Features

Back in the day, every self-respecting club had a chillout room for those in need of some down time — an ambient space to lie down, kick back, roll one. But by the end of the ’90s, they had all-but disappeared. Here, Manu Ekanayake asks: where did they go? And what's the modern equivalent?

Some artists spend their careers in a single lane, but LP Giobbi views each aspect of her craft as critical movements that culminate in a symphony of success. We caught up with this year’s Best Producer winner to learn more about the connections she’s forging between subcultures through her diverse discography, piano-laced live sets, and a relentless enthusiasm for building empowering dance music platforms

DJ Python and Ana Roxanne’s new collaborative project was forged from a friendship that began during New York’s pandemic lockdown and blossomed on night drives around the city. Tony Inglis speaks to the duo about their sparkling new album ‘Natural Wonder Beauty Concept’, and discovers how deep chats, listening to music in the car, and the darker side of ambient inspired it

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, in the spirit of his insect-inspired EP on 3024, Tristan Arp spotlights hi-frequency movers, chirping rhythms, and floaty bass gems

In Japan’s sprawling capital city there’s a booming underground of creatives exploring the intersections between DIY culture, high-end fashion and raving. James Gui travels to Tokyo to learn more about parties with pop-up shops, the up-cycling ‘remake’ trend, and how Y2K style reigns supreme

When New York house legend Todd Terry remixed Everything But The Girl, it catapulted them to a new level of fame, and into the world of dance music. With their first album in 24 years, 'Fuse', out now, Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt reflect on their classic track, and how it transformed their lives

In its debut edition, Rally, the new South London festival from GALA and Bird On The Wire, pulls it out of the bag in spite of headliner cancellations and stormy weather. Eoin Murray heads to Southwark Park and welcomes a new one-dayer that merges leftfield electronic energy with community spirit

Major League Djz are taking the sound of amapiano into spaces that others cannot reach. The South African twins may not have been the first to start pioneering the genre, but they have picked up the mantle and run with it. DJ Mag’s Ria Hylton meets them at their temporary base in West London to talk about their history and effectively becoming amapiano’s global ambassadors

The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From metal-infused batida and Aphexy electro into moody d&b, amapiano and beyond, here’s August 2023’s list of upcoming talent you should be keeping track of

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, ahead of his set at the inaugural RALLY festival, Wu-Lu spotlights underground LDN sounds, music from friends, and maximalist guitar jams

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers, and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, ahead of her set at the inaugural RALLY festival, OK Williams spotlights bouncy house cuts, throwback anthems and peak-time bangers

The votes have been counted and the results are in! Here are the winners in DJ Mag’s Best of North America awards 2023

UK-based label All Centre’s prolific output – and active online and IRL community – has placed it at the bleeding edge of bass-fuelled club music. Alongside a mix of tracks from its catalogue, Eoin Murray chats to DJ Pitch and Simkin about its evolution over the past five years, and its ethos of giving new artists a shot

Covering everything from old-school boom bap to trap and conceptual storytelling, Fly Anakin has spent the past decade growing into one of the United States’ foremost rap talents. He speaks to DJ Mag about his new project ‘Skinemaxxx’ and staying true to himself

After nine months away from making music, Queens-based producer and DJ Anthony Naples felt a burst of creative energy. Two months later, his most recent album, ‘orbs’, was complete, as though it had been captured from the ether. Hazy, laid back and brimming with live instrumentation, it’s another gem in his mutli-faceted catalogue. Here, Bruce Tantum chats to him about its production, his place in the NYC scene, and what’s next for his and Jenny Slattery’s Incienso label

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Piezo spotlights genre-fusing gems and hyperactive club tools to shake up the dancefloor with

It’s been 20 years since the Knight brothers, Mark and Stuart, started Toolroom Records to release 4/4 dancefloor detonators for DJs. Harold Heath talks to a selection of the current Toolroom team to pinpoint 20 significant moments in their long and storied history

London’s Sabrina channels classic rave NRG in her high-speed, peak-time mix for the Fresh Kicks series, and chats to Becca Inglis about growing up in the squat party scene, developing an expansive sound, and her dreams of supporting The Prodigy

The winners of the Pete Tong DJ Academy Future Talent Awards have just been announced, and there’s now a whole raft of new talent set to break through to the next level of their DJ careers

Spanish DJ/producer Paco Osuna has taken a while to rise to the absolute zenith, but now that he’s there — with his weekly residency at Hï Ibiza, the No.1 club in the world — he’s having the time of his life. DJ Mag Ibiza catches up with Paco to talk about his history, the state of techno, why he loves the Club Room at Hï Ibiza and more