Jamiroquai have announced a series of album reissues on vinyl to mark the band's 30th anniversary. Kicking off on 14th October with their debut LP...
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The band who inadvertently defined the Balearic sound
The Woodentops were an '80s avant-funk indie band who ended up becoming more experimental and electronic and recording the definitive Balearic anthem, 'Why Why Why'. The track was picked up by legendary Ibizan DJ Alfredo, it became an anthem at Amnesia on the White Isle
We shine a well-deserved light on Jimpster's imprint...
They're aren't many labels as solid and reliable as Jamie 'Jimpster' Odell's Freerange. A UK motherlode for lush deep house grooves, this imprints modus operandi...
Gilles Peterson, Simbad and 10 remixers
Last month DJ Mag spent a wonderful week in Havana as part of Havana Club's latest 'Cultura Mix' project, where 10 remix competition winners were...
Featuring mixes from Moving Still, Hagan, DJ Manny, Worst Behavior and Slowcook
DJ Mag has teamed up with Reprezent Radio to host a five hour takeover on New Year’s Eve.
From 7 PM to midnight, we will...
Count 'em down!
Swedish label Local Talk is making waves. The imprint has housed releases from Session Victim, DJ T, Detroit Swindle and Luke Solomon, with Moscow-based DJ...
This Friday 16th September at Egg London
Once London's clubbing hub - with The Key, The Cross and Canvas all serving thousands of clubbers each week - Kings Cross was gutted three...
A gospel trained singer, producer and musician raised on funk, He's a true star in the making...
There's nothing ordinary about Seven Davis Jr. Unlike the balding DJs you sometimes read about in these pages (he doesn't even DJ), he's not only...
Wax copies of 'Emergency On Planet Earth', 'A Funk Odyssey' and more will hit shops between now and Christmas
"They’re both such dynamic artists who have contributed so much to today’s musical landscape," said Harris
Three decades and nearly 200 records into his career, jungle maverick Paradox is still breaking new ground, and earning new fans in the process. Ben Hindle speaks to him about using an old Amiga computer for his productions, keeping the funk in his breakbeat samples, and his dedication to performing live
The seminal tracks that altered dance forever!
In the mid-‘90s, drum & bass was the most futuristic, kick-ass, innovative UK-derived music around. After a gestation period in the underground, breakbeat science exploded into the mainstream, although that led to assorted TV ads and theme tunes and suchlike co-opting a d&b element to them. But because the scene itself was controlled by the DJs — Bryan Gee, Fab & Groove, Goldie, Hype etc — it was able to be steered back underground, so that by the end of the 20th century d&b was largely associated with the dark tech-step sound of No U-Turn et al.
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...