“I’m finally home.” Those three words are among the first that the South African DJ and producer Palesa Desiree Shilabje utters when DJ Mag catches...
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Influenced by hip-hop and halftime drum & bass, Ivy Lab and their label 20/20 LDN have a new vision for future beats. With their debut...
"I didn't really want to do it. Why on earth would I want to hook up with two kids?" laughs Gove Kidao. One half of...
Loco Dice talks new album and more...
Loco Dice is heading to Brooklyn. In Manhattan for the listening party for his latest LP, ‘Underground Sound Suicide’, we catch him in a...
Maya Jane Coles spreads her artistic wings wider with a new album under the moniker Nocturnal Sunshine...
Maya Jane Coles emerges from the gloom of her hotel lobby like a tiny beacon. She instinctively reaches her slim arms out for a hello...
On the eve of their Miami gig for DJ Mag at the Surfcomber, the French G-house duo talk inspirational beats and rhymes...
“When I was young, I loved Notorious B.I.G, Mary J. Blige, R Kelly and A Tribe Called Quest,” says DANCE, one half of French...
Rising Dutch star Quintino provides a master class in humility, giving back to his fans and explaining why you should never go soft..
Dash Berlin is the best bet when it comes to Sin City...
The sheer scale of what is happening in Las Vegas cannot be understated when it comes to the EDM revolution. After all, Sin City isn't...
Borgore's explicit take on dubstep
Surrounding himself with porn stars and strippers, Borgore's explicit take on dubstep has amassed a legion of loyal fans – as well as plenty of controversy. When DJ Mag USA meet him though, rather than entering into a world of debuached parties we find a clued up young artist more concerned with the opinion of his mom...
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Soaring ascents, the kind that can take an artist from obscurity to stardom in what seems to be the blink of an eye, don’t occur often, in dance music or elsewhere – those who are lucky enough to have that experience often disappear just as quickly. But there’s little chance of a quick fade for South Africa’s Palesa Desiree Shilabje, the DJ and producer known to the world as DESIREE, who in just a few short years has proved to be one of the international festival circuit’s most exciting new stars. Here, Bruce Tantum hears her story, and about how her evolution through music has been as organic as they come
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Julia Toppin selects 10 essential documentaries that paint a portrait of 30 years of jungle drum & bass, charting the stories of its origins to...
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Electronic maverick Squarepusher’s new album finds him breaking his own rules, and drawing from the past for inspiration — but being him, it’s no simple nostalgia exercise. DJ...
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Progressive house champion Cristoph shows us round his Newcastle haunts, and tells us how his friends and family, and the patronage of Eric Prydz, have...
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DVS1's new service Aslice asks DJs to donate a percentage of their fees to the artists whose music they play. Will it revolutionise how producers are paid in electronic music?
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The Prodigy’s fans — nicknamed the Ant Army — are some of the most dedicated for any band. Ahead of their new album, Prodigy expert...
Tim Gane on why music is like a tapeworm and that time Daft Punk slipped him a demo...
In 1990, Tim Gane formed post-rock superstars Stereolab with Laetitia Sadier who would go on to become his partner (until 2004) and the mother of...
Little Dragon's unique mix of R&B and electronics has captivated many...
Little Dragon married young, you might say. It was at high school, still in their teens, that the Gothenburg four-piece met, a good decade before...