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Charlie Tee: “Everyone involved in dance music has a responsibility to support women”

More needs to be done to make dance music a safer and more diverse space, says DJ and broadcaster Charlie Tee

What is an NFT, and how could it help the music industry? A guide

Clarian - the first music artist to release a new album as an NFT - pens his thoughts on how the format could be game-changing for musicians

Why did Daft Punk split up? Mixmag examines the clues

Daft Punk’s split came without much warning. So why exactly did it happen?

Will rapid testing really save UK nightlife? Mixmag investigates

The government says rapid testing will help its plan for nightclubs to reopen from June 21, but how will it work and what are the obstacles?

Why Brexit won’t ‘destroy touring’ for DJs and electronic musicians

The new Brexit rules are a headache for UK artists, but touring Europe is not going to be as difficult as first feared - and the obstacles for artists from outside of Europe remain greater

"Tripping revived me": Students are using LSD and magic mushrooms to get through lockdown

More young people are switching on to the benefits of psychedelics. Aneesa Ahmed meets the students who are using LSD and shrooms to make lockdown a little brighter

Will music festivals actually happen this year?

Summer 2021 is fast approaching. Niamh Ingram surveys the festival landscape to find out which festivals are likely to go ahead

Totems of rave: How Vinca Petersen documented the European free party movement

Legendary rave photographer Vinca Petersen tells Seb Wheeler what it was like to document the heyday of the free party movement

Aiyush Pachnanda spent three years photographing Cardiff's drum 'n' bass scene

Aiyush Pachnanda became part of Cardiff's d'n'b community and documented it for a photobook titled Rave To The Grave

The Best Albums Of The Year 2020

More than 50 artists, crews and labels from around the world pick their favourite albums of 2020

The MOBO Awards need dance and electronic music categories

The last time the MOBOs recognised Black British dance and electronic music was in the early 2000s. Jaguar & Heléna Star ask why and call for these categories to be reinstated

The magic mushroom renaissance

Magic mushrooms are back! Joe Roberts charts the history of psilocybin and explains why shrooms are having a medical and cultural renaissance

We need to end sexism, misogyny and violence in dance music

Zab Mustefa talks to Rebekah, DJ Empress and Dave Clarke about fighting sexual harassment and assault in the dance music industry

"A glass ceiling with razor wire": The harsh reality for women working in dance music

A woman with over 20 years experience in the music industry talks about the coercion, bribery and harassment she's faced in her career

RIP Benji Espinoza, an unsung hero of house music

From its earliest days, the DJ International Records co-founder (left) was a tireless champion of house music

No Signal is the future of radio

Yewande Adeniran explores the impact of No Signal, the radio station celebrating Black British culture and communities

Inside Trax Records: Why Chicago's house originators are fighting for reparations

Decades on from changing the world, Chicago's pioneers are still pursuing payment and the rights to the music they created

London's Night Czar: “The government needs to give nightclubs financial support”

We spoke to Amy Lamé to ask what can be done to support the nightlife industry through the pandemic

Meet the NHS junior doctor who started a record label during lockdown

Hyde Records feels like a hopeful sign of the music industry's power to survive and adapt

Pandemic-proof suit designers: "Physical raving is extremely important"

We talked to the LA creative studio behind the outfit that could bring back raving

Don't give up the day job?: A generation of DJs are working 9 to 5 without compromising their music dreams

Electronic artists are combining a music career with a day job and succeeding on their own terms