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We interview Jim Tang about the return

To readers of a certain age, and those who know their UK rave history, the name Dreamscape will evoke memories of a transitional period between...

We decamp to Space Ibiza’s Egyptian outpost

Over the last few years, Ibiza’s legendary Space club has evolved from a world-renowned nightspot on a tiny Balearic island into a globally recognised brand...

We review the Sneak/Carter/Farina trio

Friday nights are now in the hands of the Insane crew. They have moved quickly and filled the 40 year old Ibiza institution with a whole host of underground artists, including John Digweed, Fritz Kalkbrenner (regular residents), Uner, Steve Lawler, Joris Voorn, Coyu and Umek, plus tonight's guests - the Chicago house trio of DJ Sneak, Mark Farina & Derrick Carter.

We get to know Brighton's scratch king


Scratch DJ JFB is ill with the skillz “A lot of turntablists win competitions but never get DJ bookings because a lot of them don’t understand how to rock a party,” says mild-mannered Brighton-based British turntablist JFB, born to a French mum and a Hungarian dad.

We go backstage at iconic London club

Ministry of Sound is one of the world's most famous clubbing brands, and one of London's iconic clubland institutions. Last week they announced the launch of a Smart TV app, which is to be hard built into all new Samsung Smart TVs. During the launch event, we snuck off for an exclusive behind the scenes tour of the club. This is what we found out.

We pit competing promoters head to head

Croatian dance festivals are still cropping up left, right and centre. Which one takes your fancy - originator or newbie?

We speak to the outspoken 'House Gangster'

Outspoken 'House Gangster' DJ Sneak was part of the second wave of Chicago house DJs alongside Derrick Carter, Green Velvet and Paul Johnson. Now based in Toronto, Canada, he says he misses his old friends and places to go out to eat and drink, but catches up with most of them in Miami at the WMC anyway.

We catch up with the soul songstress

Soul singer extraordinaire, Alice Russell is releasing her fifth album this month on Tru Thoughts — 'To Dust'. She's again teamed with Brighton-based producer TM Juke, having previously collaborated with Mr Scruff, Quantic, DJ Yoda and David Byrne from Talking Heads.

We ask DJs about their best holidays!

We've all had a memorable family holiday. Often remembered for all the wrong reasons. This correspondent will never forget one week spent in Herodsfoot (Cornwall). The only attraction was a red phone box; it rained constantly and the highlight was my sister yelping with ecstatic joy when someone landed on Old Kent Road, playing Monopoly.

Le Carousel: Phil Kieran's psch/techno project

Irish techno don Phil Kieran has a new project — Le Carousel. Taking its name from the French word for an old-fashioned merry-go-round, the project stands more for a metaphor for the rotations occurring in everyday life, Phil tells DJ Mag.

We get friendly with dubstep king Caspa

Stateside “EDM” kids a tad confused, take note: it doesn't get more “dubstep” than Caspa. Known to his mum as Gary McCann, he...

We investigate the experimental electronic music festival

Unsound Festival is an annual forward thinking celebration of experimental music and art that's based in Poland, with a New York offshoot that's just wrapped...

We catch up with the Dutch master

Laidback Luke is one of the biggest names in dance music bringing his super hero themed nights to the world’s biggest clubs, denting the charts...

We interview WMC co-founder Bill Kelly

DJmag joins the rest of the dance fraternity in looking forward to the Miami Music Conference 2011 which takes place between the 8th - 12th...

We talk to the French house cat...

French DJ/producer Richard Grey, famed for his massive, big room house remixes and silky skills on the decks, has mixed the latest in the 'Perceptions...