Jubilee has released a new EP, called ‘Jump Start’, through her own Magic City label. It’s the first in a series of records scheduled for the upcoming year from Jubilee and her label as it marks its 10th anniversary. The EP takes in two new tracks, ‘RIGHT TURN ON RED’ …
SHERELLE is bringing her SHERELLELAND tour concept back to the UK this spring for seven dates. As ever, the line-ups will be curated by the DJ, featuring sets from herself and others. Ticket prices for every event are also capped at £10, with SHERELLE saying: “It’s for the bocats on …
Vybz Kartel is marking the 10th anniversary of his album ‘Viking (Vybz Is King)’ with a reissue featuring seven additional new tracks. Out today (Friday, 31st January), the reissue arrives in the run-up to the 2025 Grammy Awards, for which the legendary dancehall artist has received his first nomination. It …
Detroit label and promoter Interdimensional Transmissions is putting on a fundraising event in support of esteemed techno DJ and producer Anthony “Shake” Shakir. Set to take place at Tangent in Detroit on Saturday, 1st March, the line-up will bring together a number of key figures from Detroit’s techno scene, including …
aya has shared details of her second album, titled ‘hexed!’ Due for release on Friday, 28th March, the 10-track record “confronts the desperation and dysfunction of addiction”, according to a press release. It marks aya’s return to Hyperdub after debuting on the label with 2021 LP ‘im hole’. Writing on …
Joy Orbison has collaborated with vocalist Joe James on a new single, ‘Bastard’. Out now, the track follows Joy Orbison’s 2024 club hit ‘flight fm’ and builds on ideas explored on 2021 mixtape ‘still slipping vol. 1’. Writing on Instagram, the UK DJ and producer said: “We made ‘Bastard’ in a …
Amnesia Ibiza has announced the line-up for its 2025 season opening party. Taking place on 10th May, 18 artists will play across Main Room and Terrace of the legendary superclub, which was voted No.8 in DJ Mag’s Top 100 Clubs poll in 2024. In the Terrace, sets will come from …
Hillsboro-based rapper J’Moris has long been a staple in southern rap, known for his gritty authenticity and razor-sharp lyricism. His latest release, “Cut Off,” proves once again that he’s not afraid to speak his truth, delivering a track that blends hard-hitting street wisdom with the introspective edge he’s known for. …
Standing in a DJ booth amidst a 6000-strong dancefloor, Jennifer Loveless is in her element. Mixing tracks that span multiple decades and styles, she bops along with her enraptured crowd, an effortless cool in her demeanour against the heat of Boiler Room’s Sydney 2023 edition. Acid-tinged synths give way to …
The massive, all-in-one hybrid instrument—an Attack favourite—is now on sale. And it’s the biggest discount ever on Falcon. UVI has announced a huge offer the UVI Falcon Special. Featuring the award-winning UVI Falcon, 19 meticulously crafted expansions, and all factory content, this bundle should give you a enough to power ahead through …
Get to know NenaHalena, a rising force in electronic music. See him live in London next month. NenaHalena is gaining recognition for his unique fusion of Afro-house and Latin-house, steeped in the vibrant rhythms of Brazilian street music. Emerging in the mid-1990s from the northwest of England, he honed his …
“I’m really surprised at some of the people who’ve been playing it, but it’s great. Great records should be beyond the scene. At the end of the day, ‘flight’ has like three notes in it, maybe not even three!” he laughs. “It’s not about being a virtuoso, which I definitely …
Lucrecia Dalt is back with a new single ‘cosa rara’, featuring English artist David Sylvian, on RVNG Intl. Listen to the track below. This is the first new music from the Berlin-based Colombian artist since her acclaimed 2022 album ‘¡Ay!‘, also released by the storied experimental New York label. Today’s …
Atlanta rapper, producer and DJ Unk, real name Anthony Leonard Platt, has died aged 43. News of the ‘Walk It Out’ and ‘2 Step’ hitmaker’s death was shared on social media by his wife Sherkita Long-Platt and one of his former record labels, Atlanta imprint Big Oomp Records on Friday, 24th January. “Please respect …
Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) have unveiled a new multi-year licensing deal for recorded music and music publishing, which claims to focus on “growth, innovation and the advancement of artists’ and songwriters’ success.” In a statement published by UMG yesterday (26th January), chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge described the …
