point?". (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 07 Apr 2017

The month’s best under-the-radar club tracks. (Fact)
7 movie scenes that show the uneasy relationship between clubs and the law. (Thump)
Thump reviews all the Billboard EDM chart-toppers that nobody has ever heard of.
The top 10 sets of Ultra Music Festival 2017. (YourEDM)
18 albums you need to hear this month. (Mixmag)
April: 10 big tunes you need to hear this month. (Mixmag)
Is Miami Music Week over? (Thump)
Born Optimistic #1: Moby. (BO)
Moby and others discuss life as sober DJs. (Thump)
Harangue the DJ: Nathan Fake. (Guardian)
An interview with Outlook & Dimensions festivals. (FestivalInsight)
Music production tips from a pro: Featurecast (DMNW)
Shrimpnose on how dropping out of college and pursuing music saved his life. (Pigs&Planes)
Cleric: 'The only thing that matters is what's coming out of the speakers.' (Hardlife)
Egyptian Lover picks the records that shaped his music. (Fabric Blog)
Coming from a family of progressive artists, Berlin-based producer and DJ Joe Seaton has a distinctly radical sensibility running through his veins, says Andy Beta. (Pitchfork)
Watch: rare interview with Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi. (Fact)
The Black Madonna, Hudson Mohawke, and more reflect on the life of TR-808 developer Ikutaro Kakehashi. (Thump)
The life and times of Ikutaro Kakehashi, the Roland pioneer modern music owes everything to. (Fact)
Crookers: “There’s a lot of work to do to re-establish the right perception of dance music”. (Pulse)
Nicole Moudaber: "I'm a great believer in matching my sets to my surroundings" (Pulse)
How Destructo has bridged the gap between hip-hop and dance music. (Complex)
London Elektricity looks back on Hospital through the years. (FabricBlog)
Here's why big room clubbing is sweaty, stupid and secretly brilliant. (Thump)
They call them the club kids: meet the party people doing things differently. (Mixmag)
MK and Shiba San in conversation: sneakers, that Jamie Jones mixup and summer plans. (Mixmag)
A killer party, a soundsystem, a charity—there's really nothing like Leeds-based Cosmic Slop. But, as Kristan Caryl explains, its vitally important place in the local community is under threat. (RA)
Eats Everything returns to Dirtybird, shares favourite tracks from label's history. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 31 Mar 2017

Eight incredible festivals in countries you’ve (probably) never visited. (Pulse)
14 record sleeve designs for house records that never had artwork. (Mixmag)
10 of Chicago house veteran Ron Trent’s most underrated deep cuts. (Fact)
Three things you didn’t know about Metrik. (UKF)
Label of the month: Peoples Potential Unlimited. (RA)
Harangue the DJ: Jacques Greene (GuardianGuide)
Fast and furious: Why Avicii had to retire. (Mixmag)
The rise of Dr Ozi. (UKF)
Xtrah – Causing A Disturbance. (UKF)
The Sober Raver: Dance music saved my life. (Mixmag)
Zak Khutoretsky a.k.a. DVS1 imparts his wisdom on DJing, music production, mastering, and everything in between. (XLR8R)
Cristian Varela traces 25 years of dance with intimate new documentary. (DHA)
Soulful, rhythmic and vibey: enter the world of Harvey Sutherland. (Mixmag)
Video: Find out what Goldie makes of Berghain and more in the latest of the British Masters series. (Thump)
Claude VonStroke interviewed at Miami Music Week 2017. (MagneticMag)
Claude VonStroke in conversation with Eats Everything: "We don't do this job to be serious”. (Mixmag)
Claude VonStroke came from obscurity to win Best DJ over the Chainsmokers. Can he pull off the same trick in a new genre with a new stage name? (Guardian)
Sascha Borchardt a.k.a Monoloc reveals some of the secrets behind his brooding, atmospheric sound. (XLR8R)
Beijing’s Do Hits label is forging China’s new club sound. (BandCamp)
5MinutesWith: Jeroen Search (Slam)
Joris Voorn interviewed at Miami Music Week 2017. (MagneticMag)
Mark Smith hears how a sharp focus on music's emotional core helps keep Dana Ruh's studio sessions productive and creative. (RA)
How an 18th century monk invented electronic music. (Motherboard)
DJ Octo Octa on coming out as transgender: 'Everyone was confused, then it was OK’. (Guardian)
How Paris label Antinote is redesigning electronic music. (VinylFactory)
Pinch: "dance music must guard against turning into a homogenous mush”. (Mixmag)
The Martinez Brothers talk trap, working with Nile Rodgers, and their 'crazy' album plans. (Billboard)
Sonny Fodera talks success of Caught Up and announces new label AARRIVAL. (Billboard)
Kerri Chandler: A timeless house music icon. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 24 Mar 2017

Miami Music Week 2017 party guide. (Billboard)
Miami Music Week 2017: Mixmag's top party picks. (Mixmag)
Bakermat's Good Vibe Tribe Tour brings total freedom to Miami Music Week 2017. (MiamiNewTimes)
Harangue the DJ: Louisahhh (Guardian Guide)
The seven deadly sins of clubbing. (Thump)
Jacques Greene discusses his debut LP and career longevity with Vincent Tsang, the art director of Montreal's coolest skate brand. (Thump)
Cosmic Gate interview: New horizons. (Skiddle)
Why Black Coffee’s Hï Ibiza residency is a huge step forward for South African dance music. (Pulse)
The top 20 free music production tools in the world. (Pulse)
The highly respected drum & bass artist Calibre gives a rare interview. (RA)
Oli Warwick unpacks the sprawling career of Jan Jelinek, the highly adventurous German artist who's about to reissue Loop-finding-jazz-records, one of the best electronic music records of all-time. (RA)
French producer Joakim talks influences from Deleuze, Marvin Gaye and Tim & Eric. (RansomNote)
Ctrl + alt + create: Moving Castle are leading a new generation of music makers. (Mixmag)
How Discogs dragged record collecting into the 21st century. (Thump)
Interview: the regrowth and rise of Kauf. (XLR8R)
Umfang's defiant vision for techno is pushing dance music forward. (Mixmag)
Meet SkyWalker, Palestine's first female DJ. (Noisey)
Tasha expresses her deep connection to techno. (Fabric)
Fuck social media: to succeed in dance music, you just need great records. (Mixmag)
Dance music historian and activist Tommie Sunshine on whether activism has a place within dance music. (MagneticMag)
Leon: "Longer sets are a chance for me to express myself”. (IbizaVoice)
Interview: Santé & Sidney Charles. (DHA)
Why 'naughty tech-house' is the greatest dance music sub-genre ever. (Mixmag)
Already 10 years into their journey as DJs, and still only in their mid-20s, The Martinez Brothers have achieved a career’s worth of accolades. Steve Rickinson speaks to the pair. (DHA)
In too deep: When signing to a major label goes very, very wrong. (Mixmag)
Chris Lake talks I Want You, OWSLA house compilation HOWSLA, and the future of American house. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 17 Mar 2017

20 Questions: The Black Madonna. (XLR8R)
7 live acts that will dominate festivals in 2017. (Pulse)
10 unforgettable moments from Ultra Music Festival. (DJMag)
The 10 best cities for partying in the USA. (Thump)
Billboard Dance's 15 artists to watch in 2017. (Billboard)
We asked an international law expert if the UN could actually ban tech house. (Thump)
A Q&A with DJ and broadcaster Gilles Peterson. (FT)
Clone Records might be 25 years-old but Serge is still looking into the future. (Thump)
Nathan Fake is guided by Providence after five years of silence on his career-defining new LP. (Fact)
We want freedom: after-hours parties are the beating heart of New York nightlife. (Mixmag)
Your tracks on wax: how to press your own record. (Mixmag)
Peter Quicke on 25 years at Ninja Tune. (PIAS)
Talking with Pete Swanson about his new label Freedom To Spend and the power of curation. (Zurkonic)
What you need to know about the future of electronic music, according to the New York Times. (Thump)
In conversation with… Phonique. (DT)
Junction 2 Interview: Reset Robot. (DT)
Joe Muggs chats to René Pawlowitz, one of techno's most respected producers, about his artistic evolution. (RA)
Actress is back sounding rejuvenated on new album AZD – he talks radio interference, black art and making music that sounds like chrome. (Dazed)
Ravers on a train: How Mount Kimbie turned a rail carriage into a moving musical instrument. (Fact)
The straight-talking tech-house master Darius Syrossian is having another massive year. (DJMag)
The overachievers of Underworld mark 30 years. (Times)
Siren DJs: ‘I’m an absolute sucker for hyperactive psych jams’. (Guardian)
Real Talk: Federico Molinari - The wonderfully gifted Argentinian producer explores his preference for hardware synthesis. (XLR8R)
The Chainsmokers came here to do three things: drink beer, make massive crossover EDM pop hits and collaborate with the likes of Coldplay and Halsey. Looks like they’re all out of beer. “I promise you,” they tell Jonny Ensall, “We’re not a**holes”. (NME)
Soichi Terada and Shinichiro Yokota are the Japanese house geniuses finally getting their due. (Fact)
How Jeff Mills got in sync with Tony Allen to bring Afrobeat and techno together. (Fact)
Jeff Mills on expanding the possibilities of classical music and DJing. (RBMA)

ISSUE: 10 Mar 2017

Looking back at DJ Hero, the DJing game that wasn't about DJing at all. (Thump)
Top 10 April 2017 festivals. (RA)
10 things we love about Josh Wink. (Pulse)
The 10 weirdest, most wonderful Ricardo Villalobos tracks. (Pulse)
20 artists to know who are rising from the underground. (Mixmag)
Harangue the DJ: Dave Okumu. (Guardian)
In the studio: Dorisburg. (XLR8R)
Matt Everitt and Steve Lamacq take a look at jungle and how the genre came of age in 1994. (iPlayer, 6 Music)
The early days of Detroit: Octave One talk. (RandsomNote)
Jeremy Olander talks about 2017 plans and why it’s important to be a mentor for upcoming artists. (Pulse)
Antal’s sets traverse genres, tempos and continents. He shares 23 years of DJing wisdom with Aaron Coultate. (RA)
Joe Muggs sits down with Axel Boman and John Talabot to talk about their new collaborative album. (RA)
Handsome Rambler: Hannibal and Tony talk with Flying Lotus and Thundercat. (SoundCloud)
Pixelated popstars: Japan’s dance dance revolution. (Dazed)
Maelstrom guides us through the depths of techno and electro. (Fabric)
How Mayor Giuliani decimated New York City nightlife. (Thump)
How Secret Garden Party made festivals palatable for posh people. (Noisey)
Flying Lotus interviews Anderson .Paak. (InterviewMag)
A catch-up with Fernando Zapico (better known as Z@p), one of Uruguay's most exciting talents. (XLR8R)
The transformative dance music of Jacques Greene. (Hundreds)
How Toronto's electronic community fought the city's rave ban and won. (Thump)
B.Traits on how her paleo diet keeps her fit on tour and in the studio. (Mixmag)
The Producergirls crew share 10 production tips. (Mixmag)
The Only Girl: The search for female sound engineers. (Jessica Davidson)
16 record shops owned by women that you should visit. (Mixmag)
100 tracks that trace the history of women in electronic music. (Mixmag)
Six women who have impacted dance music forever. (Pulse)
20 women who shaped the history of dance music. (Mixmag)
These are dance music's most influential female pioneers. (DJMag)
How women are reclaiming record stores. (Mixmag)
The Black Madonna in conversation with Andreea Magdalina, Founder, shesaid.so. (Groove)

ISSUE: 03 Mar 2017

10 pioneering UK clubs we wish still existed. (Pulse)
Harangue the DJ: Bradley Zero. (Guardian)
February's best music. (RA)
Respected New York artist Antenes tells Tony Poland her story through 11 records. (RA)
Designing chaos: 7 pieces of gear that helped define Autechre’s game-changing sound. (Fact)
When did EDM become so full of self-pity? (Noisey)
Monki demonstrates her ear for four four. (Fabric blog)
Greg Wilson's Discotheque Archives #11. (DJMag)
Nastia: A new star rises. (Mixmag)
Get to know Solardo, the tech-house duo who know how to throw a proper party. (Mixmag)
Label of the month: Infinite Machine. (RA)
The cornerstone of Los Angeles' techno community, Drumcell. (Fabric)
Trevor Jackson's the punk-funk pioneer with a hand in dance music's aesthetic. (Mixmag)
Jamie Duggan discusses his Sheffield background. (Fabric)
Joris Voorn: "I’m proud to be part of a community that is so forward thinking.” (Pulse)
Marco Carola talks Music On's U.S. expansion and hear Music On's guest playlist. (Billboard)
It’s Good To Be Differ-Ent: DJ Bone is carrying Detroit into the future. (Fact)
Mike Servito is on a globe-trotting, club-slaying adventure. (Mixmag)
Cosmo's Midnight explain how Flume 'carved a path' for Aussie electronic artists. (Billboard)
How Kingdom turned “happy accidents” into ecstatic collaborations on Tears In The Club. (Fact)
Paul Oakenfold reflects on eve of Generations album and tour: “I’m not an EDM act.” (Billboard)
Carl Cox has spoken out about his return to Ibiza this summer, saying it was never in question he would leave the island for good. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 24 Feb 2017

Darren Marsh, aka DJ Total Recall, tells the BBC about his success as an international drum 'n' bass DJ and producer.
Female-run DJ collective Mamba Negra explain why they are starting a social movement on the São Paulo streets. (Thump)
Awakenings Festival fans pick the Top 20 techno tracks of all time. (Pulse)
10 acts not to be missed at Ultra South Africa. (Pulse)
20 savage tracks from the heyday of electro. (Pulse)
The best things we saw on the dance music internet this week. (Thump)
Harangue the DJ: Sub Focus. (Guardian Guide)
Lucky Breaks: how your favourite DJ made it big. (Mixmag)
A conversation with Brian Eno about ambient music. (Pitchfork)
Mixmag and The Smirnoff Sound Collective are driving diversity in dance music. (Mixmag)
Joe Seaton's sound is as wild as it is poetic. Will Lynch finds out what makes him one of the most striking artists in electronic music right now. (RA)
Alan Walker: 'There are always going to be haters’. (Standard - Jimi Famurewa)
Sandy Rivera talks longevity in house music and new single Yeah! (Billboard)
Helena Hauff: Re-wiring the future of electro. (DJMag)
Giorgio Moroder talks founding EDM, loving the Chainsmokers and why disco is back. (Paper)
Rhythm Section: Exporting house music from Peckham to the world. (Mixmag)
The most expensive dance floor records ever sold on Discogs. (RA)
Re-Edit Culture – A potted history of the DJ manipulator. (Greg Wilson)
Jauz talks meteoric rise, style-hopping sound & songwriting. (Billboard)
The Identification of Music Group: Where no track is left undiscovered. (Mixmag)
Moog are the music makers: Inside the small town factory that builds the world’s best-loved synths. (Fact)
“I try to lead, not follow”: A very nerdy chat with Carl Cox. (InTheMix)
Nastia: Complex, fearless and innovative – with a love/hate relationship with DJing and success. (Mixmag - Joe Roberts)
DJ Joey Carvello, RFC Records owner Ray Caviano, author Tim Lawrence and co-host of Sound Opinions, Jim DeRogatis, discuss how disco grew from a small underground movement to the best selling music genre in the world. (BetweenTheLinerNotes)
The importance of collecting songs in the digital era. (DJBooth) Music streaming services are convenient, but they aren't to be trusted.

ISSUE: 17 Feb 2017

12 female electronica pioneers you should know. (Pulse)
The Choice: Ron Trent. (Mixmag)
The iconic Ministry of Sound has just opened a gym. Peta Bee tries the workout for ravers. (Times)
Top 10 March 2017 festivals. (RA)
Our favourite tracks from Roman Flügel’s back catalogue. (Fabric)
The hard lessons I learned sober raving. (Thump - Michelle Lhooq)
A chat with live techno duo Austrian Apparel about the their third visit to South Africa. (Pulse)
We are the dreamers of dreams: An ode to Selected Ambient Works 85-92. (Mixmag)
East Side story: LA's backyard party scene. (RA)
How contemporary electronic artists are challenging the illusion of Great Britain. (Thump)
Take this трип: On tour with Nina Kraviz, Bjarki and the Trip crew. (Mixmag)
The Bug's new soundsystem party is bringing heavy Pressure to Berlin. (Mixmag)
The Israeli duo Red Axes's blend of rock, electronica and house is sending them somewhere special. (Mixmag)
Moby opens up about developing a drug addiction while touring the world. (Mixmag)
Watch Brisbane’s freshest export, Young Franco, tell his own story of musical development. (Pulse)
As a DJ and a producer, Joe Seaton's sound is as wild as it is poetic. Will Lynch finds out what makes him one of the most striking artists in electronic music right now. (RA)
Meet Mandy Parnell, mastering engineer for Björk and Aphex Twin. (Guardian)
Christian Rijanto of Ismaya Group talks the music industry in Asia. (MagneticMag)
Celebrating Black History: The women who shaped dance music. (Mixmag)
Celebrating Black History: Detroit techno icons. (Mixmag)
Spooky shows his eclectic taste in drum & bass. (Fabric)

ISSUE: 10 Feb 2017

The month’s best under-the-radar club tracks. (Fact)
12 DJs pick the best-ever moments of Cape Town Electronic Music Festival. (Pulse)
The 10 most influential EDM news stories of 2007-2017. (EDMSauce)
Five artists you need to check out this month – February. (DT)
Five clubs you need to visit before you die. (RB)
Nine drum 'n' bass releases you need to hear this month. (Mixmag)
12 female electronica pioneers you should know. (Pulse)
11 Iranian DJs that you need to know. (Mixmag)
20 Questions: Baba Stiltz. (XLR8R)
Name’s not down, you’re not comin' in - the ticklish bond between bouncer and clubber. (Pulse)
Harangue the DJ: Charlie Bones (Guardian Guide)
Jonny Sender, one of the lesser-known DJs from the 1980s New York scene, tells his story. (Roof)
Finn Johannsen, the encyclopedic Berlin DJ, speaks with Tim Lawrence on his three books - Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983, Love Saves The Day and Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-1992.
Mixmag selects the tracks that summed up Vietnam’s Epizode Festival, the latest incarnation from the team behind Kazantip. (Mixmag)
Rockabye: The story behind Clean Bandit & Sean Paul's socially conscious dance smash. (Billboard)
More than two years after their second split, Orbital have put aside their differences to go on tour again and release new material. (Guardian)
Chloé Robinson AKA Barely Legal, is a bomb-dropping selector loved by dancefloors. (Mixmag)
Inside Glasgow's underground after-hours party scene. (YouTube)
Few living DJs embody the spirit of Chicago like Ron Trent, says Marc Rowlands. (Mixmag)
John Talabot and Axel Boman discuss their upcoming Talaboman album The Night Land. (Independent - Roisin O’Connor)
Waajeed discusses his love for Detroit. (Fabric)
The Young Pope understands electronic music better than any other TV show. (Uproxx)
Inside the 90s world of tartan techno. (ID)
How BLOND:ISH stay sane on the road. (DA)
Celebrating Black History: Detroit techno icons. (Mixmag)
Sole Vision: Bonobo has quietly become the biggest act in dance music today. (Mixmag)
Sonia Calico is defining dance music for Taipei’s new generation. (Fader)
Ten things you can do to make dance music less sexist. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 03 Feb 2017

