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“There is no other music in the world where an MC stands on the stage for an hour and continuously sprays lyrics with such clarity and power over so many frequencies,” Eksman, one of the d&b scene's foremost MCs, tells DJ Mag. “The life and evolution of the drum & bass MC has grown from strength to strength over the years, and I have no doubt that down the line many more great things are in store for the future generation of MCs in our music.” 
Undoubtedly so. The role of the drum and bass MC has steadily progressed simultaneously with the scene it resides in, although in the early days MCs experienced negativity from some DJs. But the MC has fought for its corner, and now overwhelmingly basks in the same golden glory as the DJ.

Try to categorise Dismantle at your peril. Like his name alludes, the Brighton-based producer has been taking apart the genre boundaries at the seams and engineering his own unique blends of bass-heavy influences — which range from jump-up drum & bass and bleeping Dutch house to Bugz In The Attic-esque breakbeat and classic reggae. 


Johan Agebjorn is the Swedish producer behind Italo disco singer Sally Shapiro. Here he tells us how they recorded the strangely-titled 'This City’s Local Italo Disco DJ Has A Crush On Me'...

Skepsis, Darkzy and Bru-C are amongst the names representing UK bass giants CruCast on the final leg of their UK tour, taking over Printworks London...

Behringer is to start mass producing its clone of Sequential Circuits’ Pro-One synthesiser. 

Going on sale at a price of $299, the company announces its...

Nina Kraviz and Massimiliano Pagliara are amongst the names locked for Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival 2018. 

Now in its 11th edition, the event will run from Wednesday...

Bryan Gee will be joining DJ Mag this upcoming Tuesday 15th August at London’s Work Bar for a special panel discussion. The co-founder of seminal...

Dekmantel is turning 10 this year and to celebrate the much-loved Dutch label is releasing 10 new EPs.

There’s a slew of familiar faces lined...

It’s taken 21 years, probably the entire life span of many of his fans, but Marcus Intalex finally drops his debut solo album '21...

Paul Arnold's dog loves breakbeat apparently

Little known fact: Paul once auditioned to be in boyband Westlife

Paul 'Trouble' Arnold's opening statement is likely to...

After his colossal ‘Hanns Trippy’ smashed Ibiza’s Do Not Sleep parties all summer, why shouldn’t the song’s architect and party’s...

Dublin’s Ozwald will release his new EP, ‘Prey’, this month.

Set for release via Cork hard drum imprint, Flood, the four tracker keeps in...

Every Friday, we invite some of the world’s best DJs to our London offices for a #DJMAGHQ live stream to our Facebook and Youtube pages...

Guy Gerber has had a meteoric and at times slightly unconventional rise to the top from the early days of his productions on Luciano’s Cadenza...