NQ is reshaping Manchester’s musical identity one mega-hit at a time. An entertainment company consisting of a record label, management and publishing house based in...
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Fine Tuning: The 'weirdos' win out
With their restlessly futuristic vision, the records released on the Hyperdub label are as bleeding edge as it's possible to be without ending up in...
Orbital's glorious incendiary return
Before this year dance music, unlike rock & roll, hadn't really ventured down the comeback trail - possibly because a great deal of dance music...
More inside knowledge on the freshest tracks across the board...
Greg Stainer's 'Long Verb' on Kinky Malinki is one of those irritably catchy instrumentals that just reeks of crossover potential and smacks of instant familiarity...
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Hit-maker, label boss, global tastemaker and five-time winner of the Top 100 DJs, Armin van Buuren is a certified legend of electronic music. Having risen...
Armin van Buuren doesn’t really do interviews anymore. He’s reached the upper echelons of his chosen career, and doesn’t really need to. The “trance overlord,”...
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Through its nurturing of new superstars like Aitch and other young local talent, Manchester’s NQ has become a veritable institution of modern UK rap, helping elevate regional artists across the UK. James Keith meets members of the crew during a recent takeover at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, and heads to NQ’s northern base to discover the secret to its success
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In the lead up to St. Patrick's Day, DJ Mag profiles some of Ireland's finest underground talents...
Draconian licensing laws and well-documented club closures aside...
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...
Tales of the unexpected
Holland's Mysteryland odyssey reached its 20th year this summer. And DJ Mag was there to taste its many weird and wonderful delights...
Matthew Dekay holds forth about label
Growing up in Holland as a classically trained musician, Matthew Dekay today stands at the forefront of Berlin's deep house and techno scene.
With a...
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Rising to notoriety in the ’90s with his hardcore techno DJ sets, Loftgroover had a huge following, before the pressures of popularity led him to withdraw from the scene. 30 years later, he’s back and rejuvenated as a d&b DJ. Holly Dicker learns his story
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One of Detroit's most ambitious selectors, DJ Holographic has had the biggest year of her musical career in 2018. As it draws to a close...
“I’m living my favorite love affair with music right now and want to shout it out to the universe!”
DJ Holographic describes herself as “a...
'Basic Colour Theory' is anything but just another dance album. We sat down with them to find out about the philosophy behind it...
Polish duo Catz 'N Dogz are no strangers to DJ Mag readers. Rising to underground recognition over the past five years through their association with...
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Fever AM co-founder Rhyw steps up for the Recognise mix series, and chats to Eoin Murray about his forthcoming release, his childhood obsession with The Prodigy and the all-important element of surprise in his hallucinatory club music
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Meshing dancehall, dub, techno and industrial, Bristol’s Bokeh Versions label has carved a unique niche in the UK underground Alongside a 100% Bokeh mix recorded...
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Bristol-based Brazilian S.P.Y has just made the album of his career by looking back to early jungle. But as he explains, his recreation of the...
Everyone’s a junglist these days aren’t they? You’re a junglist. Your dear old dad’s a junglist. Even that nice little old lady next door and...