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Caterina Barbieri performing the Theatro Circo at Semibreve Festival
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Sonic synergy: Portugal’s Semibreve Festival celebrates the magic of contrast

With a carefully curated line-up of adventurous electronic music, Semibreve Festival’s 12th edition delights in the interplay between hyper-detailed electronics and dancefloor-focused beats

The late, great Peter Rehberg, musician and founder of the experimental electronic music label Editions Mego once said: “If you want to make something noisy...

DJ MAG MEETS A MAN CALLED ADAM AHEAD OF THEIR LIVE RETURN

Reclaiming the Ibizan sunset...

A Man Called Adam return to playing live this weekend (2nd July), for a string of shows that include Café Mambo, Hostal da Torres and...
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The 100 most important dancehall tracks of all time

Born in Jamaica around half a century ago, dancehall music has found fans, artists and chart-topping success all around the globe in the decades since...

Dancehall music has been the driving force in my career. As a DJ, I’ve played most if not all genres of music on radio and...

Tali by Jamie Lees
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Drum & bass MC Tali is taking control of her future

Tali was the first female drum & bass MC to feature on DJ Mag’s cover in 2004, coinciding with the release of her debut album ‘Lyric On My Lip’ on Full Cycle. Nearly 18 years on from that trailblazing release, Jake Hirst connects with the artist to discuss her self-produced eighth studio album, ‘Future Dwellers’, and the journey of self-worth that lead to it

“I was so busy and stressed back then, but I was having the time of my life,” Tali says, sitting back in her chair with...
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Legendary saxophonist and band leader Pee Wee Ellis dies, aged 80

 "A silent genius and brilliant arrangements," said Bootsy Collins

Legendary jazz saxophonist and bandleader Alfred James "Pee Wee" Ellis has died.

Best known for his work with artists including Van Morrison and James Brown...

Fatboy Slim at Brighton beach
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Fatboy Slim celebrates 20th anniversary of Brighton Big Beach Boutique with deluxe box set

The box set comprises audio and a DVD of the original show, a new DJ mix and a hardback book

Fatboy Slim is releasing a boxset to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the infamous Big Beach Boutique party. On 13th July 2002, more than 250,000...
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Dreams of the Future: Reimagining techno's sci-fi foundations

Science fiction has long been a muse for techno producers, but three acts – Lost Souls Saturn, Mat Playford and A Sagittariun – are taking...

"It wasn’t designed to be dance music, it was designed to be a futurist statement.” So said Jeff Mills on the subject of techno back...

Afrodeutsche, Nathan Fake, Laraaji, more remix the sound of the earth on new compilation
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Afrodeutsche, Nathan Fake, Laraaji, more remix the sound of the earth on new compilation

'Stations' also includes contributions from Alva Noto and Sophia Loizou

A new compilation commissioned by National Geographic and Alaska's Anchorage Museum sees a number of musicians rework and remix sounds recorded from the earth. 'Stations'...

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Nature officially listed as artist on Spotify as part of UN conservation initiative

Sounds Right is projected to raise more than $40 million for conservation projects in its first four years

Nature has officially been listed as an artist on Spotify as part of a UN initiative to raise money for global conservation efforts. Launched on...
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Solid Gold: DJ Shadow's 'Entroducing....' is a masterclass in the art of sampling

 

DJ Shadow's debut album, 'Endtroducing.....', released via UK label Mo'Wax Records in 1996, presented abstract, instrumental hip hop as a worthy deviation from the...

Mo’Wax was undoubtedly one of the most important British record labels of the 1990s, showcasing a kind of retro futuristic approach to art, where aesthetic...
Sasha Makes History

Sasha will make history by being the first DJ to offer recordings of his club sets immediately after he's stopped spinning.



British house jock Sasha will make history (again!), by being the first DJ to offer a live recording of his set in a club immediately...
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The real story of how Daft Punk became the robots

Daft Punk have taken on a robot form for so long that it's hard to remember a time that they didn't don their famous helmets...

No matter how many times they told it, the story of Daft Punk’s transformation into robots around the time of Discovery’s recording didn’t get any...

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How Happy Mondays' ‘Pills ’N’ Thrills And Bellyaches’ became the pinnacle of the Madchester sound

Manchester's Happy Mondays drew influence from funk, house, and psychedelia to pioneer the Madchester sound. Here, Ben Cardew explores the lasting legacy of their 1990 album, ‘Pills ’N’ Thrills And Bellyaches’, which dropped in the midst of the Baggy takeover, and defined an era

Baggy/Madchester (the terms are largely interchangeable) is one of the most globally under-appreciated musical genres to have ever emerged from the UK’s musical underground. And...

Matthias Meyer picks 15 tracks to celebrate 15 years of Watergate

Featuring music from Justice, Luciano and Paul Kalkbrenner...

Matthias Meyer celebrates the 15th anniversary of Berlin clubbing institution, Watergate, with 15 tracks from the venue’s illustrious history.

As a resident at the club...
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Arca teases first new music since 2017: Listen

The artist will debut new music later today (19th)

Arca has shared that new productions will be broadcast via online radio station, NTS, later today (19th).

Entitled ARCA PRESENTS @@@@@ – DIVA EXPERIMENTAL FM, the...