It’s the Thursday before Notting Hill Carnival and Linett Kamala, board director of Europe’s biggest street party, is weaving through the streets of Kilburn. Her...
Search
Results for: DJing
The five top nights in the UK this month...
1. M*A*D*E, THE ARENA, RAINBOW VENUES, BIRMINGHAM
SATURDAY 3RD/SUNDAY 4TH MAY
CHASE & STATUS (DJ SET), SUB FOCUS (DJ SET), NETSKY (DJ SET), ANNIE MAC...
Our full first review!
The insanely-hyped new album from Daft Punk is finally here — but is it any good? DJ Mag review 'Random Access Memories'...
Junglistic man
Since 2006 Devan Gray AKA Bladerunner has been at the forefront of Jungle-esq Drum & Bass,
London beatmaker gears up for Oxjam.
All this in the name of charity — a worthy cause indeed, and one of the best ways to get up close and personal with your musical heroes...
The on-the-road diary of the world's top DJs treading the globe!
It's been a helluva year for No Artificial Colours. Following a busy summer of UK gigs, September saw them go next level with a brief US tour, a week in the Caribbean and a stopover in Greece. Doesn't get more jet-set than that...
Arturia’s Spark Creative drum machine could be the bright spark that shines a light over the competition...
Arturia are something of a legendary name in the studio world, with anyone who is anyone singing the praises of their soft-synths for the simple...
Interview and 'Str8 Killa' review
Freddie Gibbs is for real. Sporting viciously vivid street tales delivered with a rapid-fire flow, this Midwestern spitter is fresh off the UK release of...
Rich in heritage and history, Glasgow's diverse club community is pushing some seriously futuristic sounds right now
From Hudson Mohawke's mind-melting beat trickery to the mutant 8bit skank of Rustie through the lush, layered tech-house of Sei A, Glasgow's music scene is...
Built on Bass, DiY values and homegrown talent, Sheffield's eclectic parties are smasing it up.<BR>
The antithesis of shiny, characterless superclubs, generic music policies, and door prices that empty your week’s budget in one hit, the secretive and sporadic KABAL...
John Graham spills the beans
John Graham is a dance music lover, full stop. With production alias Quivver, and his arsenal of alter egos (Skanna, Space Manoeuvres, Stoneproof, and Tilt)...
Features
Sound systems have driven the development of music in the UK, powered by hard work, passion and innovation. But preserving UK sound system culture, its knowledge and history, while also pushing it forward, is no easy task today. Ria Hylton traces its path through ska and reggae at blues dances in West Indian households, to soul, boogie, hip-hop and house in ’80s warehouses and at the Notting Hill Carnival, to nationwide tours and global popularity, and finds out how initiatives like the Sound System Futures Programme are seeking to secure its future
Features
It’s an exciting time to be both a new and old fan of African music, but how does it feel for African artists raised and working in the diaspora? As producers and consumers, these artists have a unique vantage point on this cultural shift. Jessica Kariisa speaks to Nazar, Hagan, Juba and Chief Boima and asks: what does music from “back home” mean today?
Features
From their Berlin creative hub, production duo Âme — who made the evergreen house classic ‘Rej’ — talk about their record shop, distribution arm and...
Kristian Beyer and Frank Wiedemann, better known as Âme (that's pronounced 'arm', for the record, not 'ahh-may') often refer to their relationship as being like...
Features
Compiling hyper-speed, sci-fi sounds from producers across the globe, Anna Morgan and Bell Curve’s Worst Behavior has quickly become a force to be reckoned with...
Features
Irish artist Lighght records an immersive mix of ambient electronics, field recordings, traditional folk and R&B edits, and speaks to Eoin Murray about his organic...