Note: this article was originally published in 2018 The Chemical Brother's second album, 'Dig Your Own Hole', was perhaps not the best electronic album of...
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Techno rises in the heart of the Midwest and with it, a bold call to action.
DJ Mag meets Lisa Smith on a winter afternoon in The Black Madonna’s crowded Chicago apartment. A large film crew is staging lighting...
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An exhilarating race through classic house, percussive techno and otherworldly electro from Brooklyn’s Bizaarbazaar founder, Bergsonist, as part of our Fresh Kicks series
As Bergsonist, Selwa Abd’s distinct artistic ethos has made her an essential figure in New York’s ever-changing, mercurial underground. As founder of multidisciplinary label Bizaarbazaar...
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We meet the British-born, LA-based producer, DJ and producer to find out about the music that inspires him, his evolving record label and making the...
Exciting material is coming thick and fast from TEED, via his newly revived Nice Age label. “The next stuff is going to be a bit...
We talk shop about Ibiza and car racing...
Nicole Moudaber has been an unstoppable force in techno over the last five years but her relationship with Ibiza has been immovable for far, far...
'Unbelievable' singer James Atkin releases debut solo album
James Atkin was the singer in EMF, the early '90s indie-dance UK act who had a massive worldwide hit with 'Unbelievable' in 1990. EMF formed...
Acid house don Eddie Richards takes 10...
Eddie Richards is one of acid house's principal pioneers. A hugely important figure, he started out DJing in the early 1980s when he and a...
Boy George plays us his most inspiring records
Normally Boy George has an obvious template when writing a record, something’s troubling him, someone’s upset him or he’s got a broken heart. But this time round with his forthcoming album, ‘This Is What I Do’, he’s in a good place
Ex-Bizarre Inc dudes pick their seven
Andy Meecham and Dean Meredith are Chicken Lips, pictured here in their cartoon guise; they were also the dudes formerly known as Bizarre Inc
John Graham spills the beans
John Graham is a dance music lover, full stop. With production alias Quivver, and his arsenal of alter egos (Skanna, Space Manoeuvres, Stoneproof, and Tilt)...
We chat to the trailblazing producer
With a refreshing approach to production that uses trance as the template and solders elements of electro and techno to its rolling rhythm carriage, Simon...
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The Chemical Brothers' second album, 1997's 'Dig Your Own Hole', radiated ambition and adventure, and was their first to hit No.1 in the UK charts thanks to a string of landmark singles. Here, Ben Cardew explores how 'Dig Your Own Hole' altered the Chems' creative trajectory, predicted our post-genre pop future, and catapulted them to new heights
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Our first quarterly update following our pledge in July, addressing how we can tackle racism and diversity issues within the electronic music industry as a...
The two cherries are back!
One of Ibiza's longest-standing nightlife institutions, this season PACHA will welcome back rhinestone-studded dance party F**K ME I'M FAMOUS, as well as another string of...
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In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections...
DJ Mag attempts to find out just why he's so popular...
Mladen Solomun is a big chap. A big, bearded Balkan bombshell with a penchant for mashing up epic strings and sprawling synth-scapes with the odd...