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With his Shaytoon Records label, Sepehr has built a platform for underground techno and electronic music from the Iranian diaspora. But the versatile New York-based producer and DJ fights oversimplified categorisations and pigeonholing at every turn, extracting influence from obscure ‘90s rave records as much as Persian mythology. Alongside a 90-minute On Cue mix demonstrating this sound, he tells Marke Bieschke about his Flower Storm project with Kasra V, the influence of Silent Servant, and his grunge-influenced new band

If anyone is going to be searingly candid about real life in the music business, it's Sepehr Alimagham Tabari. With his four-year-old label Shaytoon Records...

Fred P

A decade and a half into a career making emotionally involved house music, Fred P’s sense of purpose is stronger than it’s ever been. The New York–born, Berlin-based artist fills us in on where he’s been, where he’s at and where he’s heading

Along with most of the world’s population, Fred Peterkin, the DJ and producer best known as Fred P, was having a tough time during the...

Premiere: Despina ‘Alexa In Despair’

Brooklyn’s Despina debuts on all centre with four hi-def dancefloor mutations. Hear ‘Alexa In Despair’ now

Despina will release a new EP, ‘Limb Slip’, via the prolific All Centre label this month. The Brooklyn-based DJ and producer follows their 2021 EP...

DJ Mag’s new electronic music community is up and running

DJ Mag has launched a new Discord server, where we’re building a new community for electronic music fans. After a two weeks soft launch, we’re...

An On Bast is a multi-talented Polish producer and live artist who creates exquisite astral techno on modular hardware. Her recent album, ‘I Create As...

Poland has a rich electronic music history. As far back as the ‘50s, if you tuned into the frequencies of the Studio Eksperymentalne Polskiego Radia...

CC:DISCO! readies the second edition of her ‘First Light’ compilation series. Hear the bright house grooves of Pépe’s ‘In Due Time’ now

CC:DISCO! will release the second edition of her ‘First Light’ compilation series on Melbourne’s Soothsayer label in May.

The 24-track collection follows the series’ 2018...

I. JORDAN has stormed the electronic music world in the last couple of years with their energising productions and DJ mixes. Their 2020 breakthrough EP...

Note 23rd August 2023: The headline and text of this feature has been updated to reflect I. JORDAN's new name. I. JORDAN is always moving...

Two generations of Black women speak about their experiences in dance music

After reflecting on how we can tackle the issues around racism and racial injustice within the electronic music industry as a publication, we delivered our...

On Cue is our flagship mix series, celebrating the pivotal DJs and producers whose influence has shaped the world of electronic music, both in their...

Nina Las Vegas has cultivated a fierce reputation for herself as Australia’s queen of club music. Hard work is something she’s always risen to, but...

On Cue is our flagship mix series, celebrating the pivotal DJs and producers whose influence has shaped the world of electronic music, both in their...

It’s October 2019 and Ross From Friends is coming to the end of his four-date residency at South London stronghold, Phonox — the beating heart...

On Cue is our flagship mix series, celebrating the pivotal DJs and producers whose influence has shaped the world of electronic music, both in their...

“My parents were really big record collectors and they were serious about it — so much so, that they had separate collections,” deep house innovator...

Inspired by the sci-fi movies of their youth, the new concert film IRIS: A Space Opera is the latest ambitious venture by Justice. DJ Mag...

It’s a warm, sunny afternoon in northern Paris, and the streets are bustling with people going about their daily business. Locals line the streets trying...

Capturing a week in the sunny surroundings of Tisno for one of Europe's most-loved festivals, which this year hosted Eris Drew, Ben UFO, Call Super...

Overcoming Pakistan's conservative mindset and sometimes-dangerous political tensions, a small group of artists are building a future for electronic music in Karachi

Around the turn of the decade, there was something distinctly wanting in the Karachi electronic music space. Despite artists releasing tracks, there appeared to be...

Rebekah pays titanic, techno homage to her hometown on new Soma EP 'Murder In Birmingham'. Listen to the rough and riotous title track now...

Rebekah pays homage to her hometown on riotous techno track, 'Murder In Birmingham', incoming via Soma 1st July.

'Murder In Birmingham' is the DJ Mag's...