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We headed to Take Note for a day of panels & demos...
It’s a cold and grey Saturday morning and there's an icy gale blowing down London's famous Brick Lane. DJ Mag is making our way to...
Native Instruments' new DJing software for the iPad is just begging to be touched.
The release of Traktor DJ has changed all of this by bringing a truly professional mixing system to the iPad that can be used on-the-go for set preparation as well as for out-and-out DJ performances. Now DJs have the option of ditching their laptops in favour of an iPad for their gigs, meaning that when it comes to serious music production and DJing, the iPad’s time has finally come.
The Digital Age - Music comes first at Newcastle’s premier venue
DJmag was present on the opening night of Digital in Newcastle in the summer of 2005. The only way promoter Dave Stone could get opening...
A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...
We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...
A catch up with DJ EASE...
Master beatsmith George Evelyn, aka DJ EASE, is a modern day production whiz. Like a latter day Quincy Jones, he's seen more musical...
Acid house hero and dancehall spitter is back and firin'!
One of the most distinctive voices in UK electronic music, Feral Is Kinky is the latest persona for MC Kinky, aka Cantankerous, aka Feral, aka The Infidel — or Caron Geary to her sister.
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From Paradise Garage to the Space Terrace, David Morales has played it all. His DJ sets and releases dominated dancefloors across the world for more...
You’re living in Europe now after a long stint in NYC. Why did you decide to move over?
“The quality of life is so much...
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Born in the UK in the early ‘90s, during a period of explosive creativity, the freeform breakbeats of jungle became the soundtrack to many producers’...
An avalanche of snare drums, sub-bass that pulverises your rib-cage, possessed divas wailing from the abyss; fragments of funk, shards of techno, dabs of dancehall...
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Bristol-based Brazilian S.P.Y has just made the album of his career by looking back to early jungle. But as he explains, his recreation of the...
Everyone’s a junglist these days aren’t they? You’re a junglist. Your dear old dad’s a junglist. Even that nice little old lady next door and...
2020 Vision man tells us his evergreen outdoor bangers
Ahead of his headline appearance at Farm Festival in August, Ralph Lawson has given us his top ten favourite festival anthems. It’s an eclectic mix...
Bank holiday business
With two bank holidays this month, there's plenty of party ammunition to load those gun fingers...
Tech
In her latest Beginner's Guide, E.M.M.A. looks at getting creative with sampling
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Former Managing Director Wez Saunders has bought out the seminal UK label's founder for an undisclosed sum
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After almost 30 years — minus a couple of splits — operating as Orbital, Paul and Phil Hartnoll are back with their first studio album...
Orbital are back. Hooray! One of the most important electronic bands of the last 30 years have split a couple of times over the years...
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A new book collects the most prized of all rave memorabilia: the membership card. Filled with classic design work, it’s a window on a transformative era. Collector and compiler Rob Ford tells DJ Mag about how the project came together, while DJs and designers share their memories of the time