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Off Licence Magazine Issue Eighteen — JOY

Two covers: Lovie and MAVI · Flips in the middle

Work is a small part of our big lives.

A friend passed that line on to our editor earlier this year, and it has stuck with him ever since.

Because somewhere between making a living and making something you love, it's easy to forget why you started doing it in the first place.

This edition of Off Licence Magazine is about JOY.

The kind found in discovering a record, sharing a dancefloor, cooking for people you love, or making something with your friends. The joy of doing something simply because you want to, rather than because you have to. And what happens when the thing you do for joy becomes the thing you do for work.

Issue Eighteen of our independent print music magazine features two covers, with New York DJ and producer Lovie and North Carolina rapper MAVI. Inside, you'll find original interviews, photography and stories spanning hip-hop, jazz, footwork, lovers rock and the wider world of underground music and culture.

Inside:

Lovie on music, community and independence, and making a career out of something you love without losing sight of why you love it.

MAVI on finding fulfilment beyond record sales and industry recognition, and the magic of making music that speaks to people's experiences.

Shy One on being a music fan first, the pleasure of discovering and sharing records, and a life spent exploring the possibilities of Black music.

TEKLIFE DJ Spinn and Traxman on the Chicago footwork movement, the friendships behind it and how a group of people making their own music came to influence dancefloors around the world.

plentyppl on the carefree enjoyment of Black dance music, the importance of the dancefloor and making parties worth leaving the house for.

And plenty more:

• Offie Mag Travel: Zimbabwe

• The forgotten beauty of lovers rock

• Punjabi cassettes, family and musical inheritance

• Will Ulrich's Beneath the Rocks

• Spicy Mark's Culinary Corner

• Very Short Music Reviews

• Poetry by Imogen Rose Phillips

• Lots and lots of photography

And much, much more.

The JOY is not on LinkedIn.