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Dimitri Vegas is set to officially release his surprise vinyl-only set from this year’s Tomorrowland festival in Belgium.  The performance, which was one of several surprise sets to take place on The Gathering stage at the beginning of the World’s No.1 Festival’s second weekend, saw the EDM star spin more …

Wretch 32 has released a new single, ‘Black and British’, featuring Little Simz and Benjamin A.D. You can listen to the track below. Timed within Black History Month, the track — out today (25th October) — speaks to the collective experiences of marginalisation, heritage, and pride from the perspective of the …

The Sabres Of Paradise have reunited with plans to play a series of live shows in 2025. The gigs will mark their first shows in 30 years, and the first will take place at next June’s Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona. Further dates will be announced in the coming months. …

Disclosure have released a new single, ‘Arachnids’. You can listen to it below. Out today (Friday, 25th October), the track comes backed by a video featuring fans’ up-close and personal reactions to hearing the new cut for the first time, interspersed with footage of the insects that give the song …

A new scientific report has looked into the positive impact that listening to music can have on both physical and mental health. Among the key findings of the study was the revelation that listening to music can help people’s recovery from surgery by slowing their heart rate and taking their …

Gala has re-recorded her 1996 dance anthem ‘Freed From Desire’. Out now via Ministry Of Sound and B1 Recordings, you can listen to it below. In a statement, Gala said: “‘Freed From Desire’ is a ‘fight the power’ song that embodies my spirit. I wrote it drawing on a Buddhist …

Kate Bush has spoken of her plans to start working on new music. In a rare interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today programme to promote the new short animated film she’s written and directed, called Little Shrew, she clarified that she wasn’t currently in the studio or writing new material, having …

Shygirl has shared a new single featuring Saweetie, titled ‘Immaculate’. You can listen to it below. At a recent date, Saweetie was brought out on stage for a surprise rendition of the new track, which has arrived with a video directed by Shygirl and Indiana that you can watch below. …

DJ STEPDAD (aka Ted Davis) will release a new mini EP, ‘the hits with DJ CLUB’, later this week on Image Research. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘lambrusco jam’ below. Following the release of his January EP, ‘time to figure things out’, the New-York based music writer, producer and DJ …

Purient will debut on Steel City Dance Discs next month with a new EP, ‘Mwah’. Have an exclusive first listen to the title track below. On the long-awaited successor to 2022’s ‘WBWU’ EP, the Naarm-based producer and vocalist (real name Kate Durman) transforms melancholy into daring dancefloor fuel, melding skittering club beats with emotive synths …

Kevin Saunderson and his son Dantiez have teamed up to release a new e-Dancer single, ‘Melodica’. Listen to it below. The track marks a new era for e-Dancer, the alias first introduced by the Detroit techno pioneer in the ’90s. The track was also featured as Mary Anne Hobbs’ Near …

Mau P has released his debut track for Defected. The Dutch producer and DJ has sampled Ini Kamoze’s reggae classic ‘World a Music’ on ‘Merther’, which is described as “a hard-hitting electronic damager built for the club”.  “I’m so stoked to finally release ‘Merther’ after testing it on the road …

Chloé Caillet has teamed up with SG Lewis aka UK producer Sam Lewis for a new single. Out now on Caillet’s own SMIILE label, ‘Be Somebody’ is described in as “a dynamic exploration of breakbeat rhythms and four-to-the-floor grooves, with pulsing synth lines, rising sound FX, and acid textures”. The …

A new ‘Super Deluxe’ edition of Talking Heads’ seminal album, ‘77’, has been announced. Due for release on November 8, the new collection is includes a remastered version of the original album, a collection of rare and previously unreleased demos and outtakes, and a double LP of their 1977 performance …

Honey Dijon has shared a new a track, ‘Finding My Way’, which features Ben Westbeech. The new track appears exclusively on the new edition of !K7’s DJ-Kicks mix series, which Honey Dijon has curated. Also featured on the tracklist are cuts from Blackjoy, Art Of Tones, Shaboom, and Kiko Navarro, …

