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The seminal tracks that altered dance forever
‘Killer’ started life as an instrumental, and it was only ever going to be one until I met Seal,” Adamski tells DJ Mag. “He came to [big rave] Sunrise 5000 at Santa Pod, although I didn’t meet him there. He walked in when I was playing and he had an epiphany.” Seal wanted to record with Adamski immediately, and Adamski — real name Adam Tinley — liked the sound of Seal’s voice from a demo of ‘Crazy’ that he’d heard.
DJ Mag chat with Toolroom bossman Mark Knight
Mark Knight has come a long way since smashing tunes out of his parent's converted shed as a nipper (ever wondered why it's called Toolroom...
Allen & Heath add a new dimension to the DJing market by introducing another DB series mixer to the fold
When hardware masters Allen & Heath dropped the DB4 last year it raised some eyebrows in the DJ community. Often heralded by DJs and audiophiles...
Underground and overground, Marc Kinchen is on top again
'Don't call it a come back', sang LL Cool J, and he might well have been talking about MK, aka Marc Kinchen. Detroit...
After 20 years of fine-tuning Chicago jack beats, the legend of Sneak lives on
One of the early dons of Chicago's jackin' house scene who's still going strong, DJ Sneak's been mixing meaty, crunchy, flavoursome cuts on dancefloors since the good 'ol days.
If you only go out once this month, make sure it’s to one of these...
1. TORQUE
Corsica Studios, 5 Elephant Rd, , London SE17 1LB
IF RELENTLESS INDUSTRIAL BEATS, post apocalytic soundscapes and robo-crunk melodies blasting on a...
DENON AND ON AND ON... Denon’s new DN-MC6000 mixer/controller has jumped into the ring to give Native’s S4 and even Vestax’s VCI DJ controllers a...
Digital mixer/controllers are selling like hot cakes, as more DJs than ever turn to programmes like Traktor and Ableton for their versatility. Consequently, there’s a...
Numark’s NS7 controller threatened to bring back real deck control to the digital DJ community but didn’t quite get a firm foothold. But with their...
It was almost a year ago to this day when Numark sent over the NS7 for us to play on and enjoy. We were suitably...
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How an adult version of Tetris kickstarted multiple musical revolutions
The Drumcode boss lays it all out in a candid interview...
On the eve of Drumcode’s 20th anniversary, Adam Beyer sits down with DJ Mag to talk about his label, his family, and what’s possible...
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Rising to notoriety in the ’90s with his hardcore techno DJ sets, Loftgroover had a huge following, before the pressures of popularity led him to withdraw from the scene. 30 years later, he’s back and rejuvenated as a d&b DJ. Holly Dicker learns his story
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On her new album for Modern Love, Mexican-American producer, DJ and audio engineer Delia Beatriz, aka Debit, combines ancient Mayan wind instruments with machine learning. Ahead of its release, she records a “pre-hispanic to post/transhispanic ambient mix” for the Recognise series, and speaks to Eoin Murray about DJing for Azaelia Banks, her desire to contribute to the canon of electronic music, and making ambient music that goes beyond “beautiful”
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Photographer Stuart Linden Rhodes, known mononymously Linden, spent the ‘90s capturing the queer clubbing scene in the north of England on his camera. Now his...
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Jungle pioneer M-Beat made some of the genre’s biggest chart hits, but disappeared from the industry in 1996. Having gone through hardships and been widely...
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DJ Mag's digital tech editor rounds up the best Christmas gifts for DJs and producers in 2021. Whether it's for yourself, a partner, a family...