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DJs, bands, singers and poets line up in London for Mr Nice

From the London Remix Festival

Dance music producers have always used samples, but it's increasingly hard to find some good original sample sources to use. The fact that an original artist can take a sizeable chunk of your track's royalties if it's successful and detected, and that sample packs can lead to everyone using the same sounds means that producers need to start going one step further to keep originality in their productions.

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Sasha

Inspired by new music, touting a fresh label, Sasha is still at the vanguard. He isn't one for nostalgia. It makes him feel “a bit weird”, he says. Fair enough.

63: Aquasky

There can’t be too many acts who make it to eight dance albums but then Aquasky aren’t your run of the mill producers. Drum and...

There’s a growing culture in dance music, known as 'flipping', where unscrupulous Discogs sellers inflate the cost of rare records to extortionate amounts. We investigate...

In September 2018, hardcore archivist label Ninety Two Retro released a double-12” comprising six tracks and versions from 1992 by Mystery Man and 1st Prodject...

NERVO’s journey has always been about the music, and while it hasn’t always been a smooth ride, everything they’ve encountered along the way has become...

words: ERIN SHARONI pics: ANDREW RAUNER

“Hi! We’re at the airport again!” Liv pops up on the Skype screen, holding her phone at arm’s length...

Shining a spotlight on the UK stars that fill the pages of our UK magazine each month

The nominations have been announced for DJ Mag's Best Of British awards 2019.

This year marks the 13th edition of the awards, our annual celebration...

From: Vancouver, Canada via Kaifeng, China

For fans of: Yasuaki Shimizu, Ramzi, Bufiman

Three tunes: ‘Infi Love’, ‘Roll With the Punches’, ‘Watermelon Woman’

With mixes that overflow with colourful melodies, musical landscapes that usher in dreamlike mind-states, and productions that mirror those aesthetics, over the last three years...

"His work in the early days with Le Funk Mob and Etienne de Crecy gave French electronic music a gold standard that fulfilled its promise...

It was announced earlier today that legendary producer and French house pioneer Philippe ‘Zdar’ Cerboneschi has died.

The news was confirmed in a statement from...

The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From explorative ambience and EBM to juke and techno, here's November’s list...

Penelope Trappes

Australian-born, London-based artist Penelope Trappes has deconstructed emotions to inspire her work. Witnessing grief, irreversible loss and studying the theology of death have...

Mark Archer of the classic rave duo picks his biggest rave-era bangers ahead of his performance at Field Maneuvers festival later this month...

Mark Archer is a true acid house hero.

Producing music and releasing records since 1988, he was the driving force behind early rave pioneers Altern-8...

Full line-up details have been announced for parties hosted by Cocoon, mau5trap, Afterlife, more...

Printworks has announced full line-up details of its autumn/winter season.

Over the course of 25 parties, the London venue will host some massive names including...

FROM: Porto, Portugal

FOR FANS OF: Donna Leake, Gilles Peterson, Floating Points

“This year’s been crazy and hectic but good too,” smiles Mafalda. “I’m happy.” And she should be: the London- based, Portuguese DJ has truly gone...

In a new interview, the producer discusses her experiences with emotional abuse, depression and anxiety...

In a new interview, Alison Wonderland has discussed her past experiences with emotional abuse relating to a toxic relationship, a harsh struggle that drove her...