“I was visiting my cousin Jay,” remembers Julie McKnight of one special night in a New Jersey living room 20 years ago. “Sandy, the other...
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Living on D-Edge
To really understand Sao Paulo’s D-Edge you need to lose your mind there, which is exactly what we did...
Features
The use of ghost producers is seen as cheating by many in dance music, but producers have been working with studio collaborators and engineers for...
In an era when misdirection and mistruth is commonplace, its seems natural to question the authenticity and authorship of the music we love. If an...
Jacking house queen on her new label
Jackathon queen Heidi has been chatting to DJ Mag about the launch of her new label — Jackathon Jams. The label has grown out of the Jackathon nights that she's been hosting since 2009, and has its roots in the acclaimed 'Jackathon' comp she released in late 2010.
Tech
We catch up with the SCI+TEC and Turbo alumnus to find out how his unique live show works...
Why was it important to you to develop a live show over just DJing?
SHADED: "It was a matter of preference really. I have always...
Bank holiday business
With two bank holidays this month, there's plenty of party ammunition to load those gun fingers...
DJ Mag spends seven blissed out days at at the last ever instalment of The Garden Festival, but is it really the end?
Seven days of festival can seem like a lot to even the most hardened clubber. Even Craig David took Sunday's off. But that's exactly what...
We follow the fun-loving DJ duo on tour — here's what happened when they hit Marbella, Ibiza and more...
"We won’t bore you with aircraft tales. It’s the usual procedure, check in, sweat about baggage allowance (not such a panic these days since Serato...
Cocoon, Leeds. Made Festival, Birmingham. XOYO, London. We Concur, London. Ezup, London.
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Cocoon in the Park at Temple Newsam, Leeds
Saturday 11th July
Sven Väth, Carl Cox, Ricardo Villalobos, Dixon, Enzo Siragusa b2b Seb Zito...
Features
A soulful house classic, Kings Of Tomorrow’s ‘Finally’ appealed across the board thanks to its universal lyric and hopeful message. Kristan J Caryl talks to vocalist Julie McKnight, co-producer Jay Sealee, Defected’s Simon Dunmore and Bushwacka about its evergreen appeal
Why is shuffling being mocked and banned?
I’m going to tell you a little story about dancing — this is a dance music mag, after all. It’s 1991. I’m deep in some ramshackle Northern warehouse rave. I’m at one with the universe, have just had my sixth life-changing conversation of the evening and am now busy chatting with my fourth new best friend in the last hour.
Recognise is DJ Mag's monthly mix series, introducing artists we love that are bursting onto the global electronic music circuit. This month, we catch up...
A couple of weeks ago, Oliver van der Lugt, aka producer, DJ, designer and label head Air Max ‘97, was at a family reunion...
Audiophiles unite
Despacio is the new project from DFA and LCD head honcho James Murphy, with more than a little help from his DJing buddies the Dewaele...
Features
With an hour of shimmering ambience and razor sharp club clubs, Chevel shakes up the Fresh Kicks series
“A guy on Twitter sent me a trap beat made with my burp sample,” says Chevel. “I loved it.”
The gift wasn’t unprompted. In December...
DJ/producer Rebekah tells us about the tracks that have helped shape her into who she is today...
Rebekah Teasdale first earned her techno stripes on the dancefloor at Que Club in her home city of Birmingham in the 1990s, dancing to DJs...
The DJmag Tech crew check out Stanton’s new four-channel rack-mount mixer, and find little to complain about...
We have been most impressed with Stanton’s mixers of late. Mixers like the M.207 have proved that Stanton understands the needs of DJs and can...