Six disco releases you need to hear this month. (Mixmag)
10 Ostgut Ton gems in celebration of 100 EP releases. (Mixmag)
10 acts you can't afford to miss in 2017. (Pulse)
Mix of the day: Elena Colombi. (RA)
The 94 best record shops in Europe. (SpecialRecord)
Why it's great everybody wants to be a DJ. (Pulse)
Trumpwave and Fashwave are just the latest disturbing examples of the far-right appropriating electronic music. (Thump)
The month's electronic music: looking forward. (Quietus)
Who the hell is Rosella Blinded? (UKF)
The top up-and-coming electronic producers and EDM artists to watch in 2017. (Routenote)
The Chainsmokers are the Nickelback of EDM, says Matt Miller. (Esquire)
From Daft Punk to Skrillex, seven of the coolest live setups of all-time. (Thump)
Karma Klique: The Bangkok crew bringing charity and intimacy to the dancefloor. (Pulse)
Gunnar Haslam and Johannes Auvinen (a.k.a. Tin Man) reflect on techno's role in the fight against fascism. (Xlr8r)
How will A-Trak spin the fate of music’s future? Allow him to explain. (DJMag)
Get Recovered: Ben Pearce tells us how close he came to calling time on his career. (Mixmag)
Chicago house innovator Larry Heard remembers the spontaneous recording process of his early hits and the formation of Fingers, Inc. (RBMA)
Ivan Smagghe shares 10 club records that mean a lot to him 'in a Fabric way' (Fabric Blog)
Michael Kucyk's long-running radio show has made him one of Australia's most influential selectors. Andy Webb hears about some choice cuts from his collection. (RA)
Good Moods: Dive into Shanti Celeste's endlessly uplifting house. (Mixmag)
“I think eventually people will need a new source of inspiration, there’s so much techno music coming out at the moment, so much great music, but also a lot of average producers jumping on the techno bandwagon” says Trinity. (Decoded)
Crosstown Rebel: The dance world according to Damian Lazarus. (Billboard)
Saluting Sankeys: How a disused soap factory became one of Britain’s best-loved clubs. (Fact)
Brexit: The impact on dance music so far. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 27 Jan 2017

Five labels you can trust in 2017. (DJMag)
Five things you should know about Austra. (Redbull)
10 DJs who will definitely break through in 2017. (ElectronicBeats)
The 50 best IDM albums of all time. (Pitchfork)
Spotlight Mix: Mollie Collins. (DT)
Niteworks: 'It was never a decision that we wanted to start playing electronic stuff, it sort of just happened as a natural thing.” (List)
How Jack Your Body began house music's squelching electronic revolution. (Guardian2 - Jude Rogers)
In his first interview since his cancer diagnosis last year, hitmaker Dan Stein — aka DJ Fresh — talks to David Smyth about getting clean and taking his career in a new direction. (Standard)
Is Texas America's next big EDM capital? (Thump)
How Flume's signature drop became SoundCloud's most annoying trend. (Thump)
The story of Brighton’s only secret unlicensed after hours nightclub. (Thump)
Daft Punk released Homework 20 years ago and they've rarely sounded as exciting since, says Angus Harrison. (Thump)
In conversation with… Bastian Bux. (DT)
Over the last ten years, German label Workshop became a cult favourite by releasing subtle, untitled 12-inches best suited to the "in-between" stages of the night. Will Lynch meets its main players, Lowtec and Even Tuell. (RA)
Max Pearl talks shop with the highly respected New York engineer and producer, Phil Moffa. (RA)
Rødhåd introduces his line-up for Fabric night Curates this March. (Fabric Blog)
Online mastering service LANDR speaks to Canadian artists Gene Tellem and Project Pablo on how DJing informs their time in the studio. (Landr)
Sunny house grooves, disco riffs and hip hop twists delivered with a grin are the staples of Brisbane’s freshest export, Young Franco. A talented musician with a lot more savvy than his playful attitude lets on, here he tells his own story of musical development. (Pulse)
How French founder of electro label Bromance, Brodinski, found new life in Atlanta rap. (Fader)
Getting The Mask On: The Black Madonna interviewed. (Quietus)
Paul Oakenfold unveils Generations, his look back at 30 years of dance music. (LAWeekly)
Powered Up: Inside EDM agent Jake Schneider's tech-savvy mind. (Forbes)
Madam X's dark, bass-loaded UK rhythms are making an impact. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 20 Jan 2017

Thump’s 12 most anticipated albums of 2017.
Diplo's 12 albums that inspired him. (Billboard)
11 essential dance music books. (Pulse)
Ellen Allien delivers her five classic '90s techno records. (Fabric blog)
In Session: Tessela. (Mixmag)
Why it's great everybody wants to be a DJ. (Pulse)
Kelly Lee Owens’ techno daydreams. (Pitchfork)
In the seat belt with Cab Drivers. (Fabric Blog)
Emily Warren talks working with The Chainsmokers, singing on Paris. (Billboard)
In conversation with: Prosumer. (RA)
Real Talk: Rebekah on the ego, the self, and the music. (Xlr8r)
In conversation with: Ruede Hagelstein. (DT)
Alex Arnout discusses 10 years of Dogmatik. (DT)
Unedited transcript of Mark Fisher's interview with Underground Resistance's Mike Banks, which formed the basis of November 2007 issue's cover feature. (Wire)
Adam Bravin: The man who DJs for Obama, Stevie Wonder and Madonna. (Ozy)
Ultra Europe Festival in Croatia is the greatest Electronic Dance Music gathering, says Lee Walpole. (Sun)
Andrew Ryce meets the woman fusing R&B, virtual reality and underground dance music into some of the most adventurous pop around: Dawn Richard. (RA)
Turkish producer Mahmut Orhan talks hit single Feel and signing with Ultra Records. (Billboard)
The BPM Festival Interview: Coyu. (DeepHouseAmsterdam)
Between Worlds: How field recordings can challenge our perceptions of electronic music. (Thump)
From Russia With Love: Meet Moscow's Wax Ninja Records - purveyors of fine house music. (Magnetic mag)
Commix discusses his drum & bass renaissance. (Fabric blog)
How Jack Your Body began house music's squelching electronic revolution. (Guardian2 - Jude Rogers)
Interview: Taped Artifact label boss Kevin Arnemann is ending 2016 on a climax with the launch of his brand new live set. (DeepHouseAmsterdam)
No Rules: How Daft Punk's Homework changed dance music forever. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 13 Jan 2017

Harangue the DJ: Thris Tian. (Guardian)
Breaking Through: Denis Sulta. (RA)
Jessy Lanza Q&A and mix. (Groove)
Six artists to watch in 2017: Mr. Tophat, Molly, Peggy Gou, Theo Kottis, Otik and Fixate. (DJMag)
Nine new artists you need to check out this month. (DJMag)
Seven bass and club music releases you need to hear this month. (Mixmag)
Why has this one bassline been sampled 77 times? (Thump)
Rob McCallum spends a weekend with Mr. G in France and London to hear what makes him tick. (DJMag)
Kenzo celebrates club culture in spellbinding new dance film. (Dazed)
Let’s make 2017 the year we finally put our phones away. (Pulse - Chandler Shortlidge)
The Romanian house duo Livio & Roby open the door to their Bucharest studio to discuss their hardware-heavy production processes. (XLR8R)
A starter guide to the lo-fi house scene. (Bandcamp)
‘Self Reassemble’: Mat Zo tackles dance music with renewed ardor, he tells Christina Hernandez. (DA)
A potted history of Pearson Sound. (Fabric blog)
Groove Armada’s Andy Cato, the DJ who became a farmer in France. (FT)
Marcel Dettmann took us on a techno tour of Berlin. (Thump)
DJ Mag talks to London’s new Night Czar, Fabric and others about the value of a night-time economy to a city and how — ironically — Fabric’s temporary closure may have actually speeded up a change in attitudes to nightclub culture.
Paula Temple's pioneering approach to dance music is vital now more than ever, says Patrick Hinton. (Mixmag)
Ross From Friends is the emotionally-charged house producer making an impact. (Mixmag)
Celebrating the electrifying energy of sound system culture. (Dazed)
DVS1 and Mr. G connect over a shared respect for vinyl. (Fabric blog)
How Total Freedom’s devastating DJ sets changed club music. (Dazed)
Jean-Michel Jarre, superstar pioneer of electronic pop, is as busy as ever at 68. With a new Oxygène album out, he talks to Andrew Perry. (Telegraph)
Cam Bianchetti AKA Late Night Tuff Guy tells his own fascinating story of musical discovery and development. (Pulse)
King Without A Crown: Lee Burridge and his ADID empire. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 06 Jan 2017

Dancing Astronaut's 25 Artists to Watch in 2017. (DA)
DT Top 20 DJ Festival DJ sets of 2016. (DT)
DT Top 40 Labels of 2016. (DT)
DT Top 40 DJs 2016. (DT)
DT Top 40 Rising DJs of 2016. (DT)
XLR8R's Best of 2016: Tracks. (XLR8R)
Listen to Fact’s top tracks of 2016 in one giant playlist. (Fact)
Dancing Astronaut’s Essential Remixes of 2016. (DA)
Artist Tips: Pedram - The enigmatic producer reveals some of his studio secrets. (XLR8R)
The 32 albums we’re most excited for in 2017. (Pitchfork)
Steve Aoki's 15 best songs: Critics' Picks. (Billboard)
In Session: The Black Madonna. (Mixmag)
Listen to episode five of Mixmag: In Residence on Spotify. (Mixmag)
Hear David Attenborough’s global music collection. (Mixmag)
'It feels like our world is fracturing': DJ Earworm breaks down his 2016 mashup. (NPR)
The ultimate Bali party survival guide. (Pulse)
Artist of the Year: The Black Madonna on the beautiful paradox of being a Catholic DJ. (Thump)
Meet Jefferson909, NYC's intergalactic underground spaceship. (Pulse)
Justin Jay & Friends’ continuous album, Fantastic Voyage lives up to its title, according to Dancing Astronaut. (DA)
What do Oppikoppi's financial troubles mean for the South African scene? (Pulse)
Trevor Horn explains how the ’80s changed dance music forever. (Electronicbeats)
How Margaret Thatcher took on Acid House. (Daily Beast)
How did The Chainsmokers, of all people, end up dominating 2016? (Noisey)
Promoters of the Year: Discwoman opens up the dancefloor for everyone. (Thump)
Marshmello is EDM’s masked hero. (Spin)
The American songwriter is on the brink of extinction. Music lawyer Dina LaPolt breaks down the current landscape of the music industry and her journey to becoming an advocate for creator’s rights. (YouTube)
Producer and DJ Bonobo has made waves by blurring the boundaries between digital and live music. (FT - Bernadette McNulty)
The new Carl Cox: the Ibiza legend talks life after Space. (DA)

ISSUE: 16 Dec 2016

[Audio] Song Exploder: DJ Shadow - Mutual Slump
How Ableton pushes women forward in music tech. (ElectronicBeats)
Blade&Beard - The Iranian DJ duo who risked their lives to party. (Dazed)
Raving Iran and the dancefloor’s countercultural history. (Insomniac)
Nicolas Jaar on chasing a creative high. (Creative Independence)
Breaking out of the EDM boy’s club, Anna Straker seizes the spotlight. (Observer)
Twenty years after the release of DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing, DJs, artists, and collectors talk about crate digging in the internet age. (Ringer)
Harangue the DJ: Fatboy Slim (Guardian)
Documentary: The burgeoning dance music scene in Seoul, South Korea. (Mixmag)
Billboard's 10 best dance/electronic albums of 2016: Critics' picks. (Billboard)
2016 No. 1s: The Chainsmokers on their 'not typical pop voice' topping the charts. (Billboard)
Meet the producers who brought dancehall back to the charts In 2016. (Billboard)
Apollonia pick five of the world’s best record stores. (Pulse)
Skrillex talks working with Bruno Mars: 'It sounds like nothing else that's happened before.’ (Billboard)
Mix of the day: Jon Hopkins. (RA)
A 24-track compilation, titled Co-Op, has today been released with the expressed aim of tackling "a global rise of fascism." (RA)
Mix of the day: Headless Horseman. (RA)
Dancing Astronaut’s breakout artist of 2016: REZZ. (DA)
Snapped: 10 Years of Diynamic with Solomun, NYC. (Mixmag)
What is the best Dance/Electronic album of 2016? (Billboard)
Ondalinda 2016 after-movie shows the intimate Mexican Festival's strengths. (Billboard)
Billboard's 10 best Dance/Electronic albums of 2016: Critics' picks. (Billboard)
24 albums that made albums matter again in 2016. (Fader)
Five South African acts you can’t miss at Corona Sunsets festival. (Pulse)
Top 100 tracks of 2016 (Mixmag) Midland, Final Credits (Regraded) tops the list.
The top 20 record labels of 2016. (Mixmag) Dekmantel tops the list.
Top 20 DJs of 2016. (Mixmag) The Black Madonna tops the list.

ISSUE: 09 Dec 2016

The 25 best club tracks of 2016. (Fact)
FACT mix 580: Negative Gemini. (Fact)
Mix of the Day: Anna Wall. (DT)
Mix of the Day: Stonehouse. (DT)
Mix of the Day: Undo. (DT)
Dancing Astronaut’s Top 10 Albums of 2016. (DA)
The 100 best albums of 2016. (Noisey) Frank Ocean’s Blonde tops the list.
The 66 best tracks of 2016. (Thump)
Best 50 albums of 2016. (NPR)
The 50 best Moombahton songs ever. (Billboard)
Listen to the nominees for BBC Radio 1's 2016 Essential Mix of the Year. (Mixmag)
Harangue the DJ: Paramida (Guardian)
No Sleep: NYC nightlife flyers 1988 to 1999. (Medium)
Meet Dylan Harris, the promoter trying to throw parties in North Korea. (Thump)
Artist Tips: Pangaea. The Hessle Audio co-founder gives his thoughts on the production processes. (xlr8r)
The Robin Hood of Dance Music: How Discos Pegaos helped democratise the electronic scene in Chile. (Bandcamp)
Martin Solveig on his new single Places and returning to house music. (Billboard)
Martin Garrix is the happiest superstar DJ in EDM. (MTV)
A look at 100% Silk, the electronic label whose artists performed before the Oakland warehouse fire. (Billboard)
Dixon and the rise of conservative club culture. (Thump)
Has underground house finally run out of ideas? Meet the architects of the lo-fi invasion. (Fact)
Deadmau5: The full NME cover interview. (NME)
Major Lazer mashed up The Chainsmokers, Justin Bieber and more for YouTube's 2016 rewind. (Billboard)
Will Flume or the Chainsmokers define dance music this year? (LATimes)
2016 in dance/electronic charts: The Chainsmokers, Major Lazer, Calvin Harris and more. (Billboard)
2016 was the year of dancehall domination, from the charts to the underground. (Fact)
2016: Carl Cox crowned the king of dance music. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 02 Dec 2016

Obituary: Colonel Abrams - musician who created a dance floor staple with his hit Trapped. (Telegraph)
The 10 worst remixes of Christmas songs ever made. (Pulse)
The best tracks to hit the internet in November. (Pulse)
Mix of the Day: LongPlay. (DT)
FACT mix 579: Jenny Hval. (Fact)
This much I know: Moby. (Observer)
Will Marshmello save EDM? (Thump)
Harangue the DJ: Peggy Gou. (Guardian)
Introducing… Kerouac. (DT)
This 12-year-old DJ throwing down techno is the future of electronic music. (DA)
What the hell happened to Shuffling? (Thump)
Jubilee talks Miami roots and his After Hours album: 'I used to dream dance music.’ (Billboard)
Greatest of all time: 40 years, 40 highlights from Billboard's dance club songs chart. (Billboard)
Greatest of all time: Top 10 dance club songs year-by-year, 1976-2015. (Billboard)
Greatest of all time: Madonna is Billboard's No. 1 dance club songs artist. (Billboard)
The 10 best episodes of Against The Clock so far - the video series that gives artists just 10 minutes to create a track from scratch. (Fact)
The Story So Far… Jordan McCuaig; a look at Northern Ireland’s clubbing community. (DT)
Russian producer Phil Gerus has served up the year's sleaziest bit of Italo Disco. (Thump)
A clubber's guide to surviving Art Basel Miami. (Thump)
A brief history of masked DJs - from Orbital to Marshmello. (Thump)
Classical music has gone Pete Tong as the DJ reworks club anthems for a full orchestra. (Times - Dan Cairns)
Blank Tape: Meet the experimental electronic music labels, producers and artists who've made a new home for the music on cassette tape. (Vinyl Factory)
DJ Deep, a mainstay of French dance music, talks about how technology has shaped him and the music he loves. (Mixmag)
Fabio Florido explains why Richie Hawtin's new mixer really is that good. (Pulse)
Slow Dance: Why is so much dance music so slow and polite? (Mixmag - Thomas H Green)
The untold story of Ableton Live - the program that transformed electronic music performance forever. (Thump)
Bigger Than Fabric: A film about the future of London's club culture. (YouTube)

ISSUE: 25 Nov 2016

Obituary: Jean-Jacques Perrey - electronic music pioneer whose Baroque Hoedown has been heard by millions in Disney resorts. (Telegraph)
FACT mix 578: Baba Stiltz. (Fact)
The 15 best Justice songs. (Billboard)
Mix of the Day: András and Instant Peterson. (NoiseInMyHead)
Mix of the day: Primary Perception. (RA)
The 31 best UK Garage songs ever. (Billboard)
Is this new The xx stuff any good? (Pulse)
Harangue the DJ: Yello. (Guardian)
Helena Celle is the synth-building punk who learned to make tape loops with nail polish. (Fact)
The four-month search for BURN Residency's winner has ended – find out how it went. (Mixmag)
Craig Richards and Nicolas Lutz interviewed ahead of their performances in New York this Thanksgiving weekend. (XLR8R)
A trip through DJ booths: 1976 – 2016. Looking at the evolution of DJs and technology. (Mixmag)
Zhu: The mystery man behind some huge crossover hits. (Mixmag)
Flume: 'I'm sick of making albums’. (BBC - Mark Savage)
Zedd discusses working with new artists. (Billboard)
Playing differently: Richie Hawtin and his DJ super-team. (Mixmag)
Drips, pop and Dollars: the music that made Ennio Morricone. (Guardian)
Cabanne: Accidents of Life. The French minimal pioneer finally reveals his tale and reflects on his jazz-infused debut LP. (XLR8R)
At ADE earlier this year, London DJ collective Housekeeping and Mixmag went back to rave’s roots in the tradition of reclaiming industrial spaces. (Mixmag)
Six records that defined Fabric, according to DJs and club regulars. (Fader)
Remembering David Mancuso - a social philosopher, a sound guru, a psychedelic humanist and a man who knew which records could move you. (NPR)
Do playlists make it harder to break an artist? (Music3.0)

