Dazed & Confused

A trailblazer for emerging talent and proudly independent, Dazed magazine aims to set the cultural agenda, both on and offline. Founded by Jefferson Hack and Rankin in 1991, the entire archive of back issues is available for digital subscribers to Dazed. The independent British fashion, culture and arts magazine has a strong global reputation for its groundbreaking and trendsetting editorial and its support of new generations of fashion, art, literature, photography and music talent. DazedDigital.com, their online magazine, is updated daily, hosting interactive projects, extra editorial content, exclusive music and fashion film.

Dazed & Confused

Inner Space • Self-portrait IBRAHIM KAMARA

Starters • In the first of a new series, future icons from the next era of creatives answer questions on what it means to be alive in 2022 – in this universe, and the next

Wish You Were Here • Samuel de Saboia’s epic canvases reveal an elaborate personal mythology that makes light work of some seriously heavy themes. But the Brazilian prodigy is determined to write their own story – one that journeys to other planes of existence and back with a few tales to tell

From the Ground Up • Atelier Masōmī is the architectural agency reaching back into a precolonial past to imagine new futures for west Africa, brick by adobe brick

Rehearse for the Metaverse

Trip to the Doctor • Once the pastime of bored teenagers and hippies, magic mushrooms could now hold the key to tackling the global mental health crisis. We took a trip to Europe’s first psychedelic research lab to find out more about the fungi

Trip Advisor • If you believe everything you read, psychedelics are for people called Chad and Tom who spent two hours in 1990 watching their legs become Turner oil paintings, and the next three decades telling everyone about the new world they had ‘discovered’. Here, three psychoactive travellers share the trips that have turned a key in their heads, and explain why it’s important to tap into your own story. Want to know your iboga from your psilocybin? It’s a trip…

Iboga’s Journey to the West • The psychospiritual trip to end addiction and purge trauma

The Magic of Mushrooms • Making room for shrooms among marginalised communities

Acid or Shrooms? • Choosing your path to lysergic bliss

Dreamachine • The power of music to help us attain mystical states is well known by researchers in the field of psychedelic therapy. For Dreamachine, an audiovisual experiment designed to induce hallucinogenic responses in audiences, producer Jon Hopkins was the man tasked with soundtracking a high with no supply

In da Club • Ever wondered what zero-gravity parties in space might feel like? How aliens might dance to time-warped BPMs? What about CBD vapours dispensed via the frequencies of a multidimensional soundsystem? With the help of some of planet Earth’s best parties, including House of S(Punk) and Days Like This, we present our vision of what clubbing might look like in galaxies far, far away. So strap on your Mugler robo-drip and 3M reflective sweat-protector: here’s how to get your kicks in the exosphere

Blown Away

Grounded • It’s been five years since Kelela’s first album, Take Me Apart, carved new futures for Black electronic music. Now, after steeling herself with a crash-course in misogynoir and Black queer philosophy, she’s back to raise the bar once more

Abra cadabra • For the teachers and students of South Africa’s own ‘real-life Hogwarts’, magic is more than just a set of tricks to be learned – it’s a tool for empowerment in a country where complex realities still dominate

Rock Steady

BAD GAL HAL • She’s the walking, talking, living doll whose TikTok catchphrases have ricocheted off the internet and into real life....