Mixmag
Editor | Duncan Dick |
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Categories | Music magazine |
Frequency | Monthly |
First issue | 1 February 1983 |
Company | Wasted Talent Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Based in | London |
Language | English |
Website | mixmag |
ISSN | 0957-6622 |
OCLC | 780074556 |
Mixmag is a British electronic dance and clubbing magazine published in London. Launched in 1983 as a print magazine, it has branched into dance events, including festivals and club nights.
History[]
The first issue of Mixmag was printed on 1 February 1983 as a 16-page black-and-white magazine published by Disco Mix Club, a DJ mailout service. The first cover featured American music group Shalamar.[1]
When house music began in the 1980s, editor and DJ Dave Seaman turned the magazine from a newsletter for DJs into a magazine covering all dance music and club culture.[2] Mixmag, in association with its original publishing company, DMC Publishing, released a series of CDs under the "Mixmag Live" heading. The magazine, which reached a circulation of up to 70,000 copies[citation needed], was later sold to EMAP Ltd. in the mid-1990s.
After a fall in sales in 2003,[3] it was acquired by Development Hell, in 2005.[4] In 2007, Nick DeCosemo became editor.[4] Duncan Dick became editor in April 2015.[5] In 2012, The Guardian collaborated with Mixmag on a survey of British drug-taking habits.[6]
Mixmag is owned by Wasted Talent Ltd, a company which changed its name from Mixmag Media Ltd in May 2017.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Mixmag celebrates 25 years of clubbing". 18 April 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "A history of dance music | Music". The Guardian. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (3 October 2003). "The road to Wigan Pier". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Walker, Tim (14 April 2008). "Mixmag – It's Not Just About Drugs and Bikini-Clad Women – How 'Mixmag' Turned the Tables on Its Doubters and Made Its 25th Birthday". The Independent. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ "London Music Conference". www.londonmusicconference.org. London Music Conference Ltd. 11–13 October 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ Topping, Alexandra (14 March 2012). "Guardian/Mixmag drug survey reveals a generation happy to chance it". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ http://wastedtalent.com
External links[]
- Official website
- Mixmag discography at Discogs
- 1983 establishments in the United Kingdom
- Bi-monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
- Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
- Music magazines published in the United Kingdom
- Dance music magazines
- Dance music magazines published in England
- English-language magazines
- Magazines published in London
- Magazines established in 1983
- Media and communications in the London Borough of Islington