When The DJ Sessions launched in 2009, live streaming DJ sets was still a fringe idea. Founded by Darran Bruce, the platform began broadcasting long-form DJ performances and conversations online years before live streaming became a default tool for electronic music culture.

What started as a stripped-back broadcast series has since grown into one of the most consistent and wide-reaching DJ platforms in the world. Now operating as a Twitch and Mixcloud Featured Partner, The DJ Sessions regularly places in the Top Ten on Twitch Music and Top Five across multiple electronic music categories, ranking in the top 0.11 percent of all Twitch livestreams. Across live streams and podcasts, the platform reaches more than 125,000 viewers per week, with over 2,700 episodes produced over 16 years.

The archive spans electronic music broadly, featuring artists such as Paul Oakenfold, Ferry Corsten, Netsky, MJ Cole, Darude, Crystal Waters, Jody Wisternoff, Amon Tobin, The Crystal Method and Steve Aoki, alongside a long-standing commitment to emerging and local DJs.

What has kept The DJ Sessions relevant is its focus on access and context. Broadcasts combine uninterrupted DJ sets with interviews and long-form discussion, offering a quieter alternative to spectacle-driven formats. The emphasis remains on the artist rather than the environment around them.

That philosophy now extends to how the platform is evolving technically. The site is currently available in over 100 languages and has introduced English-language transcriptions, show notes, chapter markers and closed captions. Multi-language captions and voice overs are already in development, with accessibility treated as infrastructure rather than an add-on.

Beyond livestreams, The DJ Sessions is expanding into a broader media ecosystem. This includes a new on-site music section spotlighting artists and labels, an internet radio station, syndication of live shows, and ongoing updates to its mobile app and VR nightclub, both scheduled for release in early 2026. The goal is to scale original output to more than 60 hours of content per month, increasing to over 100 hours by the end of Q1 2026.

In 2026, The DJ Sessions will also return to Europe with six planned visits across the UK and EU, operating from a Berlin base in collaboration with Riverside Studios and producing coverage from ADE, IMS, Sonar and Rave The Planet. Back in Seattle, Bruce is developing a new live venue concept focused on immersive, phone-free events, combining live streaming with ticketed shows and pay-per-view broadcasts.

Alongside this, the platform is preparing new formats including Mobile Sessions, Rooftop Sessions and Silent Events, all of which have already been tested in live environments.

As live streaming continues to reshape how electronic music is shared and documented, The DJ Sessions stands out as a rare long-running case study in doing it early, doing it independently, and doing it at scale. Its quiet influence, technical evolution and refusal to chase spectacle make it a platform with a story that stretches well beyond DJ sets, touching on access, longevity and how underground culture adapts without losing its centre.

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