“That cross-section between a banger instrumental and a nicely crafted song was always something that I really enjoyed,” says T.Williams, reflecting on the kind of...
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VANDIT boss prepares for MEKANIKA debut
Godskitchen and Paul Van Dyk are two names that are utterly synonymous with the global trance scene. And this weekend they join forces in Birmingham...
New tracks from one of the drum & bass albums of the year
Technimatic are dropping one of the drum & bass albums of the year - 'Desire Paths'. And DJ Mag has snagged three exclusive videos of...
DJs delight as Akai announce a revamp to their APC range consisting of three spanking new controllers
Akai is a name that is nothing short of legendary in the dance music scene, with a pedigree that stretches back to well before the...
Shit Robot tells us his 10 most influential records of all-time...
This just happens to coincide with the release of the Dublin-based DJ/producer's 'We Got A Love' album on DFA, the follow-up to his 'From the...
Friction's standard-bearing d&b radio show bags your votes
Being handed a baton from not just one but two scene legends can be pretty bloody intimidating. But when long-standing d&b producer Friction took over...
Bristol slo-mo house sensations
“Did we call ourselves 'Behling & Simpson' because it sounds a bit like soul sensations Ashford & Simpson? Oh, most definitely,” says Sam Simpson, one half of the slo-mo Bristol house pairing. “When we DJ, we do tend to end up recreating the dance routines from 'Solid As A Rock', which is frankly equal parts exciting and disturbing.” Behling & Simpson have been slowing house music down for a while now.
This month's essential tunes
Featuring Hot Natured, Shooting Horses, Round Table Knights, Shenoda, Tessela, Session Victim and Tale of Us
What's in Lee Foss's record box this month
“Sometimes it does feel like a waste paying two rents but I’m happy to have the flexibility,” says Lee Foss, the DJ who still splits his life between London and LA, despite spending most of his life on the road. Having recently hit the UK charts with ‘Benediction’ as part of Hot Natured, Hot Creations, the label he runs with partner Jamie Jones, continues to consolidate its position — and live up to its name — as one of the world’s hottest house labels.
The lush electronic psychedelia of Melody's Echo Chamber
It's a period of transition for Melody Prochet. The Aix-en-Provence-born, Parisian free spirit behind Melody's Echo Chamber, along with Kevin Parker of Perth, Australia space...
EAT TO THE BEAT: The bass-injected house of Bristolian Dan Pearce is becoming massive. And he’s just getting started...
Dan Pearce, the man who in 2007 became Eats Everything, simply cannot believe his luck.
“I'm absolutely astounded, flabbergasted. Every word you can think of...
We catch up with producer of ‘La Musica’ The Trumpeter
Starting life as an underground track called ‘The Trumpeter’, Ray Foxx’s summer hit began wowing dancefloors with its brassy topline and Latin sch-wing. Now signed...
We run through all the cool new effects on Vestax's latest offering.
Vestax have dressed the 280 in their classic black style and made it very intuitive to use. Everything is placed where it should be and...
Andrew Friendly is the Australian DJ/producer known for his funky, hip swinging breaks releases like 'The Bump and Grind', and more recently, as the man...
Currently, he juggles a club night, The FFuss at London's Catch 22, a record label - Gulp - and his solo and band productions. Milke's...
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Over the past two decades, West London DJ and producer T.Williams has worn many hats, from his roots in grime and jungle through to spells in garage and soulful melodic house. His recently released debut album, ‘Raves Of Future Past’, finds him freed from all limitations, and pays tribute to this wide-ranging career. Here, Ben Murphy speaks to him about writing songs versus bangers, the freedom of expression of the early 2000s era, and how he made his classic track ‘Heartbeat’ with Terri Walker