Mixmag
.jpg) August 2009 cover of Mixmag | |
| Editor | Andrew Barsoum, London 01/01/1985 Richard Miller Huddersfield 17/12/1984 |
|---|---|
| Categories | Music magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 20,053 (1 January 2011 – 31 December 2011)[1] |
| Founded | 1983 |
| First issue | 1 February 1983 |
| Company | Development Hell Ltd (since 2005) |
| Based in | 90-92 Pentonville Road London, England, United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | mixmag |
| ISSN | 0957-6622 |
| OCLC | 780074556 |
Mixmag is a British electronic dance and clubbing magazine, published in London, England. Launched in 1982, the magazine covers dance events, and reviews music and club nights.
History
The first issue 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.[2]
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.[3] 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 during the height of the popularity of acid house, was later sold to EMAP Ltd. in the mid-1990s. After a dip in sales in 2003,[4] it was bought by Development Hell, the company that also owned The Word music magazine, in 2005.[5] In 2007, Nick DeCosemo became editor.[5]
In 2001, the magazine teamed up with Virgin Records to release a double album titled B!g Tunes.[citation needed]
In 2012, The Guardian collaborated with Mixmag on a survey of British drug-taking habits.[6]
References
- ^ Database (undated). "Mixmag" (archive.org). Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (3 October 2003). "The road to Wigan Pier". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Official website
- Mixmag discography at Discogs
- Geoghegan, Kev (18 April 2008). "Mixmag Celebrates 25 Years of Clubbing". Newsbeat.