“That’s why you’re a spitter and I’m an artist,” Birmingham’s Dapz on the Map declared on his chest-puffing SBTV debut way back in 2009, shelling...
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As part of DJ Mag's round-up of all the best in dance music in 2019, and in the 2010s, we decided to spotlight some of...
Even the top DJs had to learn from someone. In the Top 100 set questions in the preceding pages, we asked all the DJs voted...
This month we’ve learnt who the public have voted as their favourite DJs, but who are the DJs’ favourite DJs? Who inspired them and put them...
The alien sound of Holger Behn
"I am from space,” Holger Behn, better known to most as H.O.S.H., explains to DJ Mag.
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Our monthly label showcase, The Sound Of, puts the focus on the imprints we love; outlets that are championing new artists, dropping key releases and...
“We’ve always liked the term ‘mutant’,” write Daniele Guerrini and Francesco Birsa Alessandri when asked to describe the abstract sounds of their label, Haunter Records...
A cover shoot and interview with Barry Ashworth
By far the biggest day for pure partying, Friday's line up of events has us pulled in all sorts of directions but first there's the...
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This evergreen breakbeat hardcore missive influenced the likes of The Prodigy and the whole of the early UK rave scene. Ben Murphy charts its story...
“I saw that record go from street level and get bigger and bigger, and there was no video for it, no promotion, nothing,” says Renegade Soundwave’s Danny...
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After well over a decade in the game, Birmingham rapper Dapz on the Map drops his debut album ‘Landed’ in October. He speaks to DJ Mag about how grime has matured and embracing the emotional vulnerability of his lyrics
It may be bonkers, but happy hardcore is one of the most popular sounds in dance music, and 2006 looks like it could be the...
You may think it sounds like marbles rattling inside a metal dustbin, but nothing it seems will be able to stop the happy hardcore juggernaut...
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Our monthly label showcase, The Sound Of, puts the focus on the imprints we love; outlets that are championing new artists, dropping key releases and...
It’s impossible to talk about the modern jungle scene without bringing up Repertoire. Founded back in 2009 by Ricky Law (also the brains behind the...
From the New Jersey underground to a global sound
As New Jersey house music continues to undergo a resurgence in the UK, a new alternative manifestation of the sound is rapidly becoming a sensation...
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Durban’s DJ Lag is a pioneer of the world-conquering South African dance music genre, gqom. He’s toured the world and worked with superstars, but he’s...
Full steam ahead with LA Bass queen Reid Speed
When you think “bass music” in the US of A, Play Me records stands as one of the top influential labels in recent years, catering...
Dutch electro team Showtek have created this month's killer new DJ Mag download card
Gordon Phillips is the big cheese, top dog, club impresario behind the success story of BCM, also known as Planet Dance, on the Balearic isle...
Rockwell doesn't want to make poppy drum & bass for mainstream radio consumption. Instead, as evidenced on debut album 'Obsolete Medium', he pushes the envelope...
“If you write drum & bass for the money, you're a fucking idiot,” claims Tom Green. Better known as Shogun Warrior, Rockwell, Green may speak...
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Ukraine’s Nastia could be techno’s most outspoken DJ — a world famous artist who matches her razor-sharp skills behind the decks with an honesty on...
When DJ Mag meets Nastia in the lobby of her upscale Berlin hotel one rainy winter’s afternoon, she doesn’t smile, and almost looks a little...