The one-off event will include conversations, workshops, listening experiences, and a gallery tour celebrating queerness Honey Dijon is set to curate a special one-off exhibition at London’s Tate Modern gallery next week as part of LGBTQIA+ History Month. The one-night event will take place on Friday, 27th February and will include conversations, workshops, listening [...]
At Brooklyn’s “hi-def dance club” Refuge, two mainstays of New York nightlife have joined forces to execute their vision of the perfect club, building on the city’s mighty legacy and carrying that inspiration forward into the future. Patrick Hinton headed out to the debut of legendary Detroit-meets-New York party No Way Back at Refuge [...]
The Masters At Work and Nuyorican Soul veteran takes over the 2,000-capacity venue HERE at Outernet this spring Photo Credit: Christelle de Castro Louie Vega is hosting his first "all-night-long" gig in London this spring. The Masters At Work veteran will take over the decks at 2,000-capacity Charing Cross venue HERE at Outernet from 8 PM to [...]
Over 115 acts will head to the Motor City in May Movement Festival has confirmed the full line-up for its 2026 Detroit edition, taking place over Memorial Day weekend (23rd–25th May) at Hart Plaza. Over 115 acts will head to the Motor City for the event, including international headliners Sara Landry, Carl Cox, and Dom Dolla. Richie Hawtin, [...]
Thirty years into this thing we do, and I’m still hearing the same tired argument: electronic music isn’t political; it’s just escapism, just hedonism, just 4/4 music and ravers preaching PLUR in dark rooms. If I had a quid for every time someone’s tried to tell me (or I see it as a comment [...]
The mix has been released to mark what would have been the late Chicago DJ's birthday Defected has shared a previously unreleased mix by Frankie Knuckles via Apple Music. Clocking in at over two hours, the 26-track set was recorded by the late Chicago DJ in 2011, and was intended for release as a [...]
cubase.jpg With powerful MIDI tools, excellent audio editing, and creative tools for sound design, Cubase 15 is a jack of all trades — and a master of most of them Review Overview Our verdict ⊕ Pro-level MIDI production environment ⊕ Solid stock instruments and library content ⊕ Refreshed Score Editor looks great and can [...]
Premiere: Richard Earnshaw & Sabrina Chyld - Better For Me (Original Mix) [Artworx] 5 MAG PREMIERE: Richard Earnshaw launches a new label ARTWORX with the sultry voice of Sabrina Chyld — the irresistible soulful house jam “Better For Me” is out now in promo release on Traxsource and available worldwide on 19 December 2025. Introducing the latest imprint from the [...]
Look, we know. Another piece about phones ruining club culture. The think pieces have been written, the surveys conducted, the hot takes delivered. But here’s the thing: most of that conversation has been happening in the abstract, with commentators theorising about what might be happening while the actual architects of nightlife, the people building [...]
Happy New Year! It seems that 2026 will start with a bang, as BKMAG is reporting that on January 1, 2026 the now-infamous Brooklyn Mirage and its parent Avant Gardner were sold to the group behind Pacha, FIVE Holdings. Five Holdings, the parent company of Pacha, made its deal with Axar, the longtime lender that acquired most of the Mirage’s assets [...]