Mixmag

Mixmag is a monthly dance music magazine that can currently be found for a price of £4.20. Over the years I've noticed that the price of the magazine has been steadily rising, it's still quite good value however I feel as every month a compilation CD is included and the magazine itself contains over 150 pages. According to the front of the magazine Mixmag is 'The World's Biggest Dance Music and Clubbing Magazine'; I fail to think of any similarly large dance music magazine so I'll take their word for that. What I like most about Mixmag is the fact that every month a directory is included of all the dance club nights around the country for the coming month. ...

Mixmag is aimed more at the club junkie than the amateur DJ, but nonetheless caters for the UK dance scene better than any other magazine. The primary focus of Mixmag is the music and the people behind it. The writers have a particular knack for pinning down the next big thing in dance music. In particular they plucked out the (inexplicably) popular 'You See The Trouble With Me' by Black Legend months before it became UK singles chart no. 1 last year, and have since picked out such hugely popular club tracks as DJ Zinc's '138 Trek' and Hatiras' might 'Spaced Invader'. Many top DJs have columns in this magazine, notably Pete Tong and Judge Jules, giving extra ...

Why is everything about clubbing, dance music and dj’s so damn expensive I ask myself as I am handing over £3.85 (yes you heard that right) for the latest edition of MixMag magazine. Ok, I hear you mutter back, “don’t buy it then”, however, for anyone with a keen interest in dance music, the club scene and where the hots nights are to be had, then it is a pretty essential guide. MixMag has been going for years now, I started reading it back in 1995 and it was pretty well established then, although not half as expensive, it was less than £2 if I remember rightly, yes I am getting old! I guess the all important question is, what do you get ...