Skip to main content

Search


Results for: BBC Sound Of

DJmag talk to the electro-funk re-edit pioneer

With a 35 year DJ career, re-edit king and electro-funk pioneer Greg Wilson holds a unique place in UK club history. 

Catch him giving at...

Photo of the Shangri-La area at Glastonbury 2023

The new Arrivals area will be built and presented by an entirely South Asian team

Glastonbury’s Shangri-La has announced its full 2024 line-up, featuring the festival’s first-ever dedicated South Asian space, Arrivals. The new area will be programmed, designed and...

Mira Calix, award-winning Warp Records artist and composer, has died

The multidisciplinary artist and composer was one of the first women to be signed to Warp in the ‘90s

Mira Calix, the award-winning multidisciplinary artist, composer and longtime Warp Records member has died. News of the artist born Chantal Passamonte’s passing was confirmed today...

Shy One is one of London's most versatile DJs, spinning everything from grime UK hip-hop to classic house and beyond. We catch up with Mali Larrington-Nelson...

DJ and producer Shy One has never been afraid to be different. Her artist name might suggest a timid nature, but her approach to dance...

The new MEP-7000 media player is pitched as a jack-of-all-trades in the digital DJing domain. Mark Allan, resident at London club Peculiar Fruit and uplifting...

"I'm a typical working DJ, playing commercial nightclubs, but I have a passion for underground music so the rest of my time is spent in...

General Levy claims he received ‘no royalties’ for jungle classic, ‘Incredible’

"There's been so many different compilations, there's been a release in so many countries around the world, and I've never ever received not one pound from that song from the industry."

General Levy claims to have never received royalties for his jungle classic ‘Incredible’, produced by M-Beat. The iconic UK MC said in a recent interview...

Ahead of his first ever shows as pioneering Detroit electro unit Cybotron, techno innovator Juan Atkins tells us why he’s revisiting his past — and...

Juan Atkins has always been, in his own words, “a music lover”. Growing up in Detroit, he would treat his parents’ dinner parties as an...

Dubstep figurehead Skream has gone euphoric, smashed the templates, and upped the tempos. His new album ‘Outside The Box’ confirms he’s not content to be...

Remember a few years back? All that hoo-ha about nu-rave? Which sounded so promising but proved to be nothing more than a few indie kids...

Position: 1
Movement:   1
Solid Gold - Chemical Brothers 'Come With Us'

‘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

The Chemical Brothers entered the new millennium looking tired. Their third album, 1999’s ‘Surrender’, featured massive hits in ‘Hey Boy Hey Girl’ and ‘Let Forever...

Spotify2024

The Swedish streaming giant has revealed gross profits exceeding €1bn (£860m)

Spotify has reported record-breaking gross profits exceeding €1bn (£860m) following a year defined by cost-cutting measures and staff reductions. The Swedish streaming giant, which recently...

CLR's Rebekah is energising crowds with her uptempo techno trax...

Techno DJ/producer Rebekah was born and raised in Birmingham in the Midlands region of England, and in her mid-teens she cut her clubbing teeth at...

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...

We catch up with Lauren Lo Sung after her announcement to play our DJ Mag Sessions on April 30th...

From? Liverpool, UK

Sounds like? Luciano, DJ W!LD, Maya Jane Coles

Three tunes? 'On My Mind', 'Trek', 'How Far'

Where next? DJ Mag Sessions @...

Lau.ra

Having cut her teeth as part of the alternative rock group Ultraísta, and as solo artist FEMME, Lau.ra is now making waves as a dance music DJ and producer. With her tracks getting regular play on radio, and with gigs in Ibiza and elsewhere internationally on the agenda, she shares her journey from rock to rave with Niamh O’Connor

When DJ Mag speaks to Laura Bettinson, it’s a few weeks before her ‘Volume 1 - The Mixtape’ record drops on London-based label Needwant. “I...