Fans of ambient music will know that the genre takes its name from Brian Eno’s seminal 1978 album, ‘Ambient 1: Music For Airports’. Meanwhile, the...
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FORWARD MOTION Jamie Jones made giant strides in every dance music discipline through 2011, but as a DJ, he was ubiquitous...
“I’ve put a lot of work into DJing this year,” says a chuffed Jamie Jones on news of his most recent Best Of British victory...
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...
Prepare to gamble with Novation’s innovative new Dicer controller...
EVERY now and then, a product arrives on the DJmag bench that is so simple, yet so effective that we can’t help but wonder why...
It Is Easy Being Green - Turning other producers a shade of emerald is all in a day’s work for the modest music maker
Being crowned DJmag’s Best Breakthrough Producer of 2010 is only another notch in the bedpost of success for Tim Green, a man who has already...
Jack Your Body! - Jackmaster’s searing DJ sets capture the hybrid zeitgeist of dance in 2010 — anBest Breakthrough Producer >>>d beyond...
Not so long ago, DJs were roughly split into two camps. On one side you had the ‘entertainers’; grinning Fatboy Slim-aping goons armed with bags...
Liverpool's Chibuku has been mixing it up for a whole decade now. DJmag looks back...
LEGENDARY is a word that gets bandied about so lazily that it's just about lost all meaning, but in the case of Liverpool's Chibuku —...
Underground maverick taking the over ground by storm in 2009...
"It's got a lot to do with my basslines, I'm pretty good at writing them," shrugs master of the understatement Jamie Jones matter-of-factly, when asked...
Mark Knight's Toolroom sets sail into Armin's Armada night at Amnesia.
From Dave Spoon's '06 electro detonator 'At Night' to last season's Balearic bliss-out 'Colombian Soul', Toolroom have been responsible for more Ibiza anthems than most...
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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More and more artists and listeners are discovering the benefits of ambient music to our mental health. Here, Manu Ekanayake speaks to artists Meemo Comma, Auntie Flo, CLAIR and KMRU about its therapeutic qualities, and learns how one NHS neuroscientist, James Kilner, is using it to help people with anxiety and depression
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Ron Trent has a deep understanding of electronic music. Beginning his production career in his teens, the venerated Chicago resident has travelled through techno, deep house and Afro house over the years. His latest album ‘WARM: What Do The Stars Say To You’, produced with a live band, demonstrates the duality of his work: it’s futuristic and somehow ancient, cosmic and aquatic. DJ Mag's Ria Hylton catches up with the Chicago house legend to learn more
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In a few short years, UK drill has changed significantly. After a small number of producers that pioneered the sound left indelible marks on its...
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Don Diablo, or as he’s affectionately known in the DJ Mag North America office, Big Don, is an all-round entrepreneur. Though the Dutchman has been...
In East Amsterdam, tucked away on what seems like a sleepy street (though that may just be due to the icy weather), lies the home...