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Spotlight: Five artists to check out in January 2025

This month, we venture from Kyoto to Montreal and beyond profiling the best emerging artists

Is 'The Sesh' starting to catch up with Millennials?

Attitudes to drugs have changed significantly since the late '80s, becoming more widely used and socially acceptable. But while Gen Z are embracing sober curiosity, the toll of sustained drug use is becoming more pronounced in older generations. David Hillier reports

How Fuse brought Detroit techno to the heart of Brussels

In an excerpt from Fuse – 30 Yrs Of Making Noise, a new book celebrating the Belgian clubbing institution’s three decade run, author Koen Galle traces its musical origins and inspirations

Who is CASISDEAD?

In this book extract from ‘What Do You Call It? From Grassroots to the Golden Era of UK Rap’, author David Kane examines the murky backstory of the masked rapper, as well as his mysterious allure

The best DJ mixes of the year 2024

Mixmag's guide to the best DJ mixes of 2024 so far

The best albums and EPs of the year 2024

Mixmag's guide to the best albums and EPs of 2024 so far

The best tracks of the year 2024

Mixmag's guide to the best tracks of the year 2024

John Glacier: “Music is a process not a product”

On her long-awaited debut album, pieced together from three EPs with influence from the outside world and changing of the seasons, John Glacier asserts herself as a force of nature. Ahead of its full release, the Hackney-born artist speaks to Cici Peng about drawing influence from Carribean London, creative growth, and being in control of her narrative and image

The Best Music Tech of 2024

The finest new music tech products released in 2024

The 25 Best Dancefloor Bangers Of 2024

The biggest club tracks of the year

Here’s what went down at The Corner Shop, Rum Stripe’s celebration of UK soundsystem culture

To mark the launch of Red Stripe’s new rum-based cocktail Rum Stripe, they took over a local London corner shop with special guests D Double E, Tiffany Calver, and Sir Spyro

Mind, Body & Soul: New York club night Soul Connection is honouring the overlooked Black women of house music

Jamaal Johnson sits down with Soul Connection founders Lovie and Honey Bun to chat about creating a safe space on the dancefloor, and the importance of acknowledging dance music’s Black roots

It's been 40 years since the first ever house track, and its legacy lives ‘On and On’

Four decades on from a record that changed the world of dance music forever, Meena Sears speaks to house music scholars, including Jesse Saunders, and traces the evolution of the culture

The Top 25 Artists To Watch In 2025

The DJs, producers and rappers you need to look out for in 2025

“A fundamental voice for little-known internet music”: 10 years of TT

TT has created its own lane in electronic music, repping singular sounds and building a catalogue that is unlike any other label. A decade into its lifespan, Christian Eede speaks to founder DJ Pitch and key members of the crew about its origins, evolution and purpose

The Top 25 Producers Who Defined The Year 2024

Whether they were pioneering new sounds, connecting global scenes, doling out bangers, or blurring the lines of reality with their music, these are the producers who defined 2024

Watch a documentary on Sheffield’s community-focused music space Gut Level

Check out a short film documenting Sheffield’s essential queer-dedicated space, and Gilles' chosen community of a new grassroots music initiative by Worldwide FM and Monkey Shoulder, featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes snippets

The Top 25 Breakthrough DJs Of The Year 2024

The new wave of DJs soundtracking life-affirming dancefloor moments

The Top 25 DJs Who Defined The Year 2024

The DJs who defined 2024, spanning pioneers, cult heroes, idols, thought-leaders and more

The Latin GRAMMYs at 25: The Latin music universe keeps on expanding

The Latin GRAMMYs now represents musicians from the fastest-growing recording market in the US, and its global growth shows no signs of slowing. Patrick Hinton reports from the awards' 25th annual edition in Miami

Watch Narciss' blistering DJ set live from a car boot in a Berlin warehouse

Celebrating the reveal of the new Ford Puma Gen-E, high-energy hot rod Narciss goes deep with an hour-long mix from the new motor's spacious trunk