Other hits such as ‘Answering Machine’ and ‘Flash’ brought Jones more acclaim, but you won’t find him playing the first of those nowadays on account of its gratuitous swearing. Now a practising Christian, he has gone on record before as saying that he prefers to spread more positive messages. Religion …

The results of DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs 2024 poll were announced today (19th October), with Martin Garrix returning to take the No. 1 spot for the fifth time — equaling the record for the highest number of Top 100 DJs poll wins. Record numbers of votes were counted from 231 countries in …

The results are in for another year from the most important poll in electronic dance music, and once again they make for fascinating reading. Top 100 DJs provides a snapshot of the popularity of DJs worldwide. Votes come from all around the world, and once they have been verified and …

Sara Landry is The World’s No. 1 Hard DJ in DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs 2024. With hardstyle DJs dropping out of the Top 100 list this year, Sara Landry becomes the new World’s No.1 Hard DJ by virtue of the blistering bpms of her banging techno sound. The former …

In this series, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, following the release of his seventh album ‘These Are The Days’, BCee spotlights soulful d&b rollers, bass-powered workouts and “next level liquid perfection”

Armin van Buuren is making plans for a 2025 edition of his much-loved A State Of Trance event series in North America. During the most recent episode of his A State Of Trance radio show – a 10-hour ADE special – the Dutch trance veteran interviewed US-based Insomniac Events CEO Pasquale …

Hyas will release a new EP, ‘Footnote Player’, later this week. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘In Walked Dub’ below. On the back of a belter summer of DJ sets across his native France and beyond, the Lyon-based DJ and producer is readying a new suite of stylish dub hybrids for …

Ciel and D. Tiffany are back with their second release under their Psychedelic Budz alias. Titled ‘Wonk Donk’, it will be released via Banoffee Pies Records next month. The new release includes two tracks, ‘Vokal Fry’ and ‘Wonk Donk’, the latter of which features Adam Pits and Lil Mushroom. Taking …

In March this year, the Bianca Scout released ‘Pattern Damage’, an album of ambient chamber music and slowcore pop excursions. Sharing DNA with the works of fellow Mancunian collaborators Space Afrika, and featuring guest appearances from Mun Sing, NWAKKE, Darkmarik and Marina Zispin, the LP’s 12 tracks unfurl with expressionist …

Allergy Season label head Physical Therapy has released a new compilation to celebrate ten years of the New York label. Marking a decade of “genre-agnostic” music, ‘Hypersensitivity: A Decade of Allergy Season’ is a continuous mix featuring a wide range of artists associated with the label. It includes some of the …

Roland has collaborated with Detroit legend Moodymann and his KDJ Records label on a new, limited edition, branded SP-404 mkII sampler. The SP-404 MKII KDJ Records Limited Edition is limited to 600 units worldwide and features a customised faceplate with the Moodymann logo and other KDJ designs, exclusive samples created …

Kenya’s Kilele music and tech summit has revealed its dates for next year. The inaugural Kilele in 2024 invited delegates from over 25 countries, including Ableton, Bitwig and FL Studio, to explore tech-centred music industry-related topics spanning global and regional perspectives. The symposium has now announced its return for 2025 …

Multi-instrumentalist and producer BIIANCO is back with a new single, ‘Get You Out’, and an energetic performance video. ‘Get You Out’ builds on their reputation for ultra-infectious electronic music and fortifies it with a chunky techno rhythm. The new single follows BIIANCO’s recent high-profile collab with Marlon Hoffstadt (as DJ …

A series of concerts is being held at Liverpool’s Capstone Theatre in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the iconic Moog synthesiser. The Moog at 60: A Celebration runs from 21st November to 24th November. The programme for the events includes a sound installation, a show from Will Gregory Moog …

Jackmaster has died. News of the Scottish DJ born Jack Revill’s passing was confirmed in a statement shared by his family today, Saturday 12th October. It read: “It is with profound sorrow that we confirm the untimely passing of Jack Revill, known to many as Jackmaster. Jack tragically died in …

