Irresistible nu-rave energy, hyperpop hooks and experimental electronics form an unstoppable force in the hands of Lady Neptune, the gabber goblin queen alter-ego of Moema...
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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From hyperactive gabber and intricate breakbeat science to thundering techno and gentle...
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From the histories of global scenes, sounds and labels, to explorations of music’s power to alter the fabric of society and forge communities, here are...
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Across South-East Asia, a new generation of rappers is emerging. Drawing on the explosion of US trap and contemporary hip-hop sonics, and creating new flows...
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California's rave history is rooted in outdoor free parties that celebrated psychedelic music and and unique environments. DJ Mag's Matt Anniss speaks to the Bay...
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Under the name Maceo Plex, Cuban-American DJ/producer and label founder Eric Estornel is among the biggest players in electronic music. So why has he resurrected...
When Eric Estornel, now best known as techno titan Maceo Plex, was just three- years-old, things in his native Miami started to change. From April...
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Brandon Wisniski has refused to let anyone stifle their “batshit crazy dream” of becoming a pop culture icon. Now, as Megan Venzin discovers, the queer rapper and producer known as Wreckno is breaking boundaries and fostering inclusive spaces so others like them can reach the stars
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Before COVID turned the world upside down, Avalon Emerson was so busy DJing, touring, producing and remixing, she was close to burnout — but the...
DJ, producer and party founder Enzo Siragusa has come a long way from his early days raving in warehouses, but he’s never forgotten his roots...
The GRAMMY winner tells all...
Owner of music brand Fool’s Gold and youngest DMC champion DJ to this day, Grammy-winning producer A-Trak is a name that has rightfully earned respect...
Discovering their shared roots, both geographical and musical, Dutch duo Steffi and Martyn started a friendship that eventually led to the studio. The resulting project...
If the '90s was an area of rainforest, natural home to the much sampled rave loon, then its rate of deforestation would have long passed...
Critically acclaimed and wholly unstoppable, musical genius BT doesn’t break boundaries. For him, they don’t exist.
Everyone told BT it was impossible. Record labels and agents, promoters and peers said his vision for ‘Electronic Opus’, a unique mixture of live electronic...
An intimate look at the bass wizard behind Flux Pavilion reveals a magnetic soul who uses his feelings as a force to drive his creations
Flux Pavilion is a man in touch with his feelings. He prefers love over hate, chords over kick drums, and wants desperately to play for...
Techno’s vanguard opens up about his legacy as it comes full circle in the summer of 2015
Words: SARAH POLONSKY Portrait Pic: Courtesy of Cocoon Live Pics: ANDREW RAUNER
This man could be a double secret agent. It is...
It might officially be part of the United States, but Hawaii's Asylum club exists in a magical world of its own...
Hawaii may be America's 50th state but anyone who's been there will agree that it feels like a distant refuge from the US mainland. Two...
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DJ Mag spoke to two of the scene’s icons about their takes on the scene in 2013, their manifold future plans, and the enduring spirit...
When DJ Mag enters a disused pub in south-east London’s Rotherhithe, we find LTJ Bukem has arrived early and is waiting patiently for us on a sofa in the pub’s old bar area. A true originator of drum & bass, Bukem, aka Danny Williamson, then throws himself into his part of the photo-shoot in a small, sparsely-lit room, which, much to everyone’s amusement, was once the gents’ toilets in the now-converted boozer.