I didn’t give compression much thought in my early days of producing. ‘Do You Even Compress, Bro?’ was met with ‘What’s It Got To Do...
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Recognise is DJ Mag’s monthly mix series, introducing artists we love that are bursting onto the global electronic music scene. This month, we speak to...
DJ Lag is a pioneer of one of the most exciting electronic music movements to surface this decade. Over the last few years, gqom has...
Legendary Drum & Bass duo join us in our office this Wednesday for a live stream!
With over 20 years experience behind the decks and an inspiration within the drum & bass world, Fabio & Grooverider have worked their way through...
It took decades and many mutations for dance music to develop into the genres we know today. Here's what happened before DJ Mag was born...
“In the beginning there was Jack... and Jack had a groove!” So the old Mr Fingers track goes, but of course music made for dancing...
Native Instruments add new sequencer to their DJ software...
Native Instruments have added a new step sequencer to its TRAKTOR DJ software, now letting DJs get even more creative in the mix, and it's...
One of d&b's most forward thinking producers
Whenever bass heads gather to pick over the new blood pushing drum & bass right back on top, Dub Phizix is one of the few names everyone can agree on. Over the last two years the Manchester-based producer has had an insane string of hits, including the filthy, ubiquitous bashment 'n’ bass bomb 'Marka' (alongside Skeptical and MC Strategy) — which burst out of the scene and rampaged into record boxes worldwide.
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In the latest edition of our new series exploring the basics of music production, E.M.M.A. explains how to use compression to beef up your drums...
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SPFDJ, Juliana Huxtable, object blue, LSDXOXO, VTSS and Rebekah are among the artists confirmed to play the festival
The first LGBTQ+ electronic music and camping festival will launch in the UK this year.
London’s Flesh Queer Festival will take place on 28th and...
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Amazondotcom steps up with an hour of maximum-intensity club sounds and animated bass manoeuvres as part of our Fresh Kicks series
On her debut EP, ‘Mirror River’, Los Angeles producer Amazondotcom carved an uncanny niche in club music – familiar enough to dance to, but intoxicatingly...
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Soichi Terada, anu, Hunee and DJ Harvey are among the new names added to the bill
London's GALA Festival has confirmed the final names set to play its 2022 edition, with will run from Thursday 2nd to Saturday 4th July at...
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No one knows the island like those who’ve been playing here every week — residents who’ve made Ibiza their home and the party-goers who’ve been...
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Benirras beach on the north of the island is always a good shout, but head up to the remote cove on a Sunday to...
The seminal tracks that altered dance forever
‘Killer’ started life as an instrumental, and it was only ever going to be one until I met Seal,” Adamski tells DJ Mag. “He came to [big rave] Sunrise 5000 at Santa Pod, although I didn’t meet him there. He walked in when I was playing and he had an epiphany.” Seal wanted to record with Adamski immediately, and Adamski — real name Adam Tinley — liked the sound of Seal’s voice from a demo of ‘Crazy’ that he’d heard.
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Point Blank are back with another track deconstruction. This time, their Head of Education and Development and master of Track Deconstructions, Ski Oakenfull breaks down...
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‘The Difference’ is out on 11th March
Flume has announced his first track of 2020, ‘The Difference’, which will be released on Wednesday, 11th March.
The Australian producer has teamed up with...
One of the most innovative, groundbreaking producers in electronic music, Squarepusher pushed the jazz/jungle fusion envelope into outer space in the mid-'90s with his 'Squarepusher...
It could have been his junglist garage pastiche ‘My Red Hot Car’. Or it could have been the burning 303 d&b of ‘Vic Acid’. In...