ISSUE: 18 Nov 2016

Mix of the Day: David Pher. (Data Transmission)
FACT mix 577: Outer Space. (FACT)
XLR8R's Top 10 Downloads of October. (XLR8R)
5 Under 5k: Vol. 13 – five artists with fewer than 5,000 online fans. (DA)
The Radar 73: Mixed by 17 year old NYC Callie Reiff. (DA)
Retro Read: New York Stories: David Mancuso. (RBMA)
Retro Read: A Night at the Loft, the dance party that spawned all other dance parties. (Pitchfork)
The golden age of New York clubbing: 'We wanted to be part of something'. (Guardian)
Inside Grey's Starving: How a cold email to Skrillex spurred a dance hit with Hailee Steinfeld. (Billboard)
Dusky talk about their new album Outer and discuss their creative process in depth. (DA)
Will Eastman discovered his adoption and created a concept album – exclusive interview. (Billboard)
Ralf Gum and Vinny Da Vinci defend their love of House music. (Pulse)
The lasting impression of Monika Kruse – Pulse speak to the German DJ about her career to date. (Pulse)
The cult of the DJ booth. (Pulse)
Why Above & Beyond’s dance parties are for the grown-ups. (Times - Ed Potton)
The rise of the £50 DJ and those who undercut. (FrustratedDJ)
Meet Martin Garrix, the 20-year-old Dutch kid living the dream. (Sunday Times - Giles Hattersley)
Sonny Fodera talks us through his album Frequently Flying. (Data Transmission)
Kelsey Lu is the maverick cellist whose loop experiments have wooed Blood Orange and Solange. (FACT)
It Gives Me The Feels: Jayda G deals in good vibes and joyous jams, says Patrick Hinton. (Mixmag)
Matthias Tanzmann on harnessing the power of momentum. (Pulse)
Amsterdam 2.0: Europe's new club capital. (Mixmag - Funster)
Pete Tong on the secret to starting Asia’s dance music revolution. (SEA-Globe)
Playlist: The Loft – celebrating 46 years of classics. (RA)
The legacy of David Mancuso: ‘His dancefloor was a kind of egalitarian utopia’. (Guardian)
David Mancuso taught us that being selfless is the ultimate act of rebellion. (Thump)
Subterranean dance: David Mancuso and The Loft. (RA)
Pioneering DJ David Mancuso gave club culture a multi-racial, polysexual makeover. (FACT)
Remembering David Mancuso, New York disco pioneer and founder of The Loft. (Spin)

ISSUE: 11 Nov 2016

Top 10 Nu-Disco tracks for November 2016. (Magnetic Mag)
Harangue the DJ: Space Dimension Controller. (Guardian)
Mix of the Day: Tapesh. (DT)
Stephan Hinz picks his Big 5 records of the moment. (DT)
10 next-level graphic designers changing the way club culture looks. (Thump)
Italian techno duo Tale Of Us have introduced a brand new podcast series, Afterlife Voyage, with a never-before-heard mix spanning nearly two hours. (Mixmag)
BURN Residency explores the art of the resident with Carl Cox, Seth Troxler and more. (Mixmag)
In Conversation with… Oxia. (DT)
Teklife or No Life: Where do the footwork pioneers go from here? (Thump)
The Chainsmokers on feuding with Mark Ronson and writing 2016’s biggest hit. (Guardian2 - Peter Robinson)
Calvin Harris and the trap of pop masculinity. (MTV)
In Conversation with… Fatboy Slim. (DT)
Andreas Gursky, the photographer famous for his huge, detailed panoramas, has joined forces with techno pioneer Richie Hawtin for a show that caters to the swiping generation. (Guardian)
Danny Daze, Toddla T, Bill Brewster and B.Traits share industry insights. (DeepHouseAmsterdam)
John Tejada talks to Magnetic Mag about Palette Recordings. (Magnetic Mag)
How Boiler Room went from one webcam to broadcasting the global underground for everyone. (Fader)
Get to know Milk and Sugar Records. (Magnetic Mag)
California’s transformational festival scene is the best in the world, says Jemayel Khawaja. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 04 Nov 2016

Top 10 rising Australian producers. (XLR8R)
The 10 best Flume songs. (Billboard)
10 essential tracks from Tale of Us. (Pulse)
Genre pioneer DJ Pierre picks 10 forgotten acid gems. (Pulse)
Resident Advisor Mix of the Day: December. (RA)
Bonobo's playlist: The Invisible, Pional, Yussef Kamaal and more. (Guardian)
The best tracks to hit the Internet in October. (Pulse)
Diving into Berghain. (Somesuchstories)
Zane Lowe explains why 2016 was the best year ever for music. (Esquire)
Over a decade ago, Sonos smartly bet on music-over-Wi-Fi. Now CMO Joy Howard looks ahead to a future where music is built into every home. (FC)
Here’s why CL Is the future of K-Pop in America. (TIME)
Five days in Japan with Gold Panda. (Loud and Quiet)
Evolution of dance music traced through careers of Carl Cox and Martin Garrix in new documentary. (Pulse)
Hanfry Martinez: Vinyl worth bringing halfway around the world. (Pulse)
For his Essential Mix debut on BBC Radio 1, Ireland’s Mano Le Tough stepped up with a two-hour mix. (Mixmag)
Chutney Records bring big local flavour to the global G-house scene. (Pulse)
Carl Cox talks about his legacy in new dance documentary What We Started. (Mixmag)
Mark Reeve shares hopes, dreams and dance floor bangers. (Pulse)
Chicago DJs show love for the Cubs in historic World Series. (Billboard)
Techno Tuesday: Khen on growing up immersed in the Israeli dance sphere. (Dancing Astronaut)
Chainsmokers feat. Halsey: How did the New York EDM duo and the pop singer-songwriter wind up with 2016's biggest hit? Redef.com run through all the in depth articles. (redef.com)
Ask the Experts: Daniel Avery takes the time to answer your questions ahead of next week's DJ-Kicks release. (XLR8R)
By emphasising audio quality above all else, clubs (including Spiritland in London), with rarefied hi-fi equipment have become a mecca for listeners who crave an emotional connection to music. (NYTimes)
Synths and sexism: the female artists smashing through electronic music's glass ceiling. (Wired)
Dance moves: Riots in Lagos and the birth of electro. (LongandShort)

ISSUE: 28 Oct 2016

Mix of the Day: Presha. (RA)
Stream Rebekah's ADE 2016 set. (XLR8R)
Mix of the Day: Rich Wakley. (Data Transmission)
Amsterdam Dance Event: 41 Massive Tracks. (DJ Mag)
The 31 best electronic horror movie soundtracks of all time. (Thump)
Heartbreak, Fabric and Brexit: Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor on why he’s started writing piano ballads. (NewStatesman - Anoosh Chakelian)
Super Hans' guide to DJing: 'David Guetta plays a load of old ballbag'. (Saturday Guardian)
Strangest Things: the club night bringing Netflix's retro series to life. (Saturday Guardian)
Mike Skinner: 'It's like I've retired, being a DJ – I'm just doing what I want’. (Guardian - Rich Pelley)
In a new series of documentaries, Smirnoff Sound Collective is taking viewers inside the operations of Europe’s most respected underground labels - Innervisions is the latest. (Mixmag)
A new documentary directed by French producer Wax Tailor profiles the principal figures behind some of America’s most distinguished record stores. (Mixmag)
Watch ZHU's new short film GENERATIONWHY, on youth culture. (Mixmag)
Dive into the dirty, delirious world of new Russian rave Skotoboinya with this short film. (FACT)
The top future bass picks of the week featuring KRNE, 12th Planet, and Melvv. (Magnetic Mag)
You would be shocked at how little most “successful” DJs earn. (Pulse)
The vinyl I'd die for: Art Department. (Pulse)
A new dawn for Australia’s city of Techno, Melbourne. (Pulse)
Industry Focus: Cyril Bitar of Minimal Effort & Clinic Wednesdays. (Magnetic)
The true story of the life and death of legendary selector DJ AM is a must watch, writes Jack Tregoning. (inthemix)
Inside Tokyo's audiophile venues. (RA)
Meet two composers using tech to reclaim humanity in electronic music. (Observer)
Breaking Through: Project Pablo. (RA)
The 'Godfather of Australian Techno' Late Nite Tuff Guy tells his own fascinating story. (Pulse)
Pete Tong talks favourite new acts in midst of North American tour. (DeepHouseAmsterdam)

ISSUE: 21 Oct 2016

Five ways Dirtybird Campout is changing the festival model. (Dancing Astronaut)
FACT mix 573: UMFANG. (FACT)
10 best pop hooks in dance music. (Billboard)
Pulse speak to five trance acts to get their wildest memories of Earthcore Festival. (Pulse)
Maceo Plex interviews Stephan Bodzin during Ibiza party. (Pulse)
Eight South African acts to see at ADE 2016. (Pulse)
Pulse sit down with Simon Dunmore, boss of Defected Records. (Pulse)
Music vibrates in you: Getting lost in Bjarki's unpredictable techno. (Mixmag)
Top 10 vinyl only releases from Brooklyn’s Halcyon Record Shop. (Mixmag)
Techno Tuesday: Award winning Jay Lumen on his creative process. (Dancing Astronaut)
Kučka, The Black Madonna and the many inspirational women of RBMA. (inthemix)
An in-depth look at Jessy Lanza's record collection. (DLSO)
Mix of the day: Mafalda. (RA)
Hidden gems: 10 of the best DJ equipment rarities. (Mixmag)
Here’s how much it costs to get a ghost track produced. (inthemix)
DKTV Podcast: Ghost Producers & Chainsmokers. (SoundCloud)
RA selects the best Dutch electronic music. (RA)
Harangue the DJ: Terry Francis. (Guardian)
An oral history of Turbo Crunk. (Red Bull)
To Heaven and Back: I experienced the world's first zero gravity DJ set. (Thump)
The story of how China's second city became a hotbed for Dancehall and Dub. (Thump)
The new gatekeepers: Streaming platforms are taking over the music industry. (VillageBlog)
How Adidas is setting itself up to be the next big record label. (Uproxx)
The record labels of the future are already here. (Forbes)
The Monstercat label model: From YouTube channel to one million record sales for the Vancouver-based independent dance imprint. (Billboard)
Why British nightlife needs to explore new places and different spaces to survive. (Thump)
How to critique your own music more objectively. (Sonicbids)
Appearing on the most streamed track of all time, Lean On, made the Danish singer MØ an instant global star. But is she ready to abandon her anarcho roots? (Guardian)
This new book captures rave culture's unsung influence on the art world. (Thump)
Ayla Nereo on the planet being her muse and creating with the Polish Ambassador. (Billboard)
Meet the renegade British DJ crew who helped bring rave culture to America's West Coast. (Thump)
Burnt Friedman: Rhythmic Anomaly. The German experimental musician sets modern culture to rights. (XLR8R)
DJ Sprinkles talks Deep House, 'culturally critical' audio production and the value of boredom. (Billboard)
How Tiësto survived 20 years of partying for a living. (GQ)
Why Ricardo Villalobos is still the most audacious remixer out there. (Pitchfork)
Heartbreak, Fabric and Brexit: Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor on why he’s started writing piano ballads. (NewStatesman - Anoosh Chakelian)

ISSUE: 14 Oct 2016

Mix of the Day: Shelley Johannson. (Data Transmission)
Mix of the Day: Eric Duncan. (RA)
Seven killer techno mixes to get you pumped. (Pulse)
The 10 best post-Soviet techno tracks, according to Nastia. (Dummy Mag)
Playlist: Daniel Avery's favourite ambient tunes. (RA)
Mix of the Day: Ronnie Spiteri. (Data Transmission)
FACT mix 572: A Made Up Sound. (Fact)
The 10 best summer festival streams of 2016. (Pulse)
Machine Love: Matthew Styles. (RA)
14 DJs share their tune of the summer. (Mixmag)
Nine trance releases you need to hear this month. (Mixmag)
10 essential Larry Heard records. (RA)
10 DnB releases you need to hear this month. (Mixmag)
The 10 cutest dance songs ever. (Billboard)
The 10 best Zedd songs. (Billboard)
Stream Douglas Dare’s new album in full. (xlr8r)
Podcast 459: Dubtil. (xlr8r)
Here’s what happens when you listen to nothing but a kick drum for an entire day. (Thump)
A history of the laser in dance music. (Thump)
Meet the 72-year-old Preacher behind one of the greatest gay club anthems of all time, I Was Born This Way. (Thump)
Chainsmokers: How hard-partying EDM dudes conquered the mainstream. (Rolling Stone)
Marcel Dettmann talks DJ-Kicks and why mixes are still an art form. (Billboard)
Larry Heard on Kanye West sampling him for Fade and Mr. Fingers' rebirth. (Billboard)
How the most important promoter in NY ensures the music never stops. (Observer)
My brother died of an ecstasy overdose but i’m still campaigning to reopen Fabric. (Thump)
These are the last ever tracks seven iconic clubs played before they closed. (inthemix)
The Sound of Fear: Room40 boss Lawrence English on the history of noise as a weapon. (Fact)
Ghosts in the Machine: The dark secret of the dance industry or a necessary evil? (Decoded)
Watching Duke Dumont get bottled and spat on broke my heart. (Mixmag)
Watch Skrillex's intimate, genre-busting Boiler Room set. (Rolling Stone)
The Zoo Project: A different Ibiza. (RA)
Death by a thousand cuts: Austerity and London nightlife. (RA)

ISSUE: 07 Oct 2016

The 10 best Martin Garrix songs. (Billboard)
FACT Mix 571: Peggy Gou. (FACT)
Harangue the DJ: Clara Amfo. (Guardian)
Galantis on why songwriting still matters. (Dancing Astronaut)
Virginia discusses her career to date, and what led up to her first LP on Ostgug Ton. (XLR8R)
Peruvian duo Dengue Dengue Dengue are the latest to provide a mix. (XLR8R)
Ask The Experts: Headless Horseman. (XLR8R)
New York producer Nick Hook shows FACT his synth-stacked studio. (FACT)
Thump speak to Joris Voorn's family about the importance of a musical upbringing. (Thump)
An anonymous musician talks us through the hard realities that many touring DJs face up to: depression. (XLR8R)
Keep it alive or die: the ongoing evolution of live electronic music. (Pitchfork)
Skrillex shares the lessons he has learned from collaborating with Justin Bieber, clashing with Deadmau5, and leading up his creative collective OWSLA. (Complex)
Twenty years ago, an electronic music movement was born in rural Wisconsin. Two decades later, those original ravers are dusting off their glow sticks...one last time. (Esquire)
Kaytranada is winning for Montreal. (Thump)
Subterranean dance: David Mancuso and The Loft. (RA)
The Chainsmokers are getting comfortable with being the biggest pop stars in America. (LATimes)
Matador: "Ibiza is always ready to embrace change, so all is not lost" (Pulse)
Autograf talk about touring, tunes and their upcoming tracks. (Magnetic Mag)

ISSUE: 30 Sep 2016

Dance music’s five worst films. (Pulse)
The ten best Chainsmokers songs. (Billboard)
The 10 best London dance classics, according to Benny Ill. (Dummy Mag)
12 tracks to get you ready for Annie Mac’s London All Day Rave. (DataTransmission)
Armin van Buuren compiles 70-track playlist for ‘die-hard trance fans’. (Dancing Astronaut)
Harangue the DJ: Paul Woolford. (Guardian Guide - Kate Hutchinson)
Danceteria: Where Studio 54 met CBGBs in 1980s New York. (electronicbeats)
Annie Mac: I think clubbing is classless — it’s a celebration. (Standard - David Smyth)
A rare look inside the world’s most exclusive club: Berghain in Berlin. (Sun - Jacob Lewis)
How the internet transformed the American rave scene. (NPR)
Nicolas Jaar talks to Pitchfork about his new album Sirens. (Pitchfork)
The genius of Don Buchla, by the generations of synth disciples he inspired. (Fact)
Data Transmission speaks to producer Christoph. (Data Transmission)
Karma Fields gives first interview and previews live 3D experience. (Billboard)
The evolution of Anna Lunoe: from touring DJ to global tastemaker. (Dancing Astronaut)
Real Talk: Depression. An anonymous musician talks us through the hard realities that many touring DJs face up to. (Data Transmission)
An interview with Golf Clap. (DeepHouseAmsterdam)
Defiance on the dancefloor: clubbing in the birthplace of Boko Haram. (Guardian)
The raver saving Fabric with a 24hr danceathon. (RB)
10 ways Ibiza will change in 2017. (Mixmag)
A new compilation, inspired by its sunset parties, aims to reclaim Ibiza’s eclectic spirit from the “glass and vomit” of San Antonio’s superclubs. (Guardian Guide)
Never Forget: Eight DJs recall their favourite Space Ibiza memories. (Mixmag)
30 DJs discuss how they'd sign off from Space duty. (Ibiza Spotlight)
The Time Bandit: Roman Flügel. (Mixmag)
Shaun Frank talks tour, inspirations, and collaborating with The Chainsmokers on Closer. (Magnetic Mag)
Monetising remix culture: Beatport’s former CEO about his new mission. Matthew Adell about founding MetaPop and the surprising amount of money being left on the table by artists & labels. (Medium)

ISSUE: 23 Sep 2016

Mix Of The Day: BOT and Matthew Anthony. (Data Transmission)
The 32 best hardstyle songs ever. (Billboard)
Listen to 14 UMF Japan sets thanks to EDM Machine Sets. (Billboard)
Six artists you need to check out this month including Sita Abellán, Bobby Nourmand, Joey Daniel. (Mixmag)
Podcast 456: Mndsgn. The LA beats artist weaves together a 45-minute mix of funky, left-field cuts. (xlr8r)
Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid reinvent everything you know about Die Antwoord. (YourEDM)
Everything you need to know about post-EDM, which is a thing now. (Thump)
Thump spoke to Teki Latex about 2016's wildest mix, 100% Radio Hits. (Thump)
I sent mum to a hardstyle festival and she came back a full blown raver. (Pulse)
An intimate look into a masterclass with Paul Nolan, on music production. (Pulse)
A rundown of the musical experiences found at Burning Man 2016. (EDMTunes)
Black Coffee on moving beyond house music: 'I want to be able to have Kanye' on next album. (Billboard)
Hugo Gruzman, one half of the Australian duo Flight Facilities, discusses their live essentials. (xlr8r)
Crossing Point: The rise of Mexican dance culture. (Fact)
RIP DJ Spank-Spank – your music changed the way people dance. (Guardian)
Kraftwerk's 3D show proves they're one of the most important musical acts of all time. (Pulse)
Calvin Harris speaks to Zane Lowe about his career to date. (Billboard)
Gary Richards AKA Destructo and Ilovemakonnen talk tour and tunes. (Magnetic Mag)
The Swiss electronic pioneers Yello are performing live for the first time in 40 years. Dieter Meier and Boris Blank discuss their bizarre lives as accidental pop stars. (Guardian2)
Dance Music 101: An online reading course. (Thump)
Across over a dozen interviews with Chicago's house music pioneers, Pulse traces the genre's birth and spread across the globe. (Pulse)
Kaskade: The war on drugs is a farce. (Dancing Astronaut)
Leftfield: Challenging conservatives and dealing with anxiety in the modern world. (Pulse)

ISSUE: 16 Sep 2016

Harangue the DJ: Invisible City. (Guardian)
The Art of DJing: Objekt. (RA)
LOR brings together elements of techno, electronica and house to create his individual sound. (DeepHouseAmsterdam)
Latest episode of the Lights/Out Selection podcast looks at the history of break beats. (Magnetic Mag)
Interview: Tommie Sunshine about pre and post-EDM rave. (Magnetic Mag)
Six South-East Asian electronic labels to look out for. (Pulse)
Five incredible Romanian DJs you’ve probably never heard of. (Pulse)
The 14 most important synths in electronic music history – and the musicians who use them. (Fact)
Produced by NTS Radio, London-based producer Funkineven, aka Steven Julien, has shared a short film focusing on the concept behind his debut album Fallen. (Mixmag)
An in-depth exploration of the drum machine that helped define techno: 909. (RBMA)
The Wheal Thing: Aphex Twin's alternative Cornish language. (Quietus)
Interview with Ash Howard – PRS For Music’s new Dance Account Manager. (M-Mag)
Underground Tehran: Techno and experimental electronic music in Iran. (Quietus)
Max Pearl looks at how Motion Graphics’ sound perfectly suits our technological age. (RA)
Hidden in plain sight: a global underground dance music scene with millions of fans. (Medium - Bas Grasmayer) Are gamers the biggest millennial subculture in music? An exploration of ‘online-only’ music.