ANNA has released a new single through Tomorrowland’s record label. Titled ‘Future Hearts’, the club-ready track makes heavy use of the handpan and calls back to her Afterlife-released cut ‘Cosmovisión’. It appears on the single release alongside two alternate versions of the song: an ambient version and a ‘Guided Meditation’ …
SSL has announced a new audio interface designed to be the centrepiece of your setup, the SSL 18. The new unit is a rack-mounted interface with 26 inputs and 28 outputs in total, including eight dedicated SSL preamps, two high-current headphone outs, and a built-in Listen Mic Compressor, the famous …
FKA twigs has released her third studio album, ‘EUSEXUA’. The long-awaited follow-up to 2019 LP ‘MAGDALENE’, and 2023 mixtape ‘CAPRISONGS’, is out today (Friday, 24th January) following months of teaser singles, including the title cut, ‘Perfect Stranger’ and ‘Drums Of Death’. Released via twigs’ long-time label home of Young Recordings, the album …
FKA twigs has released her third studio album, ‘EUSEXUA’. The long-awaited follow-up to 2019 LP ‘MAGDALENE’, and 2023 mixtape ‘CAPRISONGS’, is out today (Friday, 24th January) following months of teaser singles, including the title cut, ‘Perfect Stranger’ and ‘Drums Of Death’. Released via twigs’ long-time label home of Young Recordings, the album …
ROLI has announced a new music-learning product called Piano. The keyboard features 49 full-sized keys, with ROLI’s BrightKey light-up system. And, because it’s ROLI, each key features per-note pitch bend and polyphonic aftertouch, meaning you can bend individual notes within a chord, a feature of their famous Seaboard products. ROLI’s …
Adiel has released a new single, ‘Bolingo Malenbè’. Featuring guest contributions from Guinean vocalist and percussionist Falle Nioke, the track is out via [PIAS] Électronique and forms the first of a number of upcoming single releases due in the coming months from Adiel. The various singles will ultimately form a …
Phase — the company behind the DVS remote that’s become an industry standard for timecode DJs — has announced a flagship new product called Phase Pro. The new wireless remotes now feature built-in OLED touchscreens that can display everything from MIDI controls for your DJ software like FX amount and …
FiiO has announced the Snowsky Retro Nano. The unit is a combination of a music player, wireless headphone amp and high-quality digital-to-analog converter (DAC), despite costing only £60. On the surface, it mimics classic cassette players from the ’80s and ’90s, but it’s packed full of modern features like high-quality AptX …
New York nightclub Paragon is closing down. The announcement was made yesterday, Wednesday 22nd January. A post on social media explained that the venue’s operators “simply cannot afford the financial reality of this industry in 2025.” The 5,000 square-foot, multi-tiered space is expected to shut in April “It is with deep …
There are few artists spinning as many plates as London luminary NAINA. From helming Hooversound Recordings alongside SHERELLE and co-hosting the label’s hit show on NTS, to spotlighting underground club sounds with Apple Music and tearing up dancefloors in Canada, Croatia, Ibiza and beyond. Now, the multi-hyphenate is entering her …
Hï Ibiza has announced its first resident for 2025: Joseph Capriati. Kicking off on 4th July, the Italian house and techno titan’s METAMORFOSI party will take over all three rooms at the world’s No.1 club every Friday until 3rd October. Capriati will be joined by a host of guests during the 14-week …
Roland has launched a new pair of “high-fidelity” studio headphones called the VMH-S100. The cans, which Roland call a “new standard for music creation and production”, feature a flat sound profile for a more honest representation of your track with no hype in the lows or highs, plus a very wide …
Suzi Analogue will debut a new audiovisual piece and live electronic score at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this week. ‘BY ANY MEANZ SONICALLY’ is a new performance that “shines a spotlight on the profound contributions of Black women to the evolution of electronic dance music”, according to BAM, intersecting …
