In 2014, Matt Sullivan, founder of Light In The Attic Records, travelled to Canada on a wild goose chase. He was searching for Lewis, real...
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With increasing appetites for old, ‘undiscovered’ music, reissue labels have seen a boom in recent years. Running a reissue label is a tender, laborious process...
It's not just the Football that's putting Brazil in the spotlight...
“Brazil is having a bit of a moment,” says Flow, the female half of the Rio-based girlfriend-and-boyfriend house DJ/production duo Flow & Zeo.
“Something exciting...
If anyone knows how to throw a party for WMC it's Robbie Rivera, whose Nikki Beach partyathon is one of the juiciest gigs during conference...
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Robbie guides us through the tracks he's selected for this issue's covermount CD…
1. Robbie Rivera The Hum Melody
"'The...
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For 20 years, Simon Dunmore's Defected has been dedicated to the finest in house music, from its label and numerous associated imprints, to its events...
“I’m a collector of labels. My ambition was for people to have a Defected rack in their collections in the same way they'd have a...
Rather than installing him with more confidence, cleaning up end-of-year charts with disco bombshell 'Final Credits' and winning Essential Mix Of The Year in 2016...
'I FELT UNINSPIRED INSTEAD OF THOSE TWO BITS OF SUCESS MAKING ME FEEL CONFIDENT AND VALIDATING ME. I FELT LIKE A TOTAL...
Boom Jinx shares his heart and soul in a bare-it-all interview
Boom Jinx has created a crown jewel. It’s been nine years in the making and along the way, the enigmatic artist has managed to ga...
Spanish DJ/producer UNER — who's created this month's exclusive DJ Mag download card mix — is one of the hottest names in house right now...
“I never actually came to Ibiza as a clubber. I had some offers in the past to come out before I did, but I wanted...
From Los Angeles club night to leading bass label, SMOG has engulfed the world
Flashback to 2006, dubstep in America. "In my opinion, Los Angeles was ripe for it,” Drew Best, co-originator of SMOG, tells DJ Mag. “We had...
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Inspired by the Midwest American raves that first got her hooked on dance music, Chicago’s Eris Drew wants to bring a psychedelic communal energy and...
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A new book collects the most prized of all rave memorabilia: the membership card. Filled with classic design work, it’s a window on a transformative era. Collector and compiler Rob Ford tells DJ Mag about how the project came together, while DJs and designers share their memories of the time
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In this month’s Meet the MC, Amy Fielding speaks with London-based artist sbk about coming up through the capital’s grime scene, his debut mixtape, and a new creative direction
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Avicii’s death last year shocked the dance community and laid bare the serious problems surrounding mental health in the music industry. Now, his father Klas has set up...
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The dance music history of East Anglia is rich, multi-layered and messy — and little documented. Matt Anniss chats to some of the scene’s longstanding figureheads about the region’s airfield parties, seaside throwdowns and forgotten clubs, discovering a vital but rarely discussed stage in the UK’s rave evolution
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Ron Trent has a deep understanding of electronic music. Beginning his production career in his teens, the venerated Chicago resident has travelled through techno, deep house and Afro house over the years. His latest album ‘WARM: What Do The Stars Say To You’, produced with a live band, demonstrates the duality of his work: it’s futuristic and somehow ancient, cosmic and aquatic. DJ Mag's Ria Hylton catches up with the Chicago house legend to learn more
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For 30 years, Dave Beer has presided over Back To Basics: the Leeds club event that has grown into a global institution thanks to its...