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Steve Bug's most influential tracks...

When we spoke with Steve Bug he was post-DJing for DJ Mag TV and in the prequel to a punishing tour schedule that would take...

DJ Mag managed to grab a moment of Luke’s time and chat all things musical...

Big room house DJ/producer Laidback Luke is a hot ticket wherever he plays. He not only produces like there is no tomorrow for labels like...

We review Dubbed Out's 5th birthday party!

Dubbed Out may only just be metaphorically starting promoter pre-school, but this event showed an ambition and shrewdness beyond its years. With an amazing venue...

Vinyl may be back, but is the picture really so rosy for records?

I’m sure you’ve heard the great news — vinyl is back, baby: back on the shelves, back in our collective conscious, back in the clubs. Everyone and their mother’s brother is now walking around like the cat who's got the cream, because they are true collectors, true music heads, true audiophiles and their addiction to black crack has finally been vindicated.

ESI's pocket-sized audio interface!

In Texas, big is best, but when it comes to audio interfaces for DJs, the exact opposite is true, and small becomes beautiful. The UDJ6 from ESI comes in as one of the smallest and most stylish DJ interface packages yet, and would even fit in the pocket of a hipster’s skinny jeans — yes, it’s that small! The all metal casing is curved with a lovely champagne anodised finish, which gives the UDJ6 a very classy and stylish look and feel.

Berlin fest reaches 14th edition

Starting out as a musical side-project of Berlin's digital arts festival Transmediale, CTM.13 looks forward to its 14th edition this month. Hinged on the theme The Golden Age, it'll use electronic expression to challenge contemporary conceptions in a constantly progressing world driven by mass media. Have we ever had it so good? Things ain't that simple...

A super-budget DJ controller

When it comes to DJ controllers, the big boys' toys tend to get the most attention. Anyone new to the scene could be forgiven for thinking that to get a decent hardware controller with enough features to make it a professional piece of equipment, a seriously large amount of cash is going to have to be paid in order to take it home.

Armin continues the celebration

He told us that “he couldn’t wait” for it - now Armin Van Buuren’s A State of Trance radio show has hit its incredible...

Akai’s aggressively-priced mini laptop controller aims to do it all on the cheap. But can it compete with Korg?

Akai MPK Mini

In the not-too-distant past, the idea of a portable studio was a man in a van with a flight case of hardware...

Hot Creations' young new talent

Groove is a word that keeps cropping up whenever the name Robert James is mentioned. Handy that when you just so happen to be one...

Minus star on new album and playing The Warehouse Project

Part of Ritchie Hawtin’s unstoppable Minus crew, Marc Houle has often tempered his productions with a cheeky sense of humour. On ‘Drift’, however...

Lasermagnetic present Danser Avec Moi

Words: Bianca Mitchell

Shoreditch venue CAMP heats up this Easter weekend as The Hackney Players Association join the long-standing Bank Holiday party specialists of London,...

Does Spectrasonics’ new bass softsynth plug-in Trilian deliver?

Spectrasonics are back with a vengeance with Trilian, the very long-awaited follow-up to their Trilogy Bass Softsynth. Back in the day, nearly every producer who...

We talk beats and pieces with DJ Craze...

Turntable Tyrannosaurus DJ Craze is one of the world's deadliest scratch masters. As devastating on a technical scratch routine as he is playing a hyped-up...

DJmag.com caught up with breakbeat maestro Ali B to discuss the future of breaks, how technology is affecting DJing, and his parties in London.

In the fickle world of dance music, genres and DJs come and go, and club nights appear and disappear faster than you can say 'rave'...