ISSUE: 09 Sep 2016

Bristolian Lamont has dropped a free mixtape via Swamp81. (Mixmag)
Twelve timeless dub records you need to check out. (Pulse)
The DA Hot 25 – playlist for September. (DA)
Eight lesser-known facts about Deadmau5's Random Album Title. (DA)
Fatboy Slim answers your questions. (Guardian2)
View the trailer for new dance music TV show Momentum. (Thump)
How Justin Bieber is making the biggest names in dance music even richer. (Forbes)
Meet Dubai’s electronic music giants Hollaphonic. (RB)
Berlin-based producer Avalon Emerson has dropped the fourth edition of her Cybernedits series with producer Bwana. (Thump)
Second episode of Late Night Philosophy, with Julie Adenuga. (Thump)
Danny Tenaglia: “I’d hate to see Ibiza become glamorous like Las Vegas”. (Pulse)
A new documentary series has been launched by DJsounds, delving deep into the underground realms of dance music by city. (Mixmag)
Above & Beyond talk Anjunadeep stage takeover at Nocturnal Wonderland 2016. (Billboard)
This year Sven Väth’s Cocoon celebrated 20 years as a world-changing force in dance music. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 02 Sep 2016

Why dropping music on a Friday is pivotal. (Wired)
Records have well and truly returned, even popping up in supermarkets, but it is the LPs in your attic that may turn out to be platinum. (Times)
DJs & depression. (BBC)
Laura Marling has launched a podcast, Reversal of the Muse, to find out what can be done to address the male bias in the industry. (FT)
Harangue the DJ: DJ Neptizzle. (Guardian)
In session: Sven Vath. (Mixmag)
A website called Blog51, named after the Hacienda’s designation in the Factory Records catalogue, is supplying fans with a classic downloadable sets, all recorded live between 1983 and 1997. (Mixmag)
A 27 track playlist detailing Vancouver’s house and disco history. (RA)
A beginner’s guide to 1080p. (RA)
DJ Sounds has delved deep into Parisian territory to produce a documentary exploring the city’s dance music scene, from roots to revival. (Pulse)
Pulse Radio pick their best tracks from the internet in August. (Pulse)
How trance is making a legitimate comeback. (Pulse)
Ministry of Sound turns 25 years old this weekend, Thump ask some of its favourites to relive their youth. (Thump)
Stream a previously lost LP's worth of library music by Black Devil Disco Club's Bernard Fevre. (Thump)
Steve Lawler Ibiza Diary – street parades and mud baths. (Pulse)
August mixes aimed at suiting every mood. (Pulse)
Decoding Kölsch, one of dance music's most introspective producers. (Pulse)
Tuesday night in Ibiza has a new king, and his name is Maceo Plex. (Pulse)
Listen to Lane 8’s remix of Deadmau5’s Strobe. (Dancing Astronaut)
Dekmantel has unveiled the second instalment in its Selectors documentary series that focuses on exceptional record diggers, this time featuring Sassy J. (Mixmag)
The six songs you didn't know Skrillex produced. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 26 Aug 2016

Weekly Top Ten Indie Dance Chart. (Magnetic Mag)
Top Ten Techno Chart. (Magnetic Mag)
Harangue the DJ: Steve Davis. (Guardian)
The Chainsmokers polarised clubbers in 2014 with their novelty single #Selfie. Now the DJ duo are on track to becoming serious hitmakers, they tell David Smyth. (Standard)
Jerome Price has created a Spotify playlist to see you through your journey to Creamfields. (Data Transmission)
Overwork releases homage to Daft Punk. (Dancing Astronaut)
The DA Hot 25: 25 of the hottest tracks as chosen by Dancing Astronaut. (Dancing Astronaut)
Listen to a preview of the rumoured track between Cashmere Cat and The Weeknd. (Dancing Astronaut)
Codeko premieres the Electric Zoo 2016 anthem ‘Walking With Lions.’ (Billboard)
Run The Jewels and DJ Shadow have released the video for their World War III themed track ‘Nobody Speak.’ (Billboard)
The five pop songs you didn’t know Zedd produced. (Billboard)
Elrow resident De La Swing drops exclusive mix for Electric Zoo debut. (Pulse)
DJ and Producer Victor Calderone streams the latest episode of his podcast. (Pulse)
Paul Kalkbrenner has just released the third and final installment of his 'Back To The Future' mixtape trilogy, a collection of over 60 tracks citing the historical rise of techno in Berlin between the years of 1987 and 1993. (Mixmag)
Midland has compiled a playlist on SoundCloud to collate his favourite sets. (Mixmag)
Mix of the Day: Wants. (Data Transmission)
Amine Edge and DANCE do not want to be known as G-House. (Magnetic Mag)
Carl Cox - in depth. (TraxMag)
Steve Aoki, star of a new Netflix doc, discusses how he went from a painful childhood to EDM superstardom. (Rolling Stone)
The Chainsmokers own the No. 1 and No. 8 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 right now, thanks in large part to the women singing their songs. (NPR)
Mike Servito deconstructs a set. (Electronic Beats)
Sample clearance expert Pat “The Detective” Shannahan on 20 years of tracking down samples. (RedBull)

ISSUE: 19 Aug 2016

Mix of the Day: Gwenan. (RA)
Harangue the DJ: Flava D (Guardian)
Guest Mix: Fred Falke. (Thump)
In Session: Floorplan. (Mixmag)
Eight tracks that defined Dance Tunnel, as chosen by staff and DJs. (Fact)
16 South African acts killing it on the global scene. (Pulse)
Georgio Moroder did a Reddit AMA and here’s what we learned. (Thump)
You should be dancing: The art of the DJ. (DiS)
Festivals are broadcasting themselves on online channels such as Facebook Live and Boiler Room in an attempt to advertise themselves and increase audiences. (Observer)
With nightclubs in decline, what does modern Britain get up to after dark? (Observer - Tim Lewis)
Bicep: the bloggers who became house music heroes. (Guardian - Sam Richards)
James Ruskin, Surgeon and Oliver Ho talk 20 years of Blueprint Records. (Pulse)
Interview with Jason Chung aka Nosaj Thing on moving forward and current collaborations. (aiaiai.dk)
The story behind Shapes: yet another London club forced to shut. (Time Out)
Meet Atlanta’s house experts, as they discuss the scene from its inception to now. (Stamp The Wax)
Loco Dice: "The end of Revolution is the end of a very important chapter in Ibiza". (Pulse)
Mike Skinner discusses his latest work with Murkage Dave and co. under the banner of Tonga. (Mixmag)
Ultra's UMF TV introduces its video series, Uncut Miami. (Mixmag)
Shadow Child has unveiled details on his forthcoming album by sharing the lead single with Bodhi along with the track list and release date. (Mixmag)
How Nightcore became your favourite producer’s favourite genre. (Thump)
Interview and exclusive track from Corinthian, purveyor of haunting techno. (Thump)
Ghastly talks OWSLA, metal influences, and not getting comfortable. (Billboard)
Producer Zhu goes from darkness into the light. (LATimes)

ISSUE: 12 Aug 2016

Harangue the DJ: Josey Rebelle. (Guardian)
Label of the Month: Lucky Me. (RA)
Q&A: Scroobius Pip. (Observer)
Six artists you need to check out this month. (Mixmag)
15 house releases you need to hear this August. (Mixmag)
Listen to Carl Cox's Essential Mix recorded at Space Ibiza. (Pulse)
Five minutes with Dutch bass head Icicle. (Pulse)
The top 10 tracks and artists to make an impact at Dekmantel Festival. (Pulse)
Kowton explains to thump why Dekmantel is the 'DJ's festival of choice'. (Thump)
Asia in focus 28: Red-I. (Pulse)
Asia’s finest underground music exports. (Pulse)
Video: Between The Beats: The Black Madonna. (RA)
Peter Mannerfelt takes Resident Advisor to his Stockholm studio to discuss his career to date. (RA)
Moko Shibata makes music as Powder, Resident Advisor traveled to Tokyo to speak to her in depth. (RA)
Founder and CEO David Porter shares reflects back on his eight years running the user-curated internet radio/social networking site 8tracks. (Hypebot)
Dutch DJ and producer Joey Daniel talks about his early influences and plans for the future. (Pulse)
The 10 remixes that changed John Rundell's life, A&R and label manager of Carl Cox's Intec. (Pulse)
Chicago-native Jamal Moss, aka Hieroglyphic Being, celebrates unconventional mixing in the latest instalment of the mix series by Thump. (Thump)
Marquis Hawkes chats to Mixmag about his eclectic sets at Fabric, his career so far, and the plans he has for the future. (Mixmag)
Zeds Dead talk genre-hopping Northern Lights album and Deadbeats label. (Billboard)
Spotify has launched a cartoon to teach you about music and the first episode is all about EDM. (Engadget)
If you like your dance music weird, get to know Baseck and his modular synths. (LA Weekly)
David Gtronic: "There's nothing better than playing a small room". (Pulse)
Giorgio Moroder talks scoring new Queen of the South TV Series and Tomboy, A Revenger's Tale film. (Billboard)
Ghost-producing has come back under public scrutiny of late. Ashley Wallbridge opens up about the 10 No.1 Beatport tracks he's ghost-produced so far, discussing the pros and cons. (Dancing Astronaut)
Ex-ghost producer Ashley Wallbridge speaks out on the issue. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 05 Aug 2016

Harangue the DJ: Marshall Jefferson. (Guardian)
Balearic icon Phil Mison made a Guest Mix for Thump. (Thump)
Dancing Astronaut pick their Top 25 tracks for August. (Dancing Astronaut)
Fact Mix 562: Steven Julien. (Fact Mag)
An open letter to the bros who harass women on the dancefloor. (Pulse Radio)
Darius Syrossian discusses his success so far. (Mixmag)
Sankey's resident DJ Kellie Allen picks her top five tracks from Ibiza. (Data Transmission)
Episode two of Flume’s behind the scenes mini-series. (Mixmag)
A run down of the 'most legendary' spoken word vocals in dance music. (Pulse)
D'Julz tells Pulse which records he'd die for. (Pulse)
Few artists have harnessed the technology involved in playing live electronic music like Londoner Joseph Keevill, better known as Saytek to his legions of fans. (Sun)
Video interview with Marco Faraone during The Social Festival. (Pulse)
Pat Drastik of Thugli made time to talk to Magnetic Magazine in conjunction with FUXWITHIT about the perspective he and Tom Wrecks gained during their down time. (Magnetic Mag)
The lost history of Singapore’s secretly influential drum and bass scene. (Thump)
Techno Tuesday: Pleasurekraft discuss their artistic transformation. (Dancing Astronaut)
Kappa Futur – the Italian festival covered in depth. (Mixmag)
STWO talks making D.T.S.N.T. his 'first commercial project'. (Billboard)
KiNK opens up about creativity, love and remixing Sven Väth. (Pulse)
Hieroglyphic Being: the ex-gigolo who makes erotic house music. (Guardian - Ben Beaumont-Thomas)
Truss speaks to Fabric about how Rinse and Polykicks have impacted on his DJing. (FabricLondon)
From Jamie xx's intense video shot under a Chinese Eiffel Tower to high concept productions from Beyoncé and Rihanna and Aphex Twin's lo-fi stylings, music promos have become out-there cultural events once more. (Guardian2)
As Pacha, the world’s most famous nightclub, celebrates its 50th summer season, the party island on which it stands, Ibiza, finds itself at a crossroads, says Ludovic Hunter-Tilney. (FT)

ISSUE: 29 Jul 2016

Five to watch at Movement Croatia. (DJ Mag)
Harangue the DJ: Palms Trax. (Guardian)
Glasgow label LuckyMe are Label of The Month. (Resident Advisor)
Celebrating the forgotten female voices of house music. (Guardian - Ian McQuaid)
How producers sample music in 2016. (RBMA - Glenn Jackson)
Sasha speaks about how it all started in the come up to his label anniversary. (Data Transmission)
Introducing Luigi Madonna, a driving force behind Neapolitan Techno. (Data Transmission)
Swedish DJ and Producer Abdulla Rashim speaks to XLR8R ahead of his performance at Into The Valley Festival. (XLR8R)
As gay clubs close across the country, Sink The Pink is revitalising the scene with big crowds and an emphasis on fun. (Guardian)
Why the James Murphy-backed Despacio sound system proves the future of dance music requires a return to its roots. (Esquire - Miles Raymer)
Isnay Rodriguez runs the first independent Hip Hop imprint in Cuba, on barely any internet. He chats to Thump about the lack of personal internet connection and his tips for how to make electronic music whilst in Cuba. (Thump)
Why Zhu used anonymity to put his music first. (Fader)
A look back at Warrington nightclub Legends, the club that had a significant impact on British clubbing. (Thump)
Robert Hood created Floorplan to showcase his soulful and spiritual side. Now his daughter Lyric has joined him. (Mixmag)
Luciano talks his first trip to DC-10, chaos and creativity, and the lost Ibiza. (Pulse)
Todd Terry talks new House Masters compilation and state of house music. (Billboard)
Women’s Beat League wants to close electronic music’s gender gap, one synth class at a time. (Pitchfork - Robert Ham)
EDM DJs rarely succumb to drug death and misadventure. They just turn up, do their thing and get paid like the cynical, corporate shills they are. (Spectator - Liam Mullone)
Drugs, sleeplessness, isolation: the downside of being a dance musician. (Guardian)
Asian technology focus: The key to the dance industry. (Pulse)

ISSUE: 22 Jul 2016

Ten of the best deep house tracks of the year so far. (Pulse Radio)
A brief history of Aphex Twin trolling his fans. (Thump)
Russian techno favourite Nina Kraviz was a highlight of Cocoon. (Pulse Radio)
How electronic music alters our journey through time and space. (Frisky)
Virtually Famous: Snakehips. (Standard)
Hot Since 82 talks new Ibiza residency and the growth of Knee Deep in Sound. (Dancing Astronaut)
Long running Chicago event The Chosen Few Picnic celebrates the formative period before house music. Jacob Arnold walked through the barbecue smoke to meet its founders. (RA)
Mainstays of the Detroit Techno scene the Burden Brothers speak to XLR8R about their musical essentials whilst on the road. (XLR8R)
XLR8R visits the Riverside Studio complex in Berlin to speak to local pioneer Tobi Neumann about his career to date. (XLR8R)
A behind the scenes look at Flume's live set up ahead of his headline set at Splendour. (InTheMix)
Climbing the Ladder: Malaney Blaze. (DataTransmission)
Roger Sanchez on DJing, creativity and Ableton live. (DataTransmission)
Carl Cox: “When I listen to Disclosure…” (TraxMag - Joe Muggs)
Interactive map launched, designed to take you through the history of dance music overall. (Deep House Amsterdam)
DEMUR takes aim at ghostwriting and creative stagnation in dance music. (Billboard)
Martin Solveig: 'Dance music albums can be boring'. (Guardian)
Rising Asia: The most celebrated achievements in the last five years. (Pulse)

ISSUE: 15 Jul 2016

The secret history of Basement Jaxx. (Medium - Ben Cardew)
Shannon of Shannon and Dewalta Live took time out to be the latest guest on Selecta – see the tracks he chose. (Mixmag)
Theo Parrish talks race, exploitation and privilege in dance music. (Electronic Beats)
How German producer TheFatRat finds creative freedom in label independence. (Billboard)
The UK's best small clubs. (Pulse)
Harangue the DJ: Chris Coco. (Guardian Guide)
Interview: Kim Ann Foxman. (Deephouseamsterdam)
The Da Hot 25: Latest playlist from Dancing Astronaut for July 13. (DancingAstronaut)
Cologne based DJ and Producer Lena Willikens is the latest guest in the Sonos Home Listening series, hear her selections and read about her career to date. (RA)
Watch an interview with NGHTMARE, rising star of the Bass scene, at Dead Rocks. (MagneticMag)
Tokyo’s Five G have been keeping vintage synth culture alive for decades now, Kentara Takaoka visited to find out how. (Resident Advisor)
Ask the Experts: Gerd Janson - The Running Back boss takes the time to answer your questions. (Xlr8r)
Dubstep pioneer Mala meets Vivien Goldman to discuss the development of 20th Century Dub to contemporary Dance. (Electronic Beats)
Mala's record collection reflects the life and times of a UK pioneer. (Thump)
The Rave Pioneers: Four London via San Francisco DJs chat about the West Coast rave revival. (Magnetic Mag)
The NYC Downlow introduced Glastonbury to queer clubbing. Stephen Titmus tells its story. (Resident Advisor)
Considering creativity and addiction in the life and times of DJ AM. (Atlantic)
How one Spanish family have kept the party alive for over a century: Meet the Arnau family, better known to most as 'Elrow'. (Thump)
US DJ-producer Brett Johnson explores the importance of 'playing the game' in artistic success. (Xlr8r)
Crap sound, endless queues, torrential rain – why do we still love raving outdoors? (Fact)
Behind the Great Wall: the Chinese underground in 2016. (Deephouseamsterdam)

ISSUE: 08 Jul 2016

Harangue the DJ: Ewan Pearson. (Guardian)
Video: After the Raves: Los Angeles. (RBTV)
10 essential tracks for the month of July. (Mixmag)
The day Napster died and changed the music industry forever. (Nerdist)
Depression, isolation and drug addiction: When DJing becomes a mental health issue. (Thump)
DJ Deeon about the birth of 'ghetto house' and the legacy of dance Mania. (Thump)
Viva boss Steve Lawler recounts his latest week out in Ibiza. (PulseRadio)
Interview: Reboot. Reboot has put out numerous EPs and LPs on labels like Cadenza and Cocoon, Moon Harbour and Defected, he talks to Deep House Amsterdam to discuss over a decade in the industry. (DeepHouseAmsterdam)
Listen: Roots and Future - an hour-long radio show tracing the crucial black British influence on UK dance music over two decades. (Fact)
Low-end inspiration: Flava D is at the forefront of bass music, says Dave Turner. (Mixmag)
Pulse’s resident DJs open up about life after the Orlando tragedy. (Thump)
Mr C recounts how Ibiza has changed since 1988, describes the magic as ‘long gone.’ (PulseRadio)
Lady M discusses music, Watergate and starting her own record label. (Pulse)
How sample pioneers DJ Shadow and the Avalanches adapted to the YouTube era. (LATimes)
Dance music owes everything to the LGBTQ community of colour, says Ned Shepard. (Medium)

