THE DJ HANGOUT / DATA & RESEARCH
How this directory is built.
The DJ Hangout publishes two kinds of artist and venue record: curated profiles written and reviewed by our editors, and research-lead entries that state only what a documented source proves. This page explains where the data comes from, what we include, what we exclude, and what is still missing.
Sources
| Source | Used for | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| OpenStreetMap | Venue names, types, locations, addresses, websites | ODbL 1.0 — attribution required |
| MusicBrainz | Artist names, locations, genres, releases | CC0 1.0 — public domain dedication |
| Official venue, promoter and label pages | Event and release verification for curated records | Cited per record |
Inclusion rules
- Artists are included only when every stored genre is an electronic genre. Mixed-genre acts, pop, rock and hip-hop are excluded.
- Venues are included only when they are a club, live music venue, festival site or warehouse. Ordinary bars and pubs are excluded from the directory.
- Identity checks require valid coordinates, city, country and a name; the same venue entered twice within 250 metres is merged.
- No invented facts. If a capacity, phone number, description or photograph is not documented, the field stays empty. We do not estimate, infer or fill gaps with plausible-looking text.
What we published, measured
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Reference rows pulled from source APIs | 40,415 |
| Rows imported to the database (rejected: 0) | 15,495 |
| Venues published | 5,859 |
| Artists published | 9,636 |
| Duplicate rate after deduplication | 0.00% |
Known gaps
Being explicit about missing fields is part of the method. Current coverage across published venues:
| Field | Coverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Name, city, country, type, address | ~100% | complete |
| Coordinates | 100% | complete |
| Website | 54.5% | partial |
| Region / state | 35.7% | partial |
| Capacity | 0.4% | largely missing |
| Genres derived from evidence | 0.4% | largely missing |
| Telephone | 0% | missing |
| Postcode | 0% | missing |
| Licensed photograph | 0% | curated records only |
How records are trusted
- Every record carries its source URL, capture date and licence, so any claim can be checked at origin.
- Bulk imports are validated mechanically: schema, HTTPS source, country code, duplicate detection. Invalid rows are rejected, not repaired.
- Research-lead records are published as facts only. A record moves to the curated tier only when a licensed photograph and a reviewed description exist.
- We do not scrape Resident Advisor, DICE, Instagram or Facebook. Those sources are excluded on licence and provenance grounds.
Licensing and reuse
Venue data is derived from OpenStreetMap and remains subject to the Open Database Licence: attribution is required and any redistributed derived database must stay ODbL. Artist data from MusicBrainz is CC0 and carries no such condition. Full details are on our venue directory and artist directory.
Corrections
If a record is wrong, out of date, or should not be public, tell us and we will correct or remove it. Corrections take priority over coverage: a directory that is confidently wrong is worse than one that is visibly incomplete.