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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Bring back the jack sound
“'To bring back the jack sound’ was our mission when we started Snuff Crew,” Snuffo from the crew tells DJ Mag, going on to state that the old skool Chicago jack sound never really went away and there have been others who have referenced it.
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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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It’s true that house music would still exist if Marshall Jefferson hadn’t been around to guide it — but it’s equally correct to say that without Jefferson...
We premiere the title track of Seb Wildblood's new EP
Seb Wildblood is the proud co-owner of Church, a fairly young label specializing in cutting-edge techno that in recent years has seen its popularity grow...
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When an artist goes silent for five years, one begins to wonder if they’ve fled the scene altogether. But not iconic house producer, Perseus, who...
Perseus returned in January 2018 with the effervescent electronica cut, 'Lightwave', a motion which, after a three-year hiatus, also marked the official return of his...
To Dalston Superstore on Friday 26th May
Exclusive House of Shade mix ahead of appearance at Banjee Boy Realness at Dalston Superstore on Friday 24th May
With Dimitri From Paris & more
When we opened the Sunday paper earlier this year to find the headline 'HORSE MEAT TESCO' (on retrospect, perhaps with a colon), DJ Mag got very excited. Some of the world's best parties have taken place in shops.
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DJ Mag's new Solid Gold series revisists and examines the ongoing significance and influence of electronic albums throughout history. In this first edition, Ben Cardew...
Motorbass were the gently beating heart of French dance music in the 1990s, the duo’s octopus arms encircling everything positive that would come to pass...
Music sounds better in the sunshine. Just ask Louie Fresco
Starting his dance music career as part of a small electro outfit in 2006, Louie Fresco made a tune that was picked up by Justice...
New Mexican house producer/DJ is fresh and fly
Louie Fresco got into making music through the video game 'MTV: Music Generator 2' before progressing onto professional software, and has slowly built up his name in deep house/tech circles to become well-known outside his home country of Mexico. He confides to DJ Mag, though, that he used to be part of an EDM project in the mid-to-late noughties.
Coming via OWSLA...
Skrillex has released a self-proclaimed house track in collaboration with French producer Habstrakt.
Titled 'Chicken Soup', it makes up part of the new house-focused HOWSLA...
Defected's Danish DJ Noir runs Noir Music. We got in touch...
Rene Kristensen aka Noir has a reputation for being incredibly chilled out, and he's not entirely sure why. But it could have something to do...
James Zabiela on his new label (and new jumper)
It's easy to forget in this age of relentless hype that DJs didn't just start mixing house with broken beats following the moment some bright...