Afro house is steeped in the percussive materials of South Africa’s townships. For decades, its polyrhythms played out on traditional African instruments — bongos, congas...
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Akai’s aggressively-priced mini laptop controller aims to do it all on the cheap. But can it compete with Korg?
Akai MPK Mini
In the not-too-distant past, the idea of a portable studio was a man in a van with a flight case of hardware...
Minus star on new album and playing The Warehouse Project
Part of Ritchie Hawtin’s unstoppable Minus crew, Marc Houle has often tempered his productions with a cheeky sense of humour. On ‘Drift’, however...
Does Spectrasonics’ new bass softsynth plug-in Trilian deliver?
Spectrasonics are back with a vengeance with Trilian, the very long-awaited follow-up to their Trilogy Bass Softsynth. Back in the day, nearly every producer who...
Skream 'Let's Get Ravey Mix' Of La Roux 'In For The Kill' Killer Instinct: Hands-in-the-air anthem slays dancefloors
In 2009, nothing short of Gordon Brown appointing Simon Cowell to advise the government on financial policy could have captured the country's mood more. Only...
We chat with the house visionary
It was time for Roland Appel to do his own thing. Previously a member of both leftfield jazzers Fauna Flash and Truby Trio, and house...
Sampadelic sorcerer Tim Simenon, aka Bomb the Bass, is the man behind such seminal, cut 'n' paste epics as 'Beat Dis', 'Megablast' and 'Bug Powder...
One of the first to contruct hip hop / acid house hybrids from vast library of samples and combine them with future synths – imbuing...
We pick Pearson's brains...
One of the most consistently brilliant producers whether on the dancefloor or in more contemplative mood, Ewan Pearson's excursions into deep house, Detroit techno, electro...
One of the unwritten rules about Miami's WMC is that sleep simply isn't on the agenda. Or at least never very much of it. So...
The man, the myth, the legend...
One of the great characters in global electronic music, Mr C is a visionary, artist, actor and activist. He’s been prominent in the underground for...
DJ Mag spends a weekend with Mr. G in France and London to hear what makes him tick...
It’s Tuesday night in early October 2005 and Colin McBean is lying dead on an operating table at Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London.
Just...
We chat with them about the record!
Lifelike and Kris Menace have announced a brand new single, ‘Ready 4 Love’, set for release on 15th June via Computer Science.
Their first collaboration...
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The Afro house sound is an ever-growing presence in UK dance music, with new labels, club-nights and a dedicated radio station springing up. Alongside a mix from Mr Silk, Ria Hylton explores the sound’s history, and speaks to some of the scene’s key players about forging strong connections with their growing audiences, and their aim to nurture a unique UK Afro house identity
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Durban’s DJ Lag is a pioneer of the world-conquering South African dance music genre, gqom. He’s toured the world and worked with superstars, but he’s...
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Exploring the history of cinema, Martin Guttridge-Hewitt compiles 11 landmark electronic music movie soundtracks, arranged in chronological order, each of which earned its place on sonic merit, and significance in the canon of music and movies
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Throughout the pandemic, grassroots activists and nightlife representatives have worked tirelessly to create a more sustainable, accessible and protected environment for dance music. DJ Mag...