One day in 1979, a young Renee Scroggins imagined what it would be like if a UFO landed in the housing projects of the South...
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When the South Bronx dance-punk outfit ESG released their Martin Hannett-produced debut EP in 1981, they had no idea how pivotal their stripped-back, funk-fueled sound would be on the evolution of hip-hop and house music: ‘UFO’ has been sampled over 500 times; ‘Moody’ was a staple in Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage sets. Four decades later, ahead of their set at Melting Pot & Optimo’s Queen’s Park Spring Weekender, Daniel Dylan Wray tells their story
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As was the case in many towns and cities in the UK in the late '80s, a sizeable portion of the youth of Stafford were infected with the rave bug. More or less equidistant between London and Manchester in the West Midlands (18 miles south of Stoke-on-Trent, 16 miles north of Wolverhampton), Stafford became notable for spawning two of the rave scene’s most successful acts – Altern8 and Bizarre Inc. And then, later, Chicken Lips too.
Native Instuments' next generation of groove production studio brings together hardware and software.
The biggest announcement from Native Instruments at the NAMM trade show in January, is without a doubt their groove production studio called Maschine.
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Just over a month ago, Native Instruments launched the newest version of their flagship Maschine controller, the MK3. The latest upgrade represents the biggest leap...
Prepare to gamble with Novation’s innovative new Dicer controller...
EVERY now and then, a product arrives on the DJmag bench that is so simple, yet so effective that we can’t help but wonder why...
Electronic music in Ibiza evolved from the tricky to pigeonhole Balearic sound. Below we've picked some of our Balearic favourites...
Long before DJs such as Marco Carola, Sven Väth and Carl Cox ruled the roost, an entirely different brand of DJs were busy...
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Point Blank are back with a new video tutorial, this time teaching you how to score a horror film with their Advanced Composition lecturer, Claude...
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The Amiga Commodore 500 kick-started Kölsch's career back in 1994...
Before Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio or any humble DAW, music software started out on home computers as simple tracking software. There are many...
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When it was released in 1995, ‘Boulevard’ consummated the union between house music and jazz, whilst clearing the path for a wave of French house...
‘Boulevard’, the 1995 debut album from Parisian producer Ludovic Navarre — aka St Germain — was by no means the first time jazz had mixed with house. Larry...
Matthew Dear tells us about his new opus 'Beams'
You didn’t catch us high fiving like a frat-boy locker room with the news techno genius Matthew Dear would be veering even further into full...
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Disclosure continue their return to the fore with two lush house cuts...
Disclosure dropped two new tracks today (21st August) and they are, frankly, divine.
‘Moonlight’ and ‘Where Angels Fear To Tread’ follow the joyous and minimal...
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After exploring the origins of techno, James Wiltshire puts theory into practice in the latest installment of Point Blank’s Style Guide series.
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Paul van Dyk began consuming music by listening to forbidden Western radio stations and smuggled mixtapes. After German reunification he was perfectly placed to start DJing...
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For recording mixes at home, learning to DJ, live streaming or scratching the itch of playing your favourite tunes back to back, affordable controllers have...
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The DDJ-REV-1 and the DDJ-REV-7 are totally new designs from Pioneer DJ
Pioneer DJ has launched two new Serato controllers with a totally new design – the DDJ-REV-1 and the DDJ-REV-7. Aimed at opposite ends of the experience...