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RIP DJ Deeon: A force of nature who rocked speakers around the globe

DJ Deeon's legacy has impacted every strain of modern dance music. Joe Muggs and peers of the Chicago ghetto house pioneer pay tribute

A brief lesson in the origins of jungle from MC Navigator

Semper Azeez-Harris speaks to legendary MC Navigator about jungle and its roots in reggae

"It's about curating something sonically that is sexy": Manuka Honey and La Favi in conversation

Following the release of their collaborative track '777', Megan Townsend caught up with Manuka Honey and La Favi to reflect on channelling anger into music, the "Latin club boom" and how supporting other women can be a source of strength

Rebellion music: Hak Baker is taking down the powers-that-be and having fun with it

Hak Baker is a champion of the people: honouring the legacy of Windrush and rewriting the narrative for his generation and for those to come

“We’ve opened the box and it’s full of beautiful things”: DJ Oliver’s PANDORA party returns to Ibiza

The Ibiza stalwart speaks to Mixmag ahead of his return to Lio Ibiza for a 22-week marathon residency

Jokkoo Collective are the experimental club crew diversifying Barcelona's dancefloors

The collective - who make and play raucous music inspired by global and Afro-diasporic club sounds - are debuting a new audio-visual live show at Sónar Festival's 30th anniversary edition

Blossoming force: Eflorem are the hyper-house duo telling stories within breakneck beats

The duo reflect on their journey, from writing dubstep love songs to planning a high-concept album

"I just woke up one day and went, ‘Come on!’": The reinvention of Alison Goldfrapp

Upon the release of her debut solo album, Alison Goldfrapp speaks to Becca Inglis about leaning into dance music, the fetishisation of youth and making the most of life

Review: Jai Paul's London live debut was a delirious, heart-warming homecoming

The day ones were out in force as the generational talent brought his long-awaited live show to London for the first time. Dhruva Balram reports

The Master: How Chunky grew from magnetic MC to artistic all-rounder

Chunky made his name as a Master of Ceremonies at the UK's best raves, but throughout his journey in music he's been developing his skillset as a producer, rapper and more, reaching a pinnacle with his debut album ‘Somebody's Child’

Everything But The Girl on new album: “We were looking for areas of electronic music we hadn’t explored before”

Ahead of the Everything But The Girl's first album in 24 years, we caught up with the duo to talk about staying true to their music, shutting out the outside noise, and whether they plan to perform live any time soon

“Dance music is folk music”: Why James Holden is still inspired by rave culture

James Holden's new album imagines a parallel rave reality. He speaks to Charlie Bird about joyous music, counterculture and the natural world

Mixmag is 40: An interview with our first ever cover star, Shalamar

In 2023, Mixmag is celebrating 40 years of documenting dance music and club culture. In this interview, Craig Seymour speaks to Jeffrey Daniel of Shalamar

Sudan Archives' violin-charged R&B is detonating classical conventions

Cici Peng speaks to Sudan Archives about the wild playing style of West African violinists, being kicked out by her family for pursuing music, and creating her own home in music

“Making good music is completely different to writing hard bars”: SamRecks is doing UK rap his own way

SamRecks is no underdog but a man on a mission within the UK rap game. The newcomer talks about how he has mastered lyric-writing, finding his sound and polishing his look.

“My art is not a joke, it’s literally my legacy”: IAMDDB is completely independent and creatively unshackled

Ahead of her first album in three years, Mixmag speaks to the Angolan artist about her influences, the stagnation of modern-day music, and the creative possibilities of being her own boss

Orbital: "It’s embarrassing to be called 'icons' but at least it's better than being called 'wankers'"

Straight off the back of their 10th studio album, the Hartnoll brothers talk working with Stephen Hawking, raving in the ‘90s and how they keep their live sets fresh

We have entered the era of 'Fred againia'

Megan Townsend investigates why fans across the globe have become so enraptured with Fred again.., and what the wider implications of a new "superstar producer" could be for dance music

Continental sound: King Perryy is creating a paradigm shift in Afro Dancehall music

King Perryy is challenging musical boundaries, experimenting with styles such as drill and R&B within an Afro Dancehall framework to create his 'continental sound'

Get to know Gayance, the DJ and producer expressing joyfulness through music

Ahead of the release of her remarkable debut album ‘Mascarade’, Gayance speaks to Martyn Pepperell about growing up in Montreal's Haitian community, the power of intention, and her multidisciplinary creative endeavours

Robbie Williams: “Acid house was a big phenomenon, I was part of that culture”

We caught up with newly formed electronic trio Lufthaus in the midst of their European tour to talk Berlin, Partying at Pikes and the 'melody of being a human being'