Pa Salieu has shared two new songs, ‘Epiphany (Freestyle)’ and ‘Crash (Freestyle)’. Both tracks are produced by the British-Gambian rapper’s long-time collaborators Felix Joseph and AOD. They follow on from the release last month of the single ‘Belly’, which marked the first new material to emerge from Salieu since his …

Ben Klock and Fadi Mohem are releasing a new collaborative album, ‘Layer One’. Due out on Friday, 29th November, the new record takes in 10 tracks and marks the inaugural release on the duo’s new joint label, LAYER. Flowdan and Coby Sey contribute vocals on the album, which sees Klock …

In Toronto, community-based groups Loop Sessions and Estrelar work as spaces for education and growth, teaching folks how to use equipment and learn production. ISO Radio exists to amplify DJs and producers beyond venues, running out of Stackt Market since 2018. Record stores like Invisible City and Play De Record …

Oppidan has released a new track, ‘Wake And Break’. The breaks-heavy cut marks a shift from the producer’s usual UK garage-focused sound, combining the ravey drums with earworm vocal loops and melodies. It’s been a fixture of the artist’s DJ sets this year. You can listen to ‘Wake And Break’, …

Richie Hawtin has shared details of a 30th anniversary reissue of his album ‘Musik’, originally released under his Plastikman alias. The LP has been fully remastered for the updated release, with the vinyl edition set to be pressed on bio-vinyl and housed in environmentally conscious packaging. The reissue will be …

Björk is releasing a photobook, Cornucopia. Set to be published on 15th November via the Icelandic artist’s label home of One Little Independent, the 480-page book chronicles her Cornucopia concert series which premiered in 2019 and returned in 2022 and 2023 after a break enforced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The …

Beirut-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer Nur Jaber has unveiled her final EP under the techno alias she has adopted for the past decade. ‘End Of An Era (Nihayet Haqbah)’ takes in four tracks by the artist and is dedicated to her Lebanese heritage. The EP touches on her personal journey …

ADE’s CLUB Lab and DJ Mag have revealed the winning DJs, selected from the CLUB Lab open call, who will play during next week’s multidisciplinary club night at Melkweg on Saturday 19th October. The four winners will take to the stage alongside DJ Babatr, Slim Soledad (Live), TOCCORORO and TAAHLIAH.  Almost 200 mixes were submitted between September 20th and …

London’s Scarlett O’Malley will return to her Club Cowgirl label later this week with a new EP, ‘Clean Up Cowgirl’. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Rendezvous Night Cue’ below. Set for release exactly a year since the launch of the label, which shares its name with O’Malley’s ongoing Rinse FM …

Moonchild Sanelly is releasing her new album, ‘Full Moon’, early next year. Watch the video for the latest single ‘Do My Dance’, directed by Nate Thomas, below. The South African artist’s third studio album will land on Transgressive Records on 10th January, 2025. It features 12 tracks, including the May …

Fatboy Slim is releasing a deluxe edition of ‘Palookaville’ on streaming services for its 20th anniversary. The 2004 album, originally containing 12 tracks, is now has an expanded streaming release with 18 additional remixes and versions previously unavailable on streaming. In addition to instrumental and acoustic versions of tracks, there …

DJ Mag Presents is returning to Dublin next month for a night of house music headlined by Chris Stussy. The Dutch house flagbearer will take over INDEX nightclub on 8th November, with support from Dublin favourites, Jake Fitz and Jade Carney. The event – kicking off at 10PM until 3:30AM – will …

Funk Tribu has released a new album, ‘Against All Odds’. Check it out below. Out now via Speedmaster Records / A Million, the eight-track LP marks the debut full-length release from the Colombia-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer.  Described a blend of “retro-futuristic trance” with “genre-fluid” and “groovy soundscapes”, the LP …

Bárbara Boeing will release her new EP, ‘Memoir’, later this month on Toy Tonics. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Tokyo Love Affair’ with Sam Ruffilo below. A year on from her uplifting debut EP, ‘Brasiliana’, the Curitiba-born, Milan-based producer returns with four new radiant club tools distilled from elements of balearic, Italo house, …

