“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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We spoke to three of the most important people behind the club to find out how it's endured and remained fresh after all this time...
“I did two Cream after-parties here in 1994. The Chemical Brothers did one, and Pepe [Roselló, the owner of Space] walked up to them after...
Bring the revolution! Stanton’s SCS 4DJ is an all-in-one funbox for the digital DJ
The Stanton SCS 4DJ got me excited when I was shown a pre-production model at Frankfurt earlier in the year. In fact, I was pretty...
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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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This evergreen breakbeat hardcore missive influenced the likes of The Prodigy and the whole of the early UK rave scene. Ben Murphy charts its story...
“I saw that record go from street level and get bigger and bigger, and there was no video for it, no promotion, nothing,” says Renegade Soundwave’s Danny...
A guide to dance music's pre-rave past
A guide to dance music's past
We take a look back at the news of 2015 through the prism of the international dance music scene. It's been quite a year!
January is a notoriously slow month in clubland — a time when gym memberships take priority over all-nighters and pennies are scraped together. Many top...
With a main stage prized for marquee bookings, Bestival's other stages are filled to the brim with dancefloor treasure. Here's our clubbers' guide to Bestival...
Duran Duran, The Chemical Brothers and Missy Elliot... Bestival's headline acts are always huge and this year is no different. The past has seen the...
DJ Mag spends an action-packed weekend with Len Faki...
“There he is – Len Faki! It's time to go to the stage!” exclaims one of the harried stage managers around me. It's a beautiful...
Just what is this bass-heavy funk sound?
The Ghetto Funk Allstars duo grew out of a blog and a label a few years ago, and they've been rocking festivals and parties ever...
Rising Dutch star Quintino provides a master class in humility, giving back to his fans and explaining why you should never go soft..
This year's results are now in, check them out here!
The most wide-ranging annual survey of dance music technology and kit is back. Every year we aim to improve the way we deliver the DJ...
UK DJ, now based in Brazil, tells us his World Cup antics
Murray Richardson started off DJing in Scotland before spreading his talents far and wide internationally. He's released on labels such as 2020Vision, Low Pressings, Nordic...
Dirty South sits still long enough to dissect his magnum opus, an album-turned-movie, ‘With You.’
It’s no coincidence Dirty South’s savagely popular 2010 debut record shared the same name as his label, “Phazing.” The 35-year-old’s propensity for making bold changes...
Audiophiles unite
Despacio is the new project from DFA and LCD head honcho James Murphy, with more than a little help from his DJing buddies the Dewaele...