“Who even writes a bloody dance tune called ‘Lazy’?” laughs Ashley Beedle. Fellow X-Press 2 founders Rocky and Diesel chime in with the chuckles, as...
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Released in 2002, a dream collaboration between UK house heroes X-Press 2 and Talking Heads' David Byrne, ‘Lazy’ lit up clubs and the pop charts alike. Here, Dave Jenkins talks to the group’s Ashley Beedle, Rocky and Diesel about how the track transcended generations and genres to become a timeless hit
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He.She.They is a globetrotting party devised by Steven Braines and Sophia Kearney, aiming to bring together ravers of all genders, sexualities and ethnicities. DJ Mag joined them...
Steven Braines and Sophia Kearney of The Weird & The Wonderful are perhaps one of the most admirable success stories in the music industry. As...
We catch up with the hardest working man in dance to talk his rise to fame, his Revealed Recordings label and his bid for world...
“After I do a gig, if I’m in a party mood, it’s my tour manager’s job to remind me that this is my job,” says 25-year-old megastar DJ Hardwell. “Even though when I DJ and travel it doesn’t feel like a job. It feels like a dream come true.”
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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From luminous hip-hop and experimental pop to lucid UK techno and d&b...
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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...
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In this regular feature, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp...
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Beyond The Bassline celebrates the people, spaces and genres that have defined the landscape of Black British music
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Radio Al Hara and the Al-jisser cultural space will broadcast a one-off show featuring musicians supporting the pledge
Italian progressive whiz dishes on his debut artist album, 'Towards'
“I don’t judge music by genre. I listen to techno, I listen to classical, I listen to everything. And I try to only listen to...
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It’s upon us at last. The long-awaited sequel to Trainspotting — the definitive cult film of the 1990s — is released this month, and we’ve...
Unless you've been locked in Berghain for the last six months, you'll know Trainspotting 2 — dubbed T2: Trainspotting — is set to pull into...
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Joris Voorn is the tech house king who's risen to become one of Ibiza's biggest DJs in a matter of years. His restless work ethic...
From career triumphs to personal tragedies, his time has truly come
Mr G has led a tempestuous life with as many career triumphs as personal tragedies. From his roots in early UK housers KCC to techno years with The Advent, he's been an intrinsic link in dance music's evolution. And after all the tribulations, with a career retrospective for Rekids and more popularity than ever, it could be his time has truly come...
We visit Norman Cook to get an insight on just why he's so popular in Brazil
Norman Cook welcomes the DJ Mag crew into his house in Brighton on the south coast of England, then nips upstairs to change into his...
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Hit-maker, label boss, global tastemaker and five-time winner of the Top 100 DJs, Armin van Buuren is a certified legend of electronic music. Having risen...
Armin van Buuren doesn’t really do interviews anymore. He’s reached the upper echelons of his chosen career, and doesn’t really need to. The “trance overlord,”...