From: Manchester, UK

For fans of: Little Simz, Erykah Badu, Levelz

Three tunes: ‘Urban Jazz’, ‘Shade’, ‘Pause’

Ben Cardew revisits Richie Hawtin’s acidic masterpiece, 1993's ‘Sheet One’, perhaps the most definitive example of Roland’s TB-303 synthesizer ever released in the album format

Forget Paris — or at least that’s what France’s third biggest metropolis seems to say, albeit without the arrogance, and with stacks of infectious party spirit...

Australian music journalist Andrew Wowk shares the story behind the New South Wales government’s recent festival crackdown, and explains why music venues are currently in the firing line like never before...

From: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

For fans of: Chris Liebing, Charlotte de Witte, Robert Hood

DJ Mag's Solid Gold series revisits and examines the ongoing significance and influence of electronic albums throughout history. In this edition, Ben Cardew discusses how Leftfield's seminal LP 'Leftism' united the electronic music community in post-rave Britain and beyond...

DJ Mag North America trips out to Vietnam, to discover why South East Asia is fast becoming an unmissable hub for dance music culture, premium house and techno, and 24-hour nightlife... 

Roland’s 909 drum machine is responsible for the rhythm of house and techno, and countless classics of dance and pop. Exactly 35 years after its launch, we delve deep into the device, learning how it laid the foundations of modern club music, and how it still exerts a strong influence now

DJ Mag’s Solid Gold series revisits and examines the ongoing significance and influence of inspiring electronic albums throughout history. This month, we examine the impact of Underworld's 1994 breakthrough LP ‘Dubnobasswithmyheadman’ and the ways it changed the face of UK dance music forever...