Much has been written and debated over the years about just why the concept of a ‘free’ party was so important. Much more than simply...
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In the summer of 1989, DiY collective — one of the first house sound systems in the UK — emerged onto the rave scene. In this excerpt taken from founding member Harry Harrison's book, Dreaming in Yellow, he discusses DiY's role within that movement, and the importance of free parties during the '90s rave scene
DJ Mag USA speaks with Matrixxman about his debut album ‘Homesick’...
On a brisk spring San Franciscan afternoon, clouds move lazily across the sky with sunshine piercing through as notable techno talent Matrixxman, real name Charles...
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The votes have been counted and the winners in this year’s DJ Mag of British Awards have been announced
We visit Norman Cook to get an insight on just why he's so popular in Brazil
Norman Cook welcomes the DJ Mag crew into his house in Brighton on the south coast of England, then nips upstairs to change into his...
Youth and popularity - the fabric that makes up today's music industry. Enter Madeon, he's young, he's popular. Yet, in our five-hour conversation with the...
In under 10 minutes of speaking to Hugo Leclercq, the man behind the construction known as Madeon, it is clear the musical phenom is, inarguably...
It’s 2017 and techno is bigger than ever. It’s a statement that could, of course, be applied to dance music overall, but this year has...
Charlotte de Witte has shot into techno’s upper echelons since assuming her real name for her productions and DJ slots. Initially using the male-sounding alias...
It’s 2017 and techno is bigger than ever. It’s a statement that could, of course, be applied to dance music overall, but this year...
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Nine essential documentaries, focused on the classic '80s and '90s hip-hop that laid the foundation for rappers to build a world-conquering movement
Huxley talks longevity, collaborations and steering clear of the pop-dance route...
The last few years have seen seismic shifts in dance music culture. Large swathes of the scene seem to have abandoned their heady underground ideals...
Can London trio Dark Sky make the tricky transition to an album and live band shows? You bet they can...
Triangles have enjoyed a good innings in the last few years. Alt-J won the Mercury. And the Illuminati continued their insidious global rule via all...
Funk-dripped drum & bass head plays us his most inspiring tracks
Always that most steadfastly independent genre, today drum & bass is splintered into a panoply of micro camps. In one corner, the giant, fizzy-pop electro chords and high fructose rushes of labels like Hospital; in another, the clipped, dark minimalism and sub bass caverns of its most underground soldiers, the Critical crew.
Fatboy Slim talks us through his classic record, 'Praise You'...
By the mid-'90s, Norman Cook had been involved in three UK No.1 records. First there was the acapella 'Caravan of Love' in 1986 with Hull-based...
We catch up to find out all about his new project...
Carl Craig, one of the most important artists in techno, has been working with an orchestra to breathe new life into some of his back...
Dirtybird take their low end theory on the road
If there’s been one trend that’s wheedled its way into all corners of electronic music in the last two years, it’s bass. Indecent ladles full of the stuff, speaker stacks positively groaning with the strain of lowdown, filling-rattling subsSan Francisco’s techno overlord Claude VonStroke is incubating a nest full of underground club killers in 2012, set to hatch and dive-bomb clubs Angry Birds-style
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Manchester-based DJ Paulette — pivotal in several of the most significant moments in European electronic music history — has won this year’s Lifetime Achievement award