Features New Delhi deep house maverick: Hamza Rahimtula's global dance voyage “A healthy scene should have choices and we are playing our part to build things up”
The Guest List The Guest List: Cerrone revisits the “disco songs that made me trip” Best of Cerrone marks 45 years in music for the French Disco King
Features How emerging DJs are using TikTok to reach millions TikTok's large user base and highly-trainable algorithm is a perfect storm for viral hits — but is social media hype translating into real world success? Niamh Ingram investigates
Features “Music kept me sane”: LONER powers through the pandemic with more music on the way With a new EP on the way & plenty of time to hone his craft, Lean Ordinario’s distinct Filipino house sound deserves all the play time when clubs reopen
Features Arabs Do It Better: the party championing Arabic music in the Holy Land Alice Austin meets David Pearl & Marwan Hawash, the party-starters flying the flag for Arabic culture in Jaffa & Berlin
Features Meet the 5 finalists from Asia-Pacific competing in Vans Musicians Wanted 2021 The contest will be judged by YUNGBLUD, Julia Michaels, Denzel Curry & 88rising founder Sean Miyashiro
Features The Amazing History of Shinichi Osawa: Unpacking 3 decades of artistry by Japan's humble hero You might know him as Mondo Grosso, which began as a band in 1991
Features 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 & Surya Sen
Features 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
Features 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 & navigating DJing and performing as a disabled, Muslim trans woman
Features 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'
Features 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 & fairer place
Features Anyasa is bringing Indian traditional music & electronic sounds to the world Taking Anjuna back to its Goan roots
Features “Jakarta is where it all started": Kusuma imparts the beauty in the beast Expect one of the best releases to date on Cocktail D'Amour later this year from the Dekadenz co-founder
Features Profound connection: Dar Disku's pumping dance music is powered by Middle Eastern, Arabic & Asian sounds Safi Bugel speaks to the DJ duo and label heads about their process, eclectic sonic identity & why Western producers shouldn't reinterpret music
Features Kurupt FM: “Japan is pretty similar to Brentford, it looks like the motorway bit” Upon the release of their debut feature film People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan, we talk to Kurupt FM members MC Grindah, DJ Beats, DJ Steves and Chabuddy G about drug smuggling, Japanese toilets, and more
The Guest List The Guest List: Zillas on Acid feed us 10 animal jams suitable for mammals, reptiles, insects & everyone else Zillas on Acid ‘Live from The Reptile House’ is out now on Multi Culti
Features Out now: Mixmag Asia Selects Volume 1 assembles the evolving sounds of the Far East in a debut compilation Leaving no genre untouched, our debut compilation reaches all over the continent & welcomes a mixed bag of artists
Features The rebirth of SIHK: Meet the Indonesian DJ who quit hip hop for happy hardcore One week after the release of his Hypercore EP, SIHK reflects on the evolution of his career & why the former poster child for hip hop pivoted to 175 BPM
Features The anime Olympics: Video games & anime on the podium Video games & anime weren’t traditionally paired with the idea of sports & outdoor activities, but that all changed this year
Features Dance 'Til The Police Come: How oppressive policing has eroded rave culture Mike Smaczylo traces a potted history of how draconian legislation and policing has harmed communities & crippled the spirit of rave
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