‘Rooty’, Basement Jaxx’s second album, was the moment when the London duo conquered pop in the name of UK house music; the apex of the...
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The band who inadvertently defined the Balearic sound
The Woodentops were an '80s avant-funk indie band who ended up becoming more experimental and electronic and recording the definitive Balearic anthem, 'Why Why Why'. The track was picked up by legendary Ibizan DJ Alfredo, it became an anthem at Amnesia on the White Isle
The on-the-road diary of the world's top DJs treading the globe
Showcasing fresh house cuts from Hot Since 82, Eats Everything and Shadow Child (among others), Jaymo and Andy George's 'Moda Black Vol. 1' revealed the duo's interest in darker, more demure sounds of the house spectrum when it landed last summer.
Montreal's annual Mutek festival is a sensory experience all of its own
Mutek is not Movement in Montreal. Nor is it Coachella in Canada. In fact, it’s unlike any other festival you know. So too...
DJmag chats to My Favourite Robot ahead of their London debut at Supernature
Few labels truly balance coolness with ultimate credibility, fulfill a dedication to crate-digging geekery while attracting admiration from demure, slicker-than-slick hipsters. Toronto’s My Favourite Robot...
Hot Natured: Jamie Jones is on fire
Jamie Jones will now have to get rid of the words 'rising star' that have stuck in front of his name in print like particularly...
The Second Coming: the finest d&b seduction
'Breakthrough' producers of the year Instra:Mental may be, yet Damon Kirkham and Alex Green are no overnight success story. For the first records bearing the...
It's like the Dragons Den for DJ Technology at the BPM show. Time to get voting as we reveal who is in the running to...
We're taking the inaugural DJmag Tech Awards to an exciting new climax as we go Live in front of a show audience!
This Grand Finale...
Hot current talent like Swedish House Mafia and Goldfish join established dance giants like Faithless and Basement Jaxx on Pure Pacha's new-look line-up.
Ibiza has always had its cornerstone nights. Think Sunday and you won't look much further than We Love... at Space. Monday you're talking DC10 for...
Dance music giant Pete Tong should need little introduction.
The hugely popular DJ and host behind Radio One's Essential Mix, Tong is a regular fixture in Ibiza with his crowd-pleasing sets, and he's set...
Bulgaria is to host the first South East European Music Exhibition in May. It represents a new dawn for the region's burgeoning dance scene.
Dance music continues to develop rapidly all over the world, but if there's one place where it's developing faster than most it's in South East...
Polls, LOLs and internet trolls
Our Top 100 DJs 2013 poll was our biggest yet and, as always, the response has been enormous. Each of you has an opinion, it seems, but not everyone understands how or why we do it. Here are a few things to consider when looking at this year's results...
Detroit-raised polymath Jimmy Edgar has always stood out as an artist of out-there brilliance. But since starting Ultramajic, alongside Machinedrum and Pilar Zeta, he’s manifested...
"The universe is all about creativity, it's all about learning, it's all about knowledge," Jimmy Edgar ventures when we sit down to talk about Ultramajic...
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96 Back sprints across a spectrum of styles in his electrifying Recognise mix, and chats to Kamila Rymajdo about his early diet of Actress and post-punk, finding confidence...
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Released 20 years ago, Basement Jaxx's 'Rooty' is a paean to the adaptable power of house music, a ferocious mixture of musical styles kept in...
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In this series, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, CORIN spotlights “glitched beats, ecstatic trance synths, heavenly vocals and sci-fi realms”