Nightmares On Wax is readying a new remix package to mark seven years of his ‘Shape the Future’ album. Have an exclusive first listen to DJ Fitchie’s remix of ‘Typical’ below. To celebrate the occasion, the legendary Leeds DJ and producer has recruited three heavyweight artists to reimagine ‘Typical’, a fan …
TSHA has announced a new remix EP, ‘Sad Girl Remixes’. Listen to the first two tracks below. Arriving next month via Ninja Tune, the seven-track project will feature remixes of music from her latest album, ‘Sad Girl’, by Alan Dixon, St. David, Paul Sirrell and icykof. TSHA shared the announcement on Instagram …
Hamdi has announced a four-week residency at Chicago’s Cermak Hall. House Warming will run every Friday throughout March, and promises multi-genre line-ups with guests including Taiki Nulight, Kettama, MPH, and local hero LYNY. Oxford-born Dubstep producer Hamdi relocated to Chicago in 2024 “with the goal of immersing himself in the …
Kuduro trio Blacksea Não Maya have released their final album, ‘Despertar’, via Lisbon label Príncipe. Spanning nine tracks, the record was largely made by one-third of the group, DJ Kolt, with contributions from other members DJ Perigoso and DJ Noronha. It draws on kuduro, tarraxo and trap. ‘Despertar’ follows on …
Marie Davidson has shared a new track, titled ‘Demolition’. Made in collaboration with Soulwax and Pierre Guerineau, it’s the fourth song to be released from forthcoming album ‘City Of Clowns’, which Davidson announced last month with the unveiling of lead cut ‘Sexy Clown’. Built around a chugging electro beat, ‘Demolition’ finds …
Ahadadream has teamed up with Champion and grime MC Logan for a new collaborative single, ‘Big Boy Tracks’. Out now on Ahadadream’s More Time label, the new cut is firmly rooted in UK club music, drawing on elements of UK funky, grime and UK garage. In a statement, Ahadadream said: …
An exhibition dedicated to Detroit techno is coming to Michigan State University Museum. Techno: The Rise Of Detroit’s Machine Music will run from 4th February through to 30th April, and explores the evolution of techno, its importance to Detroit, and its connection to Afrofuturism. Admission to the exhibition is free. …
The Prodigy have announced their first headline show in the US since 2017. On Monday, 14th April, the group will head to San Francisco to play at The Warfield Theatre. Tickets will go on sale for the show on Wednesday, 22nd January at 10am PT, and you can sign up …
No name is quite as synonymous with the birth of house music as that of the late, great Frankie Knuckles, who was born on 18th January 1955. Of course, the evolution of house from the DNA of disco — and, to lesser extents, electro, industrial, Italo and new wave music …
Nuage is gearing up to release his new ‘Mystery’ EP later this week. Have an exclusive first listen to the title track below. Following releases on coveted imprints including Anjunadeep, 20/20 Vision and This Never Happened, the Armenia-based DJ and producer debuts on Sasha’s Last Night On Earth label with his latest intrepid electronic …
Jay Lumen is readying a new two-tracker under his Avalon Child alias, ‘My Beat’. Listen to the title track below. Launched last summer with a debut EP on MOXY MUSIK, the project signals a return to the Hungarian DJ and producer’s house roots, prioritising big-room beats, stomping percussion and terse, techy grooves. …
De La Soul have announced the re-release of a rare 1994 EP featuring a collaboration with A Tribe Called Quest. Originally issued in a limited pressing of 500 copies, ‘Clear Lake Auditorium’ was distributed exclusively to selected DJs as part of the promotion of De La Soul’s third album, 1993’s ‘Buhloone …
John Glacier and Sampha have collaborated on a new single, ‘Ocean Steppin’. Listen to it below. The track is set to appear on John Glacier’s forthcoming album, ‘Like A Ribbon’, which is due on 14th February via Young. Produced by Kwes Darko, ‘Ocean Steppin’ sets the understated cool of John …
Four Tet has curated another party with his friends under a bridge in Brooklyn. Kieran Hebden is hosting a rave at Under the K Bridge Park, located in the industrial event space adjacent to the Kosciuszko Bridge, on 17th and 18th May. He’s invited Joy Orbison, Nia Archives, Champion, Hamdi, …
Discogs is donating all revenue from sales on 17th January to help people affected by the severe Los Angeles fires. The recording collecting and discovery platform will share the day’s earnings with Recording Academy nonprofit MusiCares, whose efforts are currently focused on supporting artists and music industry workers with evacuation, …
