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Are clubs doing enough to combat dodgy drugs?
As The Warehouse Project unroll plans for drugs testing at Victoria Warehouse following a fatality at the club, we ask: are clubs doing enough to protect clubbers from dodgy drugs?
When you see this magpie, make sure you salute...
When you see this magpie, make sure you salute. Not to ward off bad luck, mind, but because this producer hits hard with every single...
Propellerheads just can't stop improving their already popular Reason Production Suite
Reason 6 is the latest reincarnation of this very popular music production software, and comes with a host of new elements that edge it even...
The Natural Born Spitta Speaks
Air guitar contests are generally considered an oddity, so when I entered one last weekend (no, I didn't win) and saw a competitor accompanied by...
Do SenDo Sennheiser’s new pro DJ headphones, the HD8 DJs, deliver the wow factor?
Sennheiser have been at the top of the heap when it comes to DJ headphones for over 25 years. Their HD25s have won many awards...
Features
Joseph Capriati is considered one of the world’s foremost techno technicians — but the veteran artist is much more than that, with the sounds of deep house, tech-house and more running through his sets and productions. With a newfound creative energy and sense of musical freedom, he’s as happy as he’s ever been — but if it wasn’t for a twist of fate, he wouldn’t have a career at all, as he explains in a wide-ranging conversation
Riots severely damage music industry as record labels lose stock in warehouse fire
The recent riots sweeping across London since Saturday have proved disastrous for a large number of music labels - mostly small independents - after a...
M-Audio's GSR Loudspeakers won't just tear the roof off, but will also deliver some serious sounds
M-Audio have jumped into the sound reinforcement market with their all-new GSR range of PA speakers. There are essentially two models to choose from: the...
We ask Coyu seven important questions...
It’s just a 40-minute flight that takes Coyu from his home city of Barcelona directly into the hurly burly of Ibiza.
Which is pretty handy...
Cover Features
The secret to John Summit's success lies in his work-hard, play-hard mentality, which has led to the former Certified Public Accountant to become one of the most in-demand DJs around. Ahead of his set at DJ Mag's Miami Pool Party this month, Megan Venzin hears his story so far
How Ticketscript can help you connect with your fans
Ticketscript confirmed its position as the European leader in online, mobile and social ticketing solutions last month when it was picked from over 2,500 entrants...
Modular software delight
In the late '90s there was a perception of DJs as vinyl-hugging technophobes who relied on a 20-year-old turntable design and swore by headphones launched in the '80s. It used to be an utterly fair stereotype — after having reviewed the very first Traktor back when it ploughed into the scene, trying to convince my clubland chums that it was “the future” I was met with pity and derision.
Taking to the controls in Sheffield
Sheffield has always been at the centre stage of the underground electronic music scene, spawning many of the cult electronic acts of the '80s such...
Moderat joins us in NYC...
“Are you always this happy,” asks one of the three men dressed in head-to-toe black facing DJ Mag in a semicircle. They are Moderat, Berlin’s...
Planet Mu boss on his past present and future
Making his name in the 1990s as a melodic avant-garde electronic producer using pseudonyms such as u-Ziq, Jake Slazenger and Tusken Raiders, Mike Paradinas was a peer of experimental artists such as Luke Vibert, Squarepusher and Aphex Twin. In fact, he did an album with Richard D. James (Aphex), 'Expert Knob Twiddlers' as Mike & Rich, in the mid-'90s — the two producers were pictured on the cover playing Connect 4 — before launching his acclaimed Planet Mu label.