It’s like a question from a pub quiz in a K-hole: what links a hippy chemist, Margaret Thatcher, a free love cult in Oregon, European football, and the Happy Mondays? The answer is Ecstasy. Here’s how ...

The Amen break sample is accompanied by samples of James Brown's group The J.B.'s, Melvin Bliss and The Jimmy Castor Bunch in this one by Bronx crew Ultramagnetic MCs. 'Watch Me Now' is the opener for ...

Dance music continued to blur the lines between the underground and mainstream this year with the embracing of pop edits and outlandish new stars who look tailor-made to achieve viral fame. Perhaps ...

Just 28% of participants in a survey by distributor Ditto Music said that they would avoid using AI to make music New research from music distribution company Ditto Music has revealed that 59.5% of ...

The Mixmag Lab London is our live streamed event series where we showcase the finest DJs from across the globe.

When disco and house music started, the surrounding scene offered respite to Black and queer communities in places that would rather see them out of sight and mind. Today, new iterations of electronic ...

There ain't nothing like a banging, fast-paced drum 'n' bass soundtrack to get you through tough times. Whether that's getting your head stuck in books studying, ticking off your job to-do list or ...

Mixmag is running an editorial series to mark the 75th anniversary of Windrush, find out more here In my grandparents living room, there was something positioned pride of place that the rest of the ...

The UK has lost five nightclubs "every week" in 2024 so far, a new report has revealed. Figures from the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) show a "dramatic decline" in venue numbers, with 67 ...

We’ve paid tribute to our top DJs, breakthrough DJs and top producers of 2024 — and now it’s time to look forwards. In the list below, we tip the emerging artists who’ve caught our attention through ...

Why does it seem like dance music has got so hard and fast recently? Isaac Muk investigates, exploring the impact of a new generation of "play harder" clubbers and artists, social media and economic ...

Martin Scorsese bookends this list with seminal gangster flick Goodfellas and The Wolf Of Wall Street, released 23 years later. He can now add the fact that he’s directed two of the best cocaine ...