Kampala’s Nyege Nyege Tapes have released a new mixtape from Nigerian “freebeat” pioneer DJ Tobzy Imole Giwa. ‘Lagos City Unloaded’ comprises two hyperactive side-long mixes that bring together Eurodance, R&B and local street rap while showcasing the Nigerian freebeat movement. Boosted by dances on TikTok, the music — which blends …
Blossom Hill has released a new remix EP on Loose Fit Records. Listen to ‘Home Colours Remixed’ below. Following the release of his emotionally-charged debut EP, ‘Home Colours’, in July, the Berlin-based DJ and producer returns with four club-centric remixes that “reimagine the tracks for the dancefloor.” The project – released on …
European culture channel Arte has shared a new documentary on trance and Eurodance. The 16-minute film is called Trance Revival: Von wegen Trash-Musik! and explores both genres’ respective histories, as well as their recent resurgence as popular sounds on dancefloors. The documentary takes in interviews with the likes of French …
The UK government has announced plans to cap the price of resale tickets in an attempt to clamp-down on ticket touts. The cap was one of the Labour government’s election promises, in response to complaints from event-goers that touts were bulk buying tickets and then reselling them for huge profits. …
TikTok is to appear before the US Supreme Court today (10th January) in a final attempt to block its imminent ban in the US. The move, which would require tech giants such as Apple and Google to remove the the social media platform from their app stores and inhibit updates, …
Anyma has collaborated with Ellie Goulding on a new single, ‘Hypnotized’. Marking the first time the two artists have teamed up on record, Goulding contributes vocals to the melodic techno cut. Its lyrics explore the struggles of trying to hide internal feelings for someone, only for those emotions to grow …
TOKiMONSTA has shared the third single from her forthcoming new album, ‘Eternal Reverie’. Listen to ‘Feel It (ft. grouptherapy.)’ below. The track – out today (10th January) – follows previous singles ‘For You’, featuring Kaelin Ellis, and ‘Switch It’ featuring Cakes Da Killa and R&B duo GAWD. TOKiMONSTA pairs her ethereal production with the avant-garde …
Hï Ibiza and Ushuaïa have announced details of their 2025 opening parties. The award-winning Ibiza clubs will usher in the summer season on Saturday 26th April with two day-to-night events. Speaking about the event, the team behind the World’s No.1 club, Hï Ibiza, said: “It’s happening. Spread the word and mark your calendar… …
Nora En Pure will release a new single, ‘Protected’, this week via Enormous Tunes. Have an exclusive first listen to the track below. The Swiss-South African artist chases her December single, ‘Polar Lights’, with another warming, progressive house heater to kick off 2025. Steeped with starry-eyed piano grooves, tropical sounds …
Tresor.West is offering free entry to its parties on Saturdays throughout January as part of the Dortmund venue’s efforts to get back to its roots in the underground. Sister to the legendary Berlin institution, the German venue opened in 2019 inside a historic factory building. Despite initial success, on Friday …
Country techno might just be on the horizon… Splice is launching the country music genre in its Create AI tool, which allows producers, songwriters, and instrumentalists to build song starters and create stacks within a browser, using sounds from the vast Splice catalogue. The Splice team spent months in Nashville, …
The lawyer of Duane “Keefe D” Davis, the man charged with Tupac Shakur’s murder, has filed a motion for case dismissal on constitutional grounds. Carl Arnold, Davis’ lawyer, argues that the 27-year delay in prosecution and a “failure to honour immunity agreements” violates his client’s constitutional rights. Writing in a …
The lawyer of Duane “Keefe D” Davis, the man charged with Tupac Shakur’s murder, has filed a motion for case dismissal on constitutional grounds. Carl Arnold, Davis’ lawyer, argues that the 27-year delay in prosecution and a “failure to honour immunity agreements” violates his client’s constitutional rights. Writing in a …
KI/KI has released a new single, ‘Getting Ready For The Party’, in collaboration with vocalist Storm Mollison. Listen to it below. Known for her invigorating take on techno, trance and acid, the Dutch star’s new single has been a staple in her recent DJ sets. KI/KI pairs Mollison’s smooth but …
