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Ableton Live 12 Suite is now available on rent-to-own

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 5h

Ableton has announced an new rent-to-own plan for its Live 12 Suite software 🖥️

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The new plan allows customers to reduce the upfront cost of Ableton's music production software

Untold Dubai adds Axwell, MEDUZA, J Balvin, more to 2025 line-up

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 6h

UNTOLD Dubai has expanded the line-up for its 2025 festival 🎊

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The Middle Eastern mega-festival returns next month for its second edition

Confidence Man and DJ Seinfeld reunite on collaborative single, ‘The Right’: Listen

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 7h

Confidence Man and DJ Seinfeld have reunited for a new collaborative single 🤝

Two years since they worked together on the anthem, 'Now U Do'

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Sara Landry has unveiled a new single, ‘GIRLBOSS’ 💋

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Sara Landry unveils new single, ‘GIRLBOSS’: Listen

The hard techno star described the track as “a bouncy bop for the girly-pops”

Paul Kalkbrenner shares first album in seven years, ‘The Essence’: Listen

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 10h

Paul Kalkbrenner has shared his first album in seven years ⭐️

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“Some of the stuff on here, I wouldn’t even come up with today because it’s so unfiltered”

Carl Cox and Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Farrell link up on new single, ‘Joya’: Listen

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DJ Mag @djmag.com · 2d

Carl Cox and Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell have linked up on a new single 🤝

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The uplifting peak-time roller has closed all the Three-Deck Wizard’s sets this summer

Ireland’s basic income scheme for artists to be made permanent in 2026

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 2d

Ireland’s government is pressing ahead with plans to permanently implement a basic income scheme that will support 2,000+ artists, creative workers and musicians in 2026

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The scheme aims to support 2,000 artists and creative workers, paying each successful applicant €325 a week

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood charged with four counts of rape

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DJ Mag @djmag.com · 2d

Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has been charged by the Metropolitan Police on four counts of rape, according to The Guardian

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The Metropolitan police say Westwood, 68, has been charged with sexual offences against seven women

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🌐 Bridging worlds 🌐

Shimza is the third cover star of DJ Mag’s latest quarterly print edition.

Ria Hylton speaks to South Africa’s great showman, Shimza and others in the local electronic community, to find out how confidence and collaboration are at the heart of his success.

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The Streets announce 2026 UK tour, performing ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’ in full

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 2d

The Streets are set to take their landmark second album ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’ on the road across the UK in 2026 💫

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The Mike Skinner-led group will play shows in London, Margate, Manchester and more

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Native Instruments (NI) has announced its "next-gen" two-channel Traktor MX2 controller 🎛️

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Tomorrowland Brasil 2025 streaming programme announced

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 3d

The streaming schedule for this year's Tomorrowland Brasil has been announced 🎉

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Sets from Armin van Buuren, Alesso, David Guetta and more will be streamed online

Gaza flotilla: Berlin venue Oyoun founder Louna Sbou released from Israeli prison as Björk calls for "safe return" of detained childhood friend

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 3d

Gaza flotilla: Berlin venue Oyoun founder Louna Sbou released from Israeli prison as Björk calls for "safe return" of detained childhood friend

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Sbou, who is among the 456 flotilla activists to have been released in recent days, spoke to DJ Mag about her experience

Drexciya's 'Fusion Flats' set for Tresor vinyl and digital reissue

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DJ Mag @djmag.com · 3d

Tresor is reissuing 'Fusion Flats', a 2000 EP by Drexciya, on vinyl and digital platforms

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Four of their other records for the label are also being repressed

The latest dance music news from DJ Mag

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🚀 Warp Speed 🚀

@subfocus is the second cover star of DJ Mag’s latest quarterly print edition.

In conversation with Ben Hindle, he reflects on the influence of his late father, the importance of community, and how drum & bass can continue to ride its current wave of global success.

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DJ Mag @djmag.com · 3d

Louie Vega has dropped a new remix EP of his track ‘All My Love’, featuring Robyn 💝

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London’s Number 90 secures 6AM license, unveils “reimagined” club space

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 4d

🖤 Nothing left to prove 🖤

Charlotte de Witte is the first cover star of DJ Mag’s latest quarterly print edition.

Eight years since she first graced our cover during her breakthrough moment, the Belgian techno star returns to share her story ahead of her debut LP

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London’s Number 90 secures 6AM license, unveils “reimagined” club space

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Juan Atkins, Egyptian Lover and Josey Rebelle are all set to play at the venue in the coming months

PinkPantheress ‘Fancy That’ remix album announced featuring Nia Archives, Basement Jaxx, Kaytranada, more

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 5d

PinkPantheress has announced a star-studded remix album of her critically acclaimed 2025 LP ‘Fancy That’ 🎀

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'Fancy That' is among the albums nominated for the 2025 Mercury Music Prize Album of the Year

Tanat Teeradakorn announces new EP on CHINABOT, ‘NATIONAL OPERA COMPLEX’

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DJ Mag @djmag.com · 5d

Tanat Teeradakorn is releasing a new EP on CHINABOT 💫

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The EP is inspired by "five seminal songs pivotal in Thailand’s activist history"

Jamie Jones celebrates Hot Creations 15th birthday with new single, ‘Murder Mystery’

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Jamie Jones celebrates Hot Creations 15th birthday with new single, ‘Murder Mystery’ 🎈

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His first release on the label in three years

Over half of disabled people in UK avoid gigs due to poor accessibility, new report says

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 6d

A new report has revealed that over half of disabled people in the UK avoid gigs due to poor accessibility

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Over a quarter (27%) of the report's respondents said that travelling to venues "is too difficult to even attempt"

June Reid, aka Nzinga Soundz sound system founder Junie Rankin, dies aged 67

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 6d

June Reid, aka Nzinga Soundz sound system founder Junie Rankin, dies aged 67

RIP 🤍

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Nzinga were one of the UK’s first and longest-running all-female sound systems