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Nicole Moudaber is a one-woman force of nature. The DJ/producer, born and raised in Nigeria which introduced her to artists like Fela Kuti, started...

Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May were high school pals with Juan Atkins in Belleville, just outside of Detroit. It was Juan who started making other-worldly...

During last month’s ADE we crowned Tiesto with the Top 100 DJs Legend Award, brought to you by Royal Dutch Airlines. The award was chosen by Top 100 DJs voters, who were asked to name ‘the best DJ of the last 20 years’.

Barely a week goes by without some muso or other declaring the death of the mix CD. And you can understand why, given the proliferation of free mixes that pop up like pop-ups each and every day on the worldwide web. Once every four or so years, though, all that changes, people forget to argue and unite in appreciation of the form once more.

In recent times Pioneer have gone from a company that seemed to be ignoring the surge in demand for hardware controllers, instead concentrating on their CDJs and mixers to now becoming arguably one of the rulers of the roost in the DJ Controller market with options to suit every budget as well as all of the most popular DJ software titles around.

James Zabiela is a visionary and icon to many.

“Everyone wants to call dance music EDM these days but I call that shit that’s popular — you know, the cheesy stuff — I call it PDM,” says New York DJ Dennis Ferrer.
“That stuff everyone is going on about, it’s pop dance music. I take offence when someone calls my shit 'EDM' and lumps it in with all the crap. What I do is what I’ve always done, and I don’t like someone calling it anything else.”

It’s the middle of November, at the very beginning of the first ever Dream Valley festival, and it’s hot. So hot.

“I love listening to a cool techno DJ, in a club, but if you go and see Swedish House Mafia DJ, for example, there’s no artistry involved. They are just getting behind the decks, with a finished CD, and pressing play then putting their hands in the air. This is something that is so wrong, because they get paid so much money for that.”

Kidkanevil and Daisuke Tanabe are two young trailblazers who have come together to form Kidsuke, inspired by their shared love of Japanese culture, new technology and kids' toys. DJ Mag spoke to the guys about their new album and subsequent tour, and the difficulties of putting it altogether when living worlds apart…


There’s a lot of truth in saying that size doesn’t matter — especially when we’re talking about the new Traktor S2 controller. The boys in...

Carl Cox is one of the true grand masters of dance music. Back in the day, who wasn’t amazed to see Carl spin on three...

Part of becoming older, and part of the old-skool, is becoming jaded and harder to excite. Once upon a time I couldn’t walk past a...

The nominations have been announced for DJ Mag's Best Of British awards 2021.

This year marks the 15th edition of the awards, our annual celebration...

Ghetts, Jorja Smith, Tion Wayne and Potter Payper were among the winners at last night's GRM Rated Awards.

Broadcast last night on YouTube, hosts Jourdan...