10 dance music things we're most thankful for this year

With the festival scene in the United States as strong as ever, there is still only one place to find a full lineup of international artists focusing on proper house and techno: Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit. Artists from across the electronic spectrum like the heavyweights of Ben Klock, Carl Cox, DVS1, Pan-Pot, Daniel Avery and Adam Beyer alongside underground talent including Sterac, Matrixxman, Ambivalent, Rrose, Red Axes, Drumcell and Rebekah, plus all the Detroit techno innovators, it's simply not like any other festival in the states. And that's not even mentioning the after parties... If it wasn't for Movement, we would be left perpetually drooling over international lineups, but thankfully each year we gather at the birthplace of techno for three days of bliss. Long live Movement! - Harrison Williams, East Coast Editor

Finding myself at more shows than ever this year, my gluttonous and incessant hunger for track IDs has been quenched by a beautiful little piece of technology called Shazam. Who needs Pokemon Go when I can try to catch all the tracks during DJ Stingray’s b2b with Helena Hauff or catalog all the disco gems thrown at me during Motor City Drum Ensemble's rare visit to Los Angeles! Be it at the club, warehouse or kickback, my friends and I have always competed on who can nail down the best unknown tunes, gloating when that handsome blue screen pops up with text on it.

Sometimes, it’s hard not to look like an idiot on the dance floor trying to grab a track ID. Luckily, Mixmag has found a solution. - Cameron Holbrook, US Editorial Intern