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How daytime raves introduced clubbing to a generation of young British South Asians

Safi Bugel explores the history of daytime rave culture and its seismic impact on British South Asian youths in the 1980s and '90s

What it's like to go clubbing as a British South Asian person

Across dealings with bouncers, bar staff, promoters, sound engineers and green rooms, Manu Ekanayake examines how South Asian identity affects DJs and clubbers' experience of nightlife

What Do Your Parents Think?: 4 South Asian DJs share their family's reception to a music career

Manu Ekanayake speaks to four DJs - and two parents - about how pursuing musical interests has been received by their respective families

A short history of boundary-breaking South Asians in the UK

Haseeb Iqbal spotlights the underreported impact of influential South Asian pioneers in the UK

Exploring identity: What does it mean to be a South Asian in the UK in 2021?

Dhruva Balram reflects on the cultural multitudes within the South Asian diaspora, speaking to artists Yung Singh, DEBONAIR, Sarathy Korwar, anu and Surya Sen

“We exist in more than one narrative”: Sarathy Korwar & Idris Rahman in conversation

Ravi Ghosh hosts a conversation between Sarathy Korwar and Idris Rahman, discussing the influence of South Asian classical sounds on contemporary music and the pros and cons of scenes

A deep dive into South Asian electronic music

Dhruva Balram presents some of the finest sounds coming out of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Abhi The Nomad has found home

Ryan Gaur talks to Abhi The Nomad about growing more comfortable with his sound and identity, rap idols, hating social media and loving video games

A potted history of the 1990s British (South) Asian Underground

Tara Joshi traces the '90s lineage of the Asian Underground movement, speaking to key figures DJ Ritu, Sweety Kapoor and Nitin Sawhney

How classic cars and soundsystems connect Southall residents to their Indian roots

Ciaran Thapar spends an evening in London's 'Little India', where modified cars and dub reggae soundsystems carry messages of protest and connection to home across generations

Britain's first out Muslim drag queen: Asifa Lahore is a proud clubland pioneer

Safi Bugel talks to Asifa Lahore about London's queer South Asian club history and navigating DJing and performing as a disabled, Muslim trans woman

How Asian Dub Foundation's stand against racism connected generations of British Asians

Zab Mustefa speaks to Asian Dub Foundation about the unifying impact of their visible fight back against racism and the stereotype-smashing lyricism of 1998 album 'Rafi's Revenge'

Welcome to Mixmag's South Asian Series

Mixmag presents a week of editorial features dedicated to South Asian artists, scenes, histories and issues

Burning Man virtual director: "It’s exciting to have a new way to connect with the global community"

Burning Man has gone virtual — we spoke to Director of Virtual Experiences Colette Crespin to find out more

Review: Yam Carnival, ambitious and necessary festival sorely misses the mark

As another August bank holiday weekend without Notting Hill Carnival passed in London, the debut edition of Yam Carnival was a disappointing alternative

5 DJs tell us all about what they got up to on their wedding days

Afterparties at Hï and drunken wedding DJs? Some of your favourite selectors tell us stories from their big day

How DJ diversity clauses can make dance music a better place

Not just making up the numbers, diversity clauses are the DJ booking contract stipulations making nightlife a safer and fairer place

Intergenerational trust: We Out Here's connection of communities makes your heart sing

With it's refreshing perspective and guaranteed jaw-drops, Gilles Peterson's festival builds on it's 2019 edition

Coming of age: Chloé Robinson's maturing sound wants to keep techno fun

The artist formerly known as Barely Legal talks about developing her skills and confidence — and presents her debut DJ mix as Chloé Robinson

10 of the best flips on the GodsConnect channel

From bedroom producers to more established names, here's our cream of the crop

Exclusive: Priti Patel used incorrect data about illegal raves to justify emergency powers for the police

An investigation by Mixmag has found that The Met was using a flawed methodology to calculate the number of raves that it was responding to during lockdown, which had the potential to dramatically inflate its statistics