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The DJ Mag Top 100 poll results have finally been Revealed (see what we did there?). After much anticipation and speculation, Hardwell has been named the new #1 DJ, making him the youngest person ever to claim the poll's top spot. Hardwell was presented with the award for the #1 DJ by last year's winner Armin van Buuren, with a special introduction from Georgio Moroder...

EDM's #1 DJ Photographer, Rukes, has partnered up with Pioneer to create a custom CJD-2000nexus to be auctioned off for non-profit. The deck is covered in Rukes' work and proceeds of the auction will go to VH1 Save The Music Foundation. You can bid on the deck here...

Native Instruments always keeps us on our toes with their innovative and functional releases and updates, and this time around they’ve brought the Traktor name to one of the most basic and essential needs for a DJ mixing: the cable splitter...

Think you may know the next Mozart of electronic music? Start them out early with Baby DJ School. Head out to Cool Pony in Brooklyn, NY starting September 18th, and register your 0-3 year old in an eight week course that “will transform the ordinary Mommy-and-me sing-along experience into an educational escapade into the wonderful worlds of electro, hip-hop, and house,” says instructor Natalie We

The Dutch dominate the realm of dance music. Names like Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Tiesto, and Hardwell, just to name a few, are household names in EDM. What is it about the Netherlands that makes it the world's biggest producer of dance music artists...

Forbes Magazine, the world’s go-to source for counting other people’s money, has finally begun keeping track of the industry’s highest-earning performers after keeping track of dance music’s economic boom over the last couple of years...

The sleek design of high-end furniture and the functionality of high-powered DJ workstations have come together to create the chicest surface on which to lay down your favorite tracks. The Scomber Mix DJ station from German design company, Hoerboard, delivers incredible utility packaged inside inviting minimalist design for what’s billed to be the most clutter-free way to perform and mix... Read

- How, if at all, influential was it to have been a drummer in a band before moving to the independency of a genre like electronic music? Jeff: “I’d say extremely influential, because when I write music, I think of how I would play it as a drummer...

Attention, aspiring DJs! Have you been constantly honing your skills, waiting for your big breakthrough? Well, this could be it! You can win a chance to open up for R3hab at Governor's Island in New York on Saturday, July 20th! Just imagine yourself performing in front of a huge crowd, getting your new fans all warmed up for the one and only DJ R3hab...

Pioneer is launching their latest product, sure to join your favorite DJ’s arsenal of performance tools, the XDJ-R1. Its major selling feature is its wireless control allowing for control of your mixing devices via an iPad, iPhone, or iPod thanks to Pioneer’s “remotebox” app, even when there is no Wi-Fi available (available on the Apple App Store as of May 30th)...