FEMME HOUSE has revealed its free production, DJ, activism and discussion workshop programming for the first half of 2025. Founded by LP Giobbi and HERMIXALOT in 2019, the New York-based non-profit organisation dedicated to creating equitable opportunity and amplifying women, gender-expansive, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ creatives is offering a number of …
Awakenings’ Upclose festival has revealed the complete lineup for 2025. The second edition of the Dutch festival promoter’s smaller-scale event will return on the weekend of 17th and 18th May at Houtrak (Spaarnwoude-park) in Halfweg. The line-up features DJ EZ, Jeff Mills, SPFDJ, Fumi, Benny Rodrigues, KI/KI, Bae Blade, 999999999, …
Join us at Torte Bar on January 14th for an evening of workshops, networking and techno. Next week, Attack Magazine and Pete Trimbacher (Metapattern), the lead author of our new book The Secrets of Techno Production, are hosting an exclusive book launch in Berlin. This free event will feature a …
Chromeo are putting out a limited-edition tape of their new album, ‘Album Contemporary’ alongside a chrome cassette player. The tape player, which boasts updated features such as rechargeable batteries, is available via French cassette company We Are Rewind while the LP comes equipped with two exclusive bonus tracks. It is …
MoMA Ready has dropped a new 20-track collection. Check it out below. The successor to last January’s 12-track ‘BODY 23’, ‘BODY 24’ spans the spectrum of dance music from house to drum & bass across 20 tracks. “A Collection of music for the people that support me. If you’re new here, …
Glastonbury Festival reported profits of £5.9 million in 2024, more than double the £2.9 million in 2023. The Glastonbury numbers are taken from Companies House accounts filed for 2023-2024 tax year ending in May 2024, the Evening Standard reports. The festival donated £5.2 million to charities including Oxfam, Greenpeace and …
Loraine James has released a new EP titled ‘New Year’s Substitution 3’. Listen to the new tracks featuring KMRU, KAVARI, Coby Sey and ML Buch below. It’s the third entry in the London artist’s collaboration series, with the first two ‘New Year’s Substitution’ EPs shared in 2015 and 2020. The …
The family of former Pendulum vocalist Ben Mount, aka Ben Verse, have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help with medical treatment, care and other costs related to his acute leukaemia diagnosis. The drum & bass MC and producer began experiencing health issues in August 2024, when he was hospitalised in …
American experimental electronic and hip-hop musician Dax Pierson has died. California label Dark Entries, who released the Oakland artist’s 2021 album ‘Nerve Bumps (A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction)’ with Ratskin Records, shared the news on social media on Tuesday, 31st December. No immediate cause of death has been disclosed at the …
Little Simz is kicking off 2025 with a new single titled ‘Hello, Hi’. Listen to it below. It seems the London star is giving fans a taster of what more is likely to come this year, having cleared out all public posts to her Instagram account save for the recent …
Carl Cox is celebrating the new year by sharing 10 of his favourite remixes from three decades. The UK legend revisited key and classic edits in his discography released from 1992 to 2019 in an Instagram post in the lead-up to New Year’s Eve 2024. Alongside the selections, Cox shared …
30 years on from its release on the iconic Strictly Rhythm, Barbara Tucker shares the story behind one of house music’s most loved vocal hits, ‘Beautiful People’. Written by Tucker, alongside India and Lem Springsteen, the track was produced by Louie Vega and Kenny Dope. Vega used the vocal loop …
Netflix has debuted the Avicii documentary I’m Tim, as well as footage from the artist’s final Ibiza live show. The film debuted at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and follows the late artist’s success amid hit singles and big gigs, up until his tragic death by suicide in 2018. The late EDM …
A new set of bylaws for Toronto’s nightclubs and nightlife industry will come into effect on 1st January, Toronto City News reports. According to politicians, the new laws are being introduced in an effort to help spread out Toronto’s nightlife industry from just one downtown neighbourhood to a wider area across the …
