In the modern world, it seems sadly inevitable that any female singer who experiments with dance beats will, at some point, be compared to Björk...
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The Bloc Party singer is just off a 10-date DJ tour of the US when DJ Mag catches up with him...
“It was the first time I've toured completely by myself — no tour manager, no band, no nothing,” he says. “But it was awesome, I...
The year's essential comp cuts!
It's impossible to ignore the way the web has changed the modes and mediums of music. MP3s at the click of a mouse and free...
Massive Mason Competition
Any collaboration between DJMag's favourite fruit-loop Roisin Murphy, ex of Moloko, and electro dons Mason, aka Iason Chronis and Coen Berrier, was always...
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How Nicolette's ‘Let No-One Live Rent Free In Your Head’ mapped the future of electronic songwriting
On 1996's ‘Let No-One Live Rent Free In Your Head’, Scottish singer, songwriter and producer Nicolette worked alongside 4Hero’s Dego, Plaid, Alec Empire and Felix to create an album that mixed jungle, trip-hop, industrial techno and avant-pop into a singular work full of sharp, incisive lyricism. Ben Cardew explores the legacy of the album, and its vision for the future of electronic music
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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From blissed-out breaks, twisted bass and techno into metal-inspired d&b, trance and more, here's July 2022's list of upcoming talent you should be keeping track of
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Jamz Supernova is spearheading the next generation of radio DJs with her residencies on BBC Radio 1Xtra and Selector Radio. While equally at home behind...
His undying love for garage kept it alive during leaner times, and as his recent 24-hour set for Cancer Research on Boiler Room showed, his...
Dressed in black t-shirt and cap, garage don DJ EZ stands in stark contrast to the bright white walls of the south-east London studio that...
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Berlin-based modular obsessive and Berghain resident, JakoJako, shows Niamh O'Connor around her hardware-heavy studio, the famous local synthesiser store where she works, and her favourite place to grab a bowl of pho
"Smoke weed every day."
You’ve got to give it to them – Das Racist are like nothing else out there.
The Brooklyn-rooted hip-hop duo first hit the scene a...
For 20 years, DJmag has been in amongst it, at the vanguard of dance and electronic music culture, commentating, conversing and partying within the scene...
By the middle of 1991, the UK had experienced the biggest youth revolution since punk. Acid house had swept the nation in the late '80s...
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Inspired by the Midwest American raves that first got her hooked on dance music, Chicago’s Eris Drew wants to bring a psychedelic communal energy and...
Francesca Lombardo may have a background in classical, but it’s as a techno and house DJ that she tours the world. Ahead of her debut...
First thrown into the global spotlight in 2011 as Crosstown Rebels’ “first lady”, Francesca Lombardo has, over the last seven years, confirmed her standing in...
Basel brilliance from Life & Death, Music On and Link Miami Rebels...
Some things in life are certain: the sun will rise; parking is futile when you’re already late; and Art Basel Miami will be exhausting in...
John Digweed bids fond farewell to The Vagabond in Miami and reflects on rave days of yore while looking forward to his still-flourishing future
John Digweed was DJing long before the acronym “EDM” existed, let alone went mainstream and became the musical backdrop of Generation Now. In fact, back...
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Simian Mobile Disco’s Jas Shaw deals in machine-driven techno delicacies, as his recent ‘Exquisite Cops’ solo album demonstrates. But having swapped the urban surroundings of...