A core of Uganda’s Nyege Nyege crew, Kampire recently released her compilation ‘A Dancefloor in Ndola’ via Strut Records, which DJ Mag reviewed as its album of the month in August. Informed by her time growing up in the Zambian city of Ndola, and her dad’s record collection at the …

Los Angeles-based DJ and producer Maral has released a new EP, ‘Patience (صبر)’, through New York label PTP. Out today (Friday, 4th October), the seven-track release looks back to Maral’s early days as a DJ in which she meshed Iranian samples from her heritage into her sets, and also incorporates …

Laurent Garnier has been enlisted for a special edition of the ‘fabric Presents’ mix compilation series, which will celebrate the iconic London club’s 25th anniversary. Set for release digitally and on CD on Friday, 29th November, the compilation has been a year in the making, according to fabric. Standalone cuts …

KAYTRANADA has shared a video for ‘Witchy’, his collaboration with Childish Gambino. Starring both artists in a supernatural setting, the visual is directed by Bethany Vargas, and can be watched below. Its release comes while KAYTRANADA – DJ Mag’s September 2024 cover star – is in the midst of a …

A Guy Called Gerald has been honoured with a prestigious blue plaque recognising his role in creating the UK’s “first acid house record”, the 1988 classic ‘Voodoo Ray’. It’s not yet known where the plaque will be placed, but the Manchester artist, real name Gerald Simpson, took to Instagram to …

A fundraiser has launched to help with the recovery of DJ Lucky after the Teklife affiliate was struck by a car last month.  Las Vegas-based DJ Virgil, a friend and close collaborator of the Chicago artist, set up the GoFundMe campaign to support the artist’s rehabilitation. This includes surgery and …

Maze will release a new EP, ‘Morning Magic’, next month on Permanent Vacation. Have an exclusive first listen to the title track below. On the back of a prodigious summer of DJ sets – from Body Movements and Panorama Bar, to Glastonbury’s Block9 – the Berlin-based DJ and producer returns to …

re:ni is releasing a new EP, ‘Thousand Yard Stare’.  Landing on 25th October via re:lax — the label and club night the producer, DJ and radio host has run with Laksa since last year — the three-track EP’s title is inspired by the “the dissociative state we can find ourselves in as a result …

A new club, called Koda, has opened in Nairobi. Spread across two rooms, Koda is equipped with a Funktion-One sound system and can house up to 1000 club-goers at its Kenrail Towers business centre HQ in the Westlands neighbourhood of the city. Local DJs Dylan-S, Foozak and Hiribae played the …

AlphaTheta — responsible for the Pioneer DJ brand — has launched a new pair of wireless headphones called the HDJ-F10. The new headphones are completely wireless, connecting to an included SonicLink transmitter that plugs into the headphone port of your DJ mixer, controller, or any other device you want to …

Björk shared previews of her upcoming concert film, Cornucopia, at a Climate Week event in New York last week. The experimental Icelandic artist revealed early footage of the self-directed feature, filmed during the Lisbon stop on her Cornucopia world tour, which debuted in New York in 2019, Deadline reports. The …

Silkie is relaunching his Antisocial Records label later this week with a new EP, ‘Kolo / Real Deal’. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Real Deal’ below. After spending the past three years focusing on other projects – including his new UKG label Bedroom Rat Records and the bass music production education platform Antisocial Audio – West …

Chilean DJ and producer Paula Tape has announced the release of her latest EP, ‘Acid Latino’. Showcasing a blend of ‘90s rave, acid house and Latin music influences, the EP will be released via the Sydney/Los Angeles imprint on 20th November. The release’s title track, ‘Acid Latino (Sonido Real),’ is …

Chris Stussy is launching a new event concept, USS, in London early next year. Taking place at the city’s Roundhouse venue on 1st February, the inaugural event and further parties will encourage attendees “to take a step back, peeling back the noise and focusing on complimenting music with elements that …

