North America's biggest week in electronic music approaches. Here's what you need to know. Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield has just declared this week as Detroit Techno Week. From May 20th through 26th, the Motor City will be awash with house, techno, electro and more as the international music community arrives for not just Movement [...]
** This was first published in Mixmag on September 20 2025 The Detroit house maestro marked the first-ever Mixmag Lab Bali with a three-hour set The Mixmag Lab is our live event where we showcase the finest DJs direct from our world famous office party, and elsewhere across the globe. On Saturday, September 13, we [...]
The classic of classic Chicago house tracks was selected for preservation as one of "the defining sounds of history and culture." Here's how it was made. One of the signature tracks of the early Chicago house music era has been inducted in to the National Recording Registry. Jamie Principle‘s “Your Love” — the 1986 [...]
A movement born from New York dance floors found its voice in Amsterdam. Elliott Matos didn’t just build parties—he built GDE, a cultural force that reconnected house music with its queer, Black, and underground roots at Amsterdam Dance Event. Introduction: The Story Behind the Spotlight There are two histories of house music. One lives [...]
**NYC Dance Parade Celebrates 20 Years of Rhythm & My House Radio FM is Bringing the Heat!** New York City, get ready to move! The annual Dance Parade is hitting the streets on Saturday, May 18th, celebrating two decades of unstoppable rhythm, vibrant expression, and pure, unadulterated joy. Expect the usual explosion of color, [...]
At Winter Music Conference 2026, it wasn’t just the DJs turning heads at the Beatport Live pool parties on the Kimpton EPIC Hotel rooftop – L-Acoustics DJ’s immersive spatial audio system had crowds stopping in their tracks. For 40 years, the global disc jockey and electronic dance music community has flocked to southern Florida [...]
A curated snapshot of the groove, stories and friendships currently shaping the sound of the legendary Danny Tenaglia. From his formative years behind the decks in Brooklyn and Miami to becoming a central figure in the global house and techno movement, Danny Tenaglia has spent decades shaping what underground dance music looks and feels like. [...]
The modern commercial electronic music industry hijacked the DJ title to market stadium pop producers. Global rankings dictate massive booking fees based on advertising budgets, completely excluding proficient instrumentalists who manipulate analog gear mixing live Watch a turntablist work a pair of direct-drive decks. It is a physical act. Fingers manipulate the [...]
Artists and venues describe a pattern of cancelled nights, unpaid costs and vanished listings linked to Kieran Wells. Dozens of young DJs across Scotland say they've been booked for events that never happen by a man operating under shifting aliases, according to a new report from the Glasgow Bell. Multiple accounts describe a [...]
DJ, producer, fashion muse. In our spring 2026 cover story, Shaad D'Souza asks: what does Honey Dijon truly want? C.012, 2026: HONEY DIJON PLEASURE MAGNET It can be 4 PM or 4 AM, but when Honey Dijon walks in, she owns the room. On a recent afternoon in central London, the [...]