“Time is always my biggest battle,” states voice of the dance music nation, Pete Tong.
Juno Records
For the last two decades, the death knell of vinyl has been sounded annually.
Eats Everything
He might be able to knock out badass tunes, but Bristol boy Eats Everything is, in his heart, a DJ first and foremost (or husband if his new wife is reading!).
The very best of the UK underground!
Following the trance and hard dance powerhouses that typically make up the Top 100, DJ Mag's annual Best Of British Awards has become something of an annual palette cleanser. That's not to say that our country doesn't produce world beaters.
Groove Armada
To the uninitiated, Groove Armada's return to making underground house music might appear something of a change in direction. It is, of course, nothing of the sort.
fabric
In 2012 it seems that Fabric’s biggest competitor has been the new phenomenon of ‘TBA’.
The Garage, Leeds
The Garage has gone from start-up venue to the winner of our prestigious Best Small Club award in the space of nine months.
Just Jack, Bristol
Remember a time when Bristol wasn’t part of the Holy Grail with London and Berlin as a triumvirate of electronic cool?
Julio Bashmore 'Au Seve'
Care, consideration and caution are not always words associated with the fleeting world of dance music.
Jessie Ware 'Running (Disclosure Remix)
To say Jessie Ware’s had a good year would be rather an understatement.
TEED 'Troubles'
Orlando Higginbottom, the fresh-faced 26-year-old behind Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, is part of a growing scene of British producers who’ve forged crossover success from their experiments in the meeting place of house, garage and pop.
Maya Jane Coles 'DJ-Kicks'
The meteoric Maya Jane didn't have to wait quite as long as some of the other members of the 'DJ-Kicks' alumnus society to be asked to drop a mix for the pivotal series.
TEED
A lot has changed since DJ Mag first witnessed Orlando Higginbottom wearing a dinosaur onesie hunched over a laptop at London's Cargo in 2007. In those days, his show (aside from pre-historic attire of course) was mostly about the music.
Sasha
Inspired by new music, touting a fresh label, Sasha is still at the vanguard.
Sasha isn't one for nostalgia. It makes him feel “a bit weird”, he says. Fair enough.
Bicep
The Northern Irish duo capture the zeitgeist with their NJ house flavour The schoolfriends from Belfast known as Bicep (Matt McBriar, 25, and Andy Ferguson, 24) have been DJing together since their early teens; since the young scallywags got thems
Disclosure
Dance fans are a fickle bunch. There’s nothing more liable to herald accusations of ‘selling out’ than finding your records bothering the top 40.
Hypercolour
If there's a label that has owned 2012, it's Hypercolour. The year's artist roster reads every bit as well on paper as it plays on a turntable; Huxley, Maya Jane Coles, Mosca, BareSkin, Tom Demac and Kris Wadsworth.
Bestival
In its nine-year history, Bestival has become one of the biggest festivals in the country, with only really Glastonbury rivalling it in terms of the legendary names that headline each year.
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