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“We loved electronic sounds, really,” adds Phil. “With synthesisers it was like, ‘What made that sound?’ It was that sort of search – for electronic sounds and drum machines.”



We caught up with this self-taught scholar of dance music who first began DJing jazz in his room to find out what exactly is going on in that brain — and that record collection — of his...

Andy Cato met Tom Findlay through mutual friends after they both left college in the mid-‘90s. Andy was making trance and was in a couple of bands, while Tom was from more of a rare groove background, DJing in Manchester clubs when he was a student.

Fans of Scottish singer-songwriter Darius of Pop Idol fame (we know you are out there!) look away now. The only Darius we are concerned about is of the Syrossian variety.

‘Killer’ started life as an instrumental, and it was only ever going to be one until I met Seal,” Adamski tells DJ Mag. “He came to [big rave] Sunrise 5000 at Santa Pod, although I didn’t meet him there. He walked in when I was playing and he had an epiphany.” Seal wanted to record with Adamski immediately, and Adamski — real name Adam Tinley — liked the sound of Seal’s voice from a demo of ‘Crazy’ that he’d heard.

Mark Knight has come a long way since smashing tunes out of his parent's converted shed as a nipper (ever wondered why it's called Toolroom...

Rising star Deniz Koyu was born in Germany to Turkish parents, but now lives in Holland where he works closely with dirty Dutch star Fedde...

Numark’s N4 controller is a slightly strange bit of kit as it brings four-deck control, as well as a host of high-end features, to a...

Ste Roberts might not yet be as well known as producer as Alex Jones, one of his partners behind new label Initials, but that's soon...

Everyone will be familiar with Ableton's Live production software, that many also use for DJing, but up until now, there haven't been any real dedicated...

There was once a time when every self-respecting DJ would don a pair of the then-ubiquitous Sony MDR-V700DJ headphones. These silver cans sounded great, and...

After smashing it with their genre-mocking, rock heavy 2005 LP 'We Are Are', Matt Welch and Terry Ryan have come out all guns blazing...

"I'm a bit depressed today," admits Dutch DJ Sander Kleinenberg. "I've spent all day listening to new tunes that people have sent me, and 90%...