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''Mixmag'' was sold to [[EMAP]] Ltd. in the mid-1990s before being bought by [[Development Hell]], the company that also owns ''[[The Word (magazine)|The Word]]'' music magazine, in 2005{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}. Development Hell relaunched ''Mixmag'' in May 2006 with a revamped design. Editor Andrew Harrison told the ''[[Press Gazette]]''{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} that staff had previously "focused the magazine very tightly on a young clubber, a very committed hardcore nutter clubber and we thought that wasn't necessarily the right way to go. ''Mixmag'' is now a magazine for the entire world of dance music, whether you like hard boshing music that's quite druggy, or chill out music, or you're someone like me who likes to keep in touch with the music but has grown out of clubbing. This idea that dance music is a kind of minority interest, a bit like ska, is wrong." |
''Mixmag'' was sold to [[EMAP]] Ltd. in the mid-1990s before being bought by [[Development Hell]], the company that also owns ''[[The Word (magazine)|The Word]]'' music magazine, in 2005{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}. Development Hell relaunched ''Mixmag'' in May 2006 with a revamped design. Editor Andrew Harrison told the ''[[Press Gazette]]''{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} that staff had previously "focused the magazine very tightly on a young clubber, a very committed hardcore nutter clubber and we thought that wasn't necessarily the right way to go. ''Mixmag'' is now a magazine for the entire world of dance music, whether you like hard boshing music that's quite druggy, or chill out music, or you're someone like me who likes to keep in touch with the music but has grown out of clubbing. This idea that dance music is a kind of minority interest, a bit like ska, is wrong." |
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In 2001, the magazine teamed up with [[Virgin Records]] to release a [[double album]] titled ''B!g Tunes''. In the album were forty two dance songs selected "the best" by Mixmag themselfs. |
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Mixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine",[1] with an Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK) audited circulation of approximately 26,000 as of 2008-09[2] Launched in 1982 in the United Kingdom, Mixmag covers dance events, and reviews music and club nights.
History
The first issue was printed on February 1, 1983 as a 16-page black and white magazine published by Disco Mix Club — the DJ mailout service. The first cover was Shalamar, the first editor DMC’s Tony Prince and the first advertiser was a company called Technics Panasonic.
When house music began, editor and DJ Dave Seaman turned the magazine from a newsletter for DJs to a magazine covering all dance music and club culture. Mixmag covered acid house, the subsequent rave era, the rise of superstar DJs and Ibiza[clarification needed]. The magazine claims to have coined the terms superclub and trip hop and to have launched the first legal DJ mix tapes, the Mixmag Live series.[1] Later Mixmag, in association with their original publishing company, DMC Publishing, released a series of CDs under the "Mixmag Live" heading.
Mixmag was sold to EMAP Ltd. in the mid-1990s before being bought by Development Hell, the company that also owns The Word music magazine, in 2005[citation needed]. Development Hell relaunched Mixmag in May 2006 with a revamped design. Editor Andrew Harrison told the Press Gazette[citation needed] that staff had previously "focused the magazine very tightly on a young clubber, a very committed hardcore nutter clubber and we thought that wasn't necessarily the right way to go. Mixmag is now a magazine for the entire world of dance music, whether you like hard boshing music that's quite druggy, or chill out music, or you're someone like me who likes to keep in touch with the music but has grown out of clubbing. This idea that dance music is a kind of minority interest, a bit like ska, is wrong."
In 2001, the magazine teamed up with Virgin Records to release a double album titled B!g Tunes. In the album were forty two dance songs selected "the best" by Mixmag themselfs.
Current content
In addition to the change in editorial tone, the relaunched Mixmag features a fashion section, larger size and, according to Mixmag[1], improved production values.
Mixmag carries a covermount mix CD each month by a different DJ or artist. These have included Richie Hawtin, Sven Vath, Erol Alkan, Tom Neville, Smokin' Jo, Ferry Corsten and DJ Touche.
External links
References
- ^ a b c Welcome to Mixmag Accessed August 18, 2008
- ^ http://www.abc.org.uk/Data/ProductPage.aspx?tid=6901