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The 22 Top Breakthrough DJs Of The Year 2022

This new generation of DJs are rising to prominence and shaking up the dance music landscape

Kindred spirits: Ariel Zetina and Bored Lord are repping the clubs and communities that they call home

To celebrate their collaborative track 'Smoke Machine', the US dancefloor dynamos talk hometown pride, going B2B at Unsound and being each other's biggest fans

The 22 DJs who defined the year 2022

In the first full year of events since 2019, these established DJs have led the way for inspiring dancefloor moments

Always high-energy: Peach is ready to explore her own fully-realised vision

Peach speaks to Megan Townsend about her mystical new label Psychic Readings, fantasy fortune tellers and the importance of having fun

“People were curious”: Underground Kampala is creating a techno culture in Uganda

Aneesa Ahmed speaks to Underground Kampala founder Richard O’doi about inclusive partying, run-ins with police and taking international DJs on safari

RIP Manuel Göttsching: A visionary musician who inspired the sound of the future

David Pollock pays tribute to the life and legacy of German musical pioneer Manuel Göttsching

What's the party providing a safer space for London's *FLINTA community? Technomate

TM8 has rapidly grown to be a pillar for education and queer representation in London's techno scene

Can a music festival help save the world? HOCO Fest is willing to try

Pairing impeccable programming with a focus on sustainability, Tucson's intimate HOCO Fest inspires an appreciation for life at that sets a universal example

Community at its core: Warm Up is a London rave staple that might change your life

What started out as a pop-up party, Warm Up has now evolved into a string of clubs shows and an annual four-day festival. We chatted to the team behind the community-focused events

Daniel Vangarde: "The Disco Demolition was homophobic, racist and stupid"

In one of his first interviews ever, the legendary producer and songwriter talks pride in his son Thomas Bangalter's rebellious approach in Daft Punk, Grace Jones and loving imperfections

From fans to friends: Eden Samara, Loraine James and object blue in conversation

To celebrate the release of Samara’s debut album, ‘Rough Night’, we sat down with the three friends and musical innovators to discuss the LP, celebrating imperfection and how to stay sane as a musician

More live: Why Carl Cox is moving beyond being a DJ

From three-deck wizard to a new kind of triple threat, Carl Cox is evolving. He talks to Nick Stevenson about his new artistic era, first album in a decade, and playing on the moon

19-year-old Yaw Tog is the Ghanaian drill prodigy destined for the top

Robert Solomon speaks to Kumasi rapper Yaw Tog about taking Ghanaian drill worldwide and what comes next

How Club BEMA got dance music back into the MOBO Awards

Dance music was noticeably absent from the Music Of Black Origin Awards for more than a decade — this year, the Black Electronic Music Association helped change that

Inside The Crown’s tribute to the early days of rave culture

As Netflix’s royal series moves into the 1990s, Faithless have remixed Hans Zimmer’s theme tune into a bona fide stomper

“I refuse to be boxed in”: rRoxymore’s shapeshifting sound is always evolving

On her new album ‘Perpetual Now’, the French-born artist continues to push beyond the boundaries of club music. She speaks to Caroline Whiteley about her decade spent in Berlin, her new home in Mexico City, and staying true to her vision

The story of London’s original party boat

Week-long raves, rare sets and gangland confrontations — Isaac Muk dives into the history of London's trend-setting nautical nightclub

Hard work and bangers: Rimzee is an inspirational figurehead for road rap

DJ Firestarr talks to returning UK rap star Rimzee about success as an independent, life after prison and his new mixtape 'Cold Feet'

Listen to Anish Kumar’s "East meets West" playlist

The North East producer and DJ picks out 10 tracks as he releases new ‘Bollywood Super Hits!’ EP

The Warehouse Project co-founder: “Rotterdam and Manchester have a great synergy"

After announcing its first international festival, Sam Kandel speaks about WHP's first festival, Rotterdam as a city and what loyal ravers should expect from the May Bank Holiday weekender

Woosh, the first UK drill book, tells the real story of the demonised genre

A new book from cinematographers Tim & Barry and writer Ian McQuaid explores the rise of UK drill over the last four years