“Imagine a blood-covered rose, and take a black and white photo of it. That’s it, that’s my music,” explains IMANU backstage at his 2023 headline...
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Rotterdam's IMANU crafts tracks and DJ sets that do away with genre, choosing instead to surf through styles, tempos and textures with a focus on emotional impact. Alongside a hair-raising Recognise mix, he speaks to Ben Hindle about changing up his production process, taking creative risks, and visualising his sound
After nearly five decades in music, nobody could blame François Kevorkian for taking it easy. But that’s not in the France-born, NYC-based polymath’s DNA. Shortly after celebrating his 70th birthday, Bruce Tantum hears his story, and learns about the curiosity and drive that keeps him going
The last decade has yielded some extraordinary innovations in dance and DJ culture. Below, we count down some of the most significant technological tools to...
It’s 2008. Armin Van Buuren has won the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll for the second year running. Gordon Brown has shakily taken the...
Tommie Sunshine writes a tribute to the Godfather of House, Frankie Knuckles
Francis Nicholls was born January 1955 in The Bronx, New York. But Frankie Knuckles, as we came to know him, was born in March 1977...
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...
Artificial intelligence, the doom mongers say, will make many human jobs obsolete, and some believe it will destroy the music industry too. But the flipside...
Picture this... It’s 2030, and the DJ Mag Top 100 has just been topped, for the first time ever, by an artist created with artificial...
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...
After almost 30 years — minus a couple of splits — operating as Orbital, Paul and Phil Hartnoll are back with their first studio album...
Orbital are back. Hooray! One of the most important electronic bands of the last 30 years have split a couple of times over the years...
The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From rowdy breaks and dreamy deep house to ambient electro and otherworldly techno, here’s April 2024’s list of upcoming talent you should be keeping track of
In the U.S. music fans are eagerly awaiting the safe return of clubs and festivals, but there are risks to consider before going back to...
A year-and-a-half after his near-death accident, Paul van Dyk returns to trance stronger than ever, with a new album, new live show, and new perspective afforded to those who have grazed the...
This isn’t your average comeback story. And Paul van Dyk isn’t your average comeback kid. The Grammy-winning German DJ/producer is a legend in his own right, hailed as...
Tiga is one of dance music’s most recognizable names thanks to over two decades of chart-topping productions, sell-out tours and high profile festival slots. DJ...
Canada’s Tiga has long been the king of irreverent cool, his ‘Sunglasses At Night’ style of electro-pop irony meshing effortlessly with an authentic house and...
Kings of the road
With the end of an era that came with the announcement that Technics were no longer making their undisputed industry standard turntables, the SL1200 and SL1210, a death knell rang. Finally, after so many years, all DJs have come to the realisation that vinyl is dead, right?
Introducing the artists set to make waves this year: From Jersey club, Afrotech, and hardcore to UK rap, Brazilian grime, Ghanain asakaa and beyond, these are the DJs, producers and MCs pushing tomorrow’s sounds today
Classical arrangements of his most memorable tunes for an orchestra? Is that taking it too far? Not in Schwarz's hands...
“I just like making music and I like when things change.” DJ Mag is talking to Henrik Schwarz about his new classical music album, ‘Instruments’...