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Photo of T.williams posing in a white t-shirt and blue baseball cap

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

“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...

London’s Point Blank Music Learning Facility is setting up shop in LA...

Point Blank is about to open a new chapter in Los Angeles. DJ Mag touched base with founder Rob Cowan and new business partner and...

Awards party line-up announced!

 

Best of British Awards 2010

Avalon, Shoreditch

Wednesday 15th December

 

FABIO AND GROOVERIDER ('Masterpiece' Influences Set)

PAUL WOOLFORD

AUTONOMIC (Instra:Mental and D-Bridge)...

Iconic London club brand returns

Eclectic clubland pioneers Together have announced a series of 16 events at London’s highly underrated Coronet Theatre commencing on March 12th.

The weekly...

Cover from another mother!

There's little doubt that when it comes to EDM, the Swedes are born with the natural X factor. From Abba to Avicii, time and time...

BRAYLEN DION & EMILY WANG

Detroit-born, Atlanta-based Ash Lauryn is a digger in the truest sense, repping a soulful, classic house sound in her sets and helping preserve and bring back to the fore the Black roots of electronic music through her Underground & Black project. She speaks to Ria Hylton about discovering her passion and making the most of opportunities

On 1st July, Ash Lauryn performed an all-night-long set at East London’s NT’s Loft. Her mix, dripping in the soulful, cavernous grooves of an old-skool...

The cover of Vikter Duplaix's DJ-Kicks record

In 2002, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and DJ Viktor Duplaix debuted his entry for K7! Records DJ-Kicks series, blending some of the best broken beat of the era. Here, Ben Cardew explores the compilation's lasting legacy
 

There aren’t enough musicians like Vikter Duplaix. Maybe there never were. Duplaix, a singer-songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and DJ from Philadelphia, dresses like a blasted supernova...

Raves and Riots is an exhibition of Vinca Petersen’s work, currently showing at the Edel Assanti gallery in central London. Bringing together a collection of...

“I left home at 17 and moved into a squat in London,” Vinca Petersen tells DJ Mag during a private view of Raves and Riots...

From The Cage and the Rose Garden to Core and the Garden Of Madness, DJ Mag explored Tomorrowland's 17 stages to find the best electronic...

Counting down the 2010s, we round-up the albums that defined the decade in electronic music

How do you rank a decade’s worth of music? The truth is, you can’t. An album that meant the world to you might make someone...

Milan's mischievous crunk house tag team Crookers are primed to be the next dance music superstars. Prior to a momentous gig at London's top dance...

For time immemorial remixes have been the backbone of dance music. A great remix extends the life of a song, makes an average track into...

Armin Van Buuren in 1997, in the studio, holding his finger in a "shush" gesture over his lips

"It’s one of the tracks that marked the start of my career, and I still love playing it live"

Armin Van Buuren’s classic trance track ‘Communication’ is getting a vinyl reissue, slated for release 31st May. 'Communication' was initially released 19th July 1999, and...

Daren Elis Undercover Agent Dies

A fundraising campaign has begun to help with funeral costs 

Darren Ellis, the influential jungle artist known as Daz, Undercover Agent and Splash, has died. The news was announced earlier today, Thursday 21st March 2024...

Brixton Radio launches fundraiser to continue operating

The South London community radio station is in danger of closing due to the cost of living crisis and expense of keeping the studio running

Brixton Radio is "on the verge of closing" and has launched a fundraiser in an effort to stay open. The South London community radio station...

Cover of Dua Lipa's album 'Radical Optimism', showing her swimming in the sea with a shark nearby

Released in May, the record is based on "the idea of going through chaos gracefully and feeling like you can weather any storm"

Dua Lipa has shared details of her third album, 'Radical Optimism'. The album is described as being inspired by "psychedelia, trip-hop, and Britpop". It will...