Eighteen months ago, some of Avalon Emerson’s wishes came true. The first was for 2020 to be “the year of prioritising sleep”, during which she...
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Berlin maverick on his DJ Mag covermount
DJ Mag linked up with the elusive music maker to find out how he works, what he thinks of the Top 100, and whether there'll be a follow-up to Berlin Calling...
Hot Natured have already dented the UK charts and sold out Brixton Academy in their first appearance as a live act. Now, with their debut...
Following the 20-year cycle of cultural revival, it's not just '90s fashions and sample libraries that have come back around onto dancefloors. Buoyed by America’s repackaging of dance music as EDM and pop’s perpetual shapeshifting, house music is finally back at the top of the charts.
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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...
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On Cue is our flagship mix series, celebrating the pivotal DJs and producers whose influence has shaped the world of electronic music, both in their...
London-born DJ and producer Ross, better known as Rossko, had his first brush with authentic, UK rave sounds younger than most. He was 11 years...
Ashley Wallbridge lifts the veil on ghost producers
Some of you might know Ashley Wallbridge from his soaring, emotional melodies on tunes like ‘Keep The...
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After the 2014 release of ‘1021,’ London-born, Toronto-raised, and LA-based artist Rochelle Jordan went through years of business and health-related difficulties, finally coming out the other end with last year’s emotion-drenched ‘Play With The Changes.’ A new remix album, featuring brilliant work from DJ Minx, Byron The Aquarius, Machinedrum and other notable acts, lifts Jordan’s theme of rejuvenation into a thrilling new phase
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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.
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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From full-throttle club music and experimental techno to bouncy house grooves, here's...
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‘Come With Us’ was the birth point of The Chemical Brothers 2.0, and it came at a vital time, with the dance music slump of the early '00s leaving many big electronic groups looking vulnerable. Here, on the 20th anniversary of the release of the album, Ben Cardew looks back at how 'Come With Us' reinvigorated their career
Dirtybird take their low end theory on the road
If there’s been one trend that’s wheedled its way into all corners of electronic music in the last two years, it’s bass. Indecent ladles full of the stuff, speaker stacks positively groaning with the strain of lowdown, filling-rattling subsSan Francisco’s techno overlord Claude VonStroke is incubating a nest full of underground club killers in 2012, set to hatch and dive-bomb clubs Angry Birds-style
A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...
We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...
The Norwegian duo talk us through their million-selling debut LP for Wall Of Sound
How a largely instrumental album by an unknown Norwegian duo became a word-of-mouth million-selling sensation at the start of the decade, thanks to some unique...
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Recognise is DJ Mag's monthly mix series, introducing artists we love that are bursting onto the global electronic music circuit. This month, London-based Hyperdub affiliate...
The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From high-velocity techno and house to psychedelic jazz and d&b, here's March...
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Despite being largely ignored by the west, Moscow has had a rich bass scene for over a decade. After reaching an impasse in 2015 as...