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With Miller Genuine Draft

As the dust settles on 2016’s Miller SoundClash DJ competition, we catch up with one of the judges, Luca Pretolesi, who has worked with some...

Up-and-comer recounts his Las Vegas adventure...

Tell us about your Miller SoundClash weekend – how was the Las Vegas experience?
"It was exciting, fun, crazy, beautiful and magical. My experience was...

We challenge Claptone with our list of straight shooter questions, and he takes them on with a unearthly ease...

Words: Joe Roberts

Hidden by a gold-beaked mask and top hat, Claptone is the mysterious deep house DJ and producer who has soared above his...

This month Seth Troxler has been put in the hot seat...

Spending half an hour in the company of Seth Troxler’s sparking imagination is always an exhilarating ride. Buzzing with ideas, theories and analogies when we...

Tommie Sunshine writes a tribute to the Godfather of House, Frankie Knuckles

Francis Nicholls was born January 1955 in The Bronx, New York. But Frankie Knuckles, as we came to know him, was born in March 1977...

Native Instruments’ Maschine Studio groove workstation aims to be the new king on the production block

Towards the end of last year DJ Mag gave the world the exclusive scoop on Native’s new production powerhouse, the Maschine Studio. We were so...

Agoria, aka Seb Devaud, talks cinema and beauty

French techno don Agoria makes gorgeous, evocative electronic music. With three beatific albums under his belt, he tells DJ Mag that he’s refined his way...

We talk collabs, artistic freedom and musical roots...

Jubei is one who has achieved the highest accolade a producer or DJ could ever wish to be blessed with; the total and unadulterated respect...

The Belfast DJ/producer is fast becoming one of the hottest names in garage-laced house music.

“I’m not averse to a bit of shuffling but I wouldn’t say I’m a professional shuffler,” confesses Irish nu-house producer Garry McCartney. “But, when you’re...

DJ & Kompakt Records don

To celebrate their de facto 20th anniversary, Kompakt are participating in a whole load of festival stage takeovers in cities all over Europe, and Michael says that getting all the Kompakt artists together for birthday event shows is one of the best things about the celebrations.

Detroit legend speaks out

Robert Hood was a member of Underground Resistance, the legendary militant visionary techno collective from Detroit. After leaving UR in the early 1990s, Robert pioneered a minimalist form of techno — along with Daniel Bell, Richie Hawtin etc — in reaction to the increasingly hardcore “too ravey” twists and turns that techno was taking.

We catch up with the soul songstress

Soul singer extraordinaire, Alice Russell is releasing her fifth album this month on Tru Thoughts — 'To Dust'. She's again teamed with Brighton-based producer TM Juke, having previously collaborated with Mr Scruff, Quantic, DJ Yoda and David Byrne from Talking Heads.

This month's essential club nights!

Forget the new-year detox, there is only one way to get through the January blues - keep on raving! You can use this month's top 5 nights as a starting point for your January adventures. Remember, sleep is for the weak. See you on the dancefloors!

Jacking house queen on her new label

Jackathon queen Heidi has been chatting to DJ Mag about the launch of her new label — Jackathon Jams. The label has grown out of the Jackathon nights that she's been hosting since 2009, and has its roots in the acclaimed 'Jackathon' comp she released in late 2010.

The seminal tracks that changed dance music forever

Loco Dice 'Seeing Through Shadows' (m_nus)

In the mid-noughties, techno was at a crossroads. Sidelined by the glamour of electroclash, the booming bass riddims of...