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Bank holiday business
With two bank holidays this month, there's plenty of party ammunition to load those gun fingers...
Vestax’s evolution in the VCI series takes the controller range to a whole new level...
Vestax’s evolution in the VCI series takes the controller range to a whole new level...
NI release a new virtual vinyl system called Traktor Scratch, which has a fancy new interface which is also available independantly.
Native Instruments (NI) has just released news of two new products at this year's Winter NAMM equipment show in California.
The new Traktor Scratch package...
DJmag.com reveals our favourite dance artists for this fortnight - Annie Mac, Pentatonik, J*S*T*A*R*S, and Silicone Soul - we salute you!
Annie Mac
Supporting dance music: Annie Mac
Supporting dance music: Annie Mac
Radio 1's Annie Mac should be applauded for her constant support of decent dance music.
Since her current...
Vestax’s PAD-One is the newest micro controller to take a beating on the DJmag test bench
In the portable pad controller market, the Korg Nano Pad and Akai LPD8 have recently dominated the battle for the spare space in your laptop...
Tech
Having found their musical feet playing in bands, it was a natural step for Mount Liberation Unlimited to take their new-found love for electronic music...
Tech
We go behind the tech with the Irish techno titan...
With his early releases as part of the discernable MINUS crew, to his own label RUKUS, Matador has been a creative force in techno for...
Features
The funding of independent radio stations is always precarious, but the current cost-of-living and energy crises threaten their survival. Following the shuttering of Worldwide FM and Bristol’s SWU FM, we look at the challenges facing these beloved cultural lifelines
With Marc Romboy, Jules Buckley, Max Richter, Carl Craig and more...
At first glance, we’re led to believe that the worlds of classical and electronic music are galaxies apart. But there are more parallels and crossovers...
Features
Spanning hard drum, nu-metal mutations, Jersey club and trance-imbued techno, Syn pulls no punches in her frenzied Fresh Kicks mix
“We play a lot of the ‘Hard’ genres,” says Syn of CXNT, the queer party she co-runs in Cork, Ireland. “Hardstyle, hard drum, hardcore, hard...
Features
The last decade has yielded some extraordinary innovations in dance and DJ culture. Below, we count down some of the most significant technological tools to...
It’s 2008. Armin Van Buuren has won the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll for the second year running. Gordon Brown has shakily taken the...
The New York club stalwart delivers a propulsive and percussive mix lifted from a recent set in Brooklyn's Good Room. He also gives us some...
Eli Escobar has been at the heart of New York’s club scene for over two decades now. Born and raised in the city, the DJ/producer...
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We catch up with the DJ, producer and label boss on the island to talk music-making, opening parties and defining the Rumors sound...
“Do you mind if I play this while we talk?”
Guy Gerber is brandishing a cherry-red Fender Strat and puffing casually on a cigarette. We’re...
We review Manchester's Parklife Festival
Manchester’s Parklife festival exists in an alternative dimension where EDM doesn’t exist. You won’t find any cake throwing DJs or the latest celebrity selectors throwing...