Speaking with British DJ, producer and label-head Conducta, 26, you’d be forgiven for thinking he was a seasoned music industry veteran with decades behind him...
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How a couple of guys who didn’t get on and a singer they didn’t know created one of the year’s most intimate albums
For a couple of guys grinding on a hit-and-run DJ tour of the USA, Maribou State’s Chris Davids and Liam Ivory are in good spirits...
How a couple of guys who didn’t get on and a singer they didn’t know created one of the year’s most intimate albums
Words: JORGE HERNANDEZ Pic: WILLIAM COOPER MITCHELL
For a couple of guys grinding on a hit-and-run DJ tour of the USA, Maribou State’s Chris...
From savng his pennies as a teenager in Germany to becoming Berlin's star of techno and soul, Fritz Kalkbrenner opens up about his plight...
“I’d work from six in the morning until 10 in the evening, in February, up to your waist in cold water in those rubber...
We pick out 10 of the best books inspired by the early days of acid house
“Those were good days in Edinburgh, in 1990,” says author and screenwriter Trevor Miller, who wrote the acid house culture’s first novel, published in...
Willie Burns is the New York house producer everyone's raving about...
Willie Burns comes from the fringes. The US producer’s releases for Trilogy Tapes, L.I.E.S, Crème and Rush Hour have seen his left-of-centre house, techno and...
In October 2013 London’s best-known record shop, Phonica has turned 10.
Opening a vinyl-only store in Soho just over 10 years ago was seen as a risky move. The area was, and still is, saturated with...
DJ Hype — a true soldier of the dnb scene
DJ Hype has hosted his Playaz night at Fabric in London on the last Friday of the month for the last 13 years. He's held his Kiss radio show for 18 years straight and still manages to find time to DJ all over the world – spreading the 360 drum & bass gospel.
Miami's underground venues
We're all aware of the glitz and glamour of South Beach's many venues, but scratch beneath the surface of the Miami scene and you'll find a plethora of underground dens of iniquity at your disposal. Uptown, Downtown, turn the beat around! These are the coolest, off-the-radar spots worth popping into during WMC...
2012's definitive list of long-players
Featuring Hot Chip, Actress, Guy Gerber, TEED and more..
Massive Mason Competition
Any collaboration between DJMag's favourite fruit-loop Roisin Murphy, ex of Moloko, and electro dons Mason, aka Iason Chronis and Coen Berrier, was always...
This is the world's first truly integrated audio visual mixer for DJs, but it's only available to the elite, loaded few.
Pioneer like leading the path and they've done it again with the SVM-1000 and now DJing will never be the same again. The SVM-1000 enables...
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Robin Campillo's 120 BPM is a film that shines a light on the tireless work of AIDS activists, ACT UP, in early '90s Paris. Arnaud...
The early 1990s were a pivotal time for the influential underground movements of Paris. Culturally, socially and musically, communities grew within the clubs and social...
Dutch trio Noisia might have the studio skills to soundtrack the increasingly sophisticated world of video games, but with their latest EP they're also on...
Noisia’s hometown of Groningen in The Netherlands has a population of fewer than 200,000. This number is half of the Insomniac-reported total attendees over the...
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Conducta is helping to spearhead the new wave of UK garage. His on-point productions, genre-traversing DJ sets and Kiwi Rekords label have made him a...
We meet the Leeds man in London to talk about hardcore history, subliminal messages and breaking free of genre constrictions — and much more...
Reinvention is a tough gig. But if you get it right, a whole new life is possible. No one in dance music's managed this more...