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Redlight - the artist formerly known as Clipz - is flipping the dance script, shattering genres into a million pieces and pioneering a mongrel music...
As acolytes of electronic dance music, we tend to consider ourselves a fairly fortunate bunch. Within the panoply of different styles, genres and sub-strands, it's...
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Streaming has come to dominate the music industry, but when it comes to actually earning money from plays, the electronic music community has been somewhat...
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In this excerpt from Ears To The Ground: Adventures in Field Recording and Electronic Music, author and DJ Mag contributing editor Ben Murphy explores the use of found sounds in dance music as a means of examining and expressing cultural heritage in our surroundings
Why are masks so popular in dance music?
“All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.” FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, Beyond Good and Evil...
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The five-track 'Cash Romantic' is out via XL Recordings next month
'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...
Thomas Gandey shares the 10 tracks that shaped his musical journey...
A core solo artist on Get Physical, multi-talented Thomas Gandey has released on many of the world's best electronic labels just in the last year...
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Londoner Beatrice Dillon’s electronic experiments and intriguing collaborations have resulted in one of the most eagerly anticipated albums of the year. She talks to DJ...
The seminal tracks that altered dance forever
‘Killer’ started life as an instrumental, and it was only ever going to be one until I met Seal,” Adamski tells DJ Mag. “He came to [big rave] Sunrise 5000 at Santa Pod, although I didn’t meet him there. He walked in when I was playing and he had an epiphany.” Seal wanted to record with Adamski immediately, and Adamski — real name Adam Tinley — liked the sound of Seal’s voice from a demo of ‘Crazy’ that he’d heard.
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One of the most exciting new digital projects to emerge this year, Black Band Camp (blackbandcamp.info) is a volunteer-run, community-driven database for showcasing and directly...
In our new DJ Mag TV shoot we talk all things synth with leading French electronic producer Vitalic...
In the next instalment of our DJ Mag TV ‘In the Studio’ series we take a trip to Vitalic’s Paris studio where he talks to...
Nick Douwma presents his vision with new album ‘Torus’
Although he may take his sweet time to churn out a full length, Nick Douwma - more commonly known as Sub Focus – certainly knows...
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Gobstopper Records head, Mr. Mitch, discusses Black experiences, the white gaze and his decisions as a label boss
Magda talks women in dance music, new event series PERM and her just-launched tequila brand...
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A new book collects the most prized of all rave memorabilia: the membership card. Filled with classic design work, it’s a window on a transformative era. Collector and compiler Rob Ford tells DJ Mag about how the project came together, while DJs and designers share their memories of the time