New South Wales has agreed to pilot a pill-testing service at music festivals in the Australian state, The Guardian reports. Following approval by the local government, the trial system will roll out at events over 12 months during 2025. Festival-goers will now be able to have a sample of their ecstasy pills …
A new film produced by Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye is set to star Barry Keoghan and Jenna Ortega alongside the artist himself. Hurry Up Tomorrow shares its title with – and is inspired by – the artist’s forthcoming album, which is due out in January. The film is described as a …
Lady Gaga’s next album is partly inspired by industrial dance music, she’s revealed in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. The album is currently untitled but has is referred to as ‘LG7’ in the interview, in which Gaga also reveals that she worked with French DJ and producer Gesaffelstein on …
Tomorrowland has released a new film to commemorate what was the festival brand’s 20th anniversary year in 2024. Titled One Year, the 45-minute film immerses viewers in the World’s No.1 Festival’s various events over the past 12 months, including its flagship Belgium weekenders and its Winter edition in the French …
Manifest Audio, one of our Max for Live shop bestsellers, has released Trifecta—a new and exciting multitimbral polyrhythmic arpeggiator featuring auto-hocketting. If you’re seeking an escape from the same old repetitive patterns and want to create a sense of dynamic intricacy in your work, Manifest Audio’s latest release, Trifecta, could be …
DJ Alfredo, a legend of Ibiza’s club scene known as the “Father of the Balearic beat”, has died. Tributes have been paid across the dance music industry after word of the 71-year-old Argentinian DJ born Alfredo Fiorito’s passing began circulating today, 24th December. The news was confirmed in a statement …
Katy B shares the story behind ‘Katy On A Mission’, the lead single from her 2011 debut album ‘On A Mission’. Released on Rinse, and produced by dubstep legend Benga, Katy shares the inspiration of the lyrics, the making of the video and the impact the song still has almost …
DJ Mag will be taking over Radio 1 Dance Presents for a month-long residency showcasing our artists to watch 2025. Each week from 28th December to 25th January, we’ll present two 30-minute mixes from the most exciting artists of the year ahead hosted by DJ Mag’s Becca Jane Grey. Tune …
This year, DJ Mag has had the pleasure of hosting mixes, HQ sessions and live streams from around the world on our various channels. On Soundcloud, our Recognise series welcomed 16 mixes from the likes of Karen Nyame KG, IMANU, Regal86, DJ Danifox and re:ni, while the On Cue series …
Torino’s Kappa FuturFestival has announced the first phase of its 2025 line-up. The festival will return to its base of Parco Dora next summer from 4th-6th July, and will take in sets from the likes of Carl Cox, Charlotte de Witte, Dixon, Seth Troxler, Nina Kraviz, Artbat, Paco Osuna and …
Ukrainian techno artist Korolova and UK trio Eynka have joined forces to rework the ’90s trance classic ‘Coming On Strong’, by Signum and Scott Mac. The original was a staple of trance DJs’ sets at the turn of the millennium and has gone down as one of the most iconic …
Daft Punk’s legendary Coachella 2006 performance features in a new mini-documentary about Ed Banger founder Pedro Winter, AKA Busy P. The performance is widely considered to be one of the best headline sets that Coachella has seen, and the new documentary, Busy P Says Oui, offers some insight into how …
A new report published by Harper’s Magazine has alleged that Spotify is filling some of its biggest music playlists with work by “ghost artists”, a group of musicians who create large amounts of music to be distributed specifically across the streaming platform. According to journalist Liz Pelly – who will next year …
New Ibiza “hyperclub” [UNVRS] has revealed details of its first residency with Elrow. The famed tech-house party series will take over Saturdays at the venue throughout the summer 2025 season, kicking off on 7th June and coming to an end on 4th October. The party will rotate four different themes …
Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja has said that the group turned down an invitation to play at next year’s Coachella festival, citing the event’s environmental impact as the reason. Speaking to NME in a recent interview, he said the festival was a burden on local water supplies due to its desert location. …
Serato has launched a new plugin called Hex FX. Designed as a chained, multi-FX plug that combines classic FX like delay, reverb, chorus, distortion and more, it also allows producers and engineers access to over 45 customisable effects and 100 presets. With one master control knob to dial the FX …
DJ Mag Presents is back for another week of pool parties at Miami Music Week 2025. Returning to the Sagamore Hotel on South Beach from 26th to 30th March, the 5-Day Pool Party series will kick off with DJ Mag Presents’ very own annual showcase. The line-up for that will …
On the back of a new EP, Drink the Juice, Juicy Romance has joined Boiler Room’s Hard Dance Tour. Australia-born, London-based DJ and producer Juicy Romance continues her rise in the dance music world, cementing her reputation for raunchy, infectious club bangers. With her latest EP, Drink The Juice, Juicy …
It’s been over a month since Azzecca dropped her long-anticipated single, ‘Who’s That Girl?’, and we’re still not over it. The intergalactic house heater – released on Dutch imprint DGTL – brought a more minimal twist to the Chicagoan’s signature sound, interfusing ethereal vocals with deep, stuttering bass lines and …
Teklife affiliates DJ Lucky and DJ Manny have linked up for a new single and video. You can check out ‘WAR’ below. The clip features The Era, a celebrated Chicago footwork dance crew. The collective – founded by Chief Manny, Litebulb, Steelo, Dempsey, and DJ Jody Breeze – have previously …
From mix releases courtesy of dance music royalty, through archival deep dives and explorations into global scenes, to sprawling collections raising funds for crucial causes, here is DJ Mag’s unranked overview of the compilations that made the past 12 months so memorable for electronic music in all its forms
Time Warp has announced the lineup for its 2025 Mannheim event, which will take place on 5th April 2025. The decade-spanning techno festival will return to its spiritual hometown for the past 31 editions for the single-day event, and has unveiled a long list of names from across the genre …
In 2021, Mills contributed to a compilation album celebrating Tresor’s 30th anniversary, and a retrospective book about the techno venue a year later. More recently, he dropped the ‘Powerland EP‘ under his Millsart alias, a four tracker that followed two brand new albums in March and July — ‘The Trip – …
Björk, Uncle Waffles, and Skepta are among the names confirmed for Apple Music Live: NYE. Combining pre-recorded and live sets, the celebrations will begin at 9PM GMT on the recently launched radio platform Apple Music Club and Apple Music 1. Proceedings open with audio-only streams, including a DJ set from …
The last filmed live show performed by The Specials with the band’s late frontman, Terry Hall, is due to air on TV this week. ‘The Specials: Live From Coventry Cathedral’ captures homecoming leg of a the legendary ska outfit’s mammoth 40th anniversary tour in 2019. Lead singer and chief songwriter …
Streams of drum & bass have increased 94% in the past three years, according to Spotify, The streaming giant’s figures show UK plays of the genre have risen almost two-fold since 2021, with next generation artists such as Nia Archives and Bou helping drive the trend. Skepsis, Charlotte Plank, Hybrid …
It’s Thanksgiving morning, and Maude Vôs is feeling a little nostalgic. The Los Angeles-based sound sculptress is spending the holidays with their family in Salt Lake City, Utah, and, as they sip on their takeaway coffee, they’re relishing in the familiarity of their former home. “It’s funny because I picked …
A compilation of music from the late ‘Goodbye Horses’ hitmaker Diane Luckey aka Q Lazzarus is set to be released by Sacred Bones. ‘Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music From The Motion Picture)’ unearths 21 unreleased tracks collected from between 1985 and 1995. Released in collaboration with …
2024’s biggest tracks showcased a scene-wide push and pull between hedonistic dancefloor energy and a pivot toward deeper textures and slower tempos. From ace-in-ya-sleeve heaters and rap gems, bleepy breakbeat rollercoasters and future-facing house and techno cuts, into technicolour trip hop and sub-crushing club tunes, here is DJ Mag’s unranked …