DJ Gigola has released a new EP through Live From Earth. Spanning two tracks, ‘Bigroom Sensual’ looks to the kind of trance-infused techno sounds that filled big rooms in the ’00s, as well as the high-energy sounds of modern dancefloors. It’s said to be part of a series of EPs …

Peggy Gou has released an expanded edition of her debut album, ‘I Hear You’. Taking in previously released remixes of cuts from the record by Koreless and Jex Opolis, as well as an alternate version of hit single ‘(It Goes Like) Nanana’, it also features brand new remixes by fellow …

Hong Kong’s government is planning to lower the rate of tax it levies on alcohol in a bid to revive its nightlife industry. According to a report shared by Bloomberg, the tax cut is expected to be a key matter in Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee’s policy address next month. …

London label and collective Eastern Margins are releasing their second compilation album, ‘Redline Impact’, next month. Have an exclusive first listen to 700 Feel, BAYANG (tha Bushranger) & Nerdie’s contribution ‘NIKE SOLDIER’ below. Set for release on 16th October, the project unites 23 artists across 13 cities, 9 countries and 4 continents to shine …

Native Instruments has announced the latest version of its popular soft sampler, Kontakt 8. Version eight brings with it new features within the plugin, as well as new instruments and samples, and boasts a library of over 900 instruments. New to version eight are the Chords and Phrases features, which …

DJ Mag Presents is returning to Brooklyn next week for a pop-up event headlined by Kaytranada. The one-off party will take place at Xanadu – a roller skate rink meets nightclub in the heart of NYC – on Friday, 4th October. September cover star Kaytranada will be joined by a roster of …

Amsterdam Dance Event [ADE] has added a host of new names to its conference programme, which runs alongside the festival from Wednesday 16th to Sunday 20th October.  Amelie Lens and Charlotte de Witte are set to speak about their new collaborative efforts for the first time, while Marlon Hoffstadt, AKA Daddy …

Lady Tazz will release the first instalment of her ‘Hermanas’ compilation series later this week. Have an exclusive first listen to Amanda Mussi’s contribution ‘La Hora Caliente’ below. Arriving this Friday (27th September) via her Mind Medizin imprint, ‘Part One’ takes in five club-wise cuts from rising producers in the South American underground, …

Ahead of the release of What Do You Call It?, DJ Mag asked author David Kane some questions about the book: What was it that lit the fuse to make you want to write this book? What was the process like? “I love all sorts of music but grew up …

Bawo has released two new singles, ‘Belly Like Homer’ and ‘Hope You’re Listening’, off his upcoming project. Listen to the two tracks below. The West London MC’s new release, titled ‘It Means Hope Where I’m From’, will be released on 25th October on his label Say Nothing Records. Few details …

Pirate Studios is hosting a free open day for students with studio sessions, educational panels, DJ workshops and more in Dalston next month. The 24-hour UK music studio hub is opening its Dalston studios to students on 10th October for a day with live performances, industry panels, networking sessions, open …

North East England platform Big Beat Manifesto has shared news of its latest collaborative exhibition, Sounds of the North East. The photography showcase is set to hit the NCA (Newcastle Contemporary Art) exhibition space in October. The exhibition will include work from 20 local artists and promises to champion the …

A new documentary charting the history of Earth, Wind & Fire has been announced, and Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson is on board to direct. The new film is the first feature-length documentary profiling the iconic funk and disco band since 2001’s Shining Stars: The Official Story of Earth, Wind & Fire. …

ADE’s CLUB Lab has partnered with DJ Mag to offer four DJs the chance to play at Melkweg in Amsterdam during the festival and conference. Applications are open for aspiring DJs and ADE Lab ticketholders to send in their mixes and win one of four DJ slots during the Saturday night …

HiTech have shared a new single. You can check out ‘Spank!’ below, and the video directed by Igobycy The Detroit ghettotech trio premiered their latest tune earlier this year during a set for The Lot Radio. It arrives in the wake of the group’s re-released self-titled 2022 debut album and …