ISSUE: 01 Jul 2016

How we made Space Ibiza. (Guardian)
Harangue the DJ: Roosevelt. (Guardian)
Thump choose their 13 favourite mixes of 2016 so far. (Thump)
Mark Barrott, the man behind Uruguayan label International Feel has put together a follow-up to his much-lauded debut LP Sketches From An Island, with exclusive commentary about the history of the Balearic sound. (Thump)
Watch a self produced short documentary by Moby to accompany his memoir on living in NYC in the ‘90s. (Thump)
Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar tell Resident Advisor about the tracks they listen to away from the clubs. (Resident Advisor)
Inside the secret Nazi dance music underground. (Daily Beast)
He helped to shape UK dance music, but now the south London producer Mala is on a new journey. Next stop: Lima. (Guardian - Rahul Verma)
Christian Eede speaks to Joshua Cheon, the founder of the goth- and Italo-leaning imprint Dark Entries. (RBMA)

ISSUE: 24 Jun 2016

Harangue The DJ: Lakuti (Guardian)
Matador: ‘Space Ibiza opened my eyes to real clubs, parties and music.’ (Pulse Radio)
For the love of it: A conversation with Disclosure. (Hypetrak)
A new festival is heralding the lesser known figures of the electronic music scene. (Guardian)
Festival watch: Field Day, London (Observer)
I was born on the dance floor: a playlist for Pulse. (NPR)
The women who invented electro: inside the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. (Telegraph)
Kevin Over: The DJ booth can be the best place on earth. (Pulse)
Smirnoff House, in association with Mixmag, hosted a wide variety of sets during EDC Las Vegas. You can hear headline sets from Martin Solveig, Rusko, Lane 8 and Ookay amongst others. (Mixmag)
EDC Vegas 2016: The best and the worst. (LA Weekly)
EDC 2016: How to age gracefully at the rave. (LATimes)
The electronic music community reacts to Brexit news. (Thump)
EDC’s 20th anniversary shows that EDM and underground music can thrive together, says Chase Welcher. (Pulse)

ISSUE: 17 Jun 2016

Marco Bailey speaks to Pulse Radio, says: ‘It doesn’t always have to be Tech House.’ (Pulse Radio)
DJ Harvey is returning to Ibiza for summer 2016, and speaks to Johnny Lee about what to expect. (Mixmag)
Documenting the first six months of emerging collective Bala Club – radio show, label and disrupters of the London electronic underground. (Mixmag)
Invention on the dancefloor: how gay clubs shaped music. (Guardian2 - Alexis Petridis)
Gilles Peterson is one of the musical curators of a new 'arts and wellbeing' holiday island. He tells Hugh Montgomery about the albums that make his summertime sing. (i)

ISSUE: 10 Jun 2016

Harangue the DJ: Danny McLewin and Tom Coveney. (Saturday Guardian)
In session: Helena Hauff (Mixmag)
How we made: The Orb's Little Fluffy Clouds. (Guardian)
Rave Curious podcast: In conversation with international DJ Cassy (Thump)
The struggle of music producers trying to DJ. (Magnetic Mag)
From July until September, London’s ICA will host a new exhibition ‘Detroit: Techno City’ (Mixmag)
John Digweed on the art of the extended set (Dancing Astronaut)
Interview with the duo behind the latest Balearic compilation, Chris Coco and Jim Breese, this time with added brewery news too (Thump)
Looking back at Konspiracy, arguably Manchester’s wildest acid house night out (Thump)
A California club bans DJs who use laptops … but why? (Guardian - Ben Beaumont-Thomas)
Moodymann – the enigma who remade dance music. (Guardian)
Galantis reveal simple steps to finding success in the dance music world. (BBC)
Joe Muggs goes deep with seminal Warp Records duo, Autechre. (RA)
Real estate, gentrification and nightlife in New York. (RA)
Techno elders, ageing gracefully in a youth-oriented genre. (NYTimes)
Diplo on why DJ culture is a 'sinking ship' and wishing he was Beyoncé. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 03 Jun 2016

In session: tINI (Mixmag)
How we made: Air's Moon Safari. (Guardian)
Quick-fire Q&A with Eagles & Butterflies ahead of Mysteryland USA. (Magnetic Mag)
The 10 singer-songwriters shaping electronic music right now. (Nest)
The 10 British producers that are killing the music game right now - Tobi Shy Boy, Nana Rogues, Heavy Trakerz, Nyge, Chris Loco, Show N Prove, MNEK, GorgonCity, KZ The Producer, Tre Jean-Marie. (Mashable)
Life lessons learned from the DJ who didn’t realise his set had gone silent… (Thump)
Deadmau5 discusses future spend on reinstating his ‘cube-stage’. (Dancing Astronaut)
Chase & Status’s Saul Milton says the electronic duo’s raving days are now behind them after he became a father for the first time earlier this year. (Standard)
Annie Nightingale, the longest-serving Radio 1 DJ chats grime, sexism, and Donald Trump. (NewStatesman)
We can't let the sun go down on our club scene. (The Pool - Lauren Laverne)
How Above & Beyond elevated dance music to new heights on their Acoustic II tour. (Pulse)
The Sound of Boys Noize (DJMag)
Insomniac founder Pasquale Rotella: “I still love going to illegal underground parties”. (Pulse)
Deep Inside: Clink Street was the birth of rave culture. (Mixmag - Bill Brewster)
Bollywood fused with EDM: Inside the South Asian-American music movement. (Mashable)
The sound of surveillance: How Jean-Michel Jarre made Edward Snowden an unlikely techno star. (Thump)
An oral history of the legendary '80s club that introduced Toronto to house music. (Thump)
ATM is the Philadelphia collective breaking club music boundaries. (Mixmag)
As Carl Cox prepares for his final season at Space Ibiza, we celebrate a living legend. (Mixmag - Thomas H Green)

ISSUE: 27 May 2016

How a lost generation will save the music industry from itself. (Forbes)
Mixpak boss Dre Skull talks to Thump about the upcoming Red Bull Culture Clash. (Thump)
Five tips for Lost Village Festival. (Thump)
Fact Mag were on hand to document all the highs and lows from this year's The Great Escape with a comprehensive photo diary. (Fact)
After years of drugs, sex and drink, Moby is coming clean in his new eye-opening memoir. Miranda Sawyer interviews the man himself to find out the inspiration behind its release. (GuardianWeekend)
Speaking with Pete Tong at IMS Ibiza this week, Erick Morillo opened up about his problems with alcohol and drugs, revealing that things got really "ugly" when he started to inject ketamine. (Mixmag, MagneticMag, EDM.com, Pulse)

ISSUE: 20 May 2016

Harangue the DJ: Justin Robertson. (Guardian)
This much I know: Ennio Morricone. (Observer)
Focus: Introducing… Ellie Cocks. (Data Transmission)
Industry Focus: Drew Ressler - The man behind Rukes and dance music's leading photographer. (Magnetic mag)
Why do so many DJs look so bored? (Thump)
Why is Buenos Aires waging a war on electronic music? (Thump)
Is ZHU the next Daft Punk? (Observer)
Take a Walk on the Wild Side. Chapter One – Ciudad Juarez. (TechnoStation)
Experimental yet functional: This is how London-based producer Midland tames dancefloors. (Mixmag)
Sankeys Ibiza’s David Vincent: The industry needs to be pushing females a lot more. (Pulse)
How London Warehouse Events turned London raving on its head. (Pulse)
Punishable by lash: Talking to the brave pioneer of Iran’s rave scene. (Pulse)
Kaytranada is breathing better: The XL beat adventurer on his new life in the spotlight. (Fact - David Renshaw)
Sites that offer concert tickets for resale are dominated by touts who use shady methods to buy thousands of tickets which are resold at exorbitant prices. These sites are flouting rules aimed to protect real fans. (Observer)
“In the past it was about radio play, weekly charts and sales – now it’s a minute-by-minute battle for people’s time and attention. So playlisting is one of the big reasons why artists need record labels today” says Warner Music CEO Stephen Cooper. (Billboard)
Dan Blackledge, creator of Croatia’s Hideout and Unknown festivals, explains why he's invested in a derelict island in the country that he has turned into a centre for music, culture and well-being. (Telegraph)
Armenian DJs are bringing traditional sounds into underground dance music, says Liz Ohanesian. (LA Weekly)
Thump speak to Jessy Lanza about the process behind her latest project. (Thump)
"Comments Off": How Livity Sound removed genre from the equation. The Bristol label in their own words. (Thump)
Afrobeats is the next UK hybrid dance music about to blow up – by Ian McQuaid. (Fact Mag)
Sunset Music Festival founders discuss growth so far and announce after parties for 2016 (PulseRadio)
One last journey into Space: The Ibiza club that invented raving by daylight is going out with a bang. (Times)
When it comes to electronic dance music, where my girls at? (AP)

ISSUE: 13 May 2016

Producing music for movie trailers grows into a serious business. (Variety)
Apple destroyed my will to collect music. Will Apple Music finish the job? (Slate)
DJ Storm and Goldie reflect on the life and work of their close friend and Metalheadz co-founder DJ Kemistry. (Thump)
Setting The Scene: How Flume burst out of Australia to conquer the world. (Mixmag)
James Blake: Kanye, Beyoncé, Drake and Frank Ocean have all been inspired by the unassuming Londoner’s sound. Now he’s coming of age with his new album. (Guardian - Dorian Lynskey)
Kaytranada is in constant demand as a DJ. But it’s his first LP, that could make him a star in his own right. (Guardian - Phiona Okumu)
Kaytranada is breathing better: The XL beat adventurer on his new life in the spotlight. (Fact)
Maceo Plex: "i feel it’s time we get back to the roots of Ibiza". (Pulse)
Kerri Chandler changed my life: Jeremy Underground is carrying the torch for real house music. (Fact)
Techno brought Detroit and Berlin together after the fall of the wall. More than 20 years later it may hold the key to Detroit’s resurgence. (RedBulletin)
Are we in danger of accepting laziness in the DJ booth? Ryan Keeling thinks so. (RA)
Ukranian Nastia has come a long way from dance contests in her home village. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 06 May 2016

On my radar: Gilles Peterson (Observer)
Hip House: An Oral History. (RBMA - Phillip Mlynar)
Harangue the DJ: Giles Smith (Guardian)
Q+A: Louie Vega. (Mixmag)
R.I.P. to the SoundCloud DJ. (P&P)
Holly Dicker meets the original dubsteppers, Horsepower Productions, who just dropped their first new music in five years. (RA)
Belgian artist Yves De Mey is slowing down, speeding up and currently making some of the best music of his career. Ian Maleney explains. (RA)
The veteran DJ is a leader in an increasingly exciting corner of dance music. Matt Unicomb hears about Onur Özer's journey towards stranger sounds. (RA)
There are so few women in music production, no one bothers to count. (HuffPo)
Psychedelic Techno Gurus: How counter-culture icons of the first Summer of Love came to be included in the dance music of the second. (RBMA)
Katy B talks about her new album, Netflix and nightlife. (Guardian - Harriet Gibsone)
For Adult Swim’s latest special they’ve pitted parody versions of electronic music pioneers Vangelis, Giorgio Moroder and Wendy Carlos against each other in a winner-takes-all synth battle. (Fact)
Feeling this: A conversation with Grimes. (NPR)
Setting the scene: how Flume burst out of Australia to conquer the world. (Mixmag)
An interview with Compton house producer, AshTreJinkins. (PassionWeiss)
Who are the women pioneers of dance music? (HuffPo - Carl Loben, DJ Mag)

ISSUE: 29 Apr 2016

Field Day festival: 'We're about breaking new ground and being brave’. (Standard)
Virtually Famous: Kaytranada. (Friday Standard)
Harangue the DJ: Sei A. (Saturday Guardian)
The 25 greatest dance clubs of all time. (Billboard)
Zara Larsson on Dr Luke, Beyoncé and why life isn’t ‘over at 25’. (Guardian2 Tim Jonze)
Crosley’s stereos are compact, convenient and cheap: no wonder they’re flying off the shelves. But are they any good? Three writers explore the latest turntable revolution. (Guardian2)
In the dark days of the mid-1980s, ravers in Sheffield discovered politics, pirate radio and MDMA. Now artist Mark Fell is revisiting those days in a derelict pub. (Guardian2 - Ben Beaumont-Thomas)
Who are the women pioneers of dance music? (HuffPo)
Richard Godwin meets MIA, music’s most intriguing megastar, to talk London, lawsuits and the problem with #blacklivesmatter. (Friday Standard)

ISSUE: 22 Apr 2016

The eight most sampled vocals in house. (Pulse)
Top 10 Coachella dance music moments of the last 10 years. (EDM.com)
Down the Jack Ü k-hole. (Noisey)
If you hate Calvin Harris, you're missing the point. (Noisey)
Reclaiming the queer dance floor. (NPR)
Red Axes: Guitars and synths. (RA)
Last week Grimes spoke out on her experiences of sexism. But the flurry of media attention that followed ignored her talent and focused on her as a “victim.” This doesn’t help women at all, argues Eve Barlow. (ThePool)
‘Back in the nineties, I used to think that one day artists would get the power, that day has come,’ says Philippe Ascoli, Head of Creative at Marathon Artists. (M)
Fader crunches the numbers and identified the 11 super-producers and songwriters who give today's artists the best chance of ruling the charts.
As concert merchandise becomes a more important part of their business models, pop stars like Justin Bieber, Kanye West and Rihanna are upping their game. (BusinessOfFashion)
Coachella 2016 was proof the dance music doesn’t need EDM to thrive. (Thump)
How Los Angeles became the dance music epicentre of the US, according to Pete Tong. (DancingAstronaut)
DJ EZ thinks you should get off your computer and back into the club. (Thump)
Jean-Michel Jarre records with Edward Snowden – after the Guardian brings them together. (Guardian)
Raving in Glasgow: Slam tell the epic story of The Arches. (Pulse)
It wasn’t until I started playing on vinyl that I actually understood how dance music works, writes Ross Gardiner. (Pulse)
Why EDM hates Donald Trump. (Mixmag - Marcus Dowling)
Focused, undemonstrative and a little bit shy, Kowton puts all his efforts into his innovative, incredible music. (Mixmag - Kristan Caryl)

ISSUE: 15 Apr 2016

Harangue the DJ: Nic Tasker. (Guardian)
Q+A: Alison Wonderland. (Mixmag)
DJ EZ: UK garage has never disappeared. (Pulse)
The spirituality of Sven Väth: how India influenced a dance music mastermind. (Pulse)
High Contrast discusses his new single, new album and new label. (UKF)
Celebrate the return of The Avalanches with this super interesting short film about the making of their classic debut. (Thump)
Red Hot Car: How a Japanese auto maker fueled the rise of EDM. (Fact)
Manuel Sepulveda, a designer for Planet Mu, Ninja Tune, Unsound and Hyperdub, explains how a collision between nostalgia and futurism defines his work. (RA)
From Ibiza to EDM festivals: tracing the peculiar history of the modern-day techno tourist. (Thump)
Electronic dance music icon Pasquale Rotella shares his experience and insights of EDM culture. (NYUNews)
Flex Tunes: Brooklyn's own dance music. (Pitchfork)
My beat still goes boom: an interview with electro legend The Egyptian Lover. (Thump)
The clubs of Northern Soul: The story of the clubs that made the scene. (Mixmag)
On the eve of his return to London's Fabric, Claude VonStroke discusses Dirtybird. (Fabric)
Ryan Keeling sifts through the SoundCloud account of a one-of-a-kind producer: 食品まつり a.k.a foodman. (RA)
Meet the next generation of female record label bosses. (Thump)
How the pulse of house music keeps South Africa connected. (Huck Magazine)
Suzanne Ciani explains the obstacles she faced en route to becoming one of early electronic music's most respected composers. (RA)
Rødhåd’s outsider graft and visions of dystopia have made him one of the leading techno stars on the planet, says Mark Rowlands. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 08 Apr 2016

Freaky formats: The odd-sized records you never knew existed. (VinylFactory)
Harangue The DJ: Honey Dijon. (Saturday Guardian)
Phonica Mix Series 23: Marc Schneider (Phonica)
The Importance of Being Earnest: Celebrating the godlike genius of Mike Francis. (Thump)
Soulwax’s new album, the soundtrack to Sundance hit film Belgica, features 16 songs but none of the artists featured actually exist. (Guardian2 - Dorian Lynskey)
Why Avicii is the Bob Dylan of EDM. (Thump)
Meet Fader’s Naomi Zeichner, Editor in Chief of music’s most important magazine. (ReCode)
Popping the drop: A timeline of how EDM’s bubble burst. (Pitchfork)
With a new album and chapter in his life, Kaytranada is giving all of himself for the first time. (Fader)
A report from Mexico, where pioneering female producers, culture-mashing crews, and utopian vegan festivals are setting the underground dance scene alight. (Pitchfork)
How the scene in the Romanian capital has responded to the deaths of 64 people in last year's tragedy at Colectiv. (ElectronicBeats)
Hyperdub artist Dean Blunt gives a rare interview, chatting to the Microphone Check podcast about creativity, hip-hop and race. (NPR)
Interview: UK house and techno legend Colin McBean aka Mr. G. (Hyponik)
The Field on the modular synth obsessions that drive The Follower. (Fact)
The Livity Sound producer Kowton talks through his journey so far: from teen quarry raves to Bristol’s rich bass scene. (RBMA)
Eats Everything: From dining with dead celebs to eating cacti on acid and Carl Cox closing. (Pulse)
Hey Mr Dance Producer, the words are important too! by Steve Angello. (Q)
Fast and furious: Why Avicii had to retire. (Mixmag - Marcus Dowling)

ISSUE: 01 Apr 2016

Harangue The DJ: Bullion (Guardian)
Breaking Through: SØS Gunver Ryberg. (RA)
Q&A: Andy C. (Mixmag)
Label of the month: Unknown To The Unknown. (RA)
PC Music's cunning shift from internet fad to major label hit factory. (Noisey)
The rise and fall of Mo'Wax founder James Lavelle - and the record industry that fell with him. (Verge)
'He was like the Messiah': Larry Levan, the DJ who changed dance music forever. (Guardian)
The new paradigm: The majors now believe that Spotify will begin to experiment with windowed paid-tier exclusives; labels reduce costs, but publishing companies suffer decline in mechanicals; the problems of a coordinated global rollout. (Hits)
Pop goes the sofa. (Times) Can’t make it to the gig? Then catch it at home. Live concert streaming is an idea whose time has come.
New Las Vegas nightclubs “for cool people” say EDM isn’t cool anymore. (ChartAttack)
NYC beatsmith the Range has used unwatched YouTube performers to voice his new album. He tells why the nobodies do it better. (Guardian)
10 times electronic music ruled Glastonbury. (Pulse)
EDM YouTube comments might restore your faith in humanity. (Vice)
Bring it like a superhero: London's Vogue scene is rising. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 24 Mar 2016

