As a DJ, producer and co-founder of the Fever AM label, Berlin-based Mor Elian thrives in the stranger, trippier corners of club music. For close...
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The undiluted opinions of Kris Wadsworth
Raised in Detroit but currently residing in "Uranus", Kris Wadsworth has been scrapping away for some time now, hitting big with releases for the likes...
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In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Mor Elian spotlights off-kilter bangers to shake up the dancefloor
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Copenhagen-based Anastasia Kristensen has rapidly risen through the ranks in recent years thanks to a natural talent for mixing and a keen selector’s ear that traverses...
In the first week of July last year, Anastasia Kristensen arrived in the Serbian city of Novi Sad for EXIT Festival. The gig was to...
Oliver Heldens gets candid about his haters and evolving future house
The electronic world's most jet-lagged artists and their management teams adorned in the predictable head-to-toe black attire descend upon the artist mansion (aka fancy horse...
MCs were often maligned in the early days of drum & bass, but nowadays it's pretty much universally accepted that a renegade mic-spitter is a...
“There is no other music in the world where an MC stands on the stage for an hour and continuously sprays lyrics with such clarity and power over so many frequencies,” Eksman, one of the d&b scene's foremost MCs, tells DJ Mag. “The life and evolution of the drum & bass MC has grown from strength to strength over the years, and I have no doubt that down the line many more great things are in store for the future generation of MCs in our music.” Undoubtedly so. The role of the drum and bass MC has steadily progressed simultaneously with the scene it resides in, although in the early days MCs experienced negativity from some DJs. But the MC has fought for its corner, and now overwhelmingly basks in the same golden glory as the DJ.
From nine-hour sets in Rotterdam to performances in front of royalty, we select the moments that shaped Armin's iconic career...
Armin van Buuren has cultivated a huge fanbase over his two-decade career, including a passionate network of festival-goers, Olympians and Dutch royalty. Through his legendary...
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Science fiction has long been a muse for techno producers, but three acts – Lost Souls Saturn, Mat Playford and A Sagittariun – are taking...
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Founded in 1991, Nervous Records was at the epicentre of New York’s house explosion. Three decades, and over 5,000 releases later, it’s still pumping out...
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The Ibiza superclub tops our readers' poll of the world's best clubs for the first time
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Our monthly label showcase, The Sound Of, puts the focus on the imprints we love; outlets that are championing new artists, dropping key releases and...
“100% Silk has always been about feeling over functionality,” says Britt Brown, who founded the Los Angeles label in 2011 with Amanda Brown. “The music...
Watch the duo’s live performance of an exquisite song...
Once every generation or so, a live act comes along that knocks the breath out of an entire audience. Solomon Grey is one of those...
Interview with the Dub Police mainstay around his new mix comp
Alex Crawford, aka The Others, burst onto the dubstep scene back in 2007 when his track 'Africa VIP' featured on Caspa & Rusko's seminal Fabriclive...
The biggest tunes on the underground this month
Since winning Best Label at the DJ Mag Best of British Awards in 2011, Defected have continued to go from strength to strength. Adroit at raising their finger to detect the prevailing wind of change, they've earned their rep by transforming the stirrings of the underground into mainstream success, pushing the likes of Tensnake to even greater heights and introducing house legends such as MK, Murk and Kevin Saunderson to a new generation of clubbers.
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The former Miami club employee reached out to DJ Mag to share her testimony about an incident, which occurred a decade ago
Content warning: This article is about sexual assault
Following reports of sexual assault and behavioural misconduct about Erick Morillo, which have emerged since his death...
A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...
We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...