The 2024 Oram Awards winners have been announced, celebrating the most innovative women, trans, non-binary and gender expansive experimental artists, composers, and instrument designers.  Now in its eighth year, the five winners come from across the UK. Each has been given a £1,000 development bursary and access to the Oram …

The first episode in the series sees Aoki travelling to the event in Romania, giving a fly-on-the-wall account of the lead up to what he describes as one of the most important shows of his annual calendar. It also shows an insight into how he works with his team, how …

Jamie xx has released a new single with fellow members of The xx, Romy and Oliver Sim. Listen to ‘Waited All Night’ below. Taken from Jamie xx’s incoming new solo album, ‘In Waves’, set for release this Friday (20th September), the track marks the first time the trio have appeared on record together …

London’s night-time economy is discriminating against Black and Brown artists and promoters in its event licensing, Black Lives in Music told a London Assembly committee. In a London Assembly’s Economy, Culture and Skills Committee hearing on 4th September, Black Lives in Music (BLiM) CEO Dr. Charisse Beaumont presented evidence of …

Space Ghost will release a new EP, ‘Dream Tool’, later this week via his Peace World Records label. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘Prism’ below. On the latest addition to his discography – which already includes releases for Tartelet Records, Pacific Rhythm and PPU – the Oakland-based DJ and producer infuses his house music …

A-Tweed will release a new EP, ‘Riot Disco Punk’, later this week on Ransom Note sub-label Human Endeavour. Have an exclusive first listen to the title track below. On the heels of his esoteric debut mini album, ‘Rave The Cave’, released on Playground Records earlier this summer, the Rome-based DJ …

Príncipe label affiliate Nídia has released a collaborative album with percussionist Valentina Magaletti. You can listen to it below. Entitled ‘Estradas’, the nine-track record takes its name from the Portuguese word for ‘roads’, and has been released through French label Latency. It sees the two artists blend their respective ears …

FKA twigs has announced the details of her new album, ‘EUSEXUA’, alongside the release of its title track and accompanying video. Watch it below.  The album will be released on 24th January via twigs’ long-time label home of Young Recordings. ‘EUSEXUA’ takes its name from a word that twigs created, …

Nines has shared details of his final album, ‘Quit While You’re Ahead’. The UK rapper plans to bow out on his sixth studio album, which will be released in just two weeks from now, on Friday, 27th September. To mark its announcement, he’s shared a video for lead single ‘Tony …

Defected is marking its 25th anniversary with a book and vinyl box set. The book, titled Defected: 25 Years In The House, looks back over the history of the label via first-hand accounts, archival photography, release artwork and flyers from Defected events. It covers topics such as the imprint’s birth …

Apple has launched a major new hearing aid function for its AirPods Pro 2 product. The earbuds will soon gain the new function, which will be available to both new and existing owners of the product and will reportedly help them with any mild to moderate hearing loss that they …

The Weeknd has shared a new single, ‘Dancing In The Flames’, alongside a video for the track. The song is the first full track to be unveiled from forthcoming album ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’, which was announced last week. A release date for the full record is yet to be confirmed. …

A safety bill in the UK known as Martyn’s Law will require clubs and pubs with a capacity of 200 people or more to take steps to ensure they have a plan in case of a terror attack on their premises. Venues which are found to have failed to comply …

Jamaican duo Runkus and Royal Blu have linked up with Bay Area-based producer Kush Arora for a new EP, ‘Life In The Jungle’. You can listen to POLAAR label founder Flore’s remix of the title track below.  Produced during a late-night studio session in Oakland, California, the two original tracks …

Swedish electronics manufacturer Teenage Engineering has announced the launch of what it describes as the “world’s first medieval electronic instrument,” the EP-1320 Medieval. This new unit is the latest addition to their range of instruments, which predominantly feature synths. The EP-1320 Medieval boasts a unique collection of sounds and samples, …

Uzbekistan’s Sublimation Festival has announced the first artists for its debut edition later this month (September). Taking place over three days from 27th to 29th September at Culture Palace of Aircraft Builders, Bjarki, Nazira, Samantha Togni, and more will head to the capital of Tashkent to perform on the electronic stage …