Harangue the DJ: JD Samson. (Guardian)
Virtually famous: Baauer (Standard - David Smyth)
Leon Vynehall explains how he built Rojus. (Mixmag)
10 years ago: Skrillex was still Sonny Moore when hardcore band From First to Last released Heroine. (Diffuser)
Celebrated UK duo Disclosure let us peek behind the scenes of their elaborate live set-up. (RBMA)
Conversations in live techno from the Polish underground. (CreateDigitalMusic)
Spotlight Louis Futon: melding hip-hop and electronic music. (Billboard)
How to listen to music. Escaping algorithms and musical ruts. (Atlantic)
Is post-communist Prague the world's next techno capital? (Thump)
Miami’s DJ Mr Brown has dedicated his life to DJing and record collecting. (Mixmag)
Lee 'Scratch' Perry at 80: 'I am a prince and the music is the king’. (Guardian - Dave Simpson)
Wolfgang Gartner talks sobriety, social media and getting arrested. (EDM.com)
Bristol’s My Nu Leng unify garage, dubstep, grime and drum’n’bass to push the boundaries of dance music. (Mixmag)
Ben Pearce opens up about struggling with pressure, getting back to making music and never being concerned with what's at the top of the charts. (Magnetic Magazine)
Bloc '16: a wonderful festival ruined by one of its founders. (Mixmag)
To the bitter old dude in the back: Our generation of "dull hipsters" is raving just fine. (Thump - Angus Harrison)
Christian Eede visits the last ever edition of Bloc for a weekend packed with one-of-a-kind experiences. It's just a shame that co-founder George Hull doesn't seem to feel the same way. (Quietus)
What Bloc’s founder gets hideously, hilariously wrong about today’s “spineless hipster” ravers. (Fact)
I dropped out of university to pursue a career as a rave promoter. Raves now aren’t worth promoting. (Spectator - George Hull of Bloc)

ISSUE: 18 Mar 2016

Harangue the DJ: Riton. (Guardian)
How Planet Mu operator Ital Tek made his most emotional album yet. (Fact)
The Interview: Underworld. (Spin)
Advice for young women looking to break into the music industry, from Discwoman's MoMA PS1 panel. (Thump)
Back with a new album inspired by the joy of revisiting their early work, Underworld talk creativity, longevity – and why this could be their most satisfying project yet. (Observer - Jude Rogers)
Noisey met Zane Lowe in Los Angeles where he tells his story and what it’s like to continually be recognised as “the old guy who interviewed Kanye.” (YouTube)
Mura Masa's new single is a glorious gallimaufry of musical invention. (Mark Savage)
It was the viral hit that broke YouTube records. But for its creator Baauer the Harlem Shake soon became a burden. (Guardian - Ian McQuaid)

ISSUE: 11 Mar 2016

Harangue the DJ: Aurora Halal. (Guardian)
A Swedish musician has created an incredible instrument box using over 2000 marbles. (EDM.com)
I discover all the best music in my life through video games. (Noisey)
Video mashup wizard Antonio Maria Da Silva recently released his second Hell's Club video, which features Daft Punk DJ-ing in a club full of the craziest assortment of famous movie characters you're ever likely to see. (EDM.com)
M83: Nostalgia at the end of the world. (Pitchfork)
A year in the life of Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris - pop's most powerful couple. (Mirror)
Carl Cox: "It's time for me to take a step back and have my own life". (Pulse)
Daedelus on Daedelus: LA’s beat scene vanguard traces his musical evolution. (Fact)
What does it take to be a superstar DJ? Just ask the Canadian dance don Tiga, who explains why principle, passion and a pheromone mist spray may help. (Guardian)
NYC’s Discwoman collective is the subject of the first episode of ‘Tribes’, a new video series from Smirnoff Sound Collective looking at groups around the world fostering diversity and inclusivity within dance music. (Mixmag)
Backed by gunfire and explosions, a new wave of electronic musicians are providing a soundtrack to the apocalypse. (Guardian - Ben Beaumont-Thomas)
I went to Mexico for a DJ gig and ended up in jail on suspicion of murder. (Thump)
Kyo bridges the gap between underground and mainstream in Singapore, says Marlina Azmi. (Pulse)
America's gay techno underground. (RA)
Meet the female DJs changing the EDM scene and fighting for equal pay. (EliteDaily)
The CRSSD Festival, San Diego, highlights non-commercial electronic dance music, says Jim Fusilli. (WSJ)
What Cuba thought of Major Lazer's historic Havana show. (Pitchfork)
Diplo and Major Lazer bring "revolutionary sound" to Havana. (CBSNews)
Diplo and Major Lazer bring their brand of music to Cuba. (NYTimes)
21st-century DJs: spinning beyond the post-capitalist dream. (The Conversation)
The new sound of clubland? Riots, explosions and gunfire. (Guardian)
Hardstyle’s biggest attempt to take America by storm ended with a whimper. (Thump)

ISSUE: 04 Mar 2016

Harangue the DJ: Rebekah. (Saturday Guardian)
Top 10 April 2016 Festivals. (RA)
Five jobs Bassnectar worked before he became a bass king. (EDM.com)
Five new artists Deadmau5 fans will love. (EDM.com)
Jeremy Greenspan talks with Andrew Ryce about abandoning, and then reviving, his band with Matt Didemus. (RA)
When ecstasy was still legal, America’s most hedonistic and forward-thinking club, Starck, was located in a surprisingly conservative city: Dallas, Texas. (RBMA)
After an unfortunate fire effectively burnt legendary Hamburg club Golden Pudel to the ground last month, can the club rise back to greatness from the ashes? (Fact)
Kesha's attempt to break deal with producer reveals power shift to behind-the-scenes hitmakers. (FT Weekend)
Aftermath and recovery: Heathcliff Berru speaks, and reporting on sexual assault in the music industry. (BKMag)
The DJ Becky Tong talks about how the music business is trying to promote positive female role models. (HarpersBizarre)
Grimes: 'I always feel weird selling art'. (ES Magazine)

ISSUE: 26 Feb 2016

Harangue the DJ: Veronica Vasicka. (Saturday Guardian)
As ‘The Rave Story’ launches in London, Dazed looks back at the movement that shaped clubbing as we know it today. (DazedDigital)
The queen of sample clearance: an interview with Deborah Mannis-Gardner. (Forbes)
Why you're going to want the world's new E-Vape. (Mixmag)
D.J. Katapila: Spinning tunes in Ghana, with the world on his mind. (NYTimes)
Kygo on his rise to fame: 'I have to enjoy it while it lasts'. (Billboard)
The rise of Kygo’s laid-back house music. (NewYorker)
You're probably listening to Spotify wrong. Be a power user. (Wired)
We asked Pete Tong every question we could think of right before he went on stage. (Thump)
Is Tidal sailing steadily, or headed for the rocks? (Guardian - Eamonn Forde)
The problem with music blog premieres. (Medium - RAC, artist)
Taking Kontrol: Hugo Massien opens up about the UK house scene. (Thump)
Committed to tape: cassette culture and the fringes of dance music. (Bonafide)

ISSUE: 19 Feb 2016

Harangue the DJ: Junior Boys (Guardian)
The most influential tools of electronic music. (GearPatrol)
Which comes first in contemporary music technology: the musician or the machine? (Thump)
A rundown of the top five festivals to get that festival adrenaline rushing in 2016. (EDM.com)
Mike Caren takes a holistic approach to A&R, whether collaborating on songwriting and production with artists like Beyoncé and David Guetta; signing artists and overseeing their recordings; or helping them get their businesses off the ground under the umbrella of his company, Artist Partners Group. (Billboard)
Sexism, deceit, and power: The corrupt mechanics behind modern pop music. (Noisey)
Toronto based producer Grandtheft believes “big, corny EDM is dying”. (EDM.com)
Andy C discusses his All Night at Alexandra Palace, London, event coming this March. (Sun)
Kygo, the Norwegian classical pianist turned superstar DJ. (Times)
Why is every single UK dance music festival line up pretty much exactly the same? (Thump)
The house DJ of the Bernie Sanders Campaign, Mel Sandico. (NYTimes)
At home with Dave Audé on the day he won a Grammy. (Beatport)
Hovering somewhere between techno, ambient and drum & bass but rejecting the conventions of all three, Felix K's records are as elusive as they are absorbing. Mark Smith hears about the production methods behind his sound. (RA)
Max Stern chats with Brasstracks, Alexander Lewis and JNTHN STEIN to see how they use their background in classical music training to fuel their electronic experimentation. (Magnetic Magazine)

ISSUE: 12 Feb 2016

Harangue the DJ: Roni Size (Saturday Guardian)
Check out this huge archive of helmet-free Daft Punk pictures. (Fact)
A rare early interview with Aphex Twin has been unearthed this week, featuring a 20-year-old Richard D. James talking to the German radio DT64 show Dancehall in 1992. (Fact)
Q&A: Antigone returns to Token Records with his new EP Suadade next month. Token label head Kr!z discusses how it came about. (XLR8R)
Havana's new beat: electronic music is on the rise in Cuba. (Thump)
What happens when DJs take Facebook more seriously than their records? (Thump)
A digital marketing guide for artists, DJs, labels and brands in 2016. (Decoded)
Software? Hardware? Or Both? Jordan Rothlein profiles a powerhouse of music technology: Native Instruments. (RA)
North of Stockholm, a crew of young producers have perfected a nu-disco sound that's conquering the world, says Thomas H Green. (Mixmag)
Havana's new beat: electronic music is on the rise in Cuba. (Thump)

ISSUE: 05 Feb 2016

Virtually famous: Royce Wood Junior (Standard - David Smyth)
The legacy of colonial representation reared its ugly head in music videos from Major Lazer, Iggy Azalea and now Coldplay, reigniting the cultural appropriation debate. (Guardian - Rashmee Kumar)
Tech companies are leading the rise of crowdsourced A&R. (Forbes)
Royce Wood Junior: the production wizard steps out of the shadows. (Huck)
Why Italo-disco matters now more than ever. (Pulse)
Rihanna’s ANTI was downloaded more than 1.4m times in the 15 hours since the record was officially released on Tidal. (Spin) ANTI sells fewer than 1,000 copies, but some call it a hit. (NYTimes)
Sales of Rihanna’s much-delayed album look dire on paper – but in a world of streaming, free downloads and blockbuster tours, that may not matter anymore. (Guardian - Eamonn Forde)

ISSUE: 29 Jan 2016

Harangue the DJ: Beatrice Dillon. (Saturday Guardian)
Who is the Kanye West of dance music? (Thump)
The Grammys examine EDM as the genre diversifies in 2016 categories. (DancingAstronaut)
How Dublin became a hotspot for hard-hitting techno. (Thump)
John Digweed interviewed on his expansive career. (Pulse)
Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike have come under severe scrutiny since winning the DJ Mag poll last year, and are out to try and prove their authenticity through strictly vinyl-based DJ sets. (EDM.com)
A look behind the scenes during the building process of a Daft Punk helmet. (Mixmag)
Meet Shuja Rabbani, the Afghan producer on a mission to bring EDM to Afghanistan. (Thump)
Underground legend Mr. C: "90% of DJs/producers are sheep". (Pulse)
Ahead of AnD's show on home turf, they discuss how Manchester's grey, industrial feel influenced them, why they'd never change their past work, and find out why hard can be meditative. (Pulse)
Music industry veteran Simon Napier-Bell delivers a keynote at IMS Asia-Pacific 2015. (IMS)
AFEM presents Protect The Dancefloor from IMS Asia-Pacific 2015. (IMS)
Tropical house breakout Kygo leads dance music's search for chiller vibes, says Ryan Mac. (Forbes)
DJDS aims to inject emotion into dance music on Stand Up And Speak, says Elias Leight. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 22 Jan 2016

Harangue the DJ: Danny Howard. (Saturday Guardian)
Run DMC, WhoSampled and the need for positive conversations around music sampling. (Forbes)
Q&A: how Numbers label boss Jackmaster became one of the world’s most in-demand DJs. (Mixmag)
Q&A: Danielle Antezza, the man behind Dadub and Inner8, discusses the launch of his new label Holotone. (XLR8R)
Has there ever been a dance record with decent lyrics? (Thump)
Fatboy Slim: DJ fights, Banksy and the fall of EDM. (RedBull)
10 things we learned from Billboard Dance Editor Matt Medved's Reddit AMA. (Billboard)
Eight artists taking American dance music to the next level in 2016. (Mixmag)
A history of British nightlife according to Dave Haslam. (Thump)
Kygo delivers dance beats, with a side order of pan flute, claims Michaelangelo Matos. (NYTimes)
From 8Bit To EDM: Gaming's electronic music history. (Magnetic Magazine)
From the bar to the 12-bar: Why dance music loves the blues. (Guardian)
Let there be house: How Frankie Knuckles started a revolution. (Beatport)

ISSUE: 15 Jan 2016

10 house and techno producers to watch in 2016. (Fact)
The year in B2B DJ sets. (NPR)
Point Blank Presents: Breaking Into EDM [Ep. 017 - Styles&Complete]. (EDM.com)
Point Blank Presents: Breaking Into EDM [Ep. 016 - Boombox Cartel]. (EDM.com)
The EDM Network’s top 10 dubstep tracks of 2015, (EDM.com) as well as their top 10 bass house, progressive house and electro house tracks. (EDM.com)
This vinyl revival is really sucking the life and fun out of music collecting. (Noisey)
Harangue the DJ: Jonas Rathsman. (Guardian Guide)
The UK needs safe club spaces for their queer, BAME and female demographic – we investigate how to push ahead. (Dazed - Kieran Yates)
The 10 greatest David Bowie remixes of all time. (Pulse)
A revisit of David Bowie’s 1997 electronica album Earthling, featuring excerpts from a past interview with the man himself voicing his thoughts on the album. (EDM.com)
10 times electronic producers turned David Bowie originals into otherworldly space odysseys. (Thump)
The world's most successful DJs. (Red Bulletin)
An ode to bouncers, the most honest account of clubbing ever. (Thump)
How skateboarding learned to love house music. (Thump)
SOPHIE, a young British producer is aiming to create sounds you can taste. Is he for real? (Sunday Times - Lisa Verrico)
Why the so-called "vinyl boom" may be bad news for electronic music. (Thump)
Ultra embraces streaming singles to keep a dance genre booming. (NYTimes) Founder Patrick Moxey interviewed.

ISSUE: 08 Jan 2016

Q+A: Jackmaster. (Mixmag)
Five EDM reunions and triumphant returns to look forward to in 2016. (EDM.com)
Australian duo Slumberjack stated in a recent interview that “EDM will never die”. (EDM.com)
Sigma’s dance tracks are everywhere — even Kanye West can’t escape them says Ed Potton. (Times2)
Whatever Happened to the Future: How will club music move forward in 2016? (Thump)
Steve Aoki: "You can't go in and buy the culture". The Dim Mak boss and DJ extraordinaire discusses whether brand sponsorship is making EDM become overly corporate. (EDM.com)
Five of our favourite dance music interviews from 2015. (Skiddle)
10 new year's resolutions that dance music needs right now. (Thump)
Sharam of Deep Dish and Richie McNeill of SFX Live sit for an unfiltered discussion about the industry at IMS Asia-Pacific. (IMS)

ISSUE: 18 Dec 2015

The Top 20 albums of 2015, according to Resident Advisor.
The raver's holiday gift guide 2015. (EDM.com)
Harangue the DJ: Lena Willikens (Guardian Guide)
Mad Decent Boat Party: How our MadFam came together during a tragedy. (EDM.com)
30 Minutes With: Skrillex. The bro-step pioneer discusses how he "stopped doing interviews becuase of the Guardian". (Guardian2)
Red Bull Sound Select spotlights Basecamp's lavish new single. (EDM.com)
Fighting to keep EDM alive: meet the group standing up for your right to rave. (EDM.com)
The moment that launched Daft Punk into stardom. (EDM.com)
Interview: Daniel Bortz. (XLR8R)
11 festivals that changed the game in 2015. (Thump)
Fact’s 20 best house and techno tracks of 2015.
Dancing Astronaut’s top 10 albums of 2015.
Billboard’s 10 best electronic/dance albums of 2015.
Thump’s top 10 UK mixes of 2015. (Thump)
Kelvin Beat, one half of Dominican EDM duo Lash, on being DJs in their home country. (EDM.com)
NPR's favourite dance tracks of 2015.
Five dance music books you should be asking Father Christmas for. (Thump)
20 best EDM and electronic albums of 2015. (Rolling Stone)
As Tale Of Us prepare to begin a new chapter, Mixmag celebrates its DJs of the year.
Top 10 In Sessions, Mixmag's flagship series, of 2015.
The best artwork of 2015. (Mixmag)
The top 20 compilations of 2015. (Mixmag)
16 artists who will make your year in 2016. (Mixmag)
Mixmag's top 100 tunes of 2015.
Mixmag's top 10 DJs of 2015.
The best record labels of 2015. (Mixmag)
The top 5 breakthrough DJs of 2015. (Mixmag)
The top 50 albums of 2015. (Mixmag)
The year in electronic music. (Pitchfork)
12 powerful quotes about the state of dance music from IMS Asia-Pacific. (Pulse)
10 things we learned at IMS Asia-Pacific. (IMS)

ISSUE: 11 Dec 2015

Q&A: DJ Craze. (Mixmag)
Odesza on the future of EDM, why music should be free. (Rolling Stone)
Meet MØ: The voice behind Spotify's most-streamed track. (BBC)
Berghain resident Answer Code Request will push your limits on the dancefloor. (Thump)
Boys Noize discusses ten years of Boysnoize Records. (Dancing Astronaut)
Diplo discuss his Grammy nomination, ‘Lean On’ snub, and his dream award. (Billboard)
Thump’s 50 best tracks of 2015. (Thump)
Laurent Garnier Electrochoc is the must-read book for music lovers charting the iconic DJ's story so far. (Mirror)
For dance music, 2015 was the year of dumb free speech. (LA Weekly)
Breaking Through: Wata Igarashi. (RA)
Label of the month: Interdimensional Transmissions. (RA)
Dance music at the Grammys: a brief (and frustrating) history. (Vulture)

ISSUE: 04 Dec 2015

Harangue the DJ: Axel Boman. (Guardian Guide)
The worst record covers of 2015. (Thump)
The best music marketing of 2015. (AdAge)
The 10 best record labels of 2015. (Fact)
Get an inside look at this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event with their official RESONATE documentary. (Dancing Astronaut)
A guide to Art Basel: five parties to check out. (YourEDM)
Top 10 January / February 2016 festivals. (RA)
10 lessons from Floating Points on swapping the DJ booth for the composer's chair. (Thump)
The 10 most influential record labels of 2015. (Pulse)
The story behind Faithless’s Insomnia. (Mixmag)
The rise of Tileyard Studios in London. (Gasholder)
Review: Take Note 2015. (Pulse)
Why door pickers are a good thing for clubland - and what a decent one really does. (Mixmag)
Trance was the sound of 2015, but don’t call it a revival. (Fact)
Danny Howard interview: representing the uk dance music scene. (Skiddle)
Lost in Music: the story of dance music in 500 images. (BJP)
Mixmag meets Diplo, Walshy Fire and Jillionaire on the road for their US tour.
Is electronic music on the brink of its grunge moment? (Verge) The genre's bleeding edge is visceral, antisocial, and downright ugly.
Stadium synth-lord Jean Michel Jarre talks to Max Dax about his new album Electronica, which features the likes of Air, Laurie Anderson and John Carpenter. (ElectronicBeats)

ISSUE: 27 Nov 2015

Have you ever wondered what ecstasy looks like under a microscope? (EDM.com)
Dolby is bringing "surround sound" to the club. (Thump)
10 dance music classics that aren't in 4/4 time. (MusicRadar)
Harangue the DJ: Redlight (Saturday Guardian)
Producer Crywolf said what everyone is thinking: Part II. (EDM.com)
Producer Crywolf said what everyone is thinking: Part I. (EDM.com)
Solving the discovery problem: new music that sounds like old music. (Chris Price, New Slang Media)
Bok Bok, Pearson Sound, Ruf Dug and other local DJs discuss the importance of saving Peckham, one of south east London’s cultural hubs. (Thump)
Twenty years on, Maxi, Sister Bliss and even the elusive Rollo tell the story behind Faithless’ mega-hit, Insomnia. (Mixmag - Dave Jenkins)
The Chemical Brothers bring Hollywood special effects to dance music. (Engadget)
Desis on deck: what it's like being a brown kid in dance music. (Thump - Jemayel Khawaja)
Deep House vs. #DerpHouse: Your guide to dance music’s most controversial genre. (Spin)
Steve Angello tells the non-EDM version of his crazy life story on Wild Youth. (Spin)
Ninja Tune at 25: Coldcut’s Matt Black looks back. (Medium)
Interview: Gilles Peterson’s inspirations and influences. (Redbull)
Jeremy Olander talks about Vivrant Label, premieres Taiga off inaugural EP. (Billboard)
How Ableton’s Link technology will change the way electronic musicians collaborate. (Fact)
Wolgang Flür interview: a peculiar dance music presenter. (Skiddle)
We asked a room full of dope women about how to close the gender gap in dance music. (Thump)
Zach Cowie: the DJ behind Master of None's amazing soundtrack. (USA Today)
Adam Wiltzie and Brian McBride have made some of the most affecting ambient music of our time. Ian Maleney talks to them about their 20-year journey so far. (RA)
The lost art of the warm-up DJ is just as important as that of the peak-time headliner. (Mixmag)
A history of Roulé, Daft Punk’s forgotten record label. (Medium - Ben Cardew)

ISSUE: 20 Nov 2015

Somebody snuck a 360° camera into Coachella and you can watch it all here. (YourEDM)
Interview: Blondish. (Deep House Amsterdam)
Apparat talks innovation, enjoyment and discusses upcoming record ‘Moderat’. (Thump)
An interview with a ghost producer. (UKF)
Bonobo talks Outlier brand, Output residency & next album. (Billboard)
How $500,000-a-night DJ Kaskade - a 44-year-old Mormon father of three - became electronic dance music’s most unassailable superstar. (Buzzfeed)
Seven years in the making: a deep dive into Djakarta Warehouse Project’s history and Indonesia’s thriving electronic music scene. (Dancing Astronaut)
The first episode of The Vinyl Factory’s Analogue series sees sampling specialist Matthew Herbert in his studio during the summer of 2014, just a few feet from the incoming tide on Whitstable’s pebbly shoreline. (Fact)
Steve Aoki discusses the economics behind his million-dollar brand and the financial impact streaming services such as Apple Music and Spotify are having on artists. (Dancing Astronaut)
How 56 nights in a Dubai jail changed DJ Esco's life forever. (Fader)
How dub master Kode9 became the hero of zero. (Guardian)
DJ 3LAU living the millennial dream: making millions at the party. (Forbes)
Christine Kakaire tracks down one of Detroit's most respected artists: Andrés. (RA)

ISSUE: 13 Nov 2015

Harangue the DJ: Prins Thomas (Saturday Guardian)
Label of the month: NAAFI. (RA)
Q&A: Ukrainian producer Etapp Kyle will release his second EP via Ben Klock’s Klockwork label on November 23. (XLR8R)
The 15 greatest dance music cities of all time. (Billboard) Chicago comes in at number 1.
The 20 best dance music tracks in history. (LA Weekly)
The rage of Grimes. (Atlantic)
San Holo talks life, music and business. (YourEDM)
Interview: Swedish house duo Bambook. (Deep House Amsterdam)
Ecstasy, fake LSD, and sort-of magic mushrooms: the future of dance music’s drugs. (Spin)
DJ Auntie Flo and his Highlife club are part of a loose worldwide crew blending global and electronic beats, and creating something completely new in the process. (Guardian - Kevin EG Perry)
Watch Jean Michel Jarre discuss the evolution of synthesizers. (Fact)
In Conversation: Tony Humphries. The fabled progenitor of the Jersey house sound chats with Dennis Kane about the early years. (XLR8R)
Back to nature, back to the music: Desert Hearts upends the luxe EDM fest model. (LA Times)
Disciples on working with Calvin Harris, Sir David Rodigan, new EP The Following and 2015 highlights. (Sun)
Rave culture and Robert Henke: How Berlin gave birth to Ableton and Lumiere Ii. (Thump)
Nina Kraviz has given a guest lecture at Oxford University, UK, during which she discussed her faith in the younger generation of dance music fans and producers. (Mixmag)
Floating Points steers clear of the dance floor on his ‘very considered’ new LP Elaenia. (Spin)
Electronic music through the ears of mutant trumpeter Ben Neill. (Ear Milk)
Jonas Rathsman: the folk-dancing fashion designer turned house sensation. (Spin)

ISSUE: 06 Nov 2015

Harangue the DJ: Nicole Moudaber. (Guardian)
Q&A: Hyperdub label head Kode9. (Mixmag)
Q&A: Paulo Reachi, A&R of Tresor, spills some details about running the prestigious label ahead of Spanish artist Psyk’s debut. (XLR8R)
Wikihow have released an illustrated guide on the dos and don’ts of dancing in a nightclub. (Thump)
We've uncovered the most popular EDM genre in the US. (EDM.com)
Billboard’s Top 50 EDM love songs of all time. (Billboard)
A trip inside the strange, mysterious world of Claptone. (Mixmag)
Under the Knife: How surgeons are affected by different music genres. (EDM.com)
Ahead of the release of his new record on Strictly Rhythm, former Shelter resident Mystic Bill runs through the five records that tore the club up night after night. (Thump)
Electronic musician Matthew Herbert explains why his new work will feature imagined sounds, recorded on paper. (Independent)
The first ever crowdfunded tour - a shrewd & brilliant business plan. (EDM.com)
Renowned journalist Lisa Ling has penned an essay sharing her past experiences with drugs and underground rave culture. (Dancing Astronaut, CNN)

ISSUE: 30 Oct 2015

Q&A: UK based DJ and producer Inigo Kennedy chats about new EP Clarion Call, out November 20. (XLR8R)
Loco Dice on Underground Suicide Squad and the process of making the new album. (Sun)
In Conversation: Carl Craig and Matthew Dear. (Resident Advisor)
Hear the 1995 mixtape that lit the EDM fuse and introduced America to Daft Punk. (Thump)
King Midas Sound interviewed at Unsound 2015 on their collaboration with Fennesz and how the live setup came about. (Fact)
Terraces and Techno: How Simple Things turned Bristol inside out. (Thump)
Afrika Bambaataa and Mark Ronson remember two influential generations of hip-hop dance parties ahead of being honoured next month for their contributions to New York City’s club scene. (Guardian)
Beyond the spotlight with Nic Burger (Universal Music Group/Kleek/AFEM). (Pulse)

ISSUE: 23 Oct 2015

Jean-Michel Jarre’s favourite albums. (Resident Advisor)
Harangue the DJ: Hunee. (Guardian)
Interview: Floating Points. (Fact)
Jeff Mills Q&A: ADE15. (DJBroadcast)
Inside Berghain’s Pop Kultur Festival. (Mixmag)
Interview: Visionist. On his new album, the London producer pushes back with a foray into abstract territory. (XLR8R)
Dave Tompkins maps the bass landscape in Miami. (RedBull)
How to crack the code of Sun Ra, according to DJ Gilles Peterson. (Noisey)
Carlos Hawthorn profiles tINI, the German DJ whose rise through house and techno has been achieved by doing things her own way. (Resident Advisor)
The evolution of electronic music in 26 records, by Juan Atkins: ADE15. (DJBroadcast)

ISSUE: 16 Oct 2015

Harangue the DJ: Kurupt FM (Guardian)
Q&A: Norwegian duo Ost & Kjex discuss the making of upcoming third album Freedom Wig ahead of its November release. (XLR8R)
In conversation with Ben Klock: “I am not a techno purist.” (Thump)
Evian Christ aired his views on the meaninglessness of clubbing in a recent interview. (Dazed & Confused)
A look back at the legacy left by London’s Trade Club, the city’s first ever after-hours club, ahead of its 25th birthday celebration and final hurrah next week. (Guardian)
New York’s first Blade Rave took place last weekend during the city’s Comic Con festival, which saw an entire crowd get drenched in fake blood. (Guardian)
Five ADE live streams to watch this weekend. (Thump)
Winners and losers of the 2015 Ibiza closing parties. (Pulse)
The road to tomorrow with Dave Clarke. (Mixmag)
Nadus may be an ambassador of Newark’s Jersey club sound, but the 24-year-old producer and DJ born Rahshon Bright refuses to allow himself to be boxed in. (Fact)
Producer PVC discusses the bass house scene and unveils a new mix. (Data Transmission)
Ninja Tune turns 25: founder explains the 'cooperative capitalism' behind the label. (Billboard)
Scots DJ Mylo on returning with new album and how he refuses to be haunted by his label missing out on Calvin Harris. (Daily Record)
You can now see every US state’s favourite music festival thanks to a visual map from Promotions Now. (YourEDM)

ISSUE: 09 Oct 2015

Harangue the DJ: Mr G (Guardian Guide)
Reel-to-reel tape is the new vinyl. (Verge)
Thump’s top 5 acts from this year’s Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg. (Thump)
Claude VonStroke talks Dirtybird Records’ origins and expansion ahead of the first ever Campout Festival this weekend. (Billboard)
A potted history of dance music on british television Vol. 2: beyond the second summer of love. (Thump)
Globetrotting house and disco upstart Le Visiteur lays out his 7-step guide to talking to labels and getting your tracks signed. (Data Transmission)
Get to know Gqom, South Africa's slow-burning club music. (Fader)
The xx's debut album will be young forever. (Fader)
Last year, Benga was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and schizophrenia. Now, he’s speaking out on mental health issues in clubland. (Guardian Guide - Kate Hutchinson)
PC Music's dark horse, Kane West, started off spoofing Kanye. Now, he's breaking down dance music and gleefully piecing together the wreckage. (Fader)
Marea Stamper, aka The Black Madonna, is a Chicago-based DJ and producer. Here, she describes a disillusioning transition in Beatport’s business practices, and predicts an imminent implosion of the mainstream EDM market. (Crack)

ISSUE: 02 Oct 2015

Kaskade’s 30-minute interview with Larry King is now available to stream in full. (Dancing Astronaut)
Detroit artist DJ Bone discusses the ‘watering down’ of DJing in an interview with Juno Plus. (Resident Advisor)
Harangue the DJ: Kiwi. (Guardian)
Toronto producer Basic Soul Unit talks through his eclectic influences. (Resident Advisor)
Diplo tells all on Justin Bieber, the rise of Diplo, and more. (Your EDM)

ISSUE: 25 Sep 2015

Harangue The DJ: Jasper James. (Guardian Guide)
Has techno become boring, 'angry' music? (Pulse)
How Big Gigantic broke the saxophone into dance music. (Billboard)
Rave culture was a big influencer on the runways of New York Fashion Week; here’s a look at the positive and negative repercussions. (Thump)
A potted history of dance music on British television: disco ducks and acid explosions (Part 1 of 3). (Thump)
A rendezvous with electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre. (Fact)
Grimes on pop music: 'You’re mostly hearing male voices run through female performers'. (Independent)
The short-lived broken beat sound is being brought out of retirement by a new wave of labels and DJs. It’s giving clubs soul again, says Joe Muggs. (Guardian)
East Londoners Rudimental have stormed the world’s charts but can still hang around unhassled in Hackney. Louise Donovan meets them. (Shortlist)
On Caracal, Disclosure are starting to leave dance music behind. (Verge)

ISSUE: 18 Sep 2015

Obituary: Colin Faver - quietly spoken DJ who championed British club culture and was one of the driving forces behind the success of Kiss FM. (Times)
Ida Engberg: 'If you have to chance to reach out, you should do it'. (Pulse)
Q&A: Dâm-Funk. With a new album on Stones Throw, the LA funk maven talks influences, recognition and Snoop Dogg. (XLR8R)
Thump staff choose their tracks that defined this year’s Bestival. (Thump)
Watch Dutch artist Legowelt make a track from scratch. (Fact)
Disclosure discuss all things Caracal in this in-depth interview. (Billboard)
Harangue the DJ: DJ Funk. (Guardian)
Electric Zoo festival, a menagerie designed for dancing. (NYTimes)
I walked around Bestival asking to test people's drugs. (Vice)
Underworld’s Karl Hyde talks about creativity and comfort zones. (IrishTimes - Jim Carroll)
Is this the end of EDM? Island Records signed ready-made teen idol Ansel Elgort to a record contract under the artist name DJ Ansolo. (DailyBeast)
Producer Atom TM once made salsa versions of Kraftwerk songs. Now with artist Robin Fox, he has created a spectacular laser dance show delivering noise straight to our ‘reptilian brains’. (Guardian)
DJ and Producer Benga has spoken out about the mental health issues that last year led him to announce his retirement from both DJing and production. (Quietus)
DJs and mental health: Electronic music's last taboo. (DJBroadcast)

ISSUE: 11 Sep 2015

Obituary: Colin Faver - early DJ and UK club culture figure. (Mixmag, Dummy)
We asked people at Electric Zoo about the Zac Efron EDM Flop, We Are Your Friends. (Spin)
Top 10 October 2015 Festivals. (Resident Advisor)
Breaking through: Elysia Crampton. (Resident Advisor)
Harangue the DJ: The Black Madonna. (Saturday Guardian)
The best albums of 2015 – so far - featuring Jamie xx, Four Tet and The Orb. (Guardian)
The month's best electronic releases, including records from Kuedo, Spatial and Beatrice Dillon, plus a look back over a night at London's Tropical Waste party. (Quietus)
Recent Forbes figures on top-earning DJs display how dance music has reached an impressive new level of mainstream success. (NY Times)
A Q&A with Nils Frahm as he prepares for the latest instalment of the Late Night Tales mix-CD series. (XLR8R)
28 years after the closing of New York’s legendary Paradise Garage, some if its regulars reunited to share their memories. (Thump)
Becoming Lane 8: A discussion with Daniel Goldstein on his back story, Rise, and his experience collaborating with Matthew Dear. (Dancing Astronaut)
Goldie and Rudimental discuss integrity, legacy and EDM in a clip for Channel 4 in the UK. (Resident Advisor)
Hudson Mohawke: Growing up and going out in Glasgow. (Thump)
A housing estate on the outskirts of Lisbon is establishing itself as the cradle of a uniquely African take on techno. (Mixmag)
He’s taken dance music down a gear and fans go wild for his blissed-out sound — now Norwegian DJ Kygo is ready to take London by storm, he tells David Smyth. (Standard - David Smyth)
DJ Stonebridge’s 1992 remix turned Show Me Love, a forgettable 12” soul record by Robin S, into a genuine 90s club anthem. And now, in 2015, there’s no escaping the damn thing, (Guardian2 - Alexis Petridis)
Thump’s favourite DJs and writers select their top tracks of the summer. (Thump)
Andrew Ryce speaks to the Shogun Audio duo SpectraSoul about moving beyond the dance floor. (Resident Advisor)
Rizzla: bringing politics and passion back to dance music. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 04 Sep 2015

Zac Efron’s long awaited EDM film We Are Your Friends had one of the worst opening weekends in cinema history. (Thump)
Evian Christ has given his own account and explanation of why he was "locked in a cage" at Leeds Festival. (Fact)
Harangue the DJ: Shy FX. (Guardian)
DJs show us around the Outlook site. (Mixmag)
While the past two years have been a whirlwind for brothers Howard and Guy of Disclosure, it seems nothing fazes them, finds Jacqui Swift. (Sun)
From Voodoo Ray to Infinity and beyond – the story of the UK's biggest rave anthems. (Guardian2 - Sam Richards)
Disclosure break down their album Caracal track by track. (Pitchfork)
Five underground print magazines taking on the dance press establishment. (Thump)
German producer Atom™ talks techno, clubbing and our planet’s crisis of creativity. (Thump)
20 women who shaped the history of dance music. (Mixmag)
A look back at 23 electronic music nominees at the MTV Music Awards, from past to present. (Dancing Astronaut)
DJs inspired by Masters At Work choose their essential tracks from the legendary duo. (Thump)
Northern Irish producer, DJ, composer and recording artist David Holmes has had his fair share of career highlights over the years. (M)
The Quinta do Mocho housing estate outside Lisbon is the cradle of a uniquely African take on techno. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 28 Aug 2015

A photo diary of Jonas Rathsman's time at Splash House Festival at Palm Springs. (XLR8R)
The 10 most essential progressive tunes of all time. (Pulse)
Eight insane facts you probably never knew about Jeff Mills. (Pulse)
Faithless are reuniting for a 20th birthday gig on Clapham Common, London, and an upcoming remix album, they tell John Aizlewood. (Standard)
St Germain was once as revered as his peers Daft Punk. Now with a new self-titled album about to be released he talks to Matt Munday who says Ludovic Navarre is the forgotten genius of French dance music. (Independent)
DJ Them Jeans reveals how he taught Zac Efron to play an EDM superstar in We Are Your Friends. (Guardian)
DJ and producer Prime Cuts from the Scratch Perverts explains why he's using a new music format called Stems. (BBC)
Pirate radio: How today's rebels have exchanged the North Sea for coffee shops and restaurants. (Independent - Ian Burrell)
Reboot: 'It’s more about names, wristbands or attitude than about music itself nowadays'. (Pulse)
How personal tragedy and public misconception helped shape Rabit's debut album. (Fact)
Justin Bieber, Diplo and Skrillex talk about the making of their hit song Where Are U Now. (NYTimes)
Leftfield: "I like this and I don't care what other people think.." (Clash)
Electronic music has long been likened to religion. Some DJs, though, make that connection explicit. Aaron Gonsher meets Robert Hood, Terrence Parker and others spreading the gospel. (RedBull)
Krewella discuss the negative stereotypes of women in EDM in this video interview. (Dancing Astronaut)
Discwoman and changing the record of all-male electronic lineups. (Forbes)
DJ's favourite Ibiza afterparties. (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 21 Aug 2015

Harangue the DJ: Sherwood and Pinch (Guardian – Kate Hutchinson)
J.G. Biberkopf discusses the forces at work during the recording of debut EP Ecologies. (Fact)
Beats 1’s Zane Lowe interviewed: "We also noticed in the first week people listened for really long amounts of time, which meant songs got tired quickly, so we revised our rotations. And we’re working on a replay service and we want to get full on-demand ready”. (Billboard)
The story of Tidal: How a European startup no one ever heard of got bought by Jay Z and became one of the best-known music companies in the world. (Business Insider)
How are bootleg labels still a ‘thing’ in the digital era? (DJBroadcast)
10 new artists you need to know: August 2015 (Rolling Stone) Featuring Icelandic techno producer Bjarki.
15 of the most legendary clubs of all time. (NME)
Five moments EDM entered the pop mainstream. (Inverse)
Nine of the world's most incredible festival venues. (Pulse)
Noir: 'It's a reflection of me...not a money machine'. (Pulse)
Skrillex and Diplo interviewed by Charlie Rose on a US chat show talk about technology and the industry. (DMN)
Basement Jaxx on their journey through dance music, Brixton, Ibiza and the future. (Sun)
Matthew Herbert believes music is a political weapon, sampling everything from the sound of bullets to pigs. His new album The Shakes goes back to his house roots, but this is a pop record packed with serious ideas. (Guardian - Tim Jonze)

ISSUE: 14 Aug 2015

Harangue the DJ: Logos (Guardian – Kate Hutchinson)
A comprehensive guide to DJ body language. (Mixmag)
5 DJs who started their careers in college. (Billboard)
A detailed diary of what it’s like to go on a 34-hour techno binge at Ibiza. It’s not all pretty. (Thump)
Young DJs and promoters discuss how the club scene has shifted away from nightclubs. (BBC)
What it means for DJs to grow old. (Pitchfork - Jonny Coleman)
A brief history of the “oft-derided” genre that is happy hardcore. (Resident Advisor)
Detroit techno stalwart Stacey Pullen discusses the boons and burdens of his hometown. (Thump)
The ‘French touch’ sound, with its cut-up samples, oodles of soul and garage-house beats, inspired Julio Bashmore’s debut album Knockin’ Boots. He tells Kate Hutchinson the tracks that most influenced him. (Guardian)
Ninja Tune is the winner of the Innovator award at this year’s AIM awards. To celebrate, label founder Jon More chooses their most definitive releases. (Guardian)
Laidback Luke is an EDM star that has been over 20 years in the making, says Mark Gwinnett. (Sun)
The history and future of Kool FM, London's oldest jungle radio station. (Vice - Jamie Clifton)
Paco Osuna: 'When techno started to come into Ibiza, there were just a few who followed it'. (Pulse)

ISSUE: 07 Aug 2015

The week in radio: Night Shift; Radio 1’s Ibiza Prom. (Observer - Miranda Sawyer)
More than 20 years into their career, the UK’s Idjut Boys are still going as strong as ever. (XLR8R)
A video of David Guetta DJ’ing properly in the late 90’s has surfaced online, and it shouldn’t be surprising. (Thump)
Synth legends John Carpenter and Jean-Michel Jarre discuss their collaboration for Jarre’s upcoming E-Project album in this video. (Resident Advisor)
DJ/producer Jillionaire of Major Lazer tells all in this insightful Q&A. (Forbes)
EDM and hip-hop's bad bromance needs an intervention. (Guardian - Ben Westhoff)

ISSUE: 31 Jul 2015

The best remixes of 2015...so far. (Pulse)
The underground's 10 leading ladies. (Pulse)
The wildest photos from Sea Dance Montenegro. (Pulse)
Interview with Hannah Wants. (Pulse)
The future of clubbing in Berlin. (DJ Broadcast)
As Detroit readies itself for Charivari’s second summer festival, two who were there take a look back at the seminal shindig’s early days. (XLR8R)
'Detroit forced us to develop our own sound and style' say Octave One. (Sun)
An in-depth look into the sadness behind the solitary shuffler. (Thump)
Your taste in music could reflect the way your brain works, according to researchers from Cambridge University. (Fact)
Deadmau5 opens up about the over saturation of the EDM scene in this in-depth interview. (Your EDM)
How techno re-vitalised Berlin, and what Detroit and L.A. can learn from their experience. (Resident Advisor)
20 years later, here are 12 albums that have stood the test of time. (Mixmag)
Jamie xx bridges dance music's past and future at Echoplex in LA (LATimes)

ISSUE: 24 Jul 2015

DJ Broadcast rundown their top 10 resident DJs of all time. (DJ Broadcast)
Photos: Nudity, cross-dressing and the open-air hedonism of Ku Ibiza in the '80s. (Pulse)
10 essential Dettmann and Klock records. (Pulse)
Seven DJs reveal how they spent their summers as Ibiza workers before they were famous. (Mixmag)
Harangue the DJ: Flight Facilities (Guardian Guide)
How to run a record label. According to ten artists going it alone, from Janelle Monae to Dre Skull. (Fader)
If Beats 1 radio isn’t your thing, here are 15 alternative internet radio stations to check out. (Fact)
Welcome to the new age disco: The untold story of London techno, 1989-1997. (RedBull)
Crossing the line: The unwritten rules (or not) of sampling. (Boilerroom)
Justin Farrar explains how Prostitutes’ “no trends electronics” have been making all the right noises. (Resident Advisor)
Detroit DJ and Bunker resident Mike Servito discusses his lofty ambitions for the future and the difficulties of being a non-producing DJ. (XLR8R)
Armin Van Buuren says that UK crowds live and breathe dance music. (Sun – Mark Gwinnett)
Len Faki says: 'less selfies - more dancing'. (Pulse)
Annie Nightingale: the pioneering DJ with golden ears still going strong on Radio 1 at 75. (Guardian)
The Chemical Brothers on the changing face of electronic music, working with Beck. (TripleJ)
A tribute to longstanding NYC promoter Rob Fernandez (Mixmag)

ISSUE: 16 Jul 2015

Interview: John Acquaviva, Fund Manager, DJ and Serial Entrepreneur. (Encore)
French DJs added their distinctive je ne sais quoi to mid-90s house music... these scenes from Parisian clubland are evoked in a new film, Eden. (Guardian - Killian Fox)
Disclosure looks beyond EDM for Caracal: 'We've got a lot more to give'. (LATimes)
Harangue The DJ: Craig David. (Guardian)
15 tracks ruling Ibiza in 2015. (Pulse)
Ibiza's best free parties. (Pulse)
Interview: Judge Jules. (Festival Baby)
Four Tet grants us a rare audience to talk dancefloor euphoria and finding his inner zen. (Guardian - Louis Pattison)
He made $28m as a DJ last year, but Avicii’s new album is headed out of the clubs. (Sunday Times - Lisa Verrico)
A look inside the studio of analog wizard Adrian Younge. (XLR8R)
Dance music pioneer Radio Slave explains why Berlin is better. (Thump)
Throwing Shade gives a rundown of London’s 10 best parties, past and present. (Thump)
Brush up on your Italo-disco knowledge with this beginner’s guide. (Thump)
Anja Simona looks at the world of electronic music journalism, and asks why there aren’t more female voices within the community, reflecting upon women’s participation in club culture beyond the dance floor. (DJBroadcast)
Meet the people behind 24-7 Ibiza; a team of British Christians who spend their late nights rescuing the most obvious casualties from the island’s war on drugs. (Thump)
A list of some of the most anticipated albums still to come in 2015. (Fact)
Oasis’ Noel Gallagher takes aim at dance music. (Mixmag)
Groove Armada on their Little Black Book and the changing landscape of dance music. (Sun - Mark Gwinnett)
Resident Advisor has remained staunchly independent, with a devotion to the underground side of the culture that is at odds with the music’s mainstream popularity. (NYTimes) The feature also reports that rival electronic music site Dancing Astronaut is said to be in talks to be acquired by Insomniac, a dance promoter whose majority owner is Live Nation.

ISSUE: 10 Jul 2015

A breakdown of the acts to watch out for at this year’s EXIT Festival. (Dancing Astronaut)
Interview: John Acquaviva, Fund Manager, DJ and Serial Entrepreneur. (Encore)
20 incredible photos from Space Ibiza in the '80s, '90s and '00s. (Pulse)
Julio Bashmore discusses the process behind his upcoming album Knockin’ Boots, with fried chicken playing a surprising role. (Thump)
3LAU and Z-Trip’s heated debate at this year’s EDMbiz has opened up a discussion on the true role of the DJ. (Dancing Astronaut)
Alan Fitzpatrick on the secrets of a killer remix. (Pulse)

ISSUE: 03 Jul 2015

A new, in-depth Daft Punk documentary is now available to watch online, but in French only, and without subtitles. (Your EDM)
25 years of Space Ibiza - 10 pivotal moments. (Pulse Radio)
A comprehensive rundown of June’s must-hear reissues and retrospectives. (Fact)
Hardwell speaks about the EDM vs underground debate, his hip hop roots, his fan's distrust of change, defends large DJ fees, and talks his all new residency at Ushuaia Ibiza. (Pulse Radio)
tINI talks her ethos towards free beach parties, tINI & The Gang, her plans for the summer and more. (Pulse Radio)
On 24 June, French TV screened the long-awaited Daft Punk documentary. Here’s what to look out for when it is screened in Britain. (Guardian)
Jamie xx is now venturing into ballet at the Manchester International Festival. The self-confessed control freak tells Daniel Dylan Wray how he is coping with collaboration. (Independent)
A fascinating look at the rise and fall of the Cyberkid movement. (Mixmag)
Candi Staton: how we made Young Hearts Run Free. (Guardian)
The Chemical Brothers discuss two decades of fame and the changing face of dance music in this in-depth, retrospective interview. (The Guardian)
Mike Grant’s Moods & Grooves label has put together one of Detroit’s best discographies. Here’s a look into how it all happened. (Resident Advisor)
Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn discusses his lifelong vinyl obsession. (Fact)
Glastonbury may be the world’s most celebrated music festival, but it’s still got its fair share of strange moments. (Thump)
Case in point – here are 15 of the strangest things overheard at Glastonbury’s dance tents this year. (Thump)
Todd Terje and Jaga Jazzist’s Lars Horntveth find common ground in this joint interview. (XLR8R)

ISSUE: 26 Jun 2015

Matthew Collin recalls the Berlin Love Parade of 1992 and reveals how it was inspired by the UK’s Summer of Love. (Mixmag)
What causes once-loved records to become nothing more than a punchline? (Thump)
Touch Sensitive, one of Australia’s favourite dance music exports, runs through his favourite Nu Disco tracks. (DJ Mag)
A roundup of the tracks that are currently making waves at Ibiza. (Mixmag)
A comprehensive look at all of James Murphy’s post-LCD Soundsystem projects. (FACT)
A timeline of pop's biggest producers. (Verge)

ISSUE: 19 Jun 2015

A rundown of the 14 Most Powerful Artists in EDM. (Billboard)
She’s Radio 1’s champion of new music, the successor to Zane Lowe and John Peel, but she’s also the boss of a booming clubbing brand. We go poolside in Palm Springs to find out: what does Annie Mac know that other DJs don’t? (Guardian)
A timeline of pop's biggest producers. (Verge)
Breaking down the magic behind All Day I Dream: Lee Burridge weighs in on his sacred space. (Dancing Astronaut)
Jamie Jones: The UK's biggest house DJ. (Mixmag)
Matthew Collin recalls the Berlin Love Parade of 1992 and reveals how it was inspired by the UK’s Summer of Love. (Mixmag)
An in-depth look into Binh’s subtly charming sound and his success in moving beyond the insular world of minimal house. (Resident Advisor)
Is Sonar Festival getting too big for its own good? (Thump)
Note to future Skrillex-interviewers – do your research. (Your EDM)
Need a DJ booth with plenty of storage space? Here’s how to build your own using IKEA parts. (Data Transmission)
Bangface: Neo-rave utopia. (RA)
Leftfield interview: ‘Music used to be about a position’. (Independent - Matt Munday)
Chris York of SJM Concerts explains how to get that giant show from initial booking to happy artist playing a packed stadium or park. (Guardian)

ISSUE: 12 Jun 2015

Giorgio Moroder changed pop forever with the bassline of Donna Summer’s 1977 disco classic I Feel Love. Alexis Petridis finds out who are among the star guests on his new solo album, Deja-vu. (Guardian)
Miguel Campbell tells Rich West about the trials of following his own path with the style of music he wanted to create when all around him were taking the quick path to the mainstream. (Sun - Rich West)
Why DJs need to ditch those goddamn masks. (Pulse)
The tracks that ruled the 2015 Ibiza opening parties. (Pulse)
Is Jamie xx the Sam Smith of dance music? (Guardian)
Dutch king Willem-Alexander was invited to Chicago, the birthplace of House music, to talk about the industry at a dinner hosted by the School Of House. (Deep House Amsterdam)
A nine-year-old DJ’d on the main stage at Sunset Music Festival in Tampa, Florida the other week. Is it a sign of just how watered down modern electronic music has become? (Dancing Astronaut)
30 Under 30 in music: The class of 2015. Featuring Afrojack, Arca, Martin Garrix, DJ Mustard, Porter Robinson and FKA Twigs (Forbes)
The day I learned to stop hating laptop DJs. (Medium - DJ Rob Swift)
The Arches and the trouble with UK nightlife. (Resident Advisor)
Quality, quantity and diversity - Andrew Ryce explains why US newcomer Matrixxman is ticking all of the boxes. (Resident Advisor)
As the 2015 Ibiza season begins, the gladiators enter the arena. Who will triumph? (Mixmag)
Australian star Flume thought he was making strange downtempo tunes – but they’re making people dance the world over. (Guardian)
Armin van Buuren chats about recording his latest record and gushes over how far dance music has come since he first broke through. (Billboard)
Armin van Buuren just dropped this Game Of Thrones trance remix. (Billboard)
Ten Walls, GFOTY and Boddika have all said hateful things of late – so are they isolated bigots or symptomatic of a wider intolerance? (Guardian)
10 legendary DJs, including Aphex Twin, Carl Cox and Fatboy Slim, give their verdict on EDM. (Thump)
Some key takeaways from Major Lazer’s recent Reddit AMA. (Dancing Astronaut)
Adult Swim recently announced their annual Singles Program release schedule, including some eye-catching singles from the likes of Skrillex, Run The Jewels and Flying Lotus. (Dancing Astronaut)
A retrospective look at the factors that led to Daft Punk permanently adopting their robot personas. (Your EDM)
Product placement is increasingly creeping into the lyrics of popular music, according to a study. (Times)
A tiny club night in West Yorkshire has become the unlikely destination for electronica’s leading lights. Just get there before bedtime, says Tony Naylor. (Guardian)
Harangue The DJ: Awesome Tapes From Africa (Guardian)
More internet reaction to Ten Walls’ infamous post. (Thump)

ISSUE: 05 Jun 2015

Here's what we learned at the International Music Summit in Ibiza. (Mixmag)
Five things we learnt at IMS Ibiza. (RotD)
Fatboy Slim: 'Make no mistake: EDM will crash and burn'. (Thump)
Want to know what the hottest tracks of the Circo Loco opening were? Look no further. (Mixmag)
Veteran DJ and artist Laurent Garnier discusses clubland longevity. (XLR8R)
Superstar DJs Axel Hedfors and Sebastian Ingrosso made their names as members of Swedish House Mafia — now they’re back as a duo and ready to get London raving again, they tell David Smyth. (Standard)
Jamie xx explains why going solo with his debut album, In Colour, suits him just fine. (Guardian2 p4-6 Alexis Petridis)
This is who Shamir is. (Noisey)
George FitzGerald on how the downsides of life on the road inspired his debut album. (ResidentAdvisor)
Staying up for 24 hours in Ibiza is far too easy. Having an efficient and organised IMSexperience requires much stronger mettle. (Thump)
Inside EDM festival TomorrowWorld's massive $94 million economic impact. (Forbes)
Some predictions of the soon-to-be anthems from this year’s Ibiza. (Deep House Amsterdam)
Holly Herndon discusses her new album Platform and takes Capitalism to task. (FACT)
Diplo doesn’t care if you hate him, he just wants to be on your mind. (YourEDM)
10 Tracks the stood out at Detroit’s Movement Festival this year. (Mixmag)
Len Faki gave some insight into his future creative agenda in a recent rare interview. (DJ Broadcast)

ISSUE: 28 May 2015

If you’re planning to keep your head down this weekend and save some funds for the summer festival season, get yourself educated with this list of dance music’s finest films. (Mixmag)
New York’s Storm Rave parties recently had a revival, but just for one night. (Mixmag)
This documentary explores the effects of living a life dedicated to clubbing. (DJBroadcast)
Recently released on Ostgut Ton, Function describes his Berghain 07 mix as “an homage to techno and my interpretation of it”. (ResidentAdvisor)
Latin America are apparently the biggest supporters of EDM, according to David Guetta, whereas the US prefers hip hop and rock. (YourEDM)
A comprehensive look into the evolution of Black Butter Records, and what’s in store for the future. (DancingAstronaut)
Spanish techno artist Psyk will release his new EP on Mote-Evolver, returning to the same label that released his stellar debut Time Foundation in 2014. (Fact)
Psy-trance may be a genre that divides opinion like no other, but the sisterhood of psy-trance DJs are undeniably cool. (Thump)
Hudson Mohawke discusses his latest full-length, Lanterns, and how he intentionally avoided drafting in major artists for vocal features. (Thump)
An insight into three Berlin-based labels who are working as a collective to re-shape the direction of techno. (xlr8r)
Two all-female DJ collectives are out to prove there’s no shortage of female talent in electronic music with a 15-hour showcase. (Billboard)

ISSUE: 22 May 2015

The organisers behind Amsterdam's electronic-arts-and-music festival FIBER. (xlr8r)
Steve Aoki’s life is becoming a metaphor for the excess of EDM. (Thump)
How does Fatboy Slim, a 51-year-old family man, keep the plates spinning as a superstar DJ? (Independent)
Hot Chip's Guardian edit. What happens when you give one of Britain’s best-loved pop bands the freedom to commission their own content? An interview with David Byrne, gaming with Peter Serafinowizc and nerding out over synths…(Guardian)
Rudimental, four lads from east London, have worked with Bobby Womack and George Clinton — but their new aim is to turn the band into a college, they tell Will Hodgkinson. (Times2)
Australia’s EDM scene is finally getting some well-deserved love thanks to the success of indie label Future Classic. (Billboard)
Thanks to lucrative fees for DJ sets and the ever-increasing popularity of EDM, DJs are becoming the new rock stars. (Forbes)
Zedd has been pulling out all the stops on his True Colors scavenger hunts across the US, giving fans the chance to be whisked away to a secret location to hear a track from his new album. (YourEDM)
The Top 10 need-to-know festivals of 2015. (DJBroadcast)
A fascinating look at the golden era of New York radio from 1980-1988. (DJBroadcast)
Alesso discusses his evolving musicianship, transcending electronic music and what he really thinks about mainstream cynics. (DJMag)
Noel Gallagher, somewhat surprisingly, discusses his love of House music. (Vice)

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