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Producer du jour <B>Paul Epworth</B> is in full effect right now.
With a CV that reads like a who's who of hipster music, he's put his Midas touch to records by a vast coterie of disparate...
There were plenty of great artist albums released in our scene this year, more than ably demonstrating how the long-player format is still crucially important...
50. Ellen Allien ‘Nost’
BPitch Control
49. Bjørn Torske & Prins Thomas ‘Square One’
Smalltown Supersound
48. Sense MC ‘The Elephant In The Room’
Diffrent Music
47. Beastie...
Best of British 2015, educated by Point Blank
OTHER NOMINEES
Planet Mu
Tectonic
Crosstown Rebels
Naked Naked
“I think having long-term relationships and working with people through tough periods and them staying with...
Rave pixie returns with new signature sound
Rave pixie Adamski is back with a new sound and a new club-night – which he has dubbed Neo-Waltz. His new sound is electronic dance music in ¾ time – a time signature that has re-energised him over the past couple of years, he tells DJ Mag, 22 years after his seminal rave track 'Killer' topped the charts all around the world.
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The much-anticipated release of Kieran Hebden's latest club smash is finally here
Why are masks so popular in dance music?
“All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.” FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, Beyond Good and Evil...
MCs were often maligned in the early days of drum & bass, but nowadays it's pretty much universally accepted that a renegade mic-spitter is a...
“There is no other music in the world where an MC stands on the stage for an hour and continuously sprays lyrics with such clarity and power over so many frequencies,” Eksman, one of the d&b scene's foremost MCs, tells DJ Mag. “The life and evolution of the drum & bass MC has grown from strength to strength over the years, and I have no doubt that down the line many more great things are in store for the future generation of MCs in our music.” Undoubtedly so. The role of the drum and bass MC has steadily progressed simultaneously with the scene it resides in, although in the early days MCs experienced negativity from some DJs. But the MC has fought for its corner, and now overwhelmingly basks in the same golden glory as the DJ.
A Man For All Seasons - Kieran Hebden comes in from the margins
2010 was the year that things changed for Kieran Hebden. Once the undisputed poster boy for the leftfield electronic scene, he flipped expectations in January...
When did dance get so damned elitist?
“In the beginning, there was Jack, and Jack had a groove… One day Jack declared, "Let there be HOUSE!" and house music was born. And, you see, no one man owns house because house music is a universal language, spoken and understood by all... Jack is the one that can bring nations of all Jackers together under one house. You may be black, you may be white; you may be Jew or Gentile. It don't make a difference in OUR House.”
We check in with the Phonox resident...
FROM? KARRATHA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
SOUNDS LIKE? ANTAL, MR BONGO, JACKMASTER
THREE TUNES? FIRST TUNES COMING MAY 2017
“THINK RED DIRT, bull ants and scorching heat!”...
Beatboxer incorporates Twitter suggestions into show
One man beatbox band Beardyman sets off on his first solo tour on 28th April with a head of ideas, a bag full of gizmos...
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Symrun’s new album for TT is an alchemical blend of auto-tuned pop, luminous trap and disjointed club beats. Hear ‘Foreign Figures’ now
DJ Mag chats to Egyptian trance duo Aly & Fila
Egypt. Heralded for its mystical history and pyramidal landmarks, it's the cultural jewel of North Africa. Hardly the epicentre of the trance universe...
Mbongwana Star's post-punk disco beat, direct from The Congo...
We get a lot of music sent to DJ Mag Towers. Like, tons. We like quite a lot of it, and try to cover it...
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Released in 2002, a dream collaboration between UK house heroes X-Press 2 and Talking Heads' David Byrne, ‘Lazy’ lit up clubs and the pop charts alike. Here, Dave Jenkins talks to the group’s Ashley Beedle, Rocky and Diesel about how the track transcended generations and genres to become a timeless hit