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Opening up: HAAi is exiting lockdown with an assured vision and daring debut album

HAAi announces her debut LP 'Baby, We're Ascending' and talks to Katie Thomas about growing in confidence as a musician, connecting with her community, and bringing up new artists

“Freedom and thrill”: The lockdown project paying homage to the rave

Newcastle-based curator Jordan Taylor talks us through his boisterous photography platform

Goldie: “People never give props to drum 'n' bass for what it's done for electronic music"

Goldie speaks to Ralph Moore about writing tracks for Bowie, the underappreciation of drum 'n' bass, and his motivational 'Kubrick Theory'

"He was a revolution": Busy P on the remarkable legacy of DJ Mehdi

Becky Buckle speaks to Ed Banger founder Busy P about releasing unearthed DJ Mehdi music and the late artist's gamechanging impact on electronic music

"A clear head on Sunday morning is a gift": Why DJs and ravers are embracing sobriety

Niamh Ingram explores the benefits sobriety can bring for people involved in dance music, including in-depth chats with Patrick Topping, Rebekah and Radio Slave

New book captures the ‘temporary utopia’ of Prague’s rave scene

Location TBA depicts raves between 2015-2020 through images, interviews, and essays

Free Thebe: Earl Sweatshirt is coming into his own

After a controversial come-up, disappearance and return to the spotlight, Earl Sweatshirt is reconciling with his past and carving his own lane in hip hop. The LA rapper speaks to Dhruva Balram about grief, fatherhood, and his new project 'Sick!'

The UK government's war-on-drugs policy is out of touch and causing harm

While other countries around the world adopt progressive, health and recovery based drug policy, the UK is stuck in a dangerous past

In the House of God: Never-before-seen images document Birmingham's iconic techno night

Terence Donovan documented the goliath party at Que Club in 1996

The top 25 artists to check out in 2022

Keep your eyes on these artists

The best music of 2021, according to 50+ global DJs

More than 50 artists from around the world share their musical highlights from 2021

The A-Z of dance music in 2021

Need to catch up on what happened this year? Our helpful A-to-Z guide will give you the rundown

DJs share their favourite clubbing moment of 2021

To celebrate the return of our dancefloors, we asked 14 artists to share the club moments that made their 2021

25 UK clubs you need to rave at in 2022

Essential nightclubs, venues and after-dark parties to dance at in the UK in 2022

The 21 best record labels of 2021

The labels that kept us going, both at home and on the dancefloor, in 2021

The best albums and EPs of the year 2021

Mixmag's guide to the best albums of the year

The best tracks of the year 2021

The best DJ mixes of the year 2021

Mixmag's guide to the best DJ mixes of 2021

Jaguar is the DJ broadcaster of the year

Jaguar is dedicated to uplifting new talent as the host of the BBC Introducing show on Radio 1 Dance

Ella Snyder is fashion’s bright new star

The model, artist and Diesel muse talks about her upcoming photobook celebrating the trans and non-binary community and how she stays sustainably stylish

11 of the most unexpected things to happen in dance music in 2021

From the shocking to the pleasantly surprising, we look back on some of the most unexpected moments in dance music in 2021