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The Minimal Wave boss digs deep to pick 10 industrial, post-punk and new wave cuts that mean the most to her...

Though best known for her label Minimal Wave, founded in 2005, and specialising in rare synth wave from the ‘80s, it's surprising that New Yorker...

Premiere: MDM Factory ‘Love Boat’

DJs Pareja and Matias Aguayo team up on Cómeme as MDM Factory, serving up four cuts of thick, sub-shaking techno. Hear ‘Love Boat’ now

DJs Pareja and Matias Aguayo will release a new collaborative EP, ‘La Vida Loca’, as MDM Factory this month. Listen to the ‘Love Boat’ below...

Across the UK, there's a bubbling scene of young producers and DJs, re-shaping garage for a new generation of ravers. DJ Mag speaks to some...

“No matter how awful the vibe is, you can always stick a garage tune on and it’ll transform the room,” says Manchester producer and DJ...

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With Miller Genuine Draft

Norman Doray is living the EDM dream. With productions on the scene's finest labels (Axtone, Size, Cr2, LE7ELS), and support from the scene's biggest names (Guetta, Angello, Avicii et al) the Frenchman is flying high.

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The release of compilation 'Studio Rockers At The Controls', out now on Studio Rockers, marks the third anniversary for the dubstep label helmed by the...

With a new mix CD due for release on the 28th January we caught up with dj/producer Joey Negro.

Chances are, if you're down with dance music and you're down with the funk, you know Joey Negro. The man also known as Dave Lee...

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Movement:   21

Released 20 years ago, Basement Jaxx's 'Rooty' is a paean to the adaptable power of house music, a ferocious mixture of musical styles kept in...

‘Rooty’, Basement Jaxx’s second album, was the moment when the London duo conquered pop in the name of UK house music; the apex of the...

Octo Octa in a red cut out top against a blue background

From her first release as Octo Octa in 2011, there’s always been an element of rapturous freedom inherent to Maya Bouldry-Morrison’s music. But since coming out as a trans woman and meeting her life/work partner Eris Drew, that feeling is rendered in brighter shades than ever. Taking time out from a European tour, Bouldry-Morrison details her road to house music happiness

This feature originally appeared in print in the June issue of DJ Mag North America. It has been amended for online publication, due to two...

Billy Nasty shot by Carl Loben

A stalwart of the UK’s dance music community for over 30 years, DJ Billy Nasty was a pioneer of '90s progressive house before launching his techno and electro labels, Tortured and Electrix. A true vinyl devotee, he now runs the Vinyl Curtain record shop in Brighton. Harold Heath meets him in his home town to talk mix CDs, underground dance music history, running labels and the enduring importance of vinyl DJing

It’s fitting that DJ Mag meets acid house original, world-class DJ, UK techno trailblazer, mix-CD pioneer and vinyl-devotee Billy Nasty in his record shop The...

DJ Kay Slay dies, aged 55

The legendary New York figure had been hospitalised with Covid-19 in December and was said to be still recovering from the virus

Revered New York hip-hop figure and radio DJ Keith Grayson, AKA DJ Kay Slay, died at the age of 55 on Sunday, 17th April. A...

Yazzus shares video for new track, 'Three Deities’, on Tresor: Watch

The Berlin-based producer says the new video, by video artist and designer Michael Flanagan, "feels like an abstract PS2 cutscene"

Yazzus has just released the video for 'Three Deities' off her upcoming Tresor debut EP. Watch it below. Created by LA-based video artist and designer...

Premiere: Jackson Ryland ‘Choosing To See The Beauty’

DC’s Jackson Ryland serves up five festival-ready cuts of quick, cosmic techno for Pleasant Life

The next release on London’s Pleasant Life label will come from DC’s Jackson Ryland. ‘Simple Wants’ will land on 6th May, and you can hear...

After a summer in Ibiza and with a gig for 25 Years of DJ Mag in Birmingham to look forward to, NYC’s Martinez Brothers have...

New York’s finest, The Martinez Brothers, Steve and Chris, have spent their summers being based in Ibiza for